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Grognard's Grimoire: Dritlor

Dritlor (Doomed Dead)

The people of Inba Iro burn their dead, believing the soul can only return to the eternal gods if so liberated from the prison of the flesh. For this reason, the priests of Jilho the Protector deny condemned lawbreakers cremation. Through sorcery, they instead compel them to serve after execution as guardians of the upper levels of the Vaults. Only fire can permanently end a dritlor's earthly bondage or else it reanimates not long after its apparent destruction.

AC 7 [12], HD 2* (9hp), Att 1 × weapon (1d8 or by weapon), THAC0 18 [+1], MV 60’ (20’), SV D12 V13 P14 B15 S16 (1), ML 12, XP 25, NA 2d4 (4d6), TT None

Guardians: Always attacks on sight

Undead: Makes no noise, until it attacks. Immune to effects that affect living creatures (e.g. poison). Immune to mind-affecting or mind-reading spells.

Reanimation: If destroyed (0hp), stitches itself back together and fights again in 2d6 rounds.

Blogger, OSR-enthusiast and Gamma World devotee James Maliszewski did a blog called GROGNARDIA, and there he talked quite a bit about Gamma World. He did a 10-part series called “Gamma World, Cover to Cover”, about the 1st Edition rule book.

Part I - Overview

Part I - On Being a Mutant

(Part I twice. Not sure why.)

Part II - Introduction

Part III - How To Use This Book

Part IV - Character Creation

Part V - Mutations

Part VI - Mechanics

Part VII - Creatures

Part VIII - Cryptic Alliances

Part VIII - Hazards and Artifacts

(Yeah, there are two Parts VIII - dunno.)

Part IX - Artifacts

Part X - Domars, Healing and Robots

These are an interesting read, all the more so thanks to his readers’ comments.

Grognardia, Dwimmermount Session 11

Jasper is murdered relatively early on in Maliszewski's original Dwimmermount campaign, but he's still around in mine (at the time of writing). Termaxian cultists have been hassling him, but as yet have stopped short of outright murder.