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<blockquote data-quote="Bloodstone de Troll" data-source="post: 243716" data-attributes="member: 3538"><p><strong>Examples</strong></p><p></p><p>Here are some examples of denizens using an octopus (Xzybrippppgus) and a purple worm (Bel Grubbiliuxite) as the base creatures.</p><p></p><p>Xzybrippppgus </p><p>Small Outsider (Aquatic) </p><p>Hit Dice: 2d8 +8 (17 hp) </p><p>Initiative: +3 (Dex) </p><p>Speed: 20 ft, swim 30 ft. </p><p>AC: 16 (+1 size, +3 Dex, +2 natural) </p><p>Attacks: 8 arms +7 melee, bite +2 melee </p><p>Damage: Arms 0, bite 1d3+3 </p><p>Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 5 ft./5 ft. </p><p>Special Attacks: Improved grab, Manifest Tentacles, Posessio</p><p>Special Qualities: Magic Absorption, Spell Immunity, Immunities, Spell-like Abilities, Fragile. </p><p>Saves: Fort +7, Ref +6, Will +7</p><p>Abilities: Str 16, Dex 17, Con 18, Int 16, Wis 18, Cha 13 </p><p>Skills: Concentration +4, Knowledge (arcane) +11, Scry+5, Search+6, Spellcraft+8, and Spot +4 </p><p>Feats: Combat Casting, Weapon Finesse (arms, bite) </p><p>Climate/Terrain: Temperate and warm aquatic </p><p>Organization: Solitary </p><p>Challenge Rating: 10 </p><p>Treasure: None </p><p>Alignment: Neutral Evil </p><p>Advancement: 4-8 HD (Medium-size), 16-32 (Large); </p><p> Xzybrippppgus is a sort of occult “accountant” for the cult of Bel Grubbiliuxite (the thing-that-devours-nations) as Bel Grubbiliuxite itself spends long eons sleeping beneath its temple and has no time for such “puny concerns”. At present Xzybrippppgus is only allowed to caelogue its masters tribute of magical items and sacrifices, though it has been squirelling away many goodies over the centuries. Xzybrippppgus appears as a purple and green skinned, flippered octopus, it has two independantly moving eye stalks, and missmatched “fingers” attached to the ends of its tentacles (which are often seen to be holding pen ink and parchment. The overall effect is more revolting that terrifying, and as such it is often underestimated. Xzybrippppgus is biding its time…</p><p></p><p>Bel Grubbiliuxite</p><p>Gargantuan Outsider</p><p>Hit Dice: 16d8+192 (206 hp)</p><p>Initiative: -2 (Dex)</p><p>Speed: 20 ft., burrow 20 ft., swim 10 ft.</p><p>AC: 19 (-4 size, -2 Dex, +15 natural)</p><p>Attacks: Bite +25 melee, sting +17 melee</p><p>Damage: Bite 2d8+17, sting 2d6+8 and poison</p><p>Face/Reach: 30 ft. by 30 ft. (coiled)/"15_ft.</p><p>Special Attacks: Improved grab, Manifest Tentacles, swallow whole, poison</p><p>Special Qualities: Magic Absorption, Spell Immunity, Immunities, Spell-like Abilities, Fragile.</p><p>Saves: Fort +22, Ref +8, Will +12</p><p>Abilities: Str 39, Dex 6, Con 33, Int 15, Wis 14, Cha 18</p><p>Skills: Concentration +32, Knowledge (planes) +22, Scry +22, Search +22, Spellcraft +22, and Spot +18</p><p>Climate/Terrain: Any aquatic and underground</p><p>Organization: Solitary</p><p>Challenge Rating: 21</p><p>Treasure: No coins, 50% goods (stone only), no items</p><p>Alignment: Neutral Evil</p><p>Advancement: 16-32 HD (Gargantuan); 33-45 HD (Colossal)</p><p></p><p>Bel Grubbiliuxite is a vast and torpid monster who long ago inspired a cult of degenerate followers who offered sacrifices of magic and magic wielders, and over the eons Grubbiliuxite has grown vast and lazy, leaving the management of its cult to its “clerk” Xzybrippppgus. Bel Grubbiliuxite is like a great scaly earthworm, covered with thousands of tentacles, eyes, grasping mouths, and many undescribable apendages writhing and seething along its loathsome girth. </p><p> The worship of Bel Grubbiliuxite, revolved mostly around frequent sacrifices of magic items, spellcasters, and magical creatures (possibly including illithids). The temple of Bel Grubbiliuxite is constructed with arcane geometry, designed to warp space so as to make the interior larger than the exterior, and to allow for a sizeable portal into the subrealm at the temples “center”. The effect caused by the temples geometry causes it to glow with magic, thus allowing those who can see it to operate without restriction, as there are no other light sources.