Posted by
messyart on
Jun 25, 2011; 2:26am
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A disgusting variety of mutation effects the vast majority of the wildlife that feeds on the corpses of the zombies that are killed.. For good.
One creature seen often is said to be some sort of maggot, though people tend to refer to them as slugs.
Often "gob-slugs", due to their unpleasant mouth-parts.
They can vary greatly in size, and are generally too slow and unpleasant for most survivors to bother with.
But when they swell in population, it's often imperative that they are culled, left safe-zones be overrun.
They are found in a few sizes, the least dangerous being more of a swarming pile, made up of many.
Sometimes, however, they can grow to be larger than your average family dog.
Not nice.
Especially when they start chasing you.
And chewing your leg.

A rough "guide" on sizes;
Small would be what you would consider more like normal sized maggots, perhaps as big as earthworms.
So to model them, small snakes of greenstuff.
Medium would be heading up to around a foot long.
Large would be.. Large.
However big you want them. If you wish to make say, "enormous" maggots, post your proposed rules and I shall see how fair they seem for the reward granted.
Of course, the most important aspect of using them against survivors is fair use.. It's no good swarming them in an inescapable wave of large ones..
Perhaps small. That'd be pretty damn fun. But nothing they'd not have a chance against, at least on their own.
Anyway, rules!;
The maggots are set up from the start, or in any turn in which the GM wishes to spring up a few! >:D
The large maggot has a short ranged attack. It has a maximum range of 6" and uses the maggots BS skill. It's S 2, and as a -1 save modifier.
Small and medium are swarms, and must be represented as such. Bases can be any size you like, so long as you have at least 5 maggots per base. They are small targets and impose a -1 to hit modifier on firearms that do not use templates.
An example of medium, and large Gob-Slugs;

Mankinds first mistake; Questioning why those around him, are dying.