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Just how bad can survival on an alien world be

Bad
really bad

Not a bad start, covering familiar early Superman ground but still not bad. Everyone feel really young but then that is the audience they are going for.

Interesting choice for the first villain. Merc instead of Shock Radio host. Very different from her original origin.

The things they did with the Jor-El hologram were an odd choice. From the tone of his initial speech he came across as sort of militant & threatening. I honestly thought it was Zod at first. I get the choice though, they wanted to have a scene where Clark felt threatened by his heritage and chose to stay with the safety of the Kents. Later when he goes back and he says "I don't even know who you are" you can see the hologram of Jor-El look hurt in response. Very nicely done

So my friend got me this game while it was on sale so that I could play with him. Basic idea is you are in the Amazon Rain forest and you are trying not to die. So far our best effort is 8 days.

Green hell is a "learn from failure" game.
Figure out what killed you and try and work out how to stop it from happening again.
There is what looks like a nice base building aspect to it as well but we have yet to live long enough to really give it a go.

Balance your food, stay hydrated, check your body for leeches, watch for infected wounds, don't sleep on the ground cause worms will burrow into your flesh, Jaguars will eat you and the natives don't like you. Centipedes are super poisonous

Should you go insane try not to murder your friend

So if you are into that sort of thing, good game

So apparently Amazon has made a deal to make a Live action Spider-Man Noir series to show on Prime.

Gotta say, I don't hate the idea, done well it could be a pretty cool series.
Fingers crossed I guess.

Dose anyone have experience with the new Transformers RPG ( or one of Renegades other games using the same system, like GI Joe).

I kind of had a campaign concept pop into my head and I want to know if the system is fun or if I should try to do it in something else like Cypher or Genesys instead.

So I got to check out the first episode of this and I am intrigued. Always glad to see the US animation industry tackle more complex stories and I think this has some potential

Looking forward to see where this goes.

anyone else?

Well looks like we finally got a real trailer for this, and I am very excited to see the JSA in action

Black Adam trailer

Well, Reaper has started up the Bones 6 kickstarter

and it's already funded.

These have been a great source of minis for me over the years and they grow in size very fast.

Hoping to add to my collection of Great Old Ones this year

So the first three episodes are up on Amazon

Now I have not heard the Podcasts so I'm kind of going in blind to this series

and it was a lot of fun
I like the characters and it's got a good mix of drama and comedy. Plus the relationships in the group feel really solid, which I guess makes sense considering.

Looking forward to the next three

So as promised we get more of John Cena as Peacemaker from Suicide Squad

and honestly I don't know what to make of this. It's funny, in a sad way.

at least the Eagle loves him.

So with Wheel of Time, the Expanse, Hawkeye, The Witcher, Cowboy Beebop and a lot of other high profile shows popping up I have to ask

Is anyone watching Alex Rider on Amazon? Not he American made movie but the British made TV series. 2nd Season just popped up and it is bloody good

So...just watched the first three episodes...

Personally I thought, that was pretty fantastic

So Child's Play has a TV series all it's own now. Forgetting CyberChucky and going back to classic Vodo serial killer Chucky

The relationship between Chucky and Jake is interesting, it's like Chucky is grooming Jake to become a killer himself.

Plus we seem to be going into Chucky's own background

So far I am enjoying it, possibly more than I should, but Chucky's whole attitude is kind of infectious.

So, this could be cool or could blow up in a huge mess.

I'll check it out regardless

https://www.slashfilm.com/world-of-darkness-universe-film-tv/

Started in on early access for a game called Valheim. Viking survival and small group coop adventuring.

Basically you died and got dropped into a new world. If you want to get into Valhalla, you have to bring down Odin's enemies in this world. unfortunately you don't get a lot of help on this quest. You don't even start with pants

For an early access game it's been running pretty well so far. I'm up to day 5 now. nearly died from a tree falling on me. Nearly died when I set myself on fire sitting too close to the campfire, built some basic tools out of rocks and branches. Built a basic hut to live in and finally on day 5, pants.

So far it's been fun trying to talk some of my friends into joining me

So I am 2 episodes into Utopia and it has been a heck of a ride already

Basic Idea - Dystopia was an Indie Comic that spawned conspiracy theories about diseases being used to end the world by the sinister Mr. Rabbit.

After a couple buys an old house they discover the unpublished sequel and decide to auction it off at a comic convention.

