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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6362806" data-attributes="member: 57383">Salt Quasi-Elemental Working DraftQuasi-Elemental, Negative, SaltSalt Quasi-Elemental, SmallSmall Elemental (Extraplanar)Hit Dice: 1d8+1 (5 hp)Initiative: +0Speed: 15 ft. (3 squares)Armor Class: 18 (+1 size, +7 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 18Base Attack/Grapple: +0/–1Attack: Slam +4 melee (1d6+4)Full Attack: Slam +4 melee (1d6+4)Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.Special Attacks: Desiccating aura, death throesSpecial Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., elemental traits, immunity to fire, negative adaptation, susceptibility to waterSaves: Fort +3, Ref +0, Will +0Abilities: Str 16, Dex 10, Con 12, Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 11Skills: Listen +2, Spot +2Feats: Power AttackEnvironment: Quasi-Elemental Plane of Salt (see text)Organization: SolitaryChallenge Rating: 1Treasure: NoneAlignment: Usually neutralAdvancement: 2 HD (Small)Level Adjustment: —Salt Quasi-Elemental, MediumMedium Elemental (Extraplanar)Hit Dice: 3d8+9 (22 hp)Initiative: +1Speed: 15 ft. (3 squares)Armor Class: 20 (+1 Dex, +9 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 19Base Attack/Grapple: +2/+6Attack: Slam +6 melee (1d8+6)Full Attack: Slam +6 melee (1d8+6)Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.Special Attacks: Desiccating aura, death throesSpecial Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., elemental traits, immunity to fire, negative adaptation, susceptibility to waterSaves: Fort +6, Ref +2, Will +1Abilities: Str 18, Dex 12, Con 16, Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 11Skills: Listen +3, Spot +3Feats: Cleave, Power AttackEnvironment: Quasi-Elemental Plane of Salt (see text)Organization: SolitaryChallenge Rating: 3Treasure: NoneAlignment: Usually neutralAdvancement: 4–5 HD (Medium)Level Adjustment: — Salt Quasi-Elemental, LargeLarge Elemental (Extraplanar)Hit Dice: 6d8+24 (51 hp)Initiative: +2Speed: 15 ft. (3 squares)Armor Class: 21 (–1 size, +2 Dex, +10 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 20Base Attack/Grapple: +4/+14Attack: Slam +9 melee (2d8+6)Full Attack: 2 slams +9 melee (2d8+6)Space/Reach: 10 ft./10 ft.Special Attacks: Desiccating aura, death throesSpecial Qualities: Damage reduction 5/–, darkvision 60 ft., elemental traits, immunity to fire, negative adaptation, susceptibility to waterSaves: Fort +9, Ref +4, Will +2Abilities: Str 22, Dex 14, Con 18, Int 6, Wis 11, Cha 11Skills: Listen +4, Spot +5Feats: Cleave, Great Cleave, Power AttackEnvironment: Quasi-Elemental Plane of Salt (see text)Organization: SolitaryChallenge Rating: 5Treasure: NoneAlignment: Usually neutralAdvancement: 7–11 HD (Large)Level Adjustment: — Salt Quasi-Elemental, HugeHuge Elemental (Extraplanar)Hit Dice: 12d8+60 (114 hp)Initiative: +3Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares)Armor Class: 22 (–2 size, +3 Dex, +11 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 19Base Attack/Grapple: +9/+25Attack: Slam +15 melee (2d10+8)Full Attack: 2 slams +15 melee (2d10+8)Space/Reach: 15 ft./15 ft.Special Attacks: Desiccating aura, death throesSpecial Qualities: Damage reduction 5/–, darkvision 60 ft., elemental traits, immunity to fire, negative adaptation, susceptibility to waterSaves: Fort +13, Ref +7, Will +6Abilities: Str 26, Dex 16, Con 20, Int 6, Wis 11, Cha 11Skills:  Listen +9, Spot +10Feats: Alertness, Cleave, Great Cleave, Iron Will, Power AttackEnvironment: Quasi-Elemental Plane of Salt (see text)Organization: SolitaryChallenge Rating: 7Treasure: NoneAlignment: Usually neutralAdvancement: 13–17 HD (Huge)Level Adjustment: —Salt Quasi-Elemental, GreaterHuge