Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog | New Monster for Fifth Edition
Added 2021-04-04 16:07:08 +0000 UTCThe Cave of Caerbannog is the home of the Legendary Black Beast of Arrrghhh (named for the last utterance of anyone who ever saw it). This is guarded by a monster which is initially unknown.
King Arthur and his knights are led to the cave by Tim the Enchanter and find that they must face its guardian beast. Tim verbally paints a picture of a terrible monster with “nasty, big, pointy teeth!”, so terrifying that Sir Robin soils his armor at the mere description.
When the guardian appears to be an innocuous white rabbit, surrounded by the bones of the fallen, Arthur and his knights no longer take it seriously. Ignoring Tim’s warnings (“a vicious streak a mile wide!”), King Arthur orders Bors to chop the rabbit’s head off. Bors confidently approaches it, sword drawn, and is immediately decapitated by the rabbit biting clean through his neck, to the sound of a can opener. Despite their initial shock, Sir Robin soiling his armor again, and Tim’s loud scoffing, the knights attack in force. But the rabbit injures several of the knights and kills Gawain and Ector with ease.
The knights themselves have no hope of killing or injuring the rabbit. Arthur panics and shouts for the knights to retreat (“Run away!”). Knowing they cannot risk attacking again, they try to find another way to defeat the beast. The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch is ultimately used to kill the rabbit and allow the quest to proceed.
Special thanks to the folks at Monty Python for this great little bugger.
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Comments
LOL let us know how it goes
DM Dave
2021-04-05 17:35:21 +0000 UTCI just gave my group the heads up to expect this....soon....they all pulled a "Sir Robin".
2021-04-05 15:16:24 +0000 UTCOooooh... hm. Anything that would help buff the rabbit itself (it's relatively weak on its defensive side) or something that would prevent the characters from moving too much, especially back line defenders with low Con scores.
DM Dave
2021-04-05 03:44:15 +0000 UTCMonster pairing. 🤣
2021-04-05 01:52:57 +0000 UTCA heavy red with a lot of tannins. Maybe a Bordeaux
DM Dave
2021-04-04 21:41:12 +0000 UTCI am so using this at my next game... What do you think a good pairing would be?
2021-04-04 21:13:41 +0000 UTCThat’s no Easter Bunny, that’s an EATER Bunny
Darion Nutter
2021-04-04 18:41:57 +0000 UTC
