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<blockquote data-quote="Krishnath" data-source="post: 2401640" data-attributes="member: 56"><p><span style="color: aqua">Well, it is monday, and as I promised, here is another sliver. Before I post it though, I have decided that when I start posting the Noble Slivers (beginning next week, baring any unforseen circumstances), I will only post two slivers a week (Still need to finish the conversion of the queen and overlord...).</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"></span></p><p><span style="color: aqua">Anyway, on to the root of any sliver infestation, can you dig it? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"></span></p><p><span style="color: aqua">-</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"></span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong><u>Sliver, Root </u> </strong></span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Medium Aberration (Extraplanar, Sliver)</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Hit Dice:</strong> 6d8+12 (39 hp)</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Initiative:</strong> +2</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Speed:</strong> 30’, Burrow 30’, Climb 30’,</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Armor Class:</strong> 18 (+2 Dex, +6 natural), touch 12, flat-footed 16,</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Base Attack/Grapple:</strong> +4/+10 (+4 grapple bonus)</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Attack:</strong> Claw +6 melee (1d6+3)</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Full Attack:</strong> Claw +6 melee (1d6+3) and bite +1 melee (1d4+1)</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Space/Reach:</strong> 5’/5’</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Special Attacks:</strong> -</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Special Qualities:</strong> Shared Ability, Tremorsense 60’,</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Saves:</strong> Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +7,</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Abilities:</strong> Str 15, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 8, Wis 14, Cha 10,</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Skills:</strong> Balance +5, Climb +11, Escape Artist +5, Jump +3, Listen +5, Move Silently +3, Spot +5, Swim +3, Tumble +3,</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Feats:</strong> Alertness, Agile, Combat Reflexes,</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Environment:</strong> Any</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Organization:</strong> Swarm (20-80) or Hive (several thousand slivers of various types and one queen)</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Challenge Rating:</strong> 3</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Treasure:</strong> None</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Alignment:</strong> Always Neutral</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Advancement:</strong> -</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"></span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><em>‘The druids got nasty surprise yesterday as a swarm of slivers burst from the ground during their evening rituals. I watched the carnage to great satisfaction from the air above the devastation. That will teach those pesky tree-huggers to stay away from me and my patrons research.’ – Lanariel Shadowwing, Research Notes.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"></span></p><p><span style="color: aqua">Root slivers are the tunnel diggers and expert ambushers of sliver society.</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua">A root sliver looks much like their regular kin, but their skin has the color and texture of gray bark. The sliver itself is around 6’7’’ in length.</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"></span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Combat: </strong> </span></p><p><span style="color: aqua">Root Slivers are expert ambushers, using their burrow ability to strike from below ground. More than one adventuring party has been lethally surprised when a wave of slivers has boiled from the solid ground behind them.</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"><strong>Shared Ability (Ex):</strong> All slivers within 60’ of the Root Sliver gains a burrow speed of 30’ and tremorsense to a range of 60’.</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"></span></p><p><span style="color: aqua">-</span></p><p><span style="color: aqua"></span></p><p><span style="color: aqua">Comments? Critique? Questions? Snackrifices?</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Krishnath, post: 2401640, member: 56"] [color=aqua]Well, it is monday, and as I promised, here is another sliver. Before I post it though, I have decided that when I start posting the Noble Slivers (beginning next week, baring any unforseen circumstances), I will only post two slivers a week (Still need to finish the conversion of the queen and overlord...). Anyway, on to the root of any sliver infestation, can you dig it? :p - [B][U]Sliver, Root [/U] Medium Aberration (Extraplanar, Sliver) Hit Dice:[/B] 6d8+12 (39 hp) [B]Initiative:[/B] +2 [B]Speed:[/B] 30’, Burrow 30’, Climb 30’, [B]Armor Class:[/B] 18 (+2 Dex, +6 natural), touch 12, flat-footed 16, [B]Base Attack/Grapple:[/B] +4/+10 (+4 grapple bonus) [B]Attack:[/B] Claw +6 melee (1d6+3) [B]Full Attack:[/B] Claw +6 melee (1d6+3) and bite +1 melee (1d4+1) [B]Space/Reach:[/B] 5’/5’ [B]Special Attacks:[/B] - [B]Special Qualities:[/B] Shared Ability, Tremorsense 60’, [B]Saves:[/B] Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +7, [B]Abilities:[/B] Str 15, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 8, Wis 14, Cha 10, [B]Skills:[/B] Balance +5, Climb +11, Escape Artist +5, Jump +3, Listen +5, Move Silently +3, Spot +5, Swim +3, Tumble +3, [B]Feats:[/B] Alertness, Agile, Combat Reflexes, [B]Environment:[/B] Any [B]Organization:[/B] Swarm (20-80) or Hive (several thousand slivers of various types and one queen) [B]Challenge Rating:[/B] 3 [B]Treasure:[/B] None [B]Alignment:[/B] Always Neutral [B]Advancement:[/B] - [I]‘The druids got nasty surprise yesterday as a swarm of slivers burst from the ground during their evening rituals. I watched the carnage to great satisfaction from the air above the devastation. That will teach those pesky tree-huggers to stay away from me and my patrons research.’ – Lanariel Shadowwing, Research Notes.[/I] Root slivers are the tunnel diggers and expert ambushers of sliver society. A root sliver looks much like their regular kin, but their skin has the color and texture of gray bark. The sliver itself is around 6’7’’ in length. [B]Combat: [/B] Root Slivers are expert ambushers, using their burrow ability to strike from below ground. More than one adventuring party has been lethally surprised when a wave of slivers has boiled from the solid ground behind them. [B]Shared Ability (Ex):[/B] All slivers within 60’ of the Root Sliver gains a burrow speed of 30’ and tremorsense to a range of 60’. - Comments? Critique? Questions? Snackrifices?[/color] [/QUOTE]
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