Blibdoolpoolp "Sea Mother"

Lesser goddess

ARMOR CLASS: -1
MOVE: 12"/48"
HIT POINTS: 310
NO. OF ATTACKS: 2
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 4-24/4-24
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Insanity
SPECIAL DEFENSES: +2 or better weapon to hit
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 55%
SIZE: L (20' tall)
ALIGNMENT: Neutral evil (chaotic tendencies)
WORSHIPPER'S ALIGNMENT: Neutral evil (Kuo-Toa)
SYMBOL: Lobster head or black pearl
PLANE: Elemental Plane of Water
CLERIC/DRUID: 15th level cleric
FIGHTER: 15th level fighter
MAGIC-USER/ILLUSIONIST: 20th level illusionist
THIEF/ASSASSIN: 15th level assassin
MONK/BARD: Nil
PSIONIC ABILITY: III
 

S: 21	I: 20	W: 10
D: 21	C: 23	CH: 11
Com:	-	-

Blibdoolpoolp appears as a large nude human female with a lobster's
head and clawed forearms. In general, she hates all humans, demi-humans
and humanoids for driving the Kuo-Toa into the underworld. Worshipers <l>
regularly sacrifice lobsters to her. If a favor is desired, she must be
given great quantities of gems, preferably pearls. There is a 1% chance per
every 1,000 gp worth of gems sacrificed that the Sea Mother will look upon
her worshiper's request with favor. (If pearls are contributed, this chance is
1% per 500 gp value.)

Each of Blibdoolpoolp's claws can snap for 4-24 points of damage. Any
creature hit by both claws will be drawn to the Sea Mother's face to peer
into her eyes. At close range, her gaze causes insanity in creatures who
fail to save vs. spells at -4. In addition, the Sea Mother can summon up to
3-30 giant lobsters (treat as giant crayfish) and 1-10 16 HD water elementals
to her aid per day.

On the most important ceremonial occasions, the clerics of Blibdoolpoolp
sacrifice captured humans to her by drowning. Kuo-Toan clerics can attain
12th level maximum. For more information about the worship of the Sea Mother,
see ADVANCED D&D MODULE D2, SHRINE OF THE KUO-TOA. <l>


 

                                                                      Clerics               Raiment                                                                                Sacrifice/Propitiation

Sphere of Control	Animal	M	F	N-H	Head	Body	Color(s)	Holy Days	Frequency	Form	Place of Worship
Kuo-toa	lobster	-	-	X	shell helm	nets	pearl	new moon	monthly	gems, pearls,  humans, lobsters	underwater shrines

 

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Clangador wrote:
Hey Gary, how did you come up with the Kuo-Toa in D2? Any Lovecraftian influence there?
 

Heh...

The kuo-toa were mainly from my imagination, as was their deity, Blibdoolpoolp.
Perhaps I was thinking of HPL's batrachian people, but not consciously.
Maybe it was inspired by The Creature from the Black Lagoon. 

Cheers,
Gary
 

How did you come up with the name?
 

As with many of the creatures I devised for the A/D&D gane, I mane up the name off thetop of my head...
after considerable ppondering over an appropriate sounding appelation for piscean humanoids.
the same is true for Blibdoolpoolp.
 

Blibdoolpoolp was an onomatopoeic name I came up with for a lobstress deity of theirs.
The sound is to call to mind the sound of large drops of water falling into a pool, and splashing in general 
 

Quote:
Originally Posted by dead
Certainly Lolth and Bibdoolpoop are your creations, so drow and kuo-toa are accounted for.

Just so. As a matter of fact, the vast majority of all the "monsters" in the original D&D and AD&D games are all of my creation, as i either made them up out of my imaination or else shaped them for the system they were used in.