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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shade" data-source="post: 5439721" data-attributes="member: 287"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5424736-post107.html" target="_blank">Updatium</a>.Next!GonyaulaxFREQUENCY: UncommonNO. APPEARING: 1000-4000ARMOR CLASS: 7MOVE: 12.HIT DICE: 1% IN LAIR: 0TREASURE TYPE: NilNO. OF ATTACKS: 0DAMAGE/ATTACK: 0SPECIAL ATTACKS: NilSPECIAL DEFENSES: Flash, paralytic toxinMAGIC RES.: StandardINTELLIGENCE: Non-ALLIGNMENT: NeutralSIZE: SPSIONIC ABILITY: NilThe cells of Gonyaulax look similar to those of a small Peridinium, and are roughly the size of a basketball. They are not equpped with trichocysts (for game purposes), but are capable of a flash defense like that of a small Peridinium. As individuals they are relatively harmless, but in large blooms (any group of 1000 or more) they secrete enough toxin to kill water-breathing creatures that cannot escape, and will eventually deplete the oxygen in a given small body of water. The toxin causes paralysis of all muscles (including lungs and heart) if the victim does not save against it. Because the poison is so weak, it a saving throw of 2 is sufficient against it . but the save must be repeated every round, and a roll of 1, regardless of any other circumstances, is enough to cause death by drowning to helpless victims in one round.Gonyaulax occurs in both fresh and salt water, but toxic blooms are confined to salt-water areas to which large quantities of nutrients have recently been added.Originally appeared in Dragon Magazine #111  (1986).</blockquote>

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