Elemental (Extraplanar)Hit Dice: 18d8+90 (171 hp)Initiative: +3Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares)Armor Class: 23 (–2 size, +3 Dex, +12 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 20Base Attack/Grapple: +13/+30Attack: Slam +20 melee (2d10+9)Full Attack: 2 slams +20 melee (2d10+9)Space/Reach: 15 ft./15 ft.Special Attacks: Desiccating aura, death throesSpecial Qualities: Damage reduction 10/–, darkvision 60 ft., elemental traits, immunity to fire, negative adaptation, susceptibility to waterSaves: Fort +16, Ref +9, Will +8Abilities: Str 28, Dex 16, Con 20, Int 8, Wis 11, Cha 11Skills:  Listen +12, Spot +13Feats: Alertness, Cleave, Great Cleave, Improved Bull Rush, Improved Sunder, Iron Will, Power AttackEnvironment: Quasi-Elemental Plane of Salt (see text)Organization: SolitaryChallenge Rating: 9Treasure: NoneAlignment: Usually neutralAdvancement: 19–23 HD (Huge)Level Adjustment: —Salt Quasi-Elemental, ElderHuge Elemental (Extraplanar)Hit Dice: 24d8+120 (228 hp)Initiative: +3Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares)Armor Class: 24 (–2 size, +3 Dex, +13 natural), touch 11, flat-footed 21Base Attack/Grapple: +18/+36Attack: Slam +26 melee (2d10+10/19-20)Full Attack: 2 slams +26 melee (2d10+10/19-20)Space/Reach: 15 ft./15 ft.Special Attacks: Desiccating aura, death throesSpecial Qualities: Damage reduction 10/–, darkvision 60 ft., elemental traits, immunity to fire, negative adaptation, susceptibility to waterSaves: Fort +19, Ref +11, Will +10Abilities: Str 30, Dex 16, Con 20, Int 10, Wis 11, Cha 11Skills:  Listen +15, Spot +16Feats: Alertness, Awesome Blow, Cleave, Great Cleave, Improved Bull Rush,  Improved Critical (slam), Improves Sunder, Iron Will, Power AttackEnvironment: Quasi-Elemental Plane of Salt (see text)Organization: SolitaryChallenge Rating: 11Treasure: NoneAlignment: Usually neutralAdvancement: 25–48 HD (Huge)Level Adjustment: —Salt Quasi-Elemental, MonolithGargantuan Elemental (Extraplanar)Hit Dice: 36d8+255 (417 hp)Initiative: +2Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares)Armor Class: 28 (–4 size, +2 Dex, +20 natural), touch 8, flat-footed 26Base Attack/Grapple: +27/+54Attack: Slam +39 melee (6d8+15/19-20)Full Attack: 2 slams +39 melee (6d8+15/19-20)Space/Reach: 20 ft./20 ft.Special Attacks: Desiccating aura, death throesSpecial Qualities: Damage reduction 15/–, darkvision 60 ft., elemental traits, immunity to fire, negative adaptation, susceptibility to waterSaves: Fort +27, Ref +14, Will +16Abilities: Str 40, Dex 14, Con 24, Int 12, Wis 15, Cha 17Skills: Listen +23, Spot +24Feats: Alertness, Awesome Blow, Cleave, Combat Reflexes, Great Cleave, Improved  Bull Rush, Improved Critical (slam), Improved Natural Attack (slam),  Improves Sunder, Iron Will, Power Attack, Snatch, Weapon Focus (slam)Environment: Quasi-Elemental Plane of Salt (see text)Organization: SolitaryChallenge Rating: 17Treasure: NoneAlignment: Usually neutralAdvancement: 37–54 HD (Gargantuan)Level Adjustment: —A lizard-shaped mass of sparkling white crystals. Its vaguely  draconic limbs and head are formed from clumped-together cubes of clear  white mineral, giving the creature large blocky fists for feet.Salt quasi-elementals inhabit the Quasi-Elemental Plane of Salt, which  is formed from the junction of the Negative Energy Plane and the  Elemental Plane of Water. They can appear in many forms, but most  commonly resemble a wingless dragon sculpted from salt as described  above.These creatures have little interest in leaving their home plane, but  are sometimes summoned to other planes by spellcasters wishing to  exploit their powers of dehydration. Salt quasi-elementals absorb water  from anything near them, but explode in jagged shards if they absorb too  much. They are mostly