The selection opens with the Blob Fish, an ugly giant thing with a powerful sense of smell which lives in mud caves at the bottom of the river and moves by undulating both on land and in the water. It is a powerful leaper and likes to leap out of the water to land on and smash boats in search of prey. The Corpse Flower, is the first of several plants which feed on carrion., this one swamp dwelling and smothering its prey with its giant leaves which snake out to fifty yards and distracting them whilst using its Mental Blast attack to kill them. The Dragon Pod sits atop sand dunes from where it launches the hallucination of a dragon to distract its prey before stabbing them with its javelin-like fronds. The fun thing is that certain mutant tribes cultivate these plants for their hallucination effects giving rise to sightings of dragons flying around certain mountaintops! Similarly, the Dragon Tree is found in sets of four and uses Density Control Self to increase the density of its seed-cones to almost one hundred pounds and drop them on anyone foolish enough to wander under their eaves! Meanwhile, its wooden tree humanoid servant drags the victims to be absorbed...
Physically, Metamorphosis Alpha: Creatures & Gadgets is cleanly presented. The illustrations are excellent and the supplement is well written and easy to read. This is a supplement which will be of use to a lot of other Post-Apocalyptic settings or roleplaying games, such as Mutant Crawl Classics or Gamma World. The gadgets in the collection are likely to be more useful than the creatures, but this does not mean that the creatures will not have a use in a campaign. Overall, Metamorphosis Alpha: Creatures & Gadgets is a serviceable supplement for Metamorphosis Alpha: Fantastic Role-Playing Game of Science Fiction Adventures on a Lost Starship or the PostApocalyptic setting or roleplaying game of your choice.






