THE CRAWLER'S COMPANIONpatch notes for the apocalypse

Dirigible Gnomes

First seen: Book 3, Epilogue

The opponent named for floor 5's Air Quadrant once the entry wheel stops on their option, out of four named choices. The system states the party must storm their castle in the sky, the Wasteland Fortress, to pass the level. Nothing else about them is shown before the chapter ends.

GalacticAir PowerHistory

Appearance

Small, bulbous-nosed humanoids similar in build to a Bopca Protector but smaller, wearing the stereotypical pointy red hatB4C2

Connections

Wasteland Fortress:

Their castle in the sky, which the party must storm to pass the level, per the system's own framingB3C35

Dromedarians:

Per Crixus, calls the camels complicit slaves of Anser deserving destruction, a harsher framing than anything the dromedarians themselves have offered about the gnomesB4C12

History by chapter
Book 3
Chapter 35
  • RELATIONSHIP Wasteland Fortress: Their castle in the sky, which the party must storm to pass the level, per the system's own framing
  • TAG Galactic: Named as the party's floor 5 opponent once the entry wheel lands on their option; nothing else about them is shown yet
Book 4
Chapter 2
  • PHYSICAL Appearance: Small, bulbous-nosed humanoids similar in build to a Bopca Protector but smaller, wearing the stereotypical pointy red hat
Chapter 3
  • TAG Air Power: Confirmed capable of scrambling multiple aircraft in minutes once alerted; a single Drop Bear responds to the party's first explosion, followed shortly by a flight of eight more, varied and mismatched, forcing a retreat back to Hump Town
Chapter 11
  • TAG History: Once hoped to stay neutral by living entirely in the sky, flying black-and-gold Legate Balloons as symbols of peace, before new arrivals through the dungeon's own portal ended that hope and pushed them to war
Chapter 12
  • RELATIONSHIP Dromedarians: Per Crixus, calls the camels complicit slaves of Anser deserving destruction, a harsher framing than anything the dromedarians themselves have offered about the gnomes