Enlong
2007-06-15, 01:55 PM
Yo. This is my first attempt at homebrewing a monster. This is part of my possible entry for the Library Lovers contest, so a good amount of constructive criticism and suggestions would be very welcome.
The thief snuck silently through the library. He knew what he was looking for and where he could find it. Eventually he came to the right shelf, and grabbed a copy of the spell book. The wizard who had come to him had offered a great amount of coin for this book, and anyone who knew him knew he loved money. As he made his way to the door, he almost felt that this was far too easy. There weren’t any guards on duty, no doors had been locked, and the book was just sitting out there in the open. It was as if the person who owned this library didn’t even think it was necessary to keep his possessions protected. “Ah well, not my fault if they can’t properly guard their books”. As he was about to cross to the door outside, his body froze. Unable to move, he could only hear it at first, a large fluttering noise, as if from a large flock of birds. Only as he was surrounded did he realize that these were no birds.
These were books.
Book Leigon
Small Construct (Swarm)
HD 13D10 (81 HP)
Speed: Fly 60 Ft (Good) (12 squares)
Init: +2
AC 12; touch 12; flat-footed 10
BAB/Grapple: +9/-
Attack: Swarm (3D6)
Full-Attack: Swarm (3D6)
Space: 10 ft.; Reach: 0 ft.
Special Attacks: Imprison; Group Imprison; Hold Monster Spell-like Ability
Special Qualities: Damage Resistance 5/Slashing Piercing
Saves: Fort +4 Ref +7 Will +8
Abilities: Str 10, Dex 15, Con -, Int 13, Wis 18, Cha 13
Skills: +10 Hide, +20 Listen, +20 Spot
Feats: Hover, Wingover, Dodge, Improved Initiative, Quicken Spell-like Ability
Environment: Houses, typically houses full of books.
Organization: Single (1), Pair (2), Collection (3-4)
Challenge Rating: 7
Treasure:
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Advancement: 12-15 Small
Description:
You hear a fluttering noise and turn around. Hovering in the air is a large number of books. They are all open halfway and are flapping their covers as if they were wings. Though they are devoid of eyes and ears, it could not be plainer that they can see and hear you, as you continue to stare at them. They remain fixed on you, and begin to float toward you, and it is obvious from their motions that they are angry at you.
A Book Legion is a group of sentient books that protect other books from theft. They can be found in the private libraries of the wizards who created them, finding a certain irony in a book thief being punished by books. They hide among the other books, and while they are not fighting, appear to be absolutely nothing more then blank hard-covered tomes. When they see that someone is trying to steal something, the books collectively leave their shelves and attempt to punish the thief.
Combat:
A Book Legion will try its hardest to retrieve any stolen items from its opponent before Imprisoning it. Generally, they will attempt to pinpoint the person who has the stolen goods (if there are multiple targets) and use its Hold Monster Spell-like ability to keep it from moving. It will then inhabit the space it is in and attempt to take back the stolen goods before using its Imprison ability.
Imprison: One of the books in a Legion will open to a page with a square picture of swirling blackness. The swarm will then attempt to touch the page to some area of exposed living tissue on the target. This is a regular attack at full BAB, and can be used as a full-round action. If it succeeds, then the subject must make a Fortitude save, with a DC of 16. If the subject fails his save, then the subject appears to be pulled into the square and vanishes. The creature affected by this finds itself trapped in a demiplane that appears to be nothing but a field of utter darkness. Within this space, the creature does not age, nor does it require food or water, however, it cannot harm the Book Legion from that area, and cannot make use of any abilities that would take it out of that plane. If the Book Legion is defeated, then any creatures that were trapped by Imprison appear in the area where the Book Legion was upon defeat.
Group Imprison: If multiple Book legions are adjacent to one that attempts to use Imprison, then the save DC for Imprison raises by 3 for each adjacent Book Legion.
Hold Monster: As the spell. The save DC for this is Wisdom-based (19)
There you go, what do you think? Is it any good?
The thief snuck silently through the library. He knew what he was looking for and where he could find it. Eventually he came to the right shelf, and grabbed a copy of the spell book. The wizard who had come to him had offered a great amount of coin for this book, and anyone who knew him knew he loved money. As he made his way to the door, he almost felt that this was far too easy. There weren’t any guards on duty, no doors had been locked, and the book was just sitting out there in the open. It was as if the person who owned this library didn’t even think it was necessary to keep his possessions protected. “Ah well, not my fault if they can’t properly guard their books”. As he was about to cross to the door outside, his body froze. Unable to move, he could only hear it at first, a large fluttering noise, as if from a large flock of birds. Only as he was surrounded did he realize that these were no birds.
These were books.
Book Leigon
Small Construct (Swarm)
HD 13D10 (81 HP)
Speed: Fly 60 Ft (Good) (12 squares)
Init: +2
AC 12; touch 12; flat-footed 10
BAB/Grapple: +9/-
Attack: Swarm (3D6)
Full-Attack: Swarm (3D6)
Space: 10 ft.; Reach: 0 ft.
Special Attacks: Imprison; Group Imprison; Hold Monster Spell-like Ability
Special Qualities: Damage Resistance 5/Slashing Piercing
Saves: Fort +4 Ref +7 Will +8
Abilities: Str 10, Dex 15, Con -, Int 13, Wis 18, Cha 13
Skills: +10 Hide, +20 Listen, +20 Spot
Feats: Hover, Wingover, Dodge, Improved Initiative, Quicken Spell-like Ability
Environment: Houses, typically houses full of books.
Organization: Single (1), Pair (2), Collection (3-4)
Challenge Rating: 7
Treasure:
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Advancement: 12-15 Small
Description:
You hear a fluttering noise and turn around. Hovering in the air is a large number of books. They are all open halfway and are flapping their covers as if they were wings. Though they are devoid of eyes and ears, it could not be plainer that they can see and hear you, as you continue to stare at them. They remain fixed on you, and begin to float toward you, and it is obvious from their motions that they are angry at you.
A Book Legion is a group of sentient books that protect other books from theft. They can be found in the private libraries of the wizards who created them, finding a certain irony in a book thief being punished by books. They hide among the other books, and while they are not fighting, appear to be absolutely nothing more then blank hard-covered tomes. When they see that someone is trying to steal something, the books collectively leave their shelves and attempt to punish the thief.
Combat:
A Book Legion will try its hardest to retrieve any stolen items from its opponent before Imprisoning it. Generally, they will attempt to pinpoint the person who has the stolen goods (if there are multiple targets) and use its Hold Monster Spell-like ability to keep it from moving. It will then inhabit the space it is in and attempt to take back the stolen goods before using its Imprison ability.
Imprison: One of the books in a Legion will open to a page with a square picture of swirling blackness. The swarm will then attempt to touch the page to some area of exposed living tissue on the target. This is a regular attack at full BAB, and can be used as a full-round action. If it succeeds, then the subject must make a Fortitude save, with a DC of 16. If the subject fails his save, then the subject appears to be pulled into the square and vanishes. The creature affected by this finds itself trapped in a demiplane that appears to be nothing but a field of utter darkness. Within this space, the creature does not age, nor does it require food or water, however, it cannot harm the Book Legion from that area, and cannot make use of any abilities that would take it out of that plane. If the Book Legion is defeated, then any creatures that were trapped by Imprison appear in the area where the Book Legion was upon defeat.
Group Imprison: If multiple Book legions are adjacent to one that attempts to use Imprison, then the save DC for Imprison raises by 3 for each adjacent Book Legion.
Hold Monster: As the spell. The save DC for this is Wisdom-based (19)
There you go, what do you think? Is it any good?