[Monster 1000, everyone! I think! In updating my indices, I found that that’s harder to pin down than I had thought, what with templates, multiple monsters in one entry, and non-monster but game mechanics posts. But I’ll be treating this as Monster 1000 because even if it isn’t officially, it’s darn close.
I figured I would commemorate the milestone with a monster that embodies the Codex somewhat. I’ve been thinking about how to do it for a while (since around monster 900 or so). I was eventually inspired by some of the major themes of the blog. There’s a lot of dinosaurs and a lotoffiends around here. So here’s a patron for them both. The Supreme Monstrosity originally appeared in the Dinosaurs Attack! series of super-violent trading cards (seriously, be aware if you’re going to click through the source link) as the leader of an army of time-displaced, ferociously murderous prehistoric beasts.]
Infernal Duke, Saurafer CR 26 LE Outsider This orange scaled horror is a
bipedal reptilian humanoid taller than a giant. Its skull is swollen and
features a crown of horns and six eyes. Its arms end in muscular paws,
leathery wings grow from its back, and its tail ends in an immense spiked club.
Saurafer Devil Dinosaur, the Supreme
Monstrosity Concerns
dinosaurs, competitions of strength, savagery Domains
Evil, Law, Scalykind, Strength Subdomains
Devil, Ferocity, Judgment, Saurian Worshipers
evil druids, reptilian humanoids, gladiators Minions
fiendish and half-fiend dinosaurs, horned devils, stygionyx Unholy
Symbol a fanged maw biting a globe Favored
Weapon heavy flail (or natural weapons) Obedience
win a competition of strength. If you are alone, spend 1 hour writing
an argument about why one individual or creature would win in a fight with
another one. Gain a +4 profane bonus on Intimidate checks, and add 4 to the DC
needed to successfully intimidate you. Boons
1: rage 1/day; 2: mass bull’s strength 1/day; 3: extended frightful aspect1/day
Saurafer,
the Supreme Monstrosity, is an infernal duke who rules over violent
competitions of strength. He is perhaps the physical embodiment of the doctrine
of “might makes right”, and seeks forever to test his power against other
creatures. His chosen species are dinosaurs, which he sees as emblems of
ferocity and power. Saurafer delights in pitting creatures against each other,
especially dinosaurs against creatures of other eras and worlds, in order to
see who is the superior. He is a sore winner, but an even sorer loser. He
despises birds, as they are a reminder that in many worlds, dinosaurs succeeded
not by becoming larger and stronger, but smaller and more intelligent.
As to be
expected of the patron of savage combat, Saurafer is an absolute terror on the
battlefield. He toys with weaker foes, using his fear abilities to send them
scattering and then picking them off one by one. Those that resist are blasted
with spells and breath weapons. If all else fails, Saurafer flies into a savage
rage, which rarely ends until either he or his enemies are slain. Although he
delights in one-on-one battles, if he fights multiple foes at once, he evens
the odds by summoning devils and dinosaurs to aid him, or even uses animal shapes to turn devils into
dinosaurs and improve their melee abilities.
Saurafer
stalks the blighted realm of Avernus, single-handedly destroying armies that
attempt to make a foothold in Hell and testing the forces of other infernal
dukes. He is an example of a malabranche promoted, as he was successful in
dragging an entire planet into the clutches of Hell. He hopes to someday repeat
this performance, and is looking for ways of summoning and controlling enough
dinosaurs at once to invade a whole world. Although he is not terribly
intelligent by the standards of the hosts of Hell, he does not tolerate
condescension, and is a shrewd judge of character. He has eaten at least one
malebranche who did not show him proper respect.
in the last week of April 2020, the US federal government basically announced, or at least implied, that uranium mining and milling was coming back in full force at White Mesa.
map that inspires rage: White Mesa’s mill
hmmm.
hmm very incheresting.
news from 25 April 2020:
‘A long-anticipated Trump administration report aimed to “revive and
strengthen the uranium mining industry” was released Thursday [23 April 2020], and if
its recommendations are implemented, it could provide direct government
support for uranium production in San Juan County where the country’s
last conventional uranium mill and several idled mines are located. Uranium companies applauded the plan within hours of its release while
numerous conservation groups and Native American tribal leaders
announced opposition. […] Residents of the Ute Mountain Ute community of White Mesa, which is
located several miles south of Energy Fuels’ White Mesa Mill, have long worried that groundwater contamination around the mill site could worsen and eventually reach its drinking water aquifer. The Ute Mountain Ute Environmental Programs Department sent a letter
to the Utah Department of Environmental Quality in January pointing to
“overwhelming data showing significant trends of increasing groundwater
contaminants and acidification” below the mill site […].’ [Source: Zak Podmore. “
Trump administration plan could revive the uranium industry in Utah, raising concerns from conservationists.” The Salt Lake Tribune. 25 April 2020.]
it works likes this:
(1) steal the “valuable” uranium from the Four Corners. (2) leave radioactive waste behind, contaminated soil, dead streams, giant open pit mines, cancer, aching bones, hair and teeth loss, etc. (3) then export the uranium across the US, make Big Money. (4) share none of the wealth with tribes of the Four Corners region, where many don’t have access to electricity or drinking water. (5) and then at the end of the production chain, turn right back around and ship all of the radioactive waste right back the Four Corners where it can fester for thousands of years.
extreme insult added to injury.
take the uranium:
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leave this behind:
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don’t share the “wealth”:
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abandon them during pandemic:
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cherry on top. after uranium stolen and turned into profit, ship the waste right back to the source:
poison people, make your money, ship the toxic waste back to the victims
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