Here on the blog, we're still talking about Mutant World, and some of the creatures our heroes have to face during their adventures. Today, we're talking about the Gecko Gang!
There are five of them. They stand about seven feet tall. I started off thinking it would be kinda funny to have a rival band of lizard men all modelled after the Gecko from those insurance commercials, you know the guy! But he didn't look mean enough, and I kept thinking of a head with a wide maw and bulging eyes, more like that purple guy from Monsters Inc.
But then I was drawn back to my D&D past, and I realized what I needed was something closer to this troglodyte drawn by Willingham in the B/X Basic Set. Yeah, that's more like it! Tall, and sleek, and mean, and strong. Yeah...So then I had to figure out how to differentiate between them Should they have stripes? Spots? Combs? Spikes? Stegosaurus plates running down their spines? Of course, then I realized I could just differentiate them by color. It's an old fashioned cartoon trick, multiple characters that would look alike except for being different colors. You know, like Donald Duck's nephews: Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
And their names, of course, which are all bastardized derivatives of giant movie monsters. Gazillo, the yellow one, is the leader of the group. The blue one, Gidoro, prefers hand-to-hand combat. Gwanji, the red one, is the group's sniper. The green one is Gorgi, and he ain't afraid to hunt down a beast, no matter how big it is. Gam is the orange one, and he comes outta nowhere to help ya when ya need it the most!
Assuming, of course, that you're on his side! If you're not...well, that's a different point of view!
But YOU can experience the adventure along with our heroes in
Mutant World #2
Scourge of the Sundered Sands
Available Now!
to Kindle and Kindle Unlimited!
Until then, I wish you all...
Good Adventuring!
Timothy A. Sayell
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