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CHAPTER 9 THE WORM THAT WALKS Century Worm FF CR 19 hp 420 (40 HD) N Gargantuan vermin Init –2; Senses darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 120 ft.; Listen +0, Spot +0 AC 29, touch 4, flat-footed 29 Immune mind-affecting spells and abilities Resist acid 20 Fort +28, Ref +11, Will +13 Speed 30 ft. (6 squares), burrow 20 ft., swim 10 ft. Melee bite +38 (4d6+18) Space 20 ft.; Reach 15 ft. Base Atk +30; Grp +54 Atk Options improved grab, swallow whole Special Actions keening, wriggling progeny Abilities Str 35, Dex 7, Con 22, Int —, Wis 11, Cha 2 Feats — Skills Listen +0, Spot +0, Swim +20 Improved Grab (Ex) To use this ability, a century worm must hit an opponent of smaller size with a bite attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking attacks of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, it automatically deals bite damage, establishes a hold, and can try to swallow the opponent in the following round. Swallow Whole (Ex) A century worm can try to swallow a grabbed opponent of smaller size by making a successful grapple check. Edwin Tolstoff approaches the obelisk The swallowed creature takes 2d6+9 points of bludgeoning damage and 2d6 points of acid damage per round. A swallowed creature can cut its way out by using a light slashing or piercing weapon to deal 40 points of damage to the gizzard (AC 22). Once the creature exits, muscular action closes the hole; another swallowed opponent must cut its own way out. A century worm’s gizzard can hold 2 Huge, 8 Large, 32 Medium, 128 Small, or 512 Tiny or smaller opponents. Keening (Ex) Once per round, as a free action, a century worm can force all living creatures within 50 feet to succeed on DC 36 Fortitude saves or be deafened for 1 round. Wriggling Progeny (Ex) Characters trapped within a century worm’s gizzard must succeed on a DC 36 Fortitude save every round or take 1d8 points of Constitution damage. A creature reduced to Constitution 0 dies and a larva attaches itself to the victim’s spine. A remove disease spell destroys the larva. After 100 years, the larva grows into a new century worm. ENCOUNTER AREAS The encounter map depicts one possible approach, placing the obelisk in the center of the island. If the PCs travel from a different direction, change the compass to a direction serving your needs or sketch out the rest of the island. The following encounter areas are but a sample of those that could take place here. Illus. by H. Lyon 135
CHAPTER 9 THE WORM THAT WALKS 136 A. Gruesome Greeting Skulls mounted on stained poles along the island’s shores serve as warnings to drive off unwanted visitors. The skulls are all humanoid, and a DC 10 Heal check reveals small holes riddling each. B. The River The river is not deep enough for a seafaring vessel to navigate; characters equipped with rowboats can move upstream without a problem. The river is 100 feet wide on average. It is home to giant crocodiles, schools of flesh-eating fish, and a variety of water snakes. Swarms of biting insects carry filth fever, and each hour of travel PCs must succeed on DC 15 Fortitude saves or contract the disease. C. The Lake (EL 20) Waterfalls spilling down from the mountain create a beautiful spectacle for those coming upon this place, masking the danger lurking beneath its waters. Five hideous leechwalkers rise up and attack any who come too close. 5 Hideous Leechwalkers MM2 CR 15 hp 313 each (33 HD); DR 10/piercing or slashing N Large vermin Init +0; Senses all-around vision, darkvision 60 ft.; Listen +2, Spot +6 AC 14, touch 10, flat-footed 14 Immune ability damage, ability drain, death from massive damage, flanking, nonlethal damage, vermin immunities Fort +23, Ref +12, Will +13 Speed 30 ft. (6 squares), swim 20 ft. Melee 2 tentacle rakes +33 each (2d6+10 plus wounding) Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft. Base Atk +24; Grp +38 Atk Options blood drain, improved grab, wounding Abilities Str 20, Dex 11, Con 17, Int —, Wis 14, Cha 7 Feats — Skills Listen +2, Search +4, Spot +6, Swim +13 Wounding (Ex) When a hideous leechwalker strikes a living creature with its tentacle rake attack, that creature takes 1 point of Constitution damage in addition to any normal damage. If a hideous leechwalker strikes an opponent but does not deal damage, the opponent does not take this Constitution damage. Creatures immune to critical hits are immune to the Constitution damage dealt by this ability. Improved Grab (Ex) To use this ability, a hideous leechwalker must hit a Large or smaller opponent with a tentacle rake attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking attacks of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, it establishes a hold, and it can use its blood drain ability in the same round. Blood Drain (Ex) A hideous leechwalker deals 2d6 points of Constitution damage each round it maintains a hold. This ability does not affect elementals, plants, or creatures that lack a Constitution score. D. Caves A few caves and fissures pierce the slope of the volcano. Venting out from these gaps are plumes of poisonous gas. Characters flying over the island or climbing the volcano must make a DC 20 Fortitude save against the poisonous air (initial damage 1d6 Wis, secondary damage 2d6 Con) each minute they remain in the area. Each cave descends 1d4×100 feet into the volcano. In their depths, at least a dozen blessed spawn of Kyuss work to breach the walls and flood the tunnels and the island with lava to destroy the obelisk and free their master. Blessed Spawn of Kyuss (varies): hp 93 each; see page 138 for statistics. E. Volcano A volcano towers over the island, rising above the lower slopes at a sharp climb up to 2,000 feet above sea level at the lip of the caldera. At the top, the ground gives way to a 500-foot-deep pit a thousand