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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6190615" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p><strong>Phlegamor's Servant Homebrew</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><em>Original Stats</em></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>P</strong></span><strong>HLEGAMOR<span style="font-size: 12px">’</span>S <span style="font-size: 12px">S</span>ERVANTS (GITHYANKI OR HUMAN CORPSES):</strong> AC 5 (chain mail and shield); MV 9; HD 4+4; hp 17 each; THAC0 15; Dmg 1d4 (bare hand) or d8 (long sword); SD Immune to mind-influencing spells, poison, paralyzation; SZ M (6’ tall); ML fearless (20); Int as Phlegamor—genius (17); AL CN; XP 420 each.</p><p></p><p>Note: These creatures are not undead, and thus cannot, be affected by other undead banes. Armor worn and weapons used can vary if the DM wishes. All wear stone rings worth 10 gp.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><em>Homebrew Conversion</em></strong></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Phlegamor's Servant</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">Medium Construct</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Hit Dice:</strong> 4d10+20 (42 hp)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Initiative:</strong> +6</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Speed:</strong> 20 ft. (4 squares, 30 ft. base)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Armor Class:</strong> 19 (+2 Dex, +5 masterwork chainmail, +2 masterwork heavy steel shield), touch 12, flat-footed 17</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Base Attack/Grapple:</strong> +4/+7</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Attack:</strong> Longsword +7 melee (1d8+3/19–20) or slam +7 melee (1d4+3)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Full Attack:</strong> Longsword +7 melee (1d8+3/19–20) or slam +7 melee (1d4+3)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Space/Reach:</strong> 5 ft./5 ft.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Special Attacks:</strong> —</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Special Qualities:</strong> Construct traits, outsider construct, single mind, stone ring, telepathy 100 ft.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Saves:</strong> Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +8</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Abilities:</strong> Str 16, Dex 14, Con –, Int 18* (–), Wis 18* (11), Cha 18* (1)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">* The servant uses Phlegamor’s mental ability scores instead of its own</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Skills:</strong> Climb +5*, Concentration +7, Escape Artist +4*, Hide +4*, Intimidate +11, Jump +5*, Knowledge (arcane) +11, Knowledge (the planes) +11, Listen +11, Move Silently +4*, Search +11, Spot +11, Survival +11 (+13 when tracking, +13 on other planes), Use Rope +2 (+4 with bindings)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">* includes -5 armour check penalty</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Feats:</strong> Cleave<strong>ᴮ</strong>, Great Cleave<strong>ᴮ</strong>, Improved Initiative<strong>ᴮ</strong>, Improved Sunder<strong>ᴮ</strong>, Power Attack<strong>ᴮ</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Environment:</strong> Ever-Changing Chaos of Limbo (Phlegamor’s Maze in the Temple of Change)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Organization:</strong> Solitary, pair, or group (3–18)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Challenge Rating:</strong> 3</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Treasure:</strong> Items only (weapons and armour, plus the stone ring)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Alignment:</strong> Chaotic neutral</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Advancement:</strong> 5–8 HD (Medium); 9–15 HD (Large)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Level Adjustment:</strong> —</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><em>A humanoid warrior armed for battle. A closer look reveals the pallid skin and lifeless eyes of a corpse.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">Background???</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">Phlegamor can speak through his servants using </span><span style="color: #0000FF">Common, </span><span style="color: #0000FF">the language of slaadi, or his ability to communicate telepathically.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Combat</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">Tactics???</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Outsider Construct (Ex):</strong> A phlegamor’s servant has a Base Attack Bonus equal to its Hit Dice and all good saves.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Single Mind (Ex):</strong> Phlegamor’s consciousness spreads throughout his servants. If one phlegamor’s servant is aware of a particular danger, they all are. If one in a group is not flat-footed, none of them are. No servant in a group is considered flanked unless all of them are.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">A Phlegamor’s servant is technically mindless (Int –, Wis 11, Cha 1) so has no skills or feats of its own, but it uses Phlegamor’s skill ranks, feats and mental ability scores when animated by Phlegamor’s consciousness. However, it is subject to the normal prerequisites of the feats (i.e. it could only use Multiattack if it has three or more natural attacks, and its Great Cleave requires a BAB of +4). Furthermore, the servant has a maximum rank in a skill equal to its Hit Dice +3 (or one-half that number if it’s a cross-class skill).</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">Phlegamor was a death slaad before being discorporated, and this conversion assumes he had the standard characteristics of the death slaad in <em>Monster Manual</em>.