“Topis are tiny undead humanoid creatures similar to zombies. Before these creatures are animated, however, the corpses are shrunk until they are only 2 feet tall. The process gives them dark, wrinkled, leathery skin Their eves are wide and bulging, and their lips are usually curled back, freezing their faces into permanent toothy grimaces (occasionally, however, the lips are sewn shut.Like zombies, topis usually are clad in the tattered remains of whatever clothing they were wearing when they died. Unlike zombies, topis do not have a rotting stench, as the shrinking process also preserves their flesh.Topis cannot speak but often hiss, snarl, grunt, or gnash their teeth when attacking.”
WTF?
Fra denne online Monstrous Manual.
De er fra X8 Drums on Fire Mountain, oprindeligt. Det er en tropisk ø med sindssygt racistisk-stereotype neger-orker, heksedoktorer, Påskeø-ruiner og sådan. Tematisk set er de skrumpehoved-zombier, skrumpehoveder hvor resten stadig sidder fast.
og en t-rex ! (som på nogle forsider af X1 er en drage; hil dig oh danske oversættelse)
Jeg forstår ikke helt de der nummer.
X er en serie, X1 er et eventyr og X8 er et andet. Så langt så godt. Men hvordan kommer ens helte fra x7, der foregår i en vikingesetting til tropeøen hvor X8 forgår?
Der var ingen fortløbende sammenhæng a la Dragonlance. Det var simpelthen løsrevne scenarier som lagde sig i spændet levels 4-14 (“expert”-sættet, deraf “x”). Tilsvarende med B#, C# og m#.