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Also Known As:<\/span><\/strong> Compost Monster, Swamp Elemental, Plant Demon<\/p>\n Description:<\/strong> The swamp beast is an animated, humanoid creature made of decaying plant matter. The typical swamp beast is 8\u2019-10\u2019 tall, but specimens as small as 3\u2019 and as tall as 25\u2019 feet have been encountered. Swamp beasts have glowing red eyes and give off a very strong rotting odor. Powers:<\/strong> Swamp beasts are incredibly strong and very violent. Their strong odor is also very distracting to most people, and sometimes causes nausea.<\/p>\n Vulnerabilities:<\/strong> High-velocity projectiles will pass right through a swamp beast, often causing no damage whatsoever. \u00a0Explosives are effective against swamp beasts, especially if they can be lodged within the creature\u2019s body prior to detonation. Being made of plant matter, swamp beasts are extremely vulnerable to fire. \u00a0However, their moisture content can make it difficult to get the fire to catch. \u00a0White phosphorus grenades, flare guns, and thermite charges have all been used to good effect in the past. \u00a0Napalm is absolutely wonderful for this, but can be difficult to obtain in the field, so plan ahead.<\/p>\n Biology and Habitat:<\/strong> The exact mechanism by which swamp beasts attain cohesion and rudimentary intelligence is unknown. A number of theories, running the gauntlet from plausible to absolutely barking mad, have been put forward. As soon as the beast becomes animate, it begins lashing out at anyone or anything in its general vicinity. \u00a0The creature’s rampage continues until it is killed or the force animating it dissipates of its own accord.<\/p>\n Sightings:<\/strong><\/p>\n Additional Information:<\/strong> The most active area for swamp beast activity is the Florida Everglades, usually between May and August. M-Forcers in the area commonly refer to this time of year as \u201cswamp beast season.\u201d In late September, the Key West M-Force office hosts the Swamp Beast Shindig, an end of season party, complete with awards for things like most swamp beasts killed, biggest swamp beast killed, best swamp beast story, and most creative swamp beast elimination.<\/p>\n Body:<\/strong> 5 + height Also Known As: Compost Monster, Swamp Elemental, Plant Demon Description: The swamp beast is an animated, humanoid creature made of decaying plant matter. The typical swamp beast is 8\u2019-10\u2019 tall, but specimens as small as 3\u2019 and as tall as 25\u2019 feet have been encountered. Swamp beasts have glowing red eyes and give off…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2008,2094],"tags":[73,153,186,885,923,924,926,927,1068,1069],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monster-of-the-week","category-m-force","tag-hex-ficton","tag-m-force","tag-monsters","tag-monster-of-the-week","tag-swamp-beast","tag-swamp-thing","tag-shambling-mound","tag-plant-creature","tag-bureau-of-monster-affairs","tag-bma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4067,"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions\/4067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deathcookie.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nBMA Classification:<\/strong> Swamp beasts are classified as a monster by the Bureau of Monster Affairs.<\/p>\n\n
\nBrain:<\/strong> 2
\nNerve:<\/strong> 19
\nJob:<\/strong> Swamp Elemental (14)
\nGimmick:<\/strong> Rampage (10)<\/em>\u2014A successful roll of this Gimmick will destroy any inanimate object attacked by the swamp beast, and do double damage to any living target.
\nDamage Resistance (13)<\/em>\u2014Roll when a swamp beast takes damage. If the Gimmick succeeds, damage is reduced by the roll. The Gimmick does not work against explosive attacks or damage from chopping weapons.
\nNoxious Odor (10)<\/em>–Upon first encountering a swamp beast, an opponent must make a Nerve roll resisted by the swamp beast\u2019s Gimmick roll. If swamp beast wins the roll, the opponent suffers a -2 to all rolls for the duration of the battle. If the swamp beast\u2019s roll succeeds and the opponent\u2019s roll fails, the opponent is incapacitated by nausea for a number of rounds equal to 1\/2 the swamp beast\u2019s roll. Once the character recovers, he suffers a -3 penalty to all rolls for the remainder of the battle.
\nWeakness:<\/strong> Fire (15)<\/em>\u2014Roll whenever the swamp beast takes damage from a fire-based attack. \u00a0If the Weakness takes effect, the monster\u2019s Body score is reduced by 1 for every 5 points of fire damage. For every 3 points of Body lost, the beast\u2019s Damage Bonus is reduced by 1.
\nSkills:<\/strong> None
\nArmor Rating:<\/strong> 0
\nDamage Bonus:<\/strong> + Body\/3
\nHP:<\/strong> Body x 3
\nYum Yums:<\/strong> 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"