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  • Tuunbaq Solitary, Large, Planar
    Bite (b[2d12] damage) 20 HP 1 armor
    Near
    Special Qualities: Impervious to non-magical weapons, Demon, Immune to cold

    The Tuunbaq is a Inuit Demon, a devourer of souls and eater of flesh. The Tuunbaq is encountered as a large polar bear with an extended if not elongated neck, and is impervious to non-magical weapons.The Tuunbaq can be pacified by the throat singing of a Sixam Ieua (special Inuit shamans), rendering it as close to docile as it can be made. The Tuunbaq was created by the Inuit Goddess Sedna to murder the other Inuit pagan gods, when it failed she exiled it to the far north and taught special shamans how to confine it there. Instinct: Consumes souls

    • Haunts
    • Ancient Demon of Frozen Wastes
    • Players killed by Tuunbaq may not be restored unless it is destroyed
    • Inspired by Dan Simmons novel
    Created by potrace 1.10, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2011 This monster has been edited. Its probably still cool, but its stats may not line up with standard monsters.
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  • Nehwon Snow Serpent Solitary, Large
    Bite (d10 damage) 16 HP 2 armor

    A furred snow serpent is an immense snake covered in thick white fur. They range in length from 60 to 80 feet long, with a head sad to be “as big as an elk” or a horse. At one snow serpent skin was said to be as long as a ship’s mast was tall. They are hot blooