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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 5740174" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p>Another monster I love from 3e: the crawling head.</p><p></p><p>Bah formatting issues. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>I did two varieties, the crawling head wailer and the ravenous crawling head. The wailer has a "second failed save: you die" ability, and the ravenous guy has a vorpal bite encounter power that deals 8d12+8 damage (5d12+104 on a critical hit), half on a miss, with an effect that reads "If this damage reduces a creature to 0 hit points or below, the crawling head decapitates the target and swallows its head. (In many cases, this will slay the target.)"</p><p></p><p>So 4e-style instant death. </p><p></p><p>Note too that at epic levels, death is a speed bump. It should happen more often imho. Then again I haven't yet actually played at epic levels, so....</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">CRAWLING HEAD</span></p><p><strong>Source:</strong> 3e Fiend Folio.</p><p> </p><p>Spawned from the severed head of a giant, a crawling head is a horrific undead monstrosity that resembles a huge, bloated head grown to enormous size, with a seething mass of arteries, veins and viscera depending from the wound of its neck. Just beneath the surface of its translucent skin, the crawling head contains many sacs that bulge with the severed heads it had devoured.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Created by Mortals:</strong> Because of their immense power and their origination from giants, which might lead one to think that crawling heads were creations of the primordials or beings of similar nature. In truth, however, they are the creation of a series of powerful mortal necromancers that dwelt in the City of Skulls that surrounded the Bleak Academy. The first crawling head destroyed its creator, but was brought under control by the vampiric headmistress of the academy. The secrets to creating these mostrosities have since spread, but the enigma of how to control them remains.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Deadly Headhunters:</strong> Crawling heads leave a trail of mangled bodies behind, but always eat the heads of their victims. These heads are then stored in the many bulging sacs half-visible beneath the skin of the crawling head, where they wail, producing the crawling head's cacophany aura. Over time, older heads gradually dissolve away, consumed by the crawling head for sustenance.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Insane but Intelligent: </strong>Although crawling heads are insane and often have no real ambition or goal other than the consumption of victims' heads, they are brilliant. Some grow bored and carry out intricate plots for their amusement; such plots always involve spreading misery and death and the devourment of many heads. Crawling heads, while not prone to ally with living creatures, sometimes do so for short periods in order to amuse themselves or spread confusion, but such alliances usually end in disaster for the living partners.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 5740174, member: 1210"] Another monster I love from 3e: the crawling head. Bah formatting issues. :( I did two varieties, the crawling head wailer and the ravenous crawling head. The wailer has a "second failed save: you die" ability, and the ravenous guy has a vorpal bite encounter power that deals 8d12+8 damage (5d12+104 on a critical hit), half on a miss, with an effect that reads "If this damage reduces a creature to 0 hit points or below, the crawling head decapitates the target and swallows its head. (In many cases, this will slay the target.)" So 4e-style instant death. Note too that at epic levels, death is a speed bump. It should happen more often imho. Then again I haven't yet actually played at epic levels, so.... [size=4]CRAWLING HEAD[/SIZE] [B]Source:[/B] 3e Fiend Folio. Spawned from the severed head of a giant, a crawling head is a horrific undead monstrosity that resembles a huge, bloated head grown to enormous size, with a seething mass of arteries, veins and viscera depending from the wound of its neck. Just beneath the surface of its translucent skin, the crawling head contains many sacs that bulge with the severed heads it had devoured. [B]Created by Mortals:[/B] Because of their immense power and their origination from giants, which might lead one to think that crawling heads were creations of the primordials or beings of similar nature. In truth, however, they are the creation of a series of powerful mortal necromancers that dwelt in the City of Skulls that surrounded the Bleak Academy. The first crawling head destroyed its creator, but was brought under control by the vampiric headmistress of the academy. The secrets to creating these mostrosities have since spread, but the enigma of how to control them remains. [B]Deadly Headhunters:[/B] Crawling heads leave a trail of mangled bodies behind, but always eat the heads of their victims. These heads are then stored in the many bulging sacs half-visible beneath the skin of the crawling head, where they wail, producing the crawling head's cacophany aura. Over time, older heads gradually dissolve away, consumed by the crawling head for sustenance. [B]Insane but Intelligent: [/B]Although crawling heads are insane and often have no real ambition or goal other than the consumption of victims' heads, they are brilliant. Some grow bored and carry out intricate plots for their amusement; such plots always involve spreading misery and death and the devourment of many heads. Crawling heads, while not prone to ally with living creatures, sometimes do so for short periods in order to amuse themselves or spread confusion, but such alliances usually end in disaster for the living partners. [/QUOTE]
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