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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aspect of BOZ" data-source="post: 3084582" data-attributes="member: 41113">OK, i reworked many of them since i last posted.  do any of these still need some work?Cave FisherMagical Beast, CR 2These large, cave-dwelling insectoid creatures resemble both spiders and lobsters.  A hiding cave fisher can fire a strong, sticky filament that attaches to a creature due to its powerful adhesive.  The cave fisher reels in the filament to get better attacks on its prey.Originally found in Monster Manual II (1982)Rot GrubVermin (swarm), CR 7These little worm-like creatures hide in garbage, dung, or corpses, and attack any living creatures that wander too close.  They burrow into a victim’s skin, dealing damage every round until the victim is dead.  A remove disease spell kills the grubs, as would burning the cutting them out of the victim.Originally found in Monster Manual (1977)ScarecrowConstruct, CR 4This creature is built to look like a humanoid with a gourd for a head. It looks like an actual scarecrow, and its creator will place it as a guardian to take care of tresspassers. Its attack allows it to fascinate foes, leaving them unable to act.  A scarecrow is immune to cold, but vulnerable to fire.Originally found in Fiend Folio (1981)TabaxiHumanoid, CR 1These CN feline humanoids have spotted coats, and resemble either upright leopards or jaguars.  Tabaxi are strong and fast and excellent hunters, and use their markings to hide and ambush prey. They are savage, disdaining weapons and armor to attack with their sharp claws and teeth, though they sometimes use primitive weapons.  They stalk through the tree tops ready to pounce on, disembowel and devour their unsuspecting prey.Originally found in Fiend Folio (1981)PiercerAberration, CR 1/4These creatures resemble stalactites and hang from cavern ceilings.  They drop down quickly to impale opponents, dealing significant damage on a critical hit.  These mollusks also store water in the same way as cacti in the desert, making them important prey in the Underdark as well.Originally found in Monster Manual (1977)Hammer GolemConstruct, CR 11These golems were built by dwarven priests to serve both as guards and miners.  A hammer golem looks like an oversized dwarf made out of stone, and in place of one hand is a pick, and in place of the other is a hammer.  It has an attack that works like the repulsion spell which also deals force damage.Originally found in Dragon #193, "Live Statues and Stone Men: Golems of the Underdark" (1993)Crystal OozeOoze, CR 4This aquatic ooze is translucent and clear, making it nearly invisible in water.  Its touch carries paralyzing venom, allowing it to drown and devour victims without a fight.  It doesn't corrode metal or stone, but does dissolve wood, cloth, and flesh.  It is immune to acid, cold, and fire.  If kept out of water for too long, it dries up and dies.  A group of crystal oozes leaves shipwrecks behind with their treasures intact.Originally found in S4 Lost Caverns of Tsjocanth (1982)FiredrakeDragon, CR 3This small, neutrally-aligned creature resembles a young red dragon.  It has a breath weapon, but otherwise lacks the special abilities common to dragons.  Its blood is highly flammable, and any cuts the creature sustains cause the blood to ignite and burn the attacker.  Firedrakes dwell in small families in hilly and mountainous regions.Originally found in Fiend Folio (1981)WolfwereMagical Beast (shapechanger), CR 4This CE shapechanger can assume the form of a wolf (its true form), a humanoid, or a hybrid of the two.  Wolfweres can slow other creatures that hear their song of lethargy, and eat any victims they can kill.  Wolfweres are not lycanthropes, and do not pass on their abilities.Originally found in S4 Lost Caverns of Tsjocanth (1982)Mustard JellyOoze, CR 7This pile of goo is a translucent yellow-brown color and looks much like any other ooze.  However, this ooze is intelligent, believed to be the result of a wizard’s magical mishap.  It attacks with acid pseudopods like most oozes, and its vapors slow creatures who get too close.  When it needs to move faster, the mustard jelly can split into two equal halves.Originally found in Monster Manual II (1982)Voadkyn (Wood Giant)Giant, CR 5These relatively small CG giants resemble oversized wood elves, usually armed with bows. They are masters at woodland camouflage, and can change form to resemble any humanoid creature.  Voadkyn are said to have elven blood running through their veins, giving them a special kinship with the forest folk.Originally found in Dragon #119, "Dragon's Bestiary: A Walk Through the Woods" (1987)Magic GolemConstruct, CR 6The magic golem is made of iridescent yellow energy in the shape of a humanoid, and is the amalgam of a human merged with wild magic.  The Zhentarim discovered this method of turning a living being into pure magical energy.  A magic golem can absorb magic and release it in a flare of wild magic.Originally found in Ruins of Zhentil Keep (1995)PegataurMonstrous Humanoid, CR 4These NG relatives of the centaur have a more elvish appearance, and large wings like a pegasus.  They live in beautifully-carved caves high in the sides of mountains. They are more aloof than either centaurs or pegasi, but work with druids and phanatons to maintain nature's balance, and sometimes work as mercenaries for the right price.Originally found in M2 Vengeance of Alphaks (1986)Giant TrollGiant, CR 6These creatures are the hideous result of trolls crossbreeding with hill giants.  They look mostly like oversized pot-bellied trolls, with reddish-brown skin and red-rimmed eyes.  They usually carry spiked clubs made from tree trunks.  They have fast healing (rather than regeneration), and the rock throwing and catching abilities of giants.  Giant trolls also have the ability to pick up opponents and use them as battering rams to bludgeon other opponents.Originally found in Fiend Folio (1981)UrdHumanoid, CR 1/4These small NE creatures have a pair of leathery bat-like wings that allow them to fly for long distances.  These night hunters travel in great flocks, and use weapons called rock bombs which break into many pieces and spray shrapnel all about.Originally found in Monstrous Compendium MC2 (1989)Duleep (Living Web)Ooze, CR 1These creatures appear as ambulatory spider webs.  They can fire an electricity ray, or shock with their touch.  When damaged, they split into smaller creatures.Originally found in Dragon Magazine 89 (1984)Al-mi-rajMagical Beast, CR 1This creature resembles a large rabbit, with a long black horn like that of a unicorn.  These unpredictable creatures can blink, and randomly pop from one place to another using dimension door (just as a blink dog).  They are aggressive when threatened rather than timid, though a caster than can tame one will have a useful familiar.Originally found in Fiend Folio (1981)BakuOutsider, CR 12The baku is a powerful defender of Goodness.  They have elephantine heads, trunks, and tusks; the forelimbs of a rhino and the rear legs of a lion; and their bodies and tail are short and reptilian, with scaled horny plates like a dragon.  Baku have access to numerous psionic powers (including invisibility, astral projection, and etherealness), and their trumpeting roar deals damage to evil creatures and causes fear.Originally found in Dragon #65 "Featured Creatures" (1982)Guardian Familiar(may require a name change to differentiate it from the very different creatures in Complete Warrior)Outsider, CR 3-6This small, black cat-like creature has the proverbial "nine-lives", coming back stronger every time it gets killed.  A guardian familiar is usually summoned by a wizard looking for something to guard his valuable items.Originally found in Fiend Folio (1981)Death Watch BeetleMagical Beast, CR 6This giant, 5-foot-long dark green beetle covers itself in leaves, twigs, and other rubbish as camouflage to take its victims by surprise.  By vibrating its carapace rapidly, the beetle deals often-fatal sonic damage to all creatures within 30-feet.  The beetles chews up survivors with its huge mandibles.Originally found in Monster Manual II (1982)</blockquote>

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