Conspiracy fan club tries to get their hands on it and then some assassin type fellows start killing everyone who has even seen the thing.

and from there things just kind of escalate

Two episodes in and it's been pretty crazy. Safety of our main cast is very much in doubt. Adds some nice tension when you know that no one is safe.

Ok so new and supposedly Final Trailer is out

and....it actually looks like fun

Some Hanna Barbara shared universe stuff but I think there is a relevant linking factor

Took me a while to realize it but

Scooby - Dinomutt - Muttly

Is there a link between the talking dogs of Hanna Barbara?

So with Christmas came Steam gift cards, which soon turned into new games

One of which is No Man's Sky.
So I am taking a bit of a break from Fallout 4 to explore the universe.

Building settlements was one of the things I really loved about Fallout, that and just wandering around making up my own story.

No Man's Sky is all that with less raiders trying to shoot me in the face.

You wake up with no memory on a planet that is not exactly safe to breath on, and from there you just kind of do your own thing.

There is a story to follow but it's not a particularly obtrusive one.
So it wasn't long before I found myself on nice little world with a pink sky and breathable air. Built myself a log cabin, cataloged some plants, rocks and animals, little bit of Xenoarcheology

As I said, it's nice, particularly for a builder like me. No pressure just wander the galaxy and do your own things

Not to say there haven't been a few close calls. There were some cat things tried to eat me, but I figured that was going to be my biggest worry.

I was wrong.

Dug up some alien ruins and found a weird glowing orb. No sooner than I take it do a pair of floaty ball robots show up and start shooting at me. Jumped in my ship and left the planet as quick as I could thinking I would be safe.....

not so much. There are ships in orbit that start shooting right away....and I suck at space combat. Never been good at flight simulators.

So I ran into an asteroid field hopping to ditch them, when I get a weird message from somone offering to save me. I say yes...how could it make things worse.

Death Star appears in front of me and I get on board.

So now I am technically safe
Hopefully someone will tell me what's so important about the Glowing Orb.

So about 20 hours of game play, 4 little bases scattered around two star systems, about 20 words of Gek and one mystery Orb.

and I am looking forward to seeing where my space adventures go next.

Show earns it's Language and Violence warnings, but I gotta say. I'm enjoying the heck out of it so far.
Harley and her crew are just nuts, and Ivy makes a great Straight Man, forced to deal with it all.

Traditions are one of the most versatile aspects of the Spheres of Power/Might system. Easy to make and able to add a great deal of flavor to a campaign. I thought maybe it would be good to put up a post where people can share some of the traditions they have created for their own campaigns.

This for example, is the default tradition for Goblins in my setting. Even my CR: 1/3 Goblin Warriors use this in place of the normal “All Martial and armor proficiencies” they would normally get for Warriors.

Martial Tradition: Goblin Tunnel fighting
Equipment: Goblin Heritage
Athletics Sphere (Run)
Scoundrel Sphere
Variable: Shield Training or Trap Sphere

Likewise my Orcs use this one

Martial Tradition: Orc Savagery
Equipment: Orc Heritage
Berserker Sphere
Brute Sphere
Variable: Any talent from the Berserk or Brute Spheres.

On a less general side of things I have the “Pirate's Rope Game”, which is a common entertainment for Pirates. Two men are tied at the wrist with a length of Rope and a single Dagger is thrown in the arena. The winner is the one who leaves the arena with the Rope. Some go for the knife, others just beat their opponent down. Some Pirates go as far as make a living at the game, others find themselves with no choice in the matter.

Martial Tradition: Pirate’s Rope Game
Equipment: Balanced Defense
Gladiator Sphere
Variable: Either the Brute Sphere or the Duelist Sphere
Variable: Either the Boxing Sphere or the Finesse Fighting equipment Talent

So anyone have their own Sphere Traditions to share?

Under the Spheres of Power Item creation rules, Craft Wands is replaced by Craft Spell Engine, and some of the example Spell engines are not specifically wands (for example the Dungeoneer's box)

Could I enchant a Weapon as a Spell Engine

For example a Bow enchanted as a Destruction Spell Engine with the Enegy Focus Drawback (Electrical) To create a Bow that shoots lightning bolts.

So the next Reaper Bones Kickstarter will be going live on October 1st. Just under a month to set aside cash monies for another giant pile of plastic

I will be setting aside much monies.

