The amorphous creature is a common trope in science fiction. Perhaps the most familiar example is the title alien from the movie The Blob, but two other examples are the vermicious knids from Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, and a giant pasty mass of protoplasm found in Venusian jungles in one of Stanley G. Weinbaum's few short stories. These are to be distinguished from shape-shifters that can change their appearance to mimic whatever they like, such as the T-1000 from Terminator 2, or the thing from The Thing. Linguistic usage A trope is a rhetorical figure of speech that consists of a play on words, i. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... For other meanings of this term, see Blob A film poster for The Blob The Blob is an independently-made American science-fiction movie from 1958, filmed in color and widescreen, that achieved instant success and is still recognized today partly because it starred Steve McQueen and Aneta Corsaut in... Vermicious Knids are a species of amorphous, shape-shifting monsters which invade the Space Hotel USA in Roald Dahls Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. ... Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory also written by Roald Dahl. ... Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902-1935) was an American science fiction author. ... T-1000 in police disguise. ... The Thing DVD. Cover art by Drew Struzan The Thing is a 1982 science fiction film directed by John Carpenter. ...
Creature from the Pit is one of those stories that I have fond memories of enjoying in my youth.
I love how he doesnt condemn the Creature for the accidental deaths it has caused and has the patience and understanding to realise it is an alien and as such does not conform to humanoid rules of conduct.
Notorious for its poor realization of the eponymous creature, its dodgy grasp of the laws of physics and its daft humour, it is often derided and dismissed by fans as being an example of the worst excesses of the Williams era.
This creature would most appropriately be stuck in some place where medical supplies can be found, though most of them will have been used or compromised by the efforts of the person who came to this sorry fate.
The Coup for defeating this creature is to gain a +1 to any rolls (usually Vigor) made for the purpose of resisting effects of drugs.
If the creature was "put to rest" by means of miraculous healing, then the character that did the miraculous healing gets to add the aforementioned bonus, plus an extra die on top of the result, as if a Blue Fate Chip had been spent on the result.
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