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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5870651" data-attributes="member: 57383">I just discovered another new monster in the next Geomorph set: the Arm of Sha-Hec'urah.7C. An evil lama and curate (H.P.: 26, 21; A.C.: 0, 2; S.A.: Lama has snake staff and normal mace, curate has +1 mace) who serve the altar. With them is the &quot;Arm of Sha-Hec'urah,&quot; a creature which appears to be a troll, but which strikes as a nine-die monster and causes only a loss of strength at 1 point per hit. Strength loss lasts for 2-12 turns, except on a roll of 20, in which case the loss in permanent unless a cure disease spell is cast upon the victim within 24 hours of the hit. The &quot;Arm&quot; wears an amulet which gives him this weakening ability. If he is slain the amulet may be worn by any player character, and his scoring a hit by touch will enable the strength loss to take place; the wearer loses 5 points permanently from charisma and will become more and more chaotically evil until becoming the new &quot;Arm.&quot; The &quot;Arm of Sha-Hec'urah&quot;: H.P.: 43; A.C.: -2 (due to the amulet). The &quot;Arm&quot; will call if below 20 H.P., and if the demon is thus summoned, there is a 10% chance it will come.

Originally appeared in Dungeon Geomorphs, Set Three: Lower Dungeons (1977, Gary Gygax).
I didn't notice earlier because the encounter heading says &quot;evil lama and curate&quot; rather than &quot;freaky strength-draining troll demon&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 5870651, member: 57383"] I just discovered another new monster in the next Geomorph set: the Arm of Sha-Hec'urah.[INDENT][B]7C. An evil lama and curate[/B] (H.P.: 26, 21; A.C.: 0, 2; S.A.: Lama has [I]snake staff[/I] and normal mace, curate has [I]+1 mace[/I]) who serve the altar. With them is the "Arm of Sha-Hec'urah," a creature which appears to be a troll, but which strikes as a nine-die monster and causes only a loss of strength at 1 point per hit. Strength loss lasts for 2-12 turns, except on a roll of 20, in which case the loss in permanent unless a cure disease spell is cast upon the victim within 24 hours of the hit. The "Arm" wears an amulet which gives him this weakening ability. If he is slain the amulet may be worn by any player character, and his scoring a hit by touch will enable the strength loss to take place; the wearer loses 5 points permanently from charisma and will become more and more chaotically evil until becoming the new "Arm." The "Arm of Sha-Hec'urah": H.P.: 43; A.C.: -2 (due to the amulet). The "Arm" will call if below 20 H.P., and if the demon is thus summoned, there is a 10% chance it will come. [I]Originally appeared in Dungeon Geomorphs, Set Three: Lower Dungeons (1977, Gary Gygax).[/I] [/INDENT]I didn't notice earlier because the encounter heading says "evil lama and curate" rather than "freaky strength-draining troll demon". [/QUOTE]

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