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Monsters Golems Golems are man-shaped creatures built to serve their masters, usually powerful wizards or high priests. They are often used as guardians. Golems cannot be hit with non-magical weapons, and are immune to the sorts of spells used to create them (iron golems being immune to fire, for instance). You can find the details in the specific monster descriptions. Golem, Clay Hit Dice: 10 (45 hit points) Armor Class: 7 [12] Attacks: 1 fist (3d10) Saving Throw: 5 Special: Immune to slashing and piercing weapons, immune to most spells. Move: 8 Alignment: Neutrality Challenge Level/XP: 14/2,600 The “original” golem of folklore, clay golems may be created by Clerics or powerful priests. They are massive clay statues of human beings, imbued with a rudimentary intelligence and the ability to move and follow their masters’ commands. For each round of combat, a clay golem has a 1% chance (cumulative) to go berserk, leaving its master’s control and attacking enemies and allies alike. Clay golems are not damaged by slashing or piercing weapons. They are immune to all spells other than those affecting earth, and these have very diminished effects – with one exception. An earthquake spell may be used to utterly destroy a clay golem. Golem, Flesh Hit Dice: 8 (40 hit points) Armor Class: 9 [10] Attacks: 2 fists (2d8) Saving Throw: 4 Special: Hit only by magic weapons, slowed by fire and cold, immune to most spells, healed by lightning Move: 8 Alignment: Neutrality Challenge Level/XP: 12/2,000 A creation stitched together from human limbs and other parts, a flesh golem is similar to Frankenstein’s monster. Only +1 or better magic weapons can harm a flesh golem, and it is slowed by fire and cold spells. Lightning heals the golem for the number of points of damage that it would normally inflict. No other type of spell affects a flesh golem. Golem, Iron Hit Dice: 16 (80 hit points) Armor Class: 3 [16] Attacks: Weapon or fist (4d10) Saving Throw: 3 Special: Poison gas, immune to all weapons +2 or less, slowed by lightning, healed by fire, immune to most spells Move: 6 Alignment: Neutrality Challenge Level/XP: 17/3,500 Golem, Stone Hit Dice: 12 (60 hit points) Armor Class: 5 [14] Attacks: Fist (3d8) Saving Throw: 3 Special: Unaffected by +1 or lesser weapons, immune to most spells Move: 6 Alignment: Neutrality Challenge Level/XP: 16/3,200 Stone golems are massive stone statues animated by very powerful magics (much more than just animate object, in other words). They are slowed by fire spells, damaged by rock-to-mud spells, and healed by the reverse. Spells that affect rock, and fire spells, are the only ones that affect stone golems. They can only be hit by +2 or better weapons. Gorgon Hit Dice: 8 Armor Class: 2 [17] Attacks: Gore (2d6) Saving Throw: 8 Special: Breath turns creatures to stone Move: 12 Alignment: Chaos Challenge Level/XP: 10/1,400 Gorgons are bull-like creatures with scales like dragons. Their breath turns creatures to stone (60-foot range, saving throw applies). Grey Ooze Hit Dice: 3 Armor Class: 8 [11] Attacks: Strike (2d6) Saving Throw: 14 Special: Acid, immunities Move: 1 Alignment: Neutrality Challenge Level/XP: 5/240 Grey ooze is almost identical in appearance to wet rock, but it is a slimy, formless substance that devours prey and carrion with its acidic secretions, lashing out to strike enemies. Grey ooze is immune to spells, heat, and cold damage. Metal (but not stone or wood) must make a saving throw vs. acid when exposed to grey ooze (even if the contact is as brief as the strike of a sword) or be rotted through. When the grey ooze hits a character in metal armor, the armor must make an item saving throw. Only cutting and piercing damages a grey ooze—it is impervious to blunt or crushing attacks. Iron golems are huge moving statues of iron. They can breathe a 10-foot-radius cloud of poison gas as well as attacking with great power. Weapons of +2 or less do not affect iron golems. These hulking statues are slowed by lightning spells, but fire-based spells actually restore hit points to them. No other type of spell affects them. 104
Green Slime Green slime isn’t technically a monster, just an extremely dangerous hazard in underground tombs and other such places. Any metal or organic substance it touches begins to turn to green slime (saving throw). It can be killed with fire or extreme cold, and the transformation process can be arrested by the use of a Cure Disease spell. Griffon Hit Dice: 7 Armor Class: 3 [16] Attacks: 2 claws (1d4), 1 bite (2d8) Saving Throw: 9 Special: None Move: 12/27 (flying) Alignment: Neutrality Challenge Level/XP: 8/800 Griffons have the body of a lion, with the head, fore-claws, and wings of an eagle. These creatures can be tamed and ridden as mounts. They usually nest in high mountain aeries, where they lay their eggs and hunt their prey. Because the fledglings can be tamed, young griffons and griffon eggs command a very high price in the marketplaces of the great cities, or to noble lords and