Monster Revisions
Who wouldn't.
Scenario: Elf walks through the forest minding his own business...then sees a beautiful woman ahead, hidden behind the foliage. Thinking it might be ok to sneak a peek while she baths he walks up shoots a load in his pants and dies.
Days later kender borrowers happen by and wonder why it is that their is a wet tent in the elf's trousers and why it is that he seems so happy about it. Hearing the beautiful voice behind them they turn around and end up just as happy as the elf.
Days later a wandering paladin comes upon the horrific display of death and unbridled lust. Fearing for both his chastity and his life, he attempts to sneak away. In so doing he loses his Paladin status and without the protection of his deity succumbs to the same fate.
Days later an old hag wanders through and finds the decaying remnants. Wiser than the rest, she puts a bag over her head, sparing the nymph a gruesome view and sparing herself and untimely death.
Days later a medusa come through, although she dies, the nymph's terrible beauty is forever preserved, leaving her all too bare for the world to see. Many more deaths follow.
Before too long the statue becomes cursed for the evil it has caused and comes to life once more. Unwilling to hide it's beauty it brings entire villages to ruin, then cities, then kingdoms.
Finally...another nymph happens upon this tragedy. Heartbroken, she tries to rid the world of the stone nymph, only to succumb to it's beauty as well. Unable to die the stone nymph continues on.
Then githyanki land and see the devastation. Seeking to harness this weapon for themselves, they capture it using blind men and release it upon the illithid homeworld. After aeons, it's legend and power grow. Illithids scream in horror at the mere mention of her.
Before too long an evil goddess is born from this lowly nymph, all for want of a sneak peek at her goodies.
Scenario: Elf walks through the forest minding his own business...then sees a beautiful woman ahead, hidden behind the foliage. Thinking it might be ok to sneak a peek while she baths he walks up shoots a load in his pants and dies.
Days later kender borrowers happen by and wonder why it is that their is a wet tent in the elf's trousers and why it is that he seems so happy about it. Hearing the beautiful voice behind them they turn around and end up just as happy as the elf.
Days later a wandering paladin comes upon the horrific display of death and unbridled lust. Fearing for both his chastity and his life, he attempts to sneak away. In so doing he loses his Paladin status and without the protection of his deity succumbs to the same fate.
Days later an old hag wanders through and finds the decaying remnants. Wiser than the rest, she puts a bag over her head, sparing the nymph a gruesome view and sparing herself and untimely death.
Days later a medusa come through, although she dies, the nymph's terrible beauty is forever preserved, leaving her all too bare for the world to see. Many more deaths follow.
Before too long the statue becomes cursed for the evil it has caused and comes to life once more. Unwilling to hide it's beauty it brings entire villages to ruin, then cities, then kingdoms.
Finally...another nymph happens upon this tragedy. Heartbroken, she tries to rid the world of the stone nymph, only to succumb to it's beauty as well. Unable to die the stone nymph continues on.
Then githyanki land and see the devastation. Seeking to harness this weapon for themselves, they capture it using blind men and release it upon the illithid homeworld. After aeons, it's legend and power grow. Illithids scream in horror at the mere mention of her.
Before too long an evil goddess is born from this lowly nymph, all for want of a sneak peek at her goodies.
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I'm fairly sure that the killing beauty would be supernatural and probably have ALL the same limitations of the Blinding Beauty ability, which is that it would only work on humanoids, and quite possibly should be further limited to humanoids without subtypes. Since I see no reason that it should work on a kobold since they have a completely different definition of what would be attractive. So not a very effective weapon again the aberration mind flayers.
Maybe, though by that logic, none of a nymph's beauty abilities would work on mindflayers.
The truth is it works on sentient beings who have the capacity to appreciate human concepts of beauty, which would be nearly any being.
The truth is it works on sentient beings who have the capacity to appreciate human concepts of beauty, which would be nearly any being.
that would be far more appropriate
Immunities
When you design monsters especially with UK's system in mind, DON'T give anything an immunity to anything. Because immunities are dangerous, and lead to things like this....
