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Face/Reach: 10 ft. by 20 ft./10 ft.Special Attacks: Leap, smite chaosSpecial Qualities: SR 18, scent, tremorsense,linked minds, darkvision 60 ft.; cold, electricity,fire, and sonic resistance 5Saves: Fort +11, Ref +8, Will +4Abilities: Str 27, Dex 15, Con 20,Int 3, Wis 13, Cha 6Skills: Jump +12, Listen +6CHAPTER 9:MONSTERSIllus. by M. Cavotta198Climate/Terrain: Any landand undergroundOrganization: Solitary orpairChallenge Rating: 9Treasure: NoneAlignment: Always lawfulneutralAdvancement: 10–16 HD(Huge); 17–27 HD (Gargantuan)CombatLeap (Ex): An axiomatic bulette canjump into the air during combat. This allows it to makefour claw attacks instead of two, but it cannot bite. Theattack bonus is +12.Smite Chaos (Su): Once per day an axiomatic bulettecan make a normal attack to deal an additional +9 damageagainst a chaotic opponent.Tremorsense (Ex): An axiomatic bulette can automaticallysense the location of anything within 60 feet that isin contact with the ground.Linked Minds (Ex): Axiomatic bulettes within 300 feetof one another are in constant communication. If one isaware of a particular danger, they all are. If one in the groupis not flat-footed, none of them are. No axiomatic bulettein the group is considered flanked unless they all are.ANARCHIC CREATURESAnarchic creatures dwell in planes of chaos, the realms ofdisorder. Although they may resemble creatures from theMaterial Plane, they appear less finished, their featuresmore rough and uneven, their fur or scales blotched andtattered, their appearance more ragged and horrific. Theyare also called the Unfinished, and some say they werefirst drafts, abandoned to the roiling planes of chaos byforgotten creators.Creating an Anarchic Creature“Anarchic” is a template that can be added to any corporealcreature of chaotic or neutral alignment that is nativeto the Material Plane. Beasts or animals with this templatebecome magical beasts, but otherwise the creaturetype is unchanged. The template uses all the base creature’sstatistics and special abilities except as noted here.Special Attacks: An anarchic creature retains all thespecial attacks of the base creature and also gains thefollowing.Smite Law (Su): Once per day the creature can make anormal attack to deal additional damage equal to its HDtotal (maximum of +20) against a lawful opponent.Special Qualities: An anarchic creature retains all thespecial qualities of the base creature and also gains thefollowing ones:• Darkvision with a range of 60 feet.• Acid, cold, electricity, fire, and sonic resistance 5.• Immune to polymorphing and petrification.• Fast healing (see the table below).• Damage reduction (see the table below).Hit Dice Damage Reduction Fast Healing1–3 —4–7 — 18–11 — 312+ 5/+1 5If 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, but Intelligence isat least 3.Skills: Same as the base creature.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: Always chaotic (any).Advancement: Same as the base creature.Sample Anarchic CreatureAnarchic AthachHuge AberrationHit Dice: 14d8+70 (133 hp)Initiative: +1 (Dex)Speed: 50 ft.AC: 20 (–2 size, +1 Dex, +8 natural, +3 hide)Attacks: Huge club +12/+7 melee, 2 Huge clubs +12melee, bite +14 melee; or rock +5/+0 ranged, 2 rocks+5 rangedDamage: Huge club 2d6+8, 2 Huge clubs 2d6+4, bite2d8+4 and poison; or rock 2d6+8, 2 rocks 2d6Face/Reach: 10 ft. by 10 ft./15 ft.Special Attacks: Poison, smite lawSpecial Qualities: Damage reduction 5/+1, fast healing5, darkvision 60 ft., immune to polymorph and petrification;acid, cold, electricity, fire, and sonic resistance 5Saves: Fort +9, Ref +5, Will +10Abilities: Str 27, Dex 12, Con 21, Int 7, Wis 12, Cha 6Skills: Climb +16, Jump +16, Listen +7, Spot +7Feats: Multiattack, Multidexterity, Multiweapon FightingClimate/Terrain: Any land and undergroundOrganization: Solitary, gang (2–4), or tribe (7–12)Challenge Rating: 9Treasure: 1/2 coins; double goods; standard itemsAlignment: Always chaotic evilAdvancement: 15–28 HD (Huge)CombatPoison (Ex): Bite, Fortitude save (DC 22); initialdamage 1d6 temporary Strength, secondary damage 2d6temporary Strength.Smite Law (Su): Once per day an anarchic athach canmake a normal attack to deal an additional +14 damageagainst a lawful opponent.PETITIONERPetitioners are the reconstituted souls of the dead in theOuter Planes. They dwell there as an eternal reward (oreternal punishment) for their past lives, as servants andwarriors for more powerful creatures, as playthings forsadistic demons, and as raw material for new creations.They often serve as window dressing, spear carriers,extras, and examples for travelers from other planes.The appearance of a petitioner depends on the cosmology.One idealized version of the petitioner is acalm, untiring, unthinking servant who exists in thebliss of his or her deity, all needs taken care of. Anotheris a slave burning among the hellfires for sins real andimagined, tortured and eventually made into a morepowerful instrument of evil. A third is the warrior whobattles throughout the day and wenches and drinksaway the evening in great halls, preparing for the lastbattle of the universe.In general, petitioners appear in the form that they hadbefore they died, though they may be remade by theplanes or the powers of those planes to fit the nature oftheir particular afterlife—in a cosmology where thedeities are all dragons, for example, petitioners mayresemble dragons. For the core cosmology, most petitionersare humanoid in appearance (although there areexceptions even there).Who goes to heaven? Whoever you decide. Whatcreatures may become petitioners is up to you. In thecore cosmology, this is limited to creatures who originallyhad Intelligence and Wisdom scores of at least 1.The following types may become petitioners: aberrations,animals, beasts, dragons, fey, giants, humanoids,magical beasts, monstrous humanoids, and shapechangers,as well as plants, oozes, and vermin with sufficientlyhigh ability scores (treants are in, assassinvines are out). Undead and constructs are not usuallymade into petitioners, although the souls of their originalforms may be. Elementals and outsiders tend tomeld with their native planes, and as such do notbecome petitioners (their souls may still be called backfrom the dead).Who, on an individual basis, becomes a petitionerdepends on the cosmology. In some cosmologies, everyonewho has died is embodied in the afterlife. In others,only those chosen by the deities are so favored, with theremainder of the dead’s energies scattered among the OuterPlanes. In yet others, souls are remade into celestial,fiendish, axiomatic, and anarchic creatures.Still