I've gotten in on every Bones kickstarter todate and I have not been disappointed once, and as a result I have a GIANT pile of minies. Frankly I'm amazed at how many of them I've actually gotten painted.

Best of all there has been at least 1 Great Old One with every set; Cthulhu, Shub-niggarath, Nyarlahothotep, and Mashaaf, plus Dagon for funsies. I look forward to adding another to the collection

Just picked up this addition for spheres of might over on drivethru.

It's basically a Sphere version of the Leadership Feat. Only given it a quick look but it has some very neat things in it and various options around Conhorts and Followers.

The Leadership sphere is not about leading people into battle (that's the Warleader Sphere). Instead it's about recruiting allies and leading organizations.

Has some neat Archetypes too.
One in particular is a Wraith Archtype called - The Collective, allowing you to play a Hivemind. A Disembodied intelligence giding and manipulating your collection of Followers and Cohorts

Ok so it's been a while since I ran World of Darkness anything and I've been missing it (and discovering they are all up into a 2nd edition and everything).

I am out of practice for horror and have been doing lots of Pathfinder and Mutants& Masterminds. But the horror is calling to me

Here is the basics of the idea
The year is 2001
The PCs are contestants on a Reality TV show, kind of like Big Brother, only the house is haunted. Anyone who stays in the place for the full 3 months splits the prize money.

At first I was thinking the House in question would be isolated like on an island in a lake or something. But I am wondering if it would be better to be closer or even in a city. I am also going to include some NPCs to serve as "competition". It starts with the show crew rigging the house with various scares but as things go the ghosts in the house start to actually get involved. At the climax people start dying.

News reports it as a horrible accident, show is cancelled, footage is buried, to be discovered years later by New PCs.

anyone have any extra advice or ideas for this?

For those of you using Spheres of Might in your games. How often do you give the monsters some sphere stuff. either with classes or with the Monster Traditions

For Example: early in the campaign I am currently making my Players will face a Giant Spider with the Behemoth Tradition (Brute Sphere: Smash, Stampede and Takedown talents)

also all the Goblins they run into will have

Martial Tradition: Goblin Tunnel Fighting
Equipment: Goblin Heritage (From Spheres Apocrypha - Racial Martial talents)
Athletics (Run)
Scoundrel
Variable: Shield Training or Trap Sphere.

What sort of Martial Monsters have you hit your group with?

Just watched the first episode of Kingdom on Netflix and has made quite the impression. Well done, creepy as heck and it would make an interesting Pathfinder campaign.

Has English language track for those of you who don't like subtitles and the dubbing isn't bad.

A sick King
an evil high chancellor ruling in the king's place
a Crown Prince searching for the truth.

and zombies

Journal
It has been 5 days since I left the vault. 200 years after I entered it, at least if my senile old robot is to be believed. My husband is dead, my son kidnapped and I…I’ve changed somehow. My hair has turned white…not grey but white like snow, my eyes too, like all the color has been drained out of them. The world is so different, everything is in ruins and I am hungry…so hungry. I’ve been able to find some food but it’s not enough.
Light hurts the eyes so I’ve been wearing some old welding goggles I scrounged up.
I’m living, if you can call it that, in an old garage not far from what was my home….I just couldn’t stay in Sanctuary Hills….too many memories.

So damn hungry

Ok I recently started bouncing around an idea for Mutants & Masterminds. I want to run something heavily Jojo's Bizarre adventure inspired.

The Ideas I have for it so far
1920's, New England
Mobsters (Decoy Villain a Mafia don named Great Big C. Real villain one of his henchmen named Red Rider)
A Stone Mask (which will end up in Red's hands)
Fish men Zombies
Stands named after Lovecraftian stuff (King in Yellow, Crawling Chaos, Black goat, etc....), triggered by a creepy statue made of strange alien metal.

(for those not familiar with Jojo. The Stone Mask is used to turn a human into a Vampire, A vampire can then turn corpses into Zombies that are a kind of lesser Vampire. Vampires in this setting do a lot of Flesh shaping stuff, which is where the Fish men Zombies will come from.
A Stand is the main Superpower of the Jojo setting. An embodiment of psychic power, usually but not always taking a humanoid form. Each one has a power, often strange (Like being able to un-zip people or turn you into string) and they can only be seen by other Stand users. The more raw power the Stand has the shorter the distance it can go from it's user. Originally Stands were named after Tarot cards, but most now are Classic Rock references)

Anyone have any ideas for fleshing things out?

