Loathsome Beasts by Night Owl Workshop and Serpent Men on Mars

 This post is going to pick right up from here on the blog with old foes stirring as ancient lands rise from the depths of legend on Mars! 

I've been re reading the Leigh Brackett Mars stories again and going through Night Owl Workshop's Beasties: Loathsome Horrors. And Thomas Denmark also included four NPC's and two of these guys are humanoid serpent priests. Now in the past I've used Serpent Men on Mars as being one of the forbidden races that exist near the poles. Thier pyramids and zigguarats dotted the landscape around their minor empires and kingdom's holdings.

As the serpent men declined the Red Martian priests took over. Thier culture being a mix of Babylonian and Aztec like mixed deeply with the Conan like serpent men motif. Night Owl Workshop's Beasties: Loathsome Horrors has these two priests who are mutating into serpent like servants of thier gods. So the jungles and fens around this part of Mars are teeming with the serpent men's snake god cults. 

Wtih the emergence of Hyperborea on the horizon near Saturn the ancient gateways have opened between worlds again. 

And the jungles around the poles of Mars teem with serpent like warriors that hunt anyone in thier terrority for sacrifice to ancient serpent gods! And these ancient gateways lead deep into the ancient cities of the gods in the Grand Canyon. And there have been reports of these ancient kingdoms stirring & slithering. 

King of Rats Serpentman on Deviant art.. Used without permission. 

Edgar Rice Burrough's 'Horib' From The Interior world of Pellucidar Adapted For Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea rpg

 Horibs are a 'cold blooded' racial blend of serpent men & lizardmen that always found riding their Gorobor (the Pellucidar name for Cotylosaurus). Horibs are found in a number of 'lost world' settings across & as a part of the inner Earth. One of the characteristics that distinguishes them from their ancient Serpent Men ancestors is their crest horns. They are a fierce & savage race of hybrid serpent & lizard men created by unknown artificial arcane science lost to history. 

The Horibs - Pellucidar (Frank Frazetta's Illustration)

Horib shaman's continue to breech the planar barriers & these monsterous reptilian warriors have made their way to the shores of Hyperborea near the Lizard Men Swamps. They have been in a protracted war with the local Hyperborean lizardmen & even the Serpent Men near their jungle temples. Horibs are vicious & are known to kidnap human populations to feed to their hatchlings. Horib warriors us a combination of calvary spear tipped with a sleep poison laden  obsidan head. They also use a modified obsidan shod wooden saber capable of taking a stout warrior's head clean off. The kings of the Horibs are expanding the borders of their empire even now! 
Horibs are cold, logical, & highly intelligent capable of taking on dangerous problems such as humanity. They have existed for thousands of years as a thriving society as part of the inner Earth, & in the hidden regions of Africa. But their empire is on the move! On the shores of Hyperborea they are always found near jungle laden areas near volcanic activity. 


Tarzan issue #20 Marvel Comics 1977 used for reference 


No. Encountered: 1 (2d6)
Alignment: Lawfull  Evil
Size: L
Movement: 20 (swim 30)
Dexterity: 15
Armour Class: 8
Hit Dice: 2
Attack Rate: 1/1(spear), 1/1 (sword +1) 
Damage: 1d6 (1d8), By Weapon
Saving Throw: 15
Morale: 9
Experience Points: 40
Treasure Class: P

Horibs were created by Edgar Rice Burroughs for his  interior world of Pellucidar. And are adapted for AS&SH for DM Steve's personal campaign. This post is for educational & entertainment not as a copyright & trademark violation. The creators of AS&SH rpg in no way are responsible for the content of this blog. The artwork is used without permission & belongs to the copyright & trademark holders.