From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
Crabman brings up some questions:
ReplyDeleteCrabman Rogue . . . do claws get backstab? Crab man casters, can they wield spell components/holy symbols? Fighters, do the claws eventually get the chance to hit things that can only be affected by magical weapons?
I'd restrict classes for crabmen to fighter. And let them hit things that need magic weapons at 4th level or so.
ReplyDeleteand clearly it needs to attack weak points for massive damage
ReplyDeleteAbout crabmen hitting things that require magical weapons...
ReplyDeleteMaybe crabmen have some ritual where they dip their claws into molten silver. After they heal from that they can use their silvery claws to fight against puffer-ghosts, vampire squid, and the dreaded Krackolich!
Just a thought.
Love the drawing!
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