Re: [WW] OK, they're off the beach. Now what?

[Robert Holland <robert@macauley.com>]

>3) The sudden arrival of massive, violent death to the bocage
>(hedgerows) raises a mystical backlash, a supernatural killer that
>seeks out the violent- the soldiers- of both sides. I'm thinking here
>of some sort of animated thicket- a Bocage Elemental, if you will.
>This should be run in classic Horror In The Shadows style. Some
>elements and scenes I am considering using with this:
>   a) Pinned down and hopelessly outclassed in a night counterattack,
>the PCs are saved when SOMETHING takes out a major German attack
>element- maybe even a tank.
>   b) The PCs discover that both sides are losing patrols. This might
>even lead to a truce and a highly unofficial joint investigation with
>the Germans.
>   c)The monster can hide effectively by simply standing still. It
>will be mostly bulletproof, I'm thinking. So what will hurt it? Ideas,
>please.

Flamethrowers, obviously. :) Grenades and other explosives might hurt it some,
blowing its branches apart, but I think flame would be the way to go. Just make
sure you make them work to get hold of a flamethrower.

--Robert Holland