Void Cat:
HP: 27( 1d8+12+7,Max HP)
Speed 90 ft
AC: 51(+2size+10 dex+12 insight+12 luck +5 natural AC)
BAB +0,-1
Attack: Claw +37 melee (1d3+23+disintigrating touch)
Full Attack: 2 Claws +37 melee (1d3+23+disintegrating touch) Bite +28 (1d4+23+disintegrating touch)
Special Attacks: Disintegrating touch, Vortex
Special Qualities: Low-light Vision, Scent, Immunities,Spell-Like Abilities, Planar Travel, Fast Healing 20, DR 15/epic, SR:15+CR, Regeneration 1
Saves: +19/+22/+18
Attributes: 18/30/25/17/29/22
Feats: Weapon Finesse, Evasion, Improved Evasion, Mettle of Fortitute, Mettle of Will, Improved Mettle of Fortitude, Improved Mettle of Will, Dire Charge
Skills: +10 competence bonus, +4 on climb, Hide and Move Silently, +8 on jump and balance, with dex mod instead of str for climb and jump checks
* In areas of tal grass or heavy undergrowth the hide bonus rises to +8
It has 20 skill points, assign as you wish, treat all skills as class skills.
CR: 76
Disintegrating Touch and Vortex: See ELH under Umbral Dot
Save DC is 33 for Disintegrating Touch and 33 and 17 for vortex
Spell-Like Abilities(Sp):
Haste,Greater Dispelling, See Invisibility 3/day,
Planar Travel (Ex):
Teleport without Error, planeshift,dimension dorr, or Ethereal jaunt at will as a standard action.
Immunities(Ex): Immune to Cold, Fire, Acid, Sonic, Lightning, Chronal Damage, Radiation, Aging, Positive Energy, Negative Energy, Alignment Damage, Bane Damage, Force effects, Light effects and blindness, Ability Score Loss, Critical Hits, Disease, Energy Drain, Magic, Mind Affecting Effects, Disintegration, Petrification, Poison, Polymorphing, Psionics, Death Effects, Sleep/Paralysis/Stunning, Spells, and Takes no damage from weapons.
Regeneration (Ex): The void cat takes damage ONLY from Divine, Profane, and Arcane Damage, even these 3 types only do subdual damage. The void cat can only be destroyed by bringing it to -20 HP and feeding it to itself while it is unconsious.
It is the void, all of the empty space that used to be where the multiverse currently resisdes , in the shape of a housecat. It looks like a representation of a cat was just cut from the universe when ever it is seen.
When you design monsters especially with UK's system in mind, DON'T give anything an immunity to anything. Because immunities are dangerous, and lead to things like this....
Void Cat:
HP: 27( 1d8+12+7,Max HP)
Speed 90 ft
AC: 51(+2size+10 dex+12 insight+12 luck +5 natural AC)
BAB +0,-1
Attack: Claw +37 melee (1d3+23+disintigrating touch)
Full Attack: 2 Claws +37 melee (1d3+23+disintegrating touch) Bite +28 (1d4+23+disintegrating touch)
Special Attacks: Disintegrating touch, Vortex
Special Qualities: Low-light Vision, Scent, Immunities,Spell-Like Abilities, Planar Travel, Fast Healing 20, DR 15/epic, SR:15+CR, Regeneration 1
Saves: +19/+22/+18
Attributes: 18/30/25/17/29/22
Feats: Weapon Finesse, Evasion, Improved Evasion, Mettle of Fortitute, Mettle of Will, Improved Mettle of Fortitude, Improved Mettle of Will, Dire Charge
Skills: +10 competence bonus, +4 on climb, Hide and Move Silently, +8 on jump and balance, with dex mod instead of str for climb and jump checks
* In areas of tal grass or heavy undergrowth the hide bonus rises to +8
It has 20 skill points, assign as you wish, treat all skills as class skills.
CR: 76
Disintegrating Touch and Vortex: See ELH under Umbral Dot
Save DC is 33 for Disintegrating Touch and 33 and 17 for vortex
Spell-Like Abilities(Sp):
Haste,Greater Dispelling, See Invisibility 3/day,
Planar Travel (Ex):
Teleport without Error, planeshift,dimension dorr, or Ethereal jaunt at will as a standard action.
Immunities(Ex): Immune to Cold, Fire, Acid, Sonic, Lightning, Chronal Damage, Radiation, Aging, Positive Energy, Negative Energy, Alignment Damage, Bane Damage, Force effects, Light effects and blindness, Ability Score Loss, Critical Hits, Disease, Energy Drain, Magic, Mind Affecting Effects, Disintegration, Petrification, Poison, Polymorphing, Psionics, Death Effects, Sleep/Paralysis/Stunning, Spells, and Takes no damage from weapons.
Regeneration (Ex): The void cat takes damage ONLY from Divine, Profane, and Arcane Damage, even these 3 types only do subdual damage. The void cat can only be destroyed by bringing it to -20 HP and feeding it to itself while it is unconsious.
It is the void, all of the empty space that used to be where the multiverse currently resisdes , in the shape of a housecat. It looks like a representation of a cat was just cut from the universe when ever it is seen.
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