Manual of the Planes

Elemental: Immune to poison, sleep, paralysis, andstunning. Not subject to critical hits.Tremorsense (Ex): An earth element rhinoceros canautomatically sense the location of anything within 60feet that is in contact with the ground.Fire Element CreaturesFire element creatures dwell on the Elemental Plane ofFire. They have the same general form as material beingsbut are bathed in flame, hair and fur replaced with fire,and scaled or armored portions replaced with blackenedash and charcoal. Their eyes glow with blue flames.Creating a Fire Element Creature“Fire element” is a template that can be added to any corporealcreature of the following base types: aberration,animal, beast, magical beast, plant, or vermin. The creature’stype changes to “elemental (fire).” It uses all thebase creature’s statistics and special abilities except asnoted here.Hit Dice: Change to d8.Special Attacks: A fire element creature retains allthe special attacks of the base creature and also gainsthe following.Heat (Ex): In addition to the damage from their attacks,fire element creatures deal additional fire damage withtheir natural weapons (including claw, bite, slam, or tailattack). The amount of damage depends on the HD totalof the creature (see the table below).Burn (Ex): Those hit by the natural weapons of a fire elementcreature must succeed at a Reflex save or catch fire.The flame burns for 1d4 rounds (See Catching on Fire inChapter 3 of the DUNGEON MASTER’s Guide). The save DC isequal to 7 + the fire element creature’s HD total.Creatures hitting a fire element creature with naturalweapons or unarmed attacks take fire damage as thoughhit by the fire element creature’s attack, and also catchfire unless they succeed at a Reflex save.Special Qualities: A fire element creature retains allthe 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 below).AdditionalHit Dice Damage Reduction Fire Damage1–3 — —4–7 — 1d48–11 5/+1 1d612+ 10/+1 2d6• Fire Subtype (Ex): Fire immunity, double damage fromcold except on a successful save.If the base creature already has one or more of these specialqualities, use the better value.Saves: Same as the base creature.Abilities: Same as the base creature.Skills: Same as the base creature. If the fire elementcreature has an Intelligence of 4 or greater, it speaks Ignan.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 Fire Element CreatureFire Element ApeLarge Elemental (Fire)Hit Dice: 4d8+8 (26 hp)Initiative: +2 (Dex)Speed: 30 ft., climb 30 ft.AC: 14 (–1 size, +2 Dex, +3 natural)Attacks: 2 claws +7 melee, bite +2 meleeDamage: Claw 1d6+5 plus 1d4 fire, bite 1d6+2 plus1d4 fireFace/Reach: 5 ft. by 5 ft./10 ft.Special Attacks: Heat, burnSpecial Qualities: Elemental, fire subtype, scent, darkvision60 ft.Saves: Fort +6, Ref +6, Will +2Abilities: Str 21, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 12, Cha 7Skills: Climb +18, Listen +6, Spot +6Feats: NoneClimate/Terrain: Any land and undergroundOrganization: Solitary or company (2–5)Challenge Rating: 3Treasure: NoneAlignment: Usually neutralAdvancement: 5–8 HD (Large)CombatHeat (Ex): In addition to the damage from its attacks, afire element ape deals an additional 1d4 points of firedamage with its claw and bite attacks.Burn (Ex): Those hit by a fire element ape’s claw or biteattack must succeed at a Reflex save (DC 11) or catch fire.The flame burns for 1d4 rounds (See Catching on Fire inChapter 3 of the DUNGEON MASTER’s Guide).Creatures hitting a fire element ape with naturalweapons or unarmed attacks take fire damage as thoughhit by its attack, and also catch fire unless they succeed ata Reflex save.Elemental: Immune to poison, sleep, paralysis, andstunning. Not subject to critical hits.Fire Subtype (Ex): Fire immunity, double damagefrom cold except on a successful save.CHAPTER 9:MONSTERS193