Carcass Fiddler

Carcass Fiddler

AC: -2
HD: 10 (d12)
#Appearing: 4-6
Move Rate: 13' (In-game feet)
FREQUENCY: Common
%IN LAIR: 50%
TREASURE TYPE: Necrinstruments
NO. ATTACKS: 1
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1d4
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Nil
SPECIAL DEFENCES: Nil
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 50%
INTELLIGENCE: Genius
ALIGNMENT: Any
SIZE: M

The Carcass Fiddlers are green to grey humanoids, with mid-size orange tusks. They use dead bodies to play music, and are commonly seen as entertainers in the City of Bells.

The variety of instruments used by the Carcass Fiddlers is highly extreme. For example, one might slice from the area directly between the collarbones to the bottom of the stomach, and then mummify the body, at which point some of the ribs would be removed, the chest cavity hollowed out, and the skin stretched back over and sewn together, forming a drum. The skull would then be taken, and the neck skin removed for later use. The arms and legs would also be cut off, and some of their skin used to cover the holes from the removal of the head and limbs. At this point, the radius should be removed, drilled, and attached to the back of the skull, which will have skin from the legs and neck folded under the lower jaw, back over the top of the skull, and then sewn at the joint. Here some teeth will be removed (which depend on the personal preference of the musician), and the Skull Flute (played through the nose, mouth, or eyes) and Body Drum are complete. And this is from one body, prepared in one way, by one person. The Carcass Fiddle, which is the most common, is created by placing a rod through the spine and into the skull, securing the ribcage, and stringing lengths of the intestines at various points. Then, various bones are rodded onto the tailbone, depending on the desired height.