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Combat
Dolomites attack only if provoked or if they are near metallic
magic items.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability,
a dolomite must hit with a claw attack.
It can then attempt to start a
grapple as a free action without
provoking an attack of opportunity.
If it wins the grapple
check, it establishes a hold
and can constrict or rend.
Constrict (Ex): A
dolomite inflicts 2d6+10
points of damage with a
successful grapple
check against
Large or smaller
creatures.
Rend (Ex):
A dolomite
can tear a
Medium or
smaller
creature
limb from limb
after a successful
grab. It automatically
inflicts 4d6+15 points of damage
per round until the creature is dead. It will
only do this to obtain enchanted armor or other items on the
creature’s person.
Music Sensitivity (Ex): Music sung or played on an
instrument will cause the dolomite to stand as if entranced.
A successful Performcheck (DC 15) will cause the creature to
attempt to stay within 50 feet of the music’s source until it
stops. Poorly performed music (unsuccessful skill check) does
not affect the dolomite, though a truly botched performance
may enrage the creature at the DM’s option.
Treasure
A dolomite’s gizzard may contain magic items it has
consumed, though some will eventually (after 100 years) be
destroyed by the creature’s glacially slow digestion. There is a
50% chance of 1–2 random items.
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Dolomite
Legends & Lore
CoMMoN: The dolomite lives exclusively in rocky areas.
UNCoMMoN: Dolomite gizzards sometimes
contain magic items made of metal.
RARE: They like music, and a wellplayed
song can stop a magichunting
dolomite in its tracks.
obSCURE: The
dolomites were
called “the
hounds of
Menoth”
in ancient
times, and
records of
their existencepredate
the
Orgoth
invasion.
It is written
that
they were
created by
Menoth to
remind men
that magic
is a curse as
often as a blessing.
Dolomites will not
attempt to consume magic items enchanted by the Temple
of Menoth.
Hooks
The dolomite’s insatiable hunger for magic drives it to consume
dozens of items during its 2,000-year lifetime. Some are
family heirlooms. A count wants the family’s fabled mace (lost
by his foolish son) returned from the gut of one that lives in
the not-too-distant foothills and will pay well for its return.
Some are artifacts: a dolomite on the border of the Protectorate
of Menoth is reputed to have eaten the powerful Mail of
Carunder (+3 chain mail of wraith). Unfortunately, the creatures are
revered in the Protectorate and it is forbidden to harm them.
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