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bloodstone de Troll, post: 243716, member: 3538"] [b]Examples[/b] Here are some examples of denizens using an octopus (Xzybrippppgus) and a purple worm (Bel Grubbiliuxite) as the base creatures. Xzybrippppgus Small Outsider (Aquatic) Hit Dice: 2d8 +8 (17 hp) Initiative: +3 (Dex) Speed: 20 ft, swim 30 ft. AC: 16 (+1 size, +3 Dex, +2 natural) Attacks: 8 arms +7 melee, bite +2 melee Damage: Arms 0, bite 1d3+3 Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 5 ft./5 ft. Special Attacks: Improved grab, Manifest Tentacles, Posessio Special Qualities: Magic Absorption, Spell Immunity, Immunities, Spell-like Abilities, Fragile. Saves: Fort +7, Ref +6, Will +7 Abilities: Str 16, Dex 17, Con 18, Int 16, Wis 18, Cha 13 Skills: Concentration +4, Knowledge (arcane) +11, Scry+5, Search+6, Spellcraft+8, and Spot +4 Feats: Combat Casting, Weapon Finesse (arms, bite) Climate/Terrain: Temperate and warm aquatic Organization: Solitary Challenge Rating: 10 Treasure: None Alignment: Neutral Evil Advancement: 4-8 HD (Medium-size), 16-32 (Large); Xzybrippppgus is a sort of occult “accountant” for the cult of Bel Grubbiliuxite (the thing-that-devours-nations) as Bel Grubbiliuxite itself spends long eons sleeping beneath its temple and has no time for such “puny concerns”. At present Xzybrippppgus is only allowed to caelogue its masters tribute of magical items and sacrifices, though it has been squirelling away many goodies over the centuries. Xzybrippppgus appears as a purple and green skinned, flippered octopus, it has two independantly moving eye stalks, and missmatched “fingers” attached to the ends of its tentacles (which are often seen to be holding pen ink and parchment. The overall effect is more revolting that terrifying, and as such it is often underestimated. Xzybrippppgus is biding its time… Bel Grubbiliuxite Gargantuan Outsider Hit Dice: 16d8+192 (206 hp) Initiative: -2 (Dex) Speed: 20 ft., burrow 20 ft., swim 10 ft. AC: 19 (-4 size, -2 Dex, +15 natural) Attacks: Bite +25 melee, sting +17 melee Damage: Bite 2d8+17, sting 2d6+8 and poison Face/Reach: 30 ft. by 30 ft. (coiled)/"15_ft. Special Attacks: Improved grab, Manifest Tentacles, swallow whole, poison Special Qualities: Magic Absorption, Spell Immunity, Immunities, Spell-like Abilities, Fragile. Saves: Fort +22, Ref +8, Will +12 Abilities: Str 39, Dex 6, Con 33, Int 15, Wis 14, Cha 18 Skills: Concentration +32, Knowledge (planes) +22, Scry +22, Search +22, Spellcraft +22, and Spot +18 Climate/Terrain: Any aquatic and underground Organization: Solitary Challenge Rating: 21 Treasure: No coins, 50% goods (stone only), no items Alignment: Neutral Evil Advancement: 16-32 HD (Gargantuan); 33-45 HD (Colossal) Bel Grubbiliuxite is a vast and torpid monster who long ago inspired a cult of degenerate followers who offered sacrifices of magic and magic wielders, and over the eons Grubbiliuxite has grown vast and lazy, leaving the management of its cult to its “clerk” Xzybrippppgus. Bel Grubbiliuxite is like a great scaly earthworm, covered with thousands of tentacles, eyes, grasping mouths, and many undescribable apendages writhing and seething along its loathsome girth. The worship of Bel Grubbiliuxite, revolved mostly around frequent sacrifices of magic items, spellcasters, and magical creatures (possibly including illithids). The temple of Bel Grubbiliuxite is constructed with arcane geometry, designed to warp space so as to make the interior larger than the exterior, and to allow for a sizeable portal into the subrealm at the temples “center”. The effect caused by the temples geometry causes it to glow with magic, thus allowing those who can see it to operate without restriction, as there are no other light sources. [/QUOTE]
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