Tuesday, August 28, 2012

New Oe/BX/1E Monster: Giant Flayer Beetle

This is one of those monsters that, when I came up with it, I said to myself... "damn, that's cool." Obviously, you're the judges here, but I still think it's pretty cool.


DESCRIPTION

Flayer beetles are nasty buggers that feed in a way very similar to their namesake, burrowing into the head of a victim and sucking out the victim's brains. These cerebral pests attack by attempting to grapple a victim’s head and plunge its tentacles into the various facial cavities (ears, nose, throat, eyes sockets) of that victim. On a natural 20 “to hit” roll, they will succeed in doing so, landing their attack in one of those locations (1=left ear, 2=right ear, 3=nasal passage, 4=mouth, 5=right eye socket, 6=left eye socket) and then “dig” into the victim’s skull, reaching the brain and killing the victim in 1 turn, unless the flayer beetle is killed. Additionally, any area affected by this type of hit will permanently lose its functionality (e.g., hearing, sight, ability to speak, et al.) unless cured by a potion of extra healing or the 6th level Cleric spell heal. On any other successful “to hit” roll (apart from a natural 20), the flayer beetle has succeeding in “jabbing” its victim with 1-6 of its 6 tentacles, doing 1-6 (points of damage in the process (1 point for each successfully jabbing tentacle).
Oe/1E STATS
FREQUENCY: Very rare
NO. APPEARING: 1-6
ARMOR CLASS: 6
MOVE: 6”/15”
HIT DICE: 2+4
% IN LAIR: 15%
TREASURE TYPE: Nil
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1
DAMAGE/ATTACK: See below
SPECIAL ATTACKS: See below
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard
INTELLIGENCE: Animal
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
SIZE: S (18” long)
PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil
Attack/Defense Modes: Nil


BX STATS
ARMOR CLASS: 6
HIT DICE: 2+4
MOVE: 60’/150’
ATTACKS: 1 special
DAMAGE: See below
NO. APPEARING: 1-6
SAVE AS: Fighter: 2
MORALE: 8
TREASURE TYPE: Nil
ALIGNMENT: Neutral

6 comments:

  1. Yes, that is cool. I'll be borrowing that for my megadungeon...

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  2. Thanks, LG. Your continued support of my creatures (like this one, and the spindler) are greatly appreciated!

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  3. Very nice. And by nice, I mean "AAAUUUGHGHHHHHH GEDDITTOFFAMEEEEE!!!!"

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