other cosmologies embrace parts of all these:Spirits become petitioners for as long as there arethose in the Material Plane who remember them.Once they are forgotten, these petitioners fade backinto the stuff of the plane itself to be remade as planarbeings. You may embrace any of these options for yourown campaign.In terms of game play, petitioners are usually notcentral figures. While it may be useful to have theplayer characters occasionally encounter familiar,now-dead individuals, in most cases this template isfor nonplayer characters. Dead PCs may be restored tolife, but in that case they forget any of their experiencesas petitioners.Creating a Petitioner“Petitioner” is a template that may be added to any creatureas determined by the nature of the campaign (referred tohereafter as the “base creature”). The creature’s typebecomes “outsider.” It uses all the base creature’s statisticsand special abilities except as noted here.Hit Dice: Change to 2d8. Retain any bonus hit pointsfrom the base creature’s original HD total.AC: Only size, Dexterity, and natural armor modifiersapply. Armor bonuses are not applicable.Attacks: Base attack bonus is reduced to +2, subject tomodifications for size and Strength. If the base creature’sbase attack bonus is less than +2, use the lower number.CHAPTER 9:MONSTERS199
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MANUAL OF THE PLANESJeff Grubb, Bru
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INTRODUCTIONIntroductionThis book i
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of the universe (earth, air, fire,
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within a plane where the rules are
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Shapes of the PlanesinfiniteGreat W
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save (DC 25) or gain a negative lev
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Planar RelationshipsPlaneAPlane ACo
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GETTING FROM PLANETO PLANEThe plane
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Spot (Wis), and Use Magic Device (C
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Direction (Wis), Jump (Str), Knowle
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damage bonus does not apply to crea
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to a limited extent. On planes with
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Greater planar bindingHoly wordLess
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elemental form to put out nonmagica
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Audible Alarm: An audible portal al
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On planes you create yourself, safe
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Illus. by A. Swekelhe Material Plan
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Oerth’s cosmology is laid out in
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spells and spell-like effects that
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often used by astral travelers who
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There is no day or night on the Ast
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Table 5-3: Astral Encountersd% Enco
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try to lure adventurers away from e
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even if prisoners escape, they’re
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Any creature becoming ethereal (inc
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The Plane of Shadow does not connec
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describes some typical abilities an
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Illus. by A. Swekelhe Inner Planes
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positiveElementalPlane ofWaterThree
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of material and have his life crush
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Table 6-2: Elemental Plane of Earth
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MOVEMENT AND COMBATThe Elemental Pl
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ELEMENTAL PLANEOF WATERIt is an oce
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CHAPTER 7:THE OUTERPLANES87Beastlan
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Plane drift through the miasma: bit
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FamiliarityVery familiarStudied car
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Every word, scream, or shout is cau
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oulders, and worked stone, as if a
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directional gravity. Unless stated
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sun no brighter than the Material P
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and Colothys confines liars whose u
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OthrysCathrysMinethysColothysPorpha
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Normal petitioners in Hades gain on
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PlutonThe third gloom of Hades is a
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Gehenna CombatCombat on Gehenna is
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NINE HELLS OF BAATORIt is Hell, whe
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added to the Bronze Citadel. Work g
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dribble of slimy water sluices into
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StygiaThe fifth layer of the Nine H
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they first enter the downdraft or b
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are big enough for whole cities and
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the truth, the ice sheet has object
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Scion Queen Mother at all times, an
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they have three possible courses of
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always find themselves in the surf
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amid treasure gathered over eons—
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BYTOPIA INHABITANTSBytopia is home
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on the Material Plane, sounds more
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without touching the ground. The Be
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ARBOREA LINKSArborea borders the Be
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