A large part of that is growing up on a steady diet of Universal Studios' classic Monsters. My dad had a bunch of book about the Golden Age of Cinema. Most I never bothered with, but the one of the horror stories and monsters. I wore that sucker out. When I got older (11 or 12) I bought a used B/W TV that still used tubes. The thing got so hot you could warm a slice of pizza on it (not really, but it was hot). This was not a big deal for me since I could watch all my favorite "Monster Movies" when they came on KPLR-TV out of St. Louis.
One of the things I discover later is that almost in every case the stories were updated to the (then) modern times. Dracula hung out with 1930s fashionistas. The Wolfman smoked modern cigarettes in his John Talbot guise. Yes Frankenstein seemed set in earlier time, but the sequels were thoroughly modern.
Makes them perfect for Amazing Adventures.
Dracula (1931)
The OD (original Dracula...not counting Orlock) is Bela Lugosi.
Count Dracula
Vampire
NO. ENCOUNTERED: 1
SIZE: Medium
HD: 15d12+10 (100 hp)
MOVE: 40 ft., 60 ft. (fly), 20 ft. (climb)
AC: 22 (cloak of protection)
ATTACKS: Slam (1d6)
SPECIAL: Blood Drain, Children of the Night, Dominate, Create Spawn, Energy Drain, Alternate Form, Gaseous Form, Entourage, Electrical Resistance (half), Spider Climb
SANITY: 1d6/1d8 (Dracula tones down his horror)
SAVES: M, P
INT: Genius
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Evil
TYPE: Undead
XP: 11050+15 (12400)
Dracula never carries weapons relying on his Dominate and physical strength.
Frankenstein's Monster & The Bride (1931, 1935)
Both the Monster and the Bride (Frankenstein is the name of their creator) are Awakened Golems.
Awakened Flesh Golem
NO. ENCOUNTERED: 1 (typically a unique creature)
SIZE: Medium to Large
HD: 10d10 (55 hp)
MOVE: 20 ft. (Typically these Golems are slow moving)
AC: 20
ATTACKS: 2 Slam (2d8)
SPECIAL: Berserk, Immunity to Magic*
SANITY: 1d6/1d8
SAVES: P
INT: High to Genius
ALIGNMENT: Neutral (Evil)
TYPE: Construct
XP: 900+10 (1450)
An Awakened Flesh Golem possesses self-awareness, usually keen intellect and the self-reflection to abhor what they are. This tends to make the creatures either tragic or villainous.
While immune to magic Frankenstein's Monster has been shown to be held under the thrall of Dracula from time to time. Controlling the Monster though takes most of Dracula's attention.
The Mummy (1932)
NO. ENCOUNTERED: 1 (unique)
SIZE: Medium
HD: 10d12 (60 hp)
MOVE: 30ft.
AC: 22
ATTACKS: Slam (1d12) or by weapon
SPECIAL: Despair, Darkvision 60ft, Energy Drain, Fire Vulnerability, Magic*
SANITY: 1d8/1d10 (1d4/1d6 while in his "Ardath-bey" persona)
SAVES: P, M
INT: High
ALIGNMENT: Lawful Evil
TYPE: Undead
XP: 60+2 (94)
*Imhotep does not have a mummy rot ability, instead he can drain life energy as if he were a vampire. Also due to his curse he can not be raised.
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Invisible Man, aka Dr. Jack Griffin is a 5th level Gadgeteer who created a potion of permenant invisibility, but at the cost of his sanity. Dr. Griffin is currently in the 10-15 SAN point range and looses more all the time.
The Wolf-Man (1941)
Even a man who is pure in heart
and says his prayers by night
may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms
and the autumn moon is bright.
NO. ENCOUNTERED: 1
SIZE: Medium
HD: 4d8 (16 hp)
MOVE: 30 ft., 50 ft. (as wolf-man)
AC: 16
ATTACKS: Bite (2d4)
SPECIAL: Beserke Curse of Lycanthropy, Wolf Empathy, Trip, Alternate Form*, Twilight Vision
SANITY: 1d8/1d10
SAVES: P
INT: Average
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Good as human, chaotic evil in wolf form
TYPE: Humanoid
XP: 120+4 (184)
Larry Talbot's curse of lycanthropy turns him into a human/wolf hybrid creature. Him mind is gone and all he knows is animalistic desires such as hunger and killing. While in human form LArry searches for the wolf that infected him hopping to find a cure.
The Gill-man (The Creature from the Black Lagoon) (1954)
SIZE: Medium
HD: 3d8 (12 hp)
MOVE: 30 ft., 60 ft. (swim)
AC: 16
ATTACKS: Weapon (by weapon), Talon (1d4), Bite (1d4)
SPECIAL: Breeding, Darkvision 60 ft., Saltwater Sensitivity, Water Dependent
SANITY: 1d6/1d8
SAVES: P, M
INT: Average
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Evil
TYPE: Humanoid
XP: 30+3 (66)
Gill-men are the rarer freshwater cousins of the Spawn of Dagon also called Fish men. Biology though will keep them forever seperate since the Gill Man can no more tolerate salt water than the Fish Men can tolerate Fresh water. It is suspected that like Fish Men the Gill Man needs human females for breeding purposes.
Now I want to rewatch all of these!
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