DnDChick
Demon Queen of Templates
Scott and I started the tradition of, like Dragon magazine, making silly monsters for April Fools Day. Past April Fool's Day monsters have been the Typodemon (Type 0 Demon), and the Beast of Caerbannog.
I now continue the tradition as well as the Monty Python theme with ...
Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh!
Huge Magical Beast
Hit Dice: 20d10+120 (230 hp)
Initiative: +4 (Dex, Improved Initiative)
Speed: 30 ft.
AC: 28 (-2 size, +20 natural)
Attacks: Bite +32 melee, 2 claws +27 melee
Damage: Bite 2d6+13, claw 2d4+7
Face/Reach: 20 ft. by 30 ft./15 ft.
Special Attacks: Improved grab, swallow whole, frightful presence
Special Qualities: SR 35, darkvision 60 ft., vulnerability
Saves: Fort +18, Ref +12, Will +6
Abilities: Str 36, Dex 10, Con 22, Int 3, Wis 11, Cha 19
Skills: Move Silently +11, Spot +21*
Feats: Cleave, Improved Critical (bite), Improved Initiative, Power Attack, Weapon Focus (bite)
Climate/Terrain: Underground
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 15
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always chaotic neutral
Advancement: 21-40 HD (Gargantuan), 41-60 HD (Colossal)
These vicious creatures haunt the nightmares of all intelligent creatures in the Material Plane. A Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! is a reptilian monster twenty feet long from its nose to the pointed end of its thick tail. It has scaly green skin irregularly tinged with yellow and blue, and a white-banded underbelly. A Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! has only two legs, but those legs are extremely strong and end in wide-splayed feet tipped in huge claws. The most horrifying part of a Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh!, however, is its head. The head of one of these fearsome creatures is larger than its body and is capped with huge, curved yellow horns and a ridge of short brown fur. The teeth of a Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! are each the length of a longsword, and are barely contained behind the creature’s large, blue, fish-like lips. A Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! has floppy, elephantine ears and a confusing jumble of twenty-four eyes which can each look in different directions.
An often-scoffed legend tells that the Legendary Black Beasts of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! are the pets and playthings of a strange race of powerful Outsiders called the Tergil. The Tergil, also called the Animators, are said to control the Legendary Black Beasts of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! from a distant plane. Should some strange fate befall an Animator, the story goes, the Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! it controls will die.
Combat
The battle tactics of a Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! are simple and straightforward: Eat everything that moves.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, the Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! must hit a Medium-size or smaller opponent with its bite attack. If it gets a hold, it can try to swallow the foe.
Swallow Whole (Ex): A Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! can try to swallow a grabbed Medium-size or smaller opponent by making a successful grapple check. The swallowed creature takes 2d8+12 points of crushing damage and 8 points of acid damage per round from the Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh!’s gizzard. A swallowed creature can cut its way out by using a light slashing or piercing weapon to deal 25 points of damage to the gizzard (AC 20). Once the creature exits, muscular action closes the hole; another swallowed opponent must again cut its own way out. The Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh!’s gizzard can hold two Medium-size, four Small, or eight Tiny or smaller opponents.
Frightful Presence (Su): When a Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! roars and rolls its many eyes, creatures of less than 8 HD must make a Will save (DC 24) or be panicked. Creatures of more than 8 HD must make a Will save (DC 24) or be shaken.
Vulnerability: During combat, the Animator controlling a Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! must make a Fortitude save (DC 30) or the stress of melee will cause it to suffer a fatal heart attack and die. (Animators have a Fortitude save of +16.) Should this happen, the Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! fades out of existence.
Skills: Because of its many eyes, Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! receives a +10 racial bonus to Spot checks.
I now continue the tradition as well as the Monty Python theme with ...
Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh!
Huge Magical Beast
Hit Dice: 20d10+120 (230 hp)
Initiative: +4 (Dex, Improved Initiative)
Speed: 30 ft.
AC: 28 (-2 size, +20 natural)
Attacks: Bite +32 melee, 2 claws +27 melee
Damage: Bite 2d6+13, claw 2d4+7
Face/Reach: 20 ft. by 30 ft./15 ft.
Special Attacks: Improved grab, swallow whole, frightful presence
Special Qualities: SR 35, darkvision 60 ft., vulnerability
Saves: Fort +18, Ref +12, Will +6
Abilities: Str 36, Dex 10, Con 22, Int 3, Wis 11, Cha 19
Skills: Move Silently +11, Spot +21*
Feats: Cleave, Improved Critical (bite), Improved Initiative, Power Attack, Weapon Focus (bite)
Climate/Terrain: Underground
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 15
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always chaotic neutral
Advancement: 21-40 HD (Gargantuan), 41-60 HD (Colossal)
These vicious creatures haunt the nightmares of all intelligent creatures in the Material Plane. A Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! is a reptilian monster twenty feet long from its nose to the pointed end of its thick tail. It has scaly green skin irregularly tinged with yellow and blue, and a white-banded underbelly. A Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! has only two legs, but those legs are extremely strong and end in wide-splayed feet tipped in huge claws. The most horrifying part of a Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh!, however, is its head. The head of one of these fearsome creatures is larger than its body and is capped with huge, curved yellow horns and a ridge of short brown fur. The teeth of a Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! are each the length of a longsword, and are barely contained behind the creature’s large, blue, fish-like lips. A Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! has floppy, elephantine ears and a confusing jumble of twenty-four eyes which can each look in different directions.
An often-scoffed legend tells that the Legendary Black Beasts of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! are the pets and playthings of a strange race of powerful Outsiders called the Tergil. The Tergil, also called the Animators, are said to control the Legendary Black Beasts of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! from a distant plane. Should some strange fate befall an Animator, the story goes, the Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! it controls will die.
Combat
The battle tactics of a Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! are simple and straightforward: Eat everything that moves.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, the Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! must hit a Medium-size or smaller opponent with its bite attack. If it gets a hold, it can try to swallow the foe.
Swallow Whole (Ex): A Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! can try to swallow a grabbed Medium-size or smaller opponent by making a successful grapple check. The swallowed creature takes 2d8+12 points of crushing damage and 8 points of acid damage per round from the Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh!’s gizzard. A swallowed creature can cut its way out by using a light slashing or piercing weapon to deal 25 points of damage to the gizzard (AC 20). Once the creature exits, muscular action closes the hole; another swallowed opponent must again cut its own way out. The Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh!’s gizzard can hold two Medium-size, four Small, or eight Tiny or smaller opponents.
Frightful Presence (Su): When a Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! roars and rolls its many eyes, creatures of less than 8 HD must make a Will save (DC 24) or be panicked. Creatures of more than 8 HD must make a Will save (DC 24) or be shaken.
Vulnerability: During combat, the Animator controlling a Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! must make a Fortitude save (DC 30) or the stress of melee will cause it to suffer a fatal heart attack and die. (Animators have a Fortitude save of +16.) Should this happen, the Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! fades out of existence.
Skills: Because of its many eyes, Legendary Black Beast of Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh! receives a +10 racial bonus to Spot checks.
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Thanks Gez!
Good work as always!