feet across. At the bottom is a churning soup of lava, spewing clouds of poisonous gas and the occasional spray of flaming rock into the air. Characters lingering here are subject to the same Fortitude saves as described under area D, but the save DC increases to 25. In addition, there’s a 20% chance each minute that something belches forth from the flaming pit, striking a random character. The creature struck must succeed on a DC 20 Reflex save or take 5d6 points of bludgeoning damage and 5d6 points of fire damage. F. The Unquiet Jungle The jungle that covers much of the land west of the volcano is crawling with fierce insects and contaminated by parasites and diseases delivered by clouds of thirsty mosquitoes. Each hour the characters travel through the jungles exposes them to slimy doom (DMG 292). G. Shattered Idol Rising up like a crone’s finger from the western mountain are the remains of a shattered idol. Little is left to testify to its original form, though it’s clear the figure wore robes. Rubble litters the ground around the idol, and 50 feet down the slope lies the head, which is carved to look like a mass of worms. H. Sacred Pool This pool served as a sacred meeting place. It is now black and corrupt, with a skin of green slime coating its surface. The water feeding the pool spills into the murk without disturbing the surface. The grass and underbrush all around is brown and slippery with rot. A successful DC 15 Search check of the area turns up a few scraps of cloth, a shattered symbol of Obad-Hai, and a scattering of maggot-infested flesh. I. Polluted Lake The marsh is a mess of mud, pools of brown water, and dead reeds. In its center is a still, black pool of stinking water. Just beneath the surface are the rotting remains of the villagers who lived here. The salts of the water preserve their bodies, keeping them ready for animation. As long as no one drinks the water, the pool and its contents are harmless. Consuming or touching the water exposes the characters to the tiny green worms crawling through the muck. The worms function as those bestowed by the blessed spawn of Kyuss’s bestow worm ability (see page 138). J. Tar Pit The islet that surrounds the obelisk is encircled by a sea of tar. The effects of the tar are described in encounter 9–2.
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Contents Introduction. . . . . . .
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Illus. by J. Zhang nd I looked upon
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Encounter Information Each entry ha
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action, we instead wasted time on p
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Vile Feats Feat Prerequisite Benefi
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Benefit: You gain a +2 circumstance
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PROPERTY DESCRIPTIONS Each of the f
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through the void. Perhaps atropals
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ATROPUS Atropus is as much a place
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SQ bardic knowledge +7, siphon spel
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THE MOONLET Atropus is the moonlet,
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CHAPTER 2 ATROPUS 25
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FEATURES OF THE AREA Altar: The alt
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When a character moves 10 feet or m
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FEATURES OF THE AREA Crater: It cos
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his unmoving form. These projection
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Llymic for the glory of the dark go
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Atk Options Power Attack Special Ac
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The surface of the mountain consist
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CHAPTER 3 FATHER LLYMIC 41
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FEATURES OF THE AREA Ground: The su
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FEATURES OF THE AREA Icy Plateau: T
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FEATURES OF THE AREA Dark Ice: The
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will one day awaken and purify the
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DESCRIPTION When quiescent, the fou
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SOELMA NILAENISH “The world disgu
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Special Actions bardic music 11/day
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F. Large Sleeping Area (EL varies)
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3 Whitespawn Berserkers MM4 CR 6 hp
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3 Greathorn Minotaurs MM4 CR 7 hp 1
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Hulk of Zoretha (Male) CR 16 hp 256
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When awakened, however, an elder ch
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THE LEVIATHAN IN FAERÛN The Leviat
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CHAPTER 5 THE LEVIATHAN priest. Whe
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Marcus Hape CR 12 hp 60 (12 HD) Mal
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Axihuatl CR 19 hp 206 (24 HD); fast
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FEATURES OF THE AREA The battlefiel
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3 Krakens CR 12 hp 290 each (20 HD)
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Despite the seals that hold its min
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ack, or sides, and rotates slowly o
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