Hurry On Sundown

Although many, many good things happen after dark--drinking, looting, carousing, stabbing, escaping--one of the less good things that can happen is an encounter with a penanggalan. Anyone who has spent much time digging around the Fiend Folio is probably familiar with this image:

Already, this is not good. Our humble adventurer, hair nicely braided, not only has the look of complete bewilderment in his eyes, but he also is about one segment away from getting his throat ripped out by a flying vampire head. Let's say that Ol' Hair Braid makes a dexterity check and manages to escape with his carotid artery intact. You know what he still has to worry about? The dripping ooze from Lady Penanggalan's viscera causing him burning damage. Let's also say OHB is lucky and keeps his dermis in one unburnt piece. He may not even remember the attack due to all the undead witchy power of the bodiless neck ripper.  

When your party is travelling between dungeons, spend the money on inn, hostel, tavern, or woodchopper's shed. All the silver pieces spent getting a roof over one's head will be worth it to prevent running into something that, in most cases, only has a head.

"Hurry on Sundown," which opens side one of Hawkwind, is apparently a reference to David Brock's other occupation of busking.