So yeah.....Pokemon: Detective Pikachu the movie.
Trailer

gonna be honest with you

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I kind of HAVE to see this film

I really enjoyed the Worldscape concept from the Pathfinder Comic and while the comic gave us a couple of neat little things I would love to get a full Sourcebook on the Worldscape setting.

Is there any chance Paizo will make one before they release PF2?

Spheres of Adventure
So I am beginning a short campaign using Drop Dead Studio’s Spheres of Power and Spheres of Might. The adventure takes place in a mountain valley where a thriving merchant town of Warben, prospers from trade between nations on either sides of the mountain range. The Players will start off with odd jobs, discover a threat to the town, save the town and then go kill the BBEG. I’m expecting the campaign to bring them to around level 6 or 7 by the end. This week I walked two of the players through making Sphere characters and I’m arranging a time to work with the rest of the group next week. Only Sphere Classes are being used, which admittedly still gives a nice selection of 22 classes.

Few House rules beyond using the Sphere stuff
1) Stepped Advancement from Unchained
2) Skill Groups from Unchained
3) Each character starts with a number of Contacts based on their Charisma Bonus (minimum of 1)

Our Heroes
Player 1
Desided to just roll up a random background from Ultimate Campaign, ended up with a neat story
A Half-Elf from the Sultanates of Arkey. Born to a noble family his parents were murdered by his older brother who seized control of the city. He managed to escape with his life thanks to the aid of his undead mentor. He has come to Warben looking to get a grip on his situation and meet with his father’s former master of spies. Casting Tradition is Genie Binder (Class: Incanter) using Life and Destruction Magic. No Incanter specialties, he’s going for full Bonus Feats. His Contacts in Warben are Captain Donaven of the Town Watch and Kalim, the 8 Fingers, who was his father’s master of spies before getting exiled and is now a drunk with a lot of info.

Player 2
Human born and raised on the docks of Warben. Scorned as a freak, because the Blood of Dopplegangers runs in his veins and he has been forced to survive by fighting in underground arenas and by scavenging up old relics from the war a century ago. His Casting Tradition is Psychometry, Martial Tradition Gladiator, he can attune himself to the residual magical auras left on an item that was owned by powerful individuals and draw out the power left behind as well as the personality of the former owners (Class Troubadour). Gladiator Martial Sphere, Warp Magic Spheres plus Alteration Sphere from the Doppleganger Spawn racial that replaces his bonus human feat. His Personas represent the psychic impressions of those who owned his Foci. His Contact is Baldry the Smith in Dwarf Town (one of Warben’s town districts) who buys what he scavenges and melts them down.

I'll add the other players once they have their characters done.

Just a general public service annoucement in case anyone might be interested.

June 14th there is apparently a special Director's Cut release, in select movie theaters, of the classic Dr. Who episode Genesis of the Daleks, starring Tom Baker as the 4th Doctor.

I figured some people around here might want to know if they hadn't already heard

The Spheres of Power and Might system offers a lot of options for customization so I thought a workshop thread where people can post ideas they have come up with like new Traditions, Magic items, etc...

Here are a couple of items I'm working into my campaign

Black Feather Potion (CL: 5 Complexity: 5)
(Alteration + Avian Transformation + Size change + Duration Change)
On drinking this potion you transform into a Raven for 5 minutes.

Soldier's Pot (CL: 5 Complexity 2)
(Creation + Sustenance talent)
This pot when placed on a Cooking fire for 10 minutes creates a simple stew that will feed up to 5 people. Usable 1/day

So far they have told us about the rough outline for the new edition and then they gave us a Blog about the Action system.

What do we need to see first in future Blogs?

I know Paizo has their own idea on what info to give and when but there are a lot of implied things from what they have said and what people have heard in the podcast that people are jumping on, some of which judging from comments by Paizo stuff have surprised them.

So What needs to be cleared up first and what info do you want them to get to in a hurry?

GM sits you and your group down and tells you

"For this campaign, you are all members of the Riddleport City Watch. The campaign will revolve around the events in the city and the Watch responding to them as they go about their duties."

What do you make?