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"><strong>Stone Ring (Ex):</strong> A stone ring carved with mystical runes appears on the left hand of a Phlegamor's servant when it animates. If the corpse is missing a left hand, a stone band appears around the nearest convenient bodypart (e.g. a bracelet on the left wrist, anklet on a left forefoot, et cetera). The ring is made out of semi-precious stone and worth 10 gp.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000FF">A Phlegamor's servant loses its animation and collapses if the stone ring is removed or destroyed (hardness 8, hit points 10). An opponent can remove the ring with a Sleight of Hand check against a DC of 15 plus the servant's Hit Dice plus the servant's Dexterity modifier (DC 21 for a standard servant). The servant will immediately reanimate if its stone ring is replaced, either by the ring it lost or the stone ring from another Phlegamor's servant. </span></p><p></p><p><em>Originally appeared in Tales From the Infinite Staircase (1998) in Tale 4: In Disarray</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 6190615, member: 57383"] [b]Phlegamor's Servant Homebrew[/b] [SIZE=4][B][I]Original Stats[/I][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][B]P[/B][/SIZE][B]HLEGAMOR[SIZE=3]’[/SIZE]S [SIZE=3]S[/SIZE]ERVANTS (GITHYANKI OR HUMAN CORPSES):[/B] AC 5 (chain mail and shield); MV 9; HD 4+4; hp 17 each; THAC0 15; Dmg 1d4 (bare hand) or d8 (long sword); SD Immune to mind-influencing spells, poison, paralyzation; SZ M (6’ tall); ML fearless (20); Int as Phlegamor—genius (17); AL CN; XP 420 each. Note: These creatures are not undead, and thus cannot, be affected by other undead banes. Armor worn and weapons used can vary if the DM wishes. All wear stone rings worth 10 gp. [SIZE=4][B][I]Homebrew Conversion[/I][/B][/SIZE] [COLOR=#0000FF][B][SIZE=4]Phlegamor's Servant[/SIZE][/B] Medium Construct [B]Hit Dice:[/B] 4d10+20 (42 hp) [B]Initiative:[/B] +6 [B]Speed:[/B] 20 ft. (4 squares, 30 ft. base) [B]Armor Class:[/B] 19 (+2 Dex, +5 masterwork chainmail, +2 masterwork heavy steel shield), touch 12, flat-footed 17 [B]Base Attack/Grapple:[/B] +4/+7 [B]Attack:[/B] Longsword +7 melee (1d8+3/19–20) or slam +7 melee (1d4+3) [B]Full Attack:[/B] Longsword +7 melee (1d8+3/19–20) or slam +7 melee (1d4+3) [B]Space/Reach:[/B] 5 ft./5 ft. [B]Special Attacks:[/B] — [B]Special Qualities:[/B] Construct traits, outsider construct, single mind, stone ring, telepathy 100 ft. [B]Saves:[/B] Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +8 [B]Abilities:[/B] Str 16, Dex 14, Con –, Int 18* (–), Wis 18* (11), Cha 18* (1) * The servant uses Phlegamor’s mental ability scores instead of its own [B]Skills:[/B] Climb +5*, Concentration +7, Escape Artist +4*, Hide +4*, Intimidate +11, Jump +5*, Knowledge (arcane) +11, Knowledge (the planes) +11, Listen +11, Move Silently +4*, Search +11, Spot +11, Survival +11 (+13 when tracking, +13 on other planes), Use Rope +2 (+4 with bindings) * includes -5 armour check penalty [B]Feats:[/B] Cleave[B]ᴮ[/B], Great Cleave[B]ᴮ[/B], Improved Initiative[B]ᴮ[/B], Improved Sunder[B]ᴮ[/B], Power Attack[B]ᴮ[/B] [B]Environment:[/B] Ever-Changing Chaos of Limbo (Phlegamor’s Maze in the Temple of Change) [B]Organization:[/B] Solitary, pair, or group (3–18) [B]Challenge Rating:[/B] 3 [B]Treasure:[/B] Items only (weapons and armour, plus the stone ring) [B]Alignment:[/B] Chaotic neutral [B]Advancement:[/B] 5–8 HD (Medium); 9–15 HD (Large) [B]Level Adjustment:[/B] — [I]A humanoid warrior armed for battle. A closer look reveals the pallid skin and lifeless eyes of a corpse.[/I] Background??? Phlegamor can speak through his servants using [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF]Common, [/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF]the language of slaadi, or his ability to communicate telepathically. [SIZE=3][B]Combat[/B][/SIZE] Tactics??? [B]Outsider Construct (Ex):[/B] A phlegamor’s servant has a Base Attack Bonus equal to its Hit Dice and all good saves. [B]Single Mind (Ex):[/B] Phlegamor’s consciousness spreads throughout his servants. If one phlegamor’s servant is aware of a particular danger, they all are. If one in a group is not flat-footed, none of them are. No servant in a group is considered flanked unless all of them are. A Phlegamor’s servant is technically mindless (Int –, Wis 11, Cha 1) so has no skills or feats of its own, but it uses Phlegamor’s skill ranks, feats and mental ability scores when animated by Phlegamor’s consciousness. However, it is subject to the normal prerequisites of the feats (i.e. it could only use Multiattack if it has three or more natural attacks, and its Great Cleave requires a BAB of +4). Furthermore, the servant has a maximum rank in a skill equal to its Hit Dice +3 (or one-half that number if it’s a cross-class skill). Phlegamor was a death slaad before being discorporated, and this conversion assumes he had the standard characteristics of the death slaad in [I]Monster Manual[/I]. [B]Stone Ring (Ex):[/B] A stone ring carved with mystical runes appears on the left hand of a Phlegamor's servant when it animates. If the corpse is missing a left hand, a stone band appears around the nearest convenient bodypart (e.g. a bracelet on the left wrist, anklet on a left forefoot, et cetera). The ring is made out of semi-precious stone and worth 10 gp. A Phlegamor's servant loses its animation and collapses if the stone ring is removed or destroyed (hardness 8, hit points 10). An opponent can remove the ring with a Sleight of Hand check against a DC of 15 plus the servant's Hit Dice plus the servant's Dexterity modifier (DC 21 for a standard servant). The servant will immediately reanimate if its stone ring is replaced, either by the ring it lost or the stone ring from another Phlegamor's servant. [/COLOR] [I]Originally appeared in Tales From the Infinite Staircase (1998) in Tale 4: In Disarray[/I]. [/QUOTE]
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