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<blockquote data-quote="GreyICE" data-source="post: 6037458" data-attributes="member: 6684526"><p>Well they are kind of geared to a long-running campaign, with one of their primary threats being a plague track that would never affect adventurers over the short term (disease rolls happen after every extended rest, so stage 3 and the threat of death can be weeks off). So you're right, they're completely inappropriate for that. You'd want something like a bloodfire ooze:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><em>When an evil ritual mixes sacrificial blood with the ichor of a</em></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><em>demon, the end result is often the birth of a slithering, spitting</em></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><em>horror known as a bloodfire ooze.</em></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"></span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">Bloodfire oozes are created through horrid rituals and</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">have no place in the natural world. Fanatical priests</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">loyal to Orcus or one of the other demon princes are</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">most often associated with creating the oozes for their</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">own dark purposes.</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">...</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow"><strong>Tormented Faces:</strong> The amorphous blood fire ooze</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">looks like a slithering mass of seething, boiling blood,</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">which reeks of sulfur. It occasionally extrudes pseudopods</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">and manifests faces twisted in torment. These</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">faces are personifications of the creature's demonic</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">essence, often resembling those whose blood was sacrificed</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">to create the bloodfire ooze. The faces are quickly</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">absorbed into the creature's form, but not before they</span></p><p><span style="color: Yellow">disgorge clouds of poisonous sulfuric gas.</span></p><p></p><p>Also that 2 E link reminded me of everything I hate about old stat blocks:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Orange">Juvenile: darkness three times a day in a 10' radius per age category of the dragon. Adult: corrupt water once a day. For every age category a dragon attains, it can stagnate 10 cubic feet of water, making it become still, foul, inert, and unable to support animal life. When this ability is used against potions and elixirs, they become useless if they roll a 15 or better on 1d20. Old: plant growth once a day. Venerable: summon insects once a day. Great wyrm: charm reptiles three times a day. This operates as a charm mammals spell, but is applicable only to reptiles. </span></p><p></p><p>God, I used to be able to tolerate this stuff (even if it annoyed me). How?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreyICE, post: 6037458, member: 6684526"] Well they are kind of geared to a long-running campaign, with one of their primary threats being a plague track that would never affect adventurers over the short term (disease rolls happen after every extended rest, so stage 3 and the threat of death can be weeks off). So you're right, they're completely inappropriate for that. You'd want something like a bloodfire ooze: [COLOR="Yellow"][I]When an evil ritual mixes sacrificial blood with the ichor of a demon, the end result is often the birth of a slithering, spitting horror known as a bloodfire ooze.[/I] Bloodfire oozes are created through horrid rituals and have no place in the natural world. Fanatical priests loyal to Orcus or one of the other demon princes are most often associated with creating the oozes for their own dark purposes. ... [B]Tormented Faces:[/B] The amorphous blood fire ooze looks like a slithering mass of seething, boiling blood, which reeks of sulfur. It occasionally extrudes pseudopods and manifests faces twisted in torment. These faces are personifications of the creature's demonic essence, often resembling those whose blood was sacrificed to create the bloodfire ooze. The faces are quickly absorbed into the creature's form, but not before they disgorge clouds of poisonous sulfuric gas.[/COLOR] Also that 2 E link reminded me of everything I hate about old stat blocks: [COLOR="Orange"]Juvenile: darkness three times a day in a 10' radius per age category of the dragon. Adult: corrupt water once a day. For every age category a dragon attains, it can stagnate 10 cubic feet of water, making it become still, foul, inert, and unable to support animal life. When this ability is used against potions and elixirs, they become useless if they roll a 15 or better on 1d20. Old: plant growth once a day. Venerable: summon insects once a day. Great wyrm: charm reptiles three times a day. This operates as a charm mammals spell, but is applicable only to reptiles. [/COLOR] God, I used to be able to tolerate this stuff (even if it annoyed me). How? [/QUOTE]
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