No fancy intros for this one. I'm just getting down to business: cooking up stats for another figure from my shelf of random nostalgia...
Let's go with...Gnawgahyde, the Dreadnok poacher. And maybe his pet boar Clyde as well...
Working for now with the basic building blocks of Warrior, Expert, and Adept, Gnawgahyde seems fine for an Expert. If I get classes filled out nicely at some point, and I have a good Hunter/Ranger type, I guess he matches that archetype pretty well, but for now...Expert will do.
Here's his old file card...
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I'm not sure why we don't get any information on where he's from...unless it's just supposed to be so freaking obvious from his appearance. This was before any of us knew of Steve Irwin, so Crocodile Dundee was America's greatest cultural reference point for Australia...and Gnawgahyde here certainly has an aura of 'villainous Crocodile Dundee' about him. I think you can also argue that Gnawgahyde has Bayou Billy vibes, so I'll admit that I did have to do a quick search to confirm that his accent and dialogue also point to an Australian origin (vs. the rural American South). And also...isn't it a little odd that his real name is so hard to come by? From what I've seen, the only notable reference to it is on the file card accompanying his 2011 figure...
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Clyde "Gnaw" Hyde. Hmm. Okay. Maybe because Naugahyde is a registered trademark? (Side note: there's definitely something gameable in the Nauga, the creature whose 'hyde' is used in its production...)
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And, isn't his warthog named Clyde? Did he name a pet after himself...? His figure from the newer Classified series has a warthog named Porkbelly (plus a macaque named Yobbo), so maybe there's a retcon at work here...
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Well darn, what was it I was saying about getting down to business...? Time to do that for real. Then maybe I'll look around to find a replacement hat for my Gnaw figure. (I'll get to Clyde a little later, too...)
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Human
Born: Australia, 1950
Occupation: Poacher
Affiliation: Dreadnoks
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
16 (+2) 13 (+1) 14 (+1) 9 (--) 12 (--) 5 (-2)
HP 10 Move 30 ft.
Attack Bonuses: melee +4/+2, ranged +3/+1 (+6 w/two-handed small arms)
Proficiencies (Expertise***)
Saves: Dexterity, Intelligence
Weapons: All simple weapons, two-handed small arms***
Armor: Light armor
Languages: English, French, Swahili
Skills: Stealth, Nature***, Animal Handling***, Insight, Perception, Survival
Tools/Talents: Traps***
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I'm glad you explained the name. I was running it through in my head trying to work out what it meant, or if it was a pun. So it *is* a pun, but a reference to something I'd never heard of!
ReplyDeleteWhatever his name is, he's got a bit of Kraven the Hunter to his visuals.
Oh yeah, I should have recognized the Kraven connection...that leopard(ish) skin really locks that in, I guess!
DeleteAnd y'know...it didn't even occur to me that 'Naugahyde' might not be a worldwide phenomenon; I feel like the word was used very broadly as a term for fake leather when I was a kid, so I guess my immediate recognition (with some spelling liberties taken, of course) really dates and places me...!
I don't recognise this guy at all, so I'm not sure he made it into the comics (or at least our edited "Action Force" version) or if he did, he didn't make much of an impression!
DeleteIt does appear that he was among the last (if not THE last) of the 'classic' Dreadnoks to enter the lore. As far as making an impression...well, I have to imagine that the leopard-skin vest and pet warthog would be at least a LITTLE memorable if he had appeared on your radar very much... ;)
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