Monster Review: Dust Devil

Ok, i have been a fan of Stargate for a long time. Pretty much when it came out as a movie then when it moved to a tv show filmed in Vancouver. No i'm into Stargate Universe.

If you have not seen it, let me talk about two episodes. In one episode the crew goes to a desert planet in search of lime for the air filter. During the trip one of the crew members stumbles upon this Dust Devil like creature. The dust devil sucked up some water and returned it to the crew just when he needed it allowing him to complete his mission and return back before time ran out.

A few episodes later we find out that lots of water has gone missing, and turns out one of these little dust devils got on board and went into the water supply. We also see that they seem to be generally friendly and curios and not wanting to cause harm. But they can cause harm, they can suck the water right out of you.

So what i submit to you is a version of a dust devil that could easily destroy a party of equal level. The idea behind it is to find alternative means of getting rid of it instead of combat.

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The only other thing i would like to add is a vulnerablity to fire, only beacuse the dust devil in SGU did not seem to like it very much.

Tactics: Dust Devils have no reason to attack creatures and are curious creatures that idealy like to try and communicate. If provoked they will defends theselves and flee. Otherwise dust devils will try to mimic faces of other creatures as their main method of communicating. Dust Devils are not made of dust or sand but instead of thousands and millions of tiny insect that can consume imense amounts of water and even recall it at later dates.

Well i am very intrigued in feedback and would like to know what you think.

Thanks and until next time keep your dice on the table.