Elder Evils

ENCOUNTER 2-1
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ONE FIELD
Encounter Level 20
SETUP
The bone field is one of the few ruins on the moonlet’s
surface. The players can place their miniatures near any
edge of the map. Don’t place the dread boneyard (DB)
on the map unless the PCs notice it (Spot DC 49). It hides
in the bones.
When the players have finished arranging their
miniatures, read:
Bones blanket the ground, with heaps of skulls
staring into the emptiness of the void. Breaking
through the debris is a pair of old pillars and the
scattered blocks of a ruined structure. An altar of
basalt, black with pale yellow veins, stands intact.
When a character comes within 15 feet of the dread
boneyard, read:
Suddenly the bones tremble, pulling together until
they assemble into the form of a serpentine horror
capped with the skull of a terrifying beast.
2–4 Red Dragon Skeletons CR 8
hp 142 (19 HD); DR 5/bludgeoning
NE Huge undead (fire)
Init +5; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Listen +0, Spot +0
AC 12, touch 9, flat-footed 11
Immune cold, fire, undead immunities (MM 317)
Fort +7, Ref +8, Will +9
Speed 40 ft. (8 squares)
Melee bite +18 (2d8+11) and
2 claws +13 each (2d6+6) and
2 wings +13 each (1d8+6) and
tail slap +13 (2d6+16)
Space 15 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Base Atk +9; Grp +28
Abilities Str 31, Dex 12, Con —, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 1
Feats Improved Initiative
Skills Listen +0, Spot +0
While in the area of the enhanced desecrate effect around
the altar, the young adult red dragon skeletons have
the following changed statistics:
hp increase by 19
Fort +8, Ref +9, Will +10
Melee bite +19 (2d8+12) and
2 claws +14 each (2d6+7) and
2 wings +14 each (1d8+7) and
tail slap +14 each (2d6+17)
Grp +29
Dread Boneyard LM CR 20
hp 348 (41 HD); fast healing 10; DR 10/—
CE Gargantuan undead
Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Listen +49, Spot +49
Languages Abyssal, Common, Terran
AC 32, touch 8, flat-footed 30; Dodge
Immune cold, undead immunities (MM 317)
Resist positive energy 10; SR 28
Fort +16, Ref +18, Will +28
Speed 25 ft. (5 squares), fly 60 ft. (good)
Melee bite +33 (4d8+22/19–20 plus bone subsumption)
Space 20 ft.; Reach 15 ft.
Base Atk +20; Grp +47
Atk Options Cleave, Combat Reflexes, Power Attack, bone
subsumption, improved grab, utter subsumption
Special Actions summon skeletons
Abilities Str 39, Dex 14, Con —, Int 18, Wis 20, Cha 24
Feats Ability Focus (bone subsumption), Cleave, Combat
Reflexes, Dash CW , Dodge, Great Fortitude, Improved
Critical (bite), Improved Initiative, Improved Natural
Attack (bite), Improved Toughness LM , Lightning
Reflexes, Positive Energy Resistance LM , Power Attack,
Weapon Focus (bite)
Skills Balance +46, Climb +58, Hide +34, Jump +58, Listen
+49, Move Silently +46, Search +48, Spot +49, Survival
+5 (+9 follow tracks)
Bone Subsumption (Su) On a successful bite attack by
the dread boneyard, the target must succeed on a DC
39 Fortitude save or take 2d4 points of Strength,
Dexterity, and Constitution damage. This ability
works only against creatures that have skeletal
structures of bone (constructs, elementals, oozes,
and plants are immune).
Improved Grab (Ex) To use this ability, a dread boneyard
must hit a Huge or smaller opponent with its 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 establishes a hold and can try
to use its utter subsumption ability.
Utter Subsumption (Su) If a dread boneyard wins a
grapple check after using its improved grab ability, it
attempts to pin the target on its next action. A dread
boneyard that begins its turn with a victim still
pinned and that succeeds on one more grapple check
kills its victim.
Summon Skeletons (Su) A dread boneyard can summon
undead creatures from its own body once per day. After
1d10 rounds, 3–6 troll skeletons or 2–4 young adult red
dragon skeletons appear and serve for 1 hour before
being reabsorbed into the dread boneyard’s body.
While in the area of the enhanced desecrate effect around
the altar, the dread boneyard has the following changed
statistics:
hp increase by 41
Fort +17, Ref +19, Will +29
Melee bite +34 (4d8+23 plus bone subsumption/19–20)
Grp +48