Got into a talk about old TV shows people would like to see rebooted. Of course some of the obvious ones came up like Firefly, Farscape, Babylon 5, Buffy, Xena, Darkwing Duck etc...

but then the really old obscure stuff starts to show up; Things like Forever Knight, War of the Worlds and "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future"

So I just figured I'd see what I can dig out of the minds of folks around here and what do you think is worth ressurecting

So one of our group wants to gather up people who have nothing to do the last week of December and hard core 10 hours a day for a week run Curse of Srahd for 5E

I'm supposed to DM and a part of me sais "Awesome" the rest of me sais "You're OLD, that will kill you"

So regardless I'm getting myself ready for it.

Things I've decided so far
Did the Fortune reading ahead of time, that way I know the basic path the group will take

Milestone Level Advancement. Death House gets them to leel 3. Each Artifact is 1 more, finding the ally is another so that covers them to level 7 and they should be 9 once they head for the final battle. Need to decide 2 other milestoens that would be good. These are going to be the level 4-6 range because (the 3 Relics ended up in the 6-8 level range).

Using a stripped down version of the Middle Earth Journey system for travel (Hex size difference is 1/4 mile vs. 10 miles so straight port seems excessive), 0-1 encounters per journey. Encounter table built using the Random encounter tables from the adventure.

Need to make certain Strahd keeps bothering them, so makeing a few Encounters where he terrorizes the group just for fun.

and of course refreshing myself on the 5E rules

Now, dose anyone who's run this or played this already have any advice

Trailer is up

I'm still kind of worried and I'm a little wierded out by some of it....but I don't hate it

Drop Dead Press has created a pretty good thing in their Spheres of Power and Spheres of Might books. One of the best world building tools in these books is the concept of Traditions that give you some background in how you were trained for Combat or Magic.

So I thought a workshop thread might be a neat thing to try.

Allow me to contribute
The Bloodscar tribe
The Orcs of the Bloodscar tribe have always been a fearsome horde but since the Rise of Korgash One Eye as chieftain they have become particularly savage. Backed by the Rot Shamen, Korgash seeks to establish himself as a legendary war leader who will be remembered to all of history.

Martial Tradition: Bloodscar Savagery
The brutal tactics of the Bloodscar care little for their own safety, focusing instead of killing the enemy in front of them
Bonus Talents: Equipment – Orc Heritage
Equipment – Armor Training
Berserk Sphere
Variable: Either Shield Training or a talent from the Berserk Sphere

Magical Tradition; Rot Shamen
The Bloodscar Rot Shamen have forged unspeakable pacts with the spirits of death & decay in exchange for power. Their bodies become like corpses, infested with carrion vermin. Spellcasting is painful as the insects burrow out of their flesh only to be consumed by the shaman or hurled at the target of his spells

Drawbacks
Painful Magic
Somatic Casting (x1)
Verbal Casting

Sphere Specific Drawbacks
Enhancement: Bodily Enhancement
Mind: Animal Shaman

Boons
Deathful Magic
Bonus Spell Points: +1, +1/6 Class levels.
Note: Most of the Rot Shamen are Hedgewitches using the Black Magic (Hive Curse) and Spiritualism Traditions

Thought I would post This Article about a computer generating random spell names.

Personally I like Summon Storm Bear although Divine Boom has potential

So I figure we are going to have lots of Starfinder/PAthfinder debates going around for the next little while I might as well start one up myself.

Specifically would you want Paizo to introduce the idea of Character Themes to Pathfinder?

For those who don't have Starfinder a character Theme is a core part of your character creation. It affects your starting attributes as well as sets some abilities for your character, granting new stuff at 6th, 12th and 18th level. The abilities granted are largely non-combat. (The most combat focused theme grants abilities to carry heavier gear easily and to lead others in battle rather than actual combat bonuses)

A character theme reprisents a focus for your character, which may be a result of background, upbringing, training or mystic destiny.

Themes are pretty general and can work with any character class. The Themes in the core book are

Ace Pilot
Bounty Hunter
Icon
Mercenary
Outlaw
Priest
Scholar
Spacefarer
Xenoseeker

So could that same concept be applied to Pathfinder in a way that improuves the game?

Personally I think it could Bounty Hunter, Mercenary, Outlaw, Priest and Scholar could be made to wrok for Pathfinder and there are plenty of other ideas that would fit for a Fantasy setting like Pathfinder.

For Example a Noble theme or an Artisan theme?

So Netflix just sent me a notice about an upcoming series that looks kind of fun. It's about a father and son reconnecting through the Final Fantasy MMO.

