Earthstar_Fungus
2006-10-12, 10:58 PM
Gluttnous Sponge
Small Aberration
HP: 2d8 +6 (15hp)
Initiative: -0
Speed: Stationary
AC: 11
Base Attack/Grapple: +1/-
Attack: Spit Acid (1d6 )
Full Attack: Spit Acid (1d6 ) and poison initial 1d2 str, secondary damage 1d2 con (fort 11 negates)
Space/Reach: 5ft/5ft
Special Attacks: Vacume
Special Qualities: Immune to critical hits, Blindsight, Damage reduction 2/slashing or piercing, Hive Mind
Saves: Fort +? Ref ? Will +5
Abilities: Str - Dex - Con 10 Int 16 Wis 20 Cha 5
Skills: Knowledge(any)+10, Hide+4
Feats: Alertness, Skill Focus (knowledge)
Environment: Swamps or damp places, always grows on metal
Organization: Solitary or Brood (10-15)
CR: 2?
Treasure: Always metal
Alignment: Any, but one brood always has the same alignment
Advancement: +2-3 medium +4-15 large +16-31 huge +32-63 gigantic +>=64 colossal
LA: -
The soil in the swamp has turned a silvery color. Squelching sounds come from the ground as you step on it. Suddenly, a squirt of acid touches your boots, melting them!
Gluttnous sponges are one of the most misunderstood monsters in existance. Originaly, they were all part of one colossal telepathic sponge that floated under water, using its mental powers to explore as far away as another plane. One day, it ventured too near an aboleth community and tried to impress them with its knowledge. It so bothered the aboleths that they used all their mental powers in order to shred the sponge in to pieces and spread them all over the Material Plane. The aboleths also cursed the regenerating sponge particles in to spitting acid and poison whenever they tried to share their knowledge.
If above water, the sponges must live in a moist place to keep from drying out. They grow on top of metal, such as the remains of an adventurer's sword or a few copper coins. They are completly immobile and reproduce by fission if there is enough metal to do so. Dragons consider them a nusance as sponges growing on their treasure impedes its mobility and value.
When meeting an adventurer, a friendly sponge will typicaly try and communicate with her. This raises the curse the aboleths placed on it and causes it to seem like the sponge is attacking the adventurer. Some sponges have rethought out their existance and enjoy killing adventures. These sponges are either killed or, if solitary, attempt to breed more who will agree with them.
Gluttnous Sponges speak their own language composed of soft squelching sounds. It is impossible for them to pronounce any other language, although they may understand them.
All sponges await the day when their numbers will grow great enough for them to be able to fuse together and form the colossal sponge once again. Their growth is hampered by the fact that burning the sponge and inhaling the fumes causes a hallucinogenic effect (Inhaled DC Fort 12, price 10, addiction low)
Vacume (Ex): If a creature the same size as the sponge or smaller is in a square touching the squares the sponge is in, the sponge can suck in the creature and engulf it, but only one at a time. Fort save 10 to prevent being engulfed. If engulfed the creature takes 1d3 points of acid damage per round. The engulfed creature can deal 5 points of damage to break free. If the sponge is defeated, the creature inside automaticly breaks out.
Blind Sight (Ex): A gluttnous sponge can "see" by feeling the vibrations through the ground to a distance of 60 ft. If an earthquake or other spell is cast that causes vibrations in the ground, the sponge is effectively blind.
Hive Mind(Su): A brood of sponges is not a true hive mind in the sense that individual sponges can think but they share similar qualities. All sponges in a colony are in constant communication. If one is aware of a particular danger, they all are. If one in a group is not flatfooted, none of them are. No sponge is considered flanked unless all of them are.
Skills: A sponge has a +4 racial bonus to hide checks(+8 if in a swamp)
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This is my first monster and there are some things I'm not quite clear on. If anyone could help me fill in some things it would be much appreciated. :)
Small Aberration
HP: 2d8 +6 (15hp)
Initiative: -0
Speed: Stationary
AC: 11
Base Attack/Grapple: +1/-
Attack: Spit Acid (1d6 )
Full Attack: Spit Acid (1d6 ) and poison initial 1d2 str, secondary damage 1d2 con (fort 11 negates)
Space/Reach: 5ft/5ft
Special Attacks: Vacume
Special Qualities: Immune to critical hits, Blindsight, Damage reduction 2/slashing or piercing, Hive Mind
Saves: Fort +? Ref ? Will +5
Abilities: Str - Dex - Con 10 Int 16 Wis 20 Cha 5
Skills: Knowledge(any)+10, Hide+4
Feats: Alertness, Skill Focus (knowledge)
Environment: Swamps or damp places, always grows on metal
Organization: Solitary or Brood (10-15)
CR: 2?
Treasure: Always metal
Alignment: Any, but one brood always has the same alignment
Advancement: +2-3 medium +4-15 large +16-31 huge +32-63 gigantic +>=64 colossal
LA: -
The soil in the swamp has turned a silvery color. Squelching sounds come from the ground as you step on it. Suddenly, a squirt of acid touches your boots, melting them!
Gluttnous sponges are one of the most misunderstood monsters in existance. Originaly, they were all part of one colossal telepathic sponge that floated under water, using its mental powers to explore as far away as another plane. One day, it ventured too near an aboleth community and tried to impress them with its knowledge. It so bothered the aboleths that they used all their mental powers in order to shred the sponge in to pieces and spread them all over the Material Plane. The aboleths also cursed the regenerating sponge particles in to spitting acid and poison whenever they tried to share their knowledge.
If above water, the sponges must live in a moist place to keep from drying out. They grow on top of metal, such as the remains of an adventurer's sword or a few copper coins. They are completly immobile and reproduce by fission if there is enough metal to do so. Dragons consider them a nusance as sponges growing on their treasure impedes its mobility and value.
When meeting an adventurer, a friendly sponge will typicaly try and communicate with her. This raises the curse the aboleths placed on it and causes it to seem like the sponge is attacking the adventurer. Some sponges have rethought out their existance and enjoy killing adventures. These sponges are either killed or, if solitary, attempt to breed more who will agree with them.
Gluttnous Sponges speak their own language composed of soft squelching sounds. It is impossible for them to pronounce any other language, although they may understand them.
All sponges await the day when their numbers will grow great enough for them to be able to fuse together and form the colossal sponge once again. Their growth is hampered by the fact that burning the sponge and inhaling the fumes causes a hallucinogenic effect (Inhaled DC Fort 12, price 10, addiction low)
Vacume (Ex): If a creature the same size as the sponge or smaller is in a square touching the squares the sponge is in, the sponge can suck in the creature and engulf it, but only one at a time. Fort save 10 to prevent being engulfed. If engulfed the creature takes 1d3 points of acid damage per round. The engulfed creature can deal 5 points of damage to break free. If the sponge is defeated, the creature inside automaticly breaks out.
Blind Sight (Ex): A gluttnous sponge can "see" by feeling the vibrations through the ground to a distance of 60 ft. If an earthquake or other spell is cast that causes vibrations in the ground, the sponge is effectively blind.
Hive Mind(Su): A brood of sponges is not a true hive mind in the sense that individual sponges can think but they share similar qualities. All sponges in a colony are in constant communication. If one is aware of a particular danger, they all are. If one in a group is not flatfooted, none of them are. No sponge is considered flanked unless all of them are.
Skills: A sponge has a +4 racial bonus to hide checks(+8 if in a swamp)
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This is my first monster and there are some things I'm not quite clear on. If anyone could help me fill in some things it would be much appreciated. :)