Manual of the Planes

CHAPTER 9:MONSTERS192CombatImproved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, the air elementsquid must hit with its arms attack. If it gets a hold,it automatically deals bite damage each round the hold ismaintained.Air Mastery (Ex): Airborne creatures suffer a –1penalty on attack and damage rolls against an air elementsquid.Elemental: Immune to poison, sleep, paralysis, andstunning. Not subject to critical hits.Ink Cloud (Ex): An air element squid can emit a cloudof jet-black ink 10 feet high by 10 feet wide by 10 feetlong once per minute as a free action. The cloud providestotal concealment, which the squid normally uses toescape a losing fight. Creatures within the cloud sufferthe effects of total darkness.Jet (Ex): An air element squid can jet backward once around as a double move action, at a speed of 240 feet.Earth Element CreaturesEarth element creatures dwell in the Elemental Planeof Earth. They appear as shambling hulks with the samegeneral form as similar material beings but are madeentirely of stone, earth, and soil. Their eyes are multifacetedcrystals.Creating an Earth Element Creature“Earth element” is a template that can be added to anycorporeal creature of the following base types: aberration,animal, beast, magical beast, plant, or vermin. The creature’stype changes to “elemental (earth).” It uses all thebase creature’s statistics and special abilities except asnoted here.Hit Dice: Change to d8.Speed: Gains burrow at the base creature’s normalspeed or 20 feet, whichever is less, in addition to thenormal speed for the base creature.AC: Natural armor improves by +3.Special Attacks: An earth element creature retains allthe special attacks of the base creature and also gains thefollowing.Earth Mastery (Ex): An earth element creature gains a +1bonus on attack and damage rolls if both it and its foetouch the ground. If an opponent is airborne or waterborne,the earth element creature suffers a –4 penalty onattack and damage rolls.Burrow (Ex): An earth element creature can glidethrough stone, dirt, or almost any other sort of earthexcept metal as easily as a fish moves through water, in amanner similar to a xorn’s.Special Qualities: An earth element creature retainsall the special qualities of the base creature and also gainsthe following ones:• Elemental: Immune to poison, sleep, paralysis, andstunning. Not subject to critical hits.• Darkvision with a range of 60 feet.• Damage reduction (see the table).Hit Dice Damage Reduction1–7 —8–11 5/+112+ 10/+1• Tremorsense (Ex): The earth element creature can automaticallysense the location of anything within 60 feetthat is in contact with the ground.If the base creature already has one or more of these specialqualities, use the better value.Saves: Same as the base creature.Abilities: Change from the base creature as follows:Str +2, Dex –2.Skills: Same as the base creature. If the earth elementcreature has an Intelligence of 4 or greater, it speaks Terran.Feats: Same as the base creature.Climate/Terrain: Any land and underground.Organization: Same as the base creature.Challenge Rating: Up to 3 HD, same as the basecreature.3 HD to 7 HD, same as the base creature +1.8+ HD, same as the base creature +2.Treasure: Same as the base creature.Alignment: Usually neutral.Advancement: Same as the base creature.Sample Earth Element CreatureEarth Element RhinocerosLarge Elemental (Earth)Hit Dice: 8d8+40 (76 hp)Initiative: –1 (Dex)Speed: 30 ft., burrow 20 ft.AC: 18 (–1 size, +10 natural, –1 Dex)Attacks: Gore +14 meleeDamage: Gore 2d6+13Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 10 ft./5 ft.Special Attacks: Earth masterySpecial Qualities: Damage reduction 5/+1, elemental,tremorsense, darkvision 60 ft.Saves: Fort +11, Ref +5, Will +3Abilities: Str 28, Dex 8, Con 21, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 2Skills: Listen +11Climate/Terrain: Any land and undergroundOrganization: Solitary or herd (2–12)Challenge Rating: 6Treasure: NoneAlignment: Usually neutralAdvancement: 9–12 HD (Large); 13–24 HD (Huge)CombatEarth Mastery (Ex): An earth element rhinocerosgains a +1 bonus on attack and damage rolls if both it andits foe touch the ground. If an opponent is airborne orwaterborne, the earth element rhinoceros suffers a –4penalty on attack and damage rolls.