solitary creatures who are satisfied to wander  the Quasi-Elemental Plane of Salt absorbing the small amounts of liquid  that leak over from the Elemental Plane of Water.A salt quasi-elemental has the same height and weight as an earth elemental of the same size.COMBATSalt quasi-elementals attack with smashing blows from whatever  appendages their body might possess. Their dessicating aura may be at  least as dangerous as their physical attacks, especially against plant  creatures.Dessicating Aura (Su):  A salt quasi-elemental constantly drains moisture from its surrounding.  Any creature that is vulnerable to dehydration takes damage at the end  of every round they remain within the aura's area of effect.  This dessication is especially devastating to water elementals and   plant creatures, who take increased damage from the aura. The table  below details the effects of the dessication aura of all sizes of salt  quasi-elementals.[TABLE="class: cms_table_cms_table_cms_table"] [TR] [TD]Size of SaltQuasi-Elemental[/TD] [TD]AuraRadius[/TD] [TD]StandardDamage[/TD] [TD]Damage to Plant or Water creatures[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Small[/TD] [TD]5 ft.[/TD] [TD]1d8[/TD] [TD]2d6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Medium[/TD] [TD]10 ft.[/TD] [TD]2d4[/TD] [TD]3d4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Large[/TD] [TD]20 ft.[/TD] [TD]2d6[/TD] [TD]3d6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Huge[/TD] [TD]30 ft.[/TD] [TD]2d8[/TD] [TD]3d8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Greater[/TD] [TD]30 ft.[/TD] [TD]2d10[/TD] [TD]3d10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Elder[/TD] [TD]30 ft.[/TD] [TD]2d12[/TD] [TD]3d12[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Monolith[/TD] [TD]40 ft.[/TD] [TD]4d6[/TD] [TD]6d6[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]          Death Throes (Su): When a salt quasi-elemental dies in humid conditions (which always occurs if it is slain by a water-based attack), it explodes in a burst of jagged lumps of salt that does bludgeoning damage as detailed in the table below. A successful Reflex save halves the damage.[TABLE="class: cms_table_cms_table"] [TR] [TD]Size of SaltQuasi-Elemental[/TD] [TD]Radiusof Burst[/TD] [TD]BludgeoningDamage[/TD] [TD]ReflexSave[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Small[/TD] [TD]5 ft.[/TD] [TD]2d6[/TD] [TD]DC 12[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Medium[/TD] [TD]10 ft.[/TD] [TD]2d8[/TD] [TD]DC 14[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Large[/TD] [TD]20 ft.[/TD] [TD]4d6[/TD] [TD]DC 17[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Huge[/TD] [TD]30 ft.[/TD] [TD]4d8[/TD] [TD]DC 21[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Greater[/TD] [TD]30 ft.[/TD] [TD]6d6[/TD] [TD]DC 24[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Elder[/TD] [TD]30 ft.[/TD] [TD]6d8[/TD] [TD]DC 27[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Monolith[/TD] [TD]40 ft.[/TD] [TD]8d6[/TD] [TD]DC 35[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]     Susceptibility to Water (Ex): A salt quasi-elemental takes half again as much damage (+50%) when injured by a water-based attack. In addition, if a salt quasi-elemental enters a body of water its own size or larger, it must succeed at a DC 20 Constitution check at the end of each round it is immersed or it explodes, dying in a burst of salt shards. See Death Throes for the effects of this explosion.Negative Adaptation (Ex): Salt quasi-elementals do not lose hit points or need to make Fortitude saves due to being in a negative-dominant environment.The Salt Quasielemental first appeared in Dragon #128 (1987).</blockquote>

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