Anyone else going to check this out?

So, I've been painting huge pile of minies and I just finished a big one, so I figured I would start a game with it (as well as show off my paint job)

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We are looking at a size Gargantuan monster but I don't think it matches anything in the beastiaries.

So here is the game.

A) If this was going to show up in your campaign how would you make stats for this monster. You can use the normal Beastiary rules or the Unchained simple monster rules or Rogue Genius' Talented Beastiary rules or even Green Ronin's Advanced Beastiary.

B) How would you use this monster in your campaign.

Feel free to do A or B or Both.

or post your own unknown beasties to add to the game (and show off your own stuff)

Starting a thread for this on it's own to pull the discussion away from another topic as well as to address comments made recently by Marvel and somewhat misinterprited by various comic news sites.

Personaly I think that Diversity in and of it's self is a good thing. The problem I feel is when it is pushed forward by sacrificing an existing character to make room for the "new and diverse" version. Marvel in particular right now I feel is seeing a bit of backlash on this.

The problem with "replacement" characters is that you are doing a disservice to both the old and new characters. Firstly you are shelving/killing/erasing a version that already has a fanbase be it large or small. Right there some people are going to get pissed off.
Secondly the resentment at loosing "their version" of the character then gets dumped on the new guy, deserved or not. Regardless of how and why it happened the new character might just as well have pulled the trigger that killed the old one. That is going to make it hard on the new guy to start out of the gate with people hating him or her.

Creating new Diverse characters is a great move by both companies, but replacing existing characters who happen to be white guys is not the way to do it. To be honest race and gender don't even really matter.

Case in Point - DC's new version of Lobo. This was literally new version kills old version and takes over. The new one was same race, same gender, just an "new sleaker modern look" replacing the old grungy biker version.

and it failed utterly.

it didn't fail because of diversity because nothing had changed on that point. It failed simply because It Wasn't Lobo and it couldn't get a chance to become Lobo because it was hated before the first issue even hit the stands.

We do need new Diverse characters but they have to actually be New Characters, not replacements for older ones that already have fans.

Little bit different little more modern but Duck Tales is back

Been enjoying the comic so far but I really like the ideas behind this setting.

Will Paizo be releasing an official Worldscape Setting book at some point? and how many other people would be interested in it

I just finished this nifty little series on Netflix. Based on the Douglas Adams books it follows the title character as he investigates a Murder involving a Mysterious Cult, a 19th century inventor, a poor down on his luck Bellboy, a missing rock star, a Corgi and a killer kitten.

This was interesting, strange and a mix of american and british storytelling. Not going to be for everyone, and I got the impression it's not following the books but is more using the books to make up it's own story. I enjoyed it though and looking forward to seeing season 2.

anyone else seen it?

So here is the idea I am currently working with. The players are going to explore a Kingdom of Slime.

Specifically it is the ruins of a city covered in an Ooze. The Ooze is a single massive creature who's core is located at the center of the city (IE: Final fight ofthe adventure) however it is able to create many peripheral bodies using the city's dead as templates. Basically as the players wander the city they will be fighting Ooze people; Ooze guards, Ooze Knights, Ooze Peasants, Ooze mages, etc....

Now the basic creatures I've got covered thanks to the advanced beastiary from Green Ronin. but what I am working on now is enviroment rules

The important thing to keep in mind is despite there being lots of Ooze people to fight it is actually only a single creature as big as a city, creating fake people to fight off the PCs and keep them from it's core.

Main points I'm working with
There is about a foot of slime on the ground through the entire city. This is also part of the creature
The Peripheral Ooze people can not leave the ground slime
The Ooze Kingdom can sense the presence of the PCs as long as they are touching the slime but not with precision (it's just too big)
The Ooze is somewhat slow to react. It can't just swamp the PCs with an endless horde right away but if the PCs linger in one spot too long they will see more and more Ooze people converging on their location.
Anyone who dies in the slime can be used as a template bythe slime to create an Ooze copy. IE: PC gose down, Group can expect to face an Ooze PC even if they Rez their companion, the Slime Kingdom will have "memorized" the template.

can you think of anything else that might be good to include

Trailer is up and looking pretty good if you ask me. Looks like a very different story from the sort we've had till now.

I'm wondering if Fox has decided that maybe the shared universe thing is a wash and decided to just focus on making a good movie using the character