BOZ
Creature Cataloguer
ok , here's the peice de resistance. all the other work is done, so it's time to name our baby. here's the rules. one name per person, you post the best name you can think of, and the first one you post is the only one i'll take. guidelines as follows:
1. The name must be suitable to the monster (see posted below). If you name it "Red Dog" or "Super Surfer" i'm ignoring it. the name should at least make sense for the creature.
2. The name must be original. sorry, "Purple Worm" will just not cut it - that's been done before. if someone posts a name that's been used already, please point it out so i can DQ it.
3. No joke names, please. no "Pukeworm" or "Ldshynsgf" or anything that's totally nonsense.
4. The first 10 useable names i get are going on the poll!
post away!
here is the monster again, if you haven't seen it yet:
Medium-Size Magical Beast
Hit Dice: 6d10+30 (63 hp)
Initiative: +6 (+2 Dex, +4 Improved Initiative)
Speed: 15 ft, swim 30 ft
AC: 20 (+2 Dex, +8 natural)
Attacks: 6 bites +7 melee; or 6 tentacles +7 melee
Damage: Bite 1d6+1; tentacle 1d4+1 and poison
Face/Reach: 5 ft by 5 ft/15 ft
Special Attacks: Improved grab, poison, spell-like abilities
Special Qualities: Blindsight, amphibious, tremorsense, damage reduction 15/+1, vulnerable to electricity
Saves: Fort +10, Ref +7, Will +0
Abilities: Str 13, Dex 15, Con 20, Int 5, Wis 8, Cha 6
Skills: Hide +10, Listen +4
Feats: Improved Initiative
Climate/Terrain: Any marsh, aquatic, and underground
Organization: Solitary, mated pair, or colony (2-8)
Challenge Rating: 8
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always lawful evil
Advancement: 7-12 HD (Medium-Size); 13-18 HD (Large)
These terrifying beasts are monstrous, blind tubeworms that dwell within seaside caves. They affix their bodies onto coastal rocks, waiting for prey. These predators are amphibious and well adapted to shifting tides, and flooded caves present no problem for them. Juveniles are excellent swimmers, but on reaching the adult stage, they begin to secrete a substance that hardens into a thick armor shell, slowing down their movement in general.
This frightful creature looks like an enormous barnacle when at rest, at first sight. On a better look, it appears more like a tubeworm or shellfish, with six eyeless heads. It bites with snapping jaws, each with a triple row of crowded fangs. It dangles its six long tentacles in the water, searching for prey by vibration.
Any treasure found in this creature’s lair is purely incidental, being the unlucky remains of former victims.
COMBAT
This creature is a carnivorous predator that hunts by instinct. It will lie in wait when it detects prey, sitting unmoving until the victims come within reach of its poisoned tentacles. It is silent while waiting for prey, but makes a hideous yelping sound when excited. It strikes out at opponents with its six long necks, and flails its tentacles hoping to grasp prey. Its tentacles secrete a form of contact poison, paralyzing struggling opponents to better allow the creature to consume them.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, the creature must hit with a tentacle attack. If it gets a hold, it causes poison damage.
Poison: Contact, Fortitude save (DC 18); initial damage 1d8 temporary Dexterity, secondary damage paralysis.
Blindsight (Ex): has no visual organs but can ascertain all foes within 30 feet using sound, scent, and vibration.
Tremorsense (Ex): can automatically sense the location of anything within 60 feet that is at least partially submerged, if its tentacles are in the water.
Spell-Like Abilities: At will - spider climb
Vulnerable To Electricity (Ex): The creature suffers double damage from electrical attacks, except on a successful save.
Skills: receives a +10 bonus to Hide checks in murky water.
“Creatures By Poll” Design: BOZ, 2002
Creature concept: Tonguez (insert real name here as desired)
Additional design: Krishnath, Knight Otu, Ferret, Devon
1. The name must be suitable to the monster (see posted below). If you name it "Red Dog" or "Super Surfer" i'm ignoring it. the name should at least make sense for the creature.
2. The name must be original. sorry, "Purple Worm" will just not cut it - that's been done before. if someone posts a name that's been used already, please point it out so i can DQ it.
3. No joke names, please. no "Pukeworm" or "Ldshynsgf" or anything that's totally nonsense.
4. The first 10 useable names i get are going on the poll!
post away!
here is the monster again, if you haven't seen it yet:
Medium-Size Magical Beast
Hit Dice: 6d10+30 (63 hp)
Initiative: +6 (+2 Dex, +4 Improved Initiative)
Speed: 15 ft, swim 30 ft
AC: 20 (+2 Dex, +8 natural)
Attacks: 6 bites +7 melee; or 6 tentacles +7 melee
Damage: Bite 1d6+1; tentacle 1d4+1 and poison
Face/Reach: 5 ft by 5 ft/15 ft
Special Attacks: Improved grab, poison, spell-like abilities
Special Qualities: Blindsight, amphibious, tremorsense, damage reduction 15/+1, vulnerable to electricity
Saves: Fort +10, Ref +7, Will +0
Abilities: Str 13, Dex 15, Con 20, Int 5, Wis 8, Cha 6
Skills: Hide +10, Listen +4
Feats: Improved Initiative
Climate/Terrain: Any marsh, aquatic, and underground
Organization: Solitary, mated pair, or colony (2-8)
Challenge Rating: 8
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always lawful evil
Advancement: 7-12 HD (Medium-Size); 13-18 HD (Large)
These terrifying beasts are monstrous, blind tubeworms that dwell within seaside caves. They affix their bodies onto coastal rocks, waiting for prey. These predators are amphibious and well adapted to shifting tides, and flooded caves present no problem for them. Juveniles are excellent swimmers, but on reaching the adult stage, they begin to secrete a substance that hardens into a thick armor shell, slowing down their movement in general.
This frightful creature looks like an enormous barnacle when at rest, at first sight. On a better look, it appears more like a tubeworm or shellfish, with six eyeless heads. It bites with snapping jaws, each with a triple row of crowded fangs. It dangles its six long tentacles in the water, searching for prey by vibration.
Any treasure found in this creature’s lair is purely incidental, being the unlucky remains of former victims.
COMBAT
This creature is a carnivorous predator that hunts by instinct. It will lie in wait when it detects prey, sitting unmoving until the victims come within reach of its poisoned tentacles. It is silent while waiting for prey, but makes a hideous yelping sound when excited. It strikes out at opponents with its six long necks, and flails its tentacles hoping to grasp prey. Its tentacles secrete a form of contact poison, paralyzing struggling opponents to better allow the creature to consume them.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, the creature must hit with a tentacle attack. If it gets a hold, it causes poison damage.
Poison: Contact, Fortitude save (DC 18); initial damage 1d8 temporary Dexterity, secondary damage paralysis.
Blindsight (Ex): has no visual organs but can ascertain all foes within 30 feet using sound, scent, and vibration.
Tremorsense (Ex): can automatically sense the location of anything within 60 feet that is at least partially submerged, if its tentacles are in the water.
Spell-Like Abilities: At will - spider climb
Vulnerable To Electricity (Ex): The creature suffers double damage from electrical attacks, except on a successful save.
Skills: receives a +10 bonus to Hide checks in murky water.
“Creatures By Poll” Design: BOZ, 2002
Creature concept: Tonguez (insert real name here as desired)
Additional design: Krishnath, Knight Otu, Ferret, Devon
