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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 9481453" data-attributes="member: 57383">Here's the relevant section from The Great Modron March (1997).From Page 107 & 109: (Page 108 was a map) Valran Stonefist’s changed considerably since the PCs saw him last. They won’t recognize him until he speaks to them. He’s placed himself in the body of a decaton, and he’s learning how to enjoy life inside his metal body. If the PCs were on good terms with him the last time they saw him, then he simply assumes they’ve come to join the Tacharim cause. He greets them in a friendly manner, telling them of his new discoveries and how he came to inhabit the body of a decaton. Valran explains. “As you know, I’d been working on transplanting living humanoid minds into the shells of modrons, making the best of both worlds, as it were. By keeping a piece of the modron brain within the body, not only do we cure the modron madness, we also ensure that there’s a build-in tendency to follow orders in the new modronoids. Of course, it tends to slow down the mental processes of some bashers, and it still drives others completely barmy, but that’s a small price to pay for an army of creatures like this, eh?” Valran even shows them around the place, but he won’t reveal all the secrets. After a while, even a barmy old bird like Valran has to realize the PCs can’t be here by coincidence. That’s when he starts getting suspicious. Of course, if the PCs and Valran crossed swords when last they met, Valran instantly shrieks for the guards when he catches the party in his precious keep. VALRAN STONEFIST (Pl/Æ modronoid/M13/N): AC 2; MV 15, Fl 3(E); HD 10+10; hp 90; THAC0 11; #AT 10; Dmg 1d4 (×10); SA spells; MR 10%; SZ M (7′ tall); ML steady (13); Int exceptional (16); XP 11,000. Notes: Telepathic communication to a range of 44 miles. Though decatons normally cast spells as 10th-level clerics, Valran doesn’t receive spells from Primus; he does, however, retain his wizardly spellcasting abilities. Spell-like abilities only affect modrons, 1/round, at will: cure 1 point of damage for all modrons within 144 feet, cure disease in a 12-foot radius; heal by touch up to 10 modrons/round; and remove paralysis by touch, 10 modrons/round. Personality: Valran’s barmier than ever. Spells (5/5/5/4/4/2): 1st—color spray, friends, hypnotism, mending, shocking grasp; 2nd—bind, forget, shatter, stinking cloud, web; 3rd—blink, lightning bolt, slow, suggestion, wraithform; 4th—Evard’s black tentacles, fumble, polymorph other, shout; 5th—cone of cold, fabricate, telekinesis, wall of iron; 6th—disintegrate, globe of invulnerability. For comparison, here's Valran's statblock as a human (note he was a little lower level back then) plus those of a decaton modron.VALRAN STONEFIST (Pl/♂ human/M7/Society of Sensation/CN): AC 3 (bracers of defense AC 4, Dex); MV 12; hp 18; THAC018; #AT 1; Dmg 1d6+1; SZ M (5′ tall); ML steady (13); XP 420 each. S 6, D 15, C 10, I 16, W 9, Ch 12. Personality: Valran is barmy, no doubt about that. His manner is a collection of odd ticks and jerks, and he swings from one mood to another with no warning. He’s fanatically devoted to the pursuit of knowledge. Special Equipment: staff of striking (20 charges), eyes of minute seeing, helm of comprehending languages and reading magic. Spells (4/3/2/1): 1st—friends,hypnotism, mending, shocking grasp; 2nd—bind, forget, web; 3rd—suggestion, wraithform; 4th—polymorph other. APPENDIX All modrons possess the following abilities and immunities: <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>✦</td><td>unaffected by any illusions or magic that affects the mind, such as beguilement, charm, domination, hold, hypnosis, and sleep;</td></tr><tr><td>✦</td><td>immune to fear and other emotion spells;</td></tr><tr><td>✦</td><td>attacks that draw from the Positive and Negative Energy Planes (such as life draining) are ineffective;</td></tr><tr><td>✦</td><td>save versus cold, fire, and acid with a +1 bonus, and suffer damage from such attacks with a –1 modifier per die;</td></tr><tr><td>✦</td><td>all modrons on the March (but not in general) have maximum hit points.</td></tr></table> Modrons of hierarch level (decaton rank and higher) have the following additional abilities: <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>✦</td><td>never surprised;</td></tr><tr><td>✦</td><td>never roll initiative, and may choose when to act in any round;</td></tr><tr><td>✦</td><td>spell-like abilities, once per round, at will: clairaudience, clairvoyance, command, dimension door, teleport without error, and wall of force;</td></tr><tr><td>✦</td><td>immune to psionics;</td></tr><tr><td>✦</td><td>telepathic communication, to a range specified in each modron’s entry below.</td></tr></table> DECATON: AC 2; MV 15, Fl 3(E); HD 10+10; hp 90; THAC0 11; #AT 10; Dmg 1d4 (×10); SA spells; MR 10%; SZ M (7′ tall); ML fearless (20); Int high (13); AL LN; XP 9,000. Notes: Telepathic communication to a range of 44 miles. Decatons cast spells as 10th-level clerics. SA—Spell-like abilities only affect modrons, 1/round, at will: cure 1 point of damage for all modrons within 144 feet, cure disease in a 12-foot radius; heal by touch up to 10 modrons/round; and remove paralysis by touch, 10 modrons/round. Spells (4/4/3/3/2): 1st—combine, protection from evil, sanctuary (×2); 2nd—aid, find traps, slow poison, withdraw; 3rd—dispel magic, prayer, water breathing; 4th—neutralize poison, protection from evil 10-foot-radius, spell immunity; 5th—dispel evil, dispel good. Note that neither the Valran Modronoid's or Decaton's statblock lists the standard abilities of a hierarch modron—which includes at-will wall of force and immunity to energy drain. Which are not insignificant features!</blockquote>

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