The Eye Creatures! (for OSE)
Inspired by Larry Buchanan’s awful The Eye Creatures, which was a rip off of the less-than-good Invasion of the Saucer Men, which was inspired by Paul W. Fairman’s short story “The Cosmic Frame”, today for Old-School Essentials I present a grade-B alien menace.
Hailing from some distant space void or strange dimension, the bizarre eye creatures travel in saucer-shaped flying vehicles of unfathomable construction and operation. Highly intelligent and dispassionate, these alien beings view other forms of life as inferior and suitable for a wide range of horrifying experiments. Bright light is fatal to them.
Eye Creature
AC 7 [12], HD 2+2 (11 hp), Att 2 x claws (1d4) or 1 x ray gun (2d6), THAC0 17 [+2], MV 120′ (40′), SV D12 W13 P14 B15 S16 (2), ML 7, AL Chaotic, XP 500, NA 2d4 (1d4), TT V
▶ Detachable Hands: Hands detach (even after death). Hands move at half speed, have 3 hp each, and make melee attacks.
▶ Infravision: 120′.
▶ Light Vulnerability: Take 2d10 damage from contact with bright light. Save versus breath weapon halves the damage.
▶ Ray Gun: Requires two hands. Fires a bolt of electricity. 120′ range with no range modifiers. Battery is good for 6 shots.
