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The backwards man is a twisted and malicious [[aberration]] that appears as a man scampering backwards on all fours, his features taking on an unnatural combination of both babies and extremely old men. Backwards men first terrorize their [[victim]]s for awhile, breaking in and stealing objects, moving furniture about while invisible (via their [[invisibility (Spell)|invisibility]] [[spell-like ability]]), generating weird noises, and sometimes appearing for short bits before disappearing. Backwards men proceed to slay [[livestock]] and other [[animal]]s before eventually targeting their intelligent prey. A backwards man primarily attacks with a horrid, barbed tentacle that springs from his mouth, and he can generate more tentacles from wounds made by [[:category:Slashing Weapon|slashing weapons]] and [[:category:Piercing Weapon|piercing weapons]]. Backwards men are peculiarly [[:category:misogynous|misogynous]] and prefer to victimize women over all other targets.<ref>[[Denizens of Dread]] p. 28-29</ref> | |||
Backwards men can be encountered in the following [[domain]]s: [[Hazlan]]<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I]] p.46</ref> | Backwards men can be encountered in the following [[domain]]s: [[Hazlan]]<ref>[[Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I]] p.46</ref> | ||
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The good folk of [[Mordent]] have stories of any number of bizarre bogies, the most amusingly miscellaneous being the "[[:category:Backwards Man|backward-man]]"--an old man going on all fours, stomach-up (hence the name) and full of tentacles, if I understood the description correctly. I hardly know whether to congratulate them on their imagination or take them to task for crediting a creature so obviously impossible in its physiology.<br> | |||
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I owe the [[Mordentish]] an apology in the matter of the backward-man. I was obliged to kill one in the front room this morning.<br> | I owe the [[Mordentish]] an apology in the matter of the backward-man. I was obliged to kill one in the front room this morning.<br> | ||
-From the wastebooks used to compile the [[Doomsday Gazetteer]] | -From the wastebooks used to compile the [[Doomsday Gazetteers|Doomsday Gazetteer]]<ref>Descriptive text from [[John W. Mangrum]]'s [[Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror]] project (contributed by [[Nathan Okerlund]]), from [http://www.fraternityofshadows.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3317&start=0 posts] on the [[Cafe de Nuit|Fraternity of Shadows message board]].</ref> | ||
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The backwards man is a twisted and malicious aberration that appears as a man scampering backwards on all fours, his features taking on an unnatural combination of both babies and extremely old men. Backwards men first terrorize their victims for awhile, breaking in and stealing objects, moving furniture about while invisible (via their invisibility spell-like ability), generating weird noises, and sometimes appearing for short bits before disappearing. Backwards men proceed to slay livestock and other animals before eventually targeting their intelligent prey. A backwards man primarily attacks with a horrid, barbed tentacle that springs from his mouth, and he can generate more tentacles from wounds made by slashing weapons and piercing weapons. Backwards men are peculiarly misogynous and prefer to victimize women over all other targets.[1]
Backwards men can be encountered in the following domains: Hazlan[2]
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The good folk of Mordent have stories of any number of bizarre bogies, the most amusingly miscellaneous being the "backward-man"--an old man going on all fours, stomach-up (hence the name) and full of tentacles, if I understood the description correctly. I hardly know whether to congratulate them on their imagination or take them to task for crediting a creature so obviously impossible in its physiology.
(Two days later)
I owe the Mordentish an apology in the matter of the backward-man. I was obliged to kill one in the front room this morning.
-From the wastebooks used to compile the Doomsday Gazetteer[3]
References
- ↑ Denizens of Dread p. 28-29
- ↑ Ravenloft Gazetteer Volume I p.46
- ↑ Descriptive text from John W. Mangrum's Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror project (contributed by Nathan Okerlund), from posts on the Fraternity of Shadows message board.
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