wizards. Harpy Hit Dice: 3 Armor Class: 7 [12] Attacks: 2 talons (1d3) and weapon (1d6) Saving Throw: 14 Special: Siren-song Move: 6/18 (flying) Alignment: Chaos Challenge Level/XP: 4/120 Harpies have the upper body of a human female and the lower body and wings of a vulture. Their song is a charm that draws its victims to the harpy (saving throw applies), and the harpy’s touch casts the equivalent of a charm person spell (again, saving throw applies). Hell Hound Hit Dice: 4–7 Armor Class: 4 [15] Attacks: Bite (1d6) Saving Throw: 13, 12, 11, or 9 Special: Breathe fire Move: 12 Alignment: Chaos Challenge Level/XP: 4 HD (5/240), 5 HD (6/400), 6 HD (7/600), 7 HD (8/800) Hell hounds are fire-breathing dogs of the underworlds or lower planes. In addition to biting, they can breathe fire each round, inflicting 2 hp damage per hit die (10 ft range, saving throw for half damage). Hippogriff Hit Dice: 3+1 Armor Class: 5 [14] Attacks: 2 claws (1d6), 1 bite (1d10) Saving Throw: 14 Special: None Move: 18/24 (flying) Alignment: Neutrality Challenge Level/XP: 4/120 The hippogriff is similar to a griffon, having the head, foreclaws, and 105 Monsters wings of an eagle, but instead of the body of a lion, it has the body of a horse. The poem Orlando Furioso (written by the poet Dante in 1516) suggests that the hippogriff is the offspring of a griffon and a horse— but they are apparently an independent breed, for folkloric tradition holds that griffons frequently attack hippogriffs. Hippogriffs are not as hard to train as griffons—again, from Orlando Furioso: “Drawn by enchantment from his distant lair, The wizard thought but how to tame the foal; And, in a month, instructed him to bear Saddle and bit, and gallop to the goal; And execute on earth or in mid air, All shifts of manege, course and caracole…” Hobgoblin Hit Dice: 1+1 Armor Class: 5 [14] Attacks: Weapon (1d8) Saving Throw: 17 Special: None Move: 9 Alignment: Chaos Challenge Level/XP: 1/15 Hobgoblins are simply large goblins, possibly a separate breed living apart from their smaller cousins, or perhaps not, as the Referee decides. As a matter of the campaign’s flavoring, the Referee might choose to make hobgoblins the “fey” goblins of Irish legend, while regular goblins are the more Tolkien-style underground-dwellers. Horse Horses are AC 7 [12], with riding horses having 2 HD and warhorses having 3 HD. Horses have a movement speed of 18. Humans Humans are such a versatile race that any number of “monsters” and NPCs can be made from them. Berserker warriors, tribesmen, cavemen, princesses, evil high priests, captains of the guard, foot-soldiers, and tavern-keepers are all different human “monsters.” Don’t try to build your non-player characters according to the rules for player characters. Just make up their stats and abilities as you see fit. Human, Bandit Hit Dice: 1 Armor Class: 7 [12] Attacks: Weapon (1d8) Saving Throw: 17 Special: None Move: 12 Alignment: Chaos Challenge Level/XP: 1/15 Bandits are roving groups of thieves, sometimes organized into small armies led by more powerful bandit chiefs and captains with higher hit dice. Human, Berserker Hit Dice: 1 Armor Class: 7 [12] Attacks: Weapon (1d8) Saving Throw: 17 Special: Berserking Move: 12 Alignment: Neutrality or Chaos Challenge Level/XP: 2/30 Berserkers are normal humans, but they fight with astounding ferocity. A bonus of +2 is added to their attack rolls. They do not wear armor heavier than leather armor.
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table of contents Table of Contents
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Introduction Foreword By Tim Kask,
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Creating a character Dexterity Roll
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how to play Combat A Quick Introduc
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how to play Melee and Spells Phase
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how to play Table 32: Monster Attac
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how to play No Neutral Clerics The
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how to play Quick Method for Ascend
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how to play Traps and Loot After th
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how to play Hiring Followers Normal
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magic Spell Descriptions Contained
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Page 56 and 57: magic Control Winds Spell Level: Dr
Page 58 and 59: magic Dispel Magic Spell Level: Dru
Page 60 and 61: magic Hold Monster Spell Level: Mag
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Page 94 and 95: Monsters Black Pudding Hit Dice: 10
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Page 100 and 101: Monsters Dragon, Red Hit Dice: 9-11
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Page 112 and 113: Monsters Shadow Hit Dice: 2+2 Armor
Page 114 and 115: Monsters Titan Hit Dice: 16 HD+1d6
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