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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8736451" data-attributes="member: 57383">Gladiator LizardLarge Monstrous HumanoidHit Dice: 7d8+35 (66 hp)Initiative: +6Speed: 40 ft. (8 squares)Armor Class: 23 (–1 size, +2 Dex, +12 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 21Base Attack/Grapple: +7/+17Attack: Talon +13 melee (1d10+8/18-20)Full Attack: 2 talons +13 melee (1d10+8/18-20)Space/Reach: 10 ft./10 ft.Special Attacks: Martial abilitySpecial Qualities: Hive mindSaves: Fort +9, Ref +7, Will +6Abilities: Str 22, Dex 15, Con 21, Int 12, Wis 12, Cha 13Skills: Climb +12, Listen +11, Spot +11, Survival +6Feats: Combat Reflexes, Cleaveᴮ, Great Fortitude, Improved Initiative, Power Attackᴮ, Weapon Specialization (talon)ᴮ, Weapon Focus (talon)ᴮEnvironment: Cold desertsOrganization: Solitary, pair or brood (4–8, typically 2 to 4 pairs)Challenge Rating: 5Treasure: NoneAlignment: Usually neutral evilAdvancement: 8–16 HD (Large)Level Adjustment: — In poor visibility, this creature resembles an enormous armored warrior several feet taller than an average humanoid who wields twin swords. Seen clearly, it is nothing so ordinary; this is no humanoid foe, but a shambling reptilian horror shaped like a mockery of a fighting man. Its armor is thick scaly hide, plated like a rhinoceros, with bony spikes on its shoulders, and what looked like a crested helmet is its broad keratinous head. The monstrous thing's "hands" are yard-long talons as deadly as the blades they resemble. Its feet are clawed like a lizard's.Gladiator lizards are hideous reptilian monstrosities that inhabit lifeless rocky areas, particularly beaches on desert islands. They appear to have magical or alien origins and do not need to eat or sleep (although they can do so when they wish or if something forces them to). Gladiator lizards are murderously territorial and seek to kill anything that approaches them. They devour their victims' bodies despite never needing food.Gladiator lizards are usually encountered in psychically linked pairs called brood mates. Most brood mates formed a mental link before they were born, but two solitary lizards will become brood mates if they stay together long enough. Every five or six years, one of the brood mates lays a clutch of one and four eggs. The largest nesting sites can have scores of fully mature eggs. Newly laid gladiator lizard eggs look like stones the size of a large lemon. The eggs slowly grow until they become boulders taller than a human, each containing a full sized gladiator lizard ready to fight and kill the instant it hatches. It is likely gladiator lizard eggs develop by leeching vitality from their surroundings, which would explain why gladiator lizard always nest in lifeless areas. A gladiator lizard takes at least two years to reach full size but can enter a state of hibernation and remain dormant in its egg for decades. Full sized eggs are occasionally sold to wealthy folk who want a guardian monster or menagerie curiosity. Gladiator lizards are utterly untamable, so owners must have some way to control or restrain the creatures to safely access something they're guarding.Gladiator lizards have some connection to a small pale man that approaches people with strong life force and curse them to travel to a gladiator lizard's nest. This mysterious being appears solid but is actually an immaterial spirit that can vanish in an instant and is immune to all physical effects. See the <a href="https://www.enworld.org/posts/9338863" target="_blank">Bleak One</a> entry for details.A gladiator lizard stands 8 feet tall and weighs about 600 pounds.Gladiator lizards have their own language, a mixture of screeches and whistles.CombatA gladiator lizard seeks to close to melee as soon as possible. Brood-mates usually attack the same opponent to take advantage of their hive mind.These creatures may appear brutish, but they are actually smarter than many humanoids and will use combat tactics such as feints, ambushes and distractions when they think those would be advantageous. As they lack manipulative appendages, they cannot use equipment or operate devices, but they can understand what they do and account for their use by enemies.Gladiator lizards are extravagantly ferocious and rarely run from a fight, but have been known to retreat in order to lure a foe into some disadvantageous position.Hive Mind (Ex): Gladiator lizards hatch in pairs, called brood-mates. Brood-mates within 50 miles of each other are in constant telepathic communication. If one brood-mate is aware of a particular danger, both are. If one in a pair is not flat-footed, neither of them is. Neither gladiator lizard in a pair of brood-mates is considered flanked unless both of them are.If both brood-mates attack the same opponent in a round, each gains a +2 circumstance bonus to their attack roll.Martial Ability (Ex): A gladiator lizard gains fighter bonus feats as if it were a fighter with a level equal to its Hit Dice.Originally appeared in Lankhmar - City of Adventure (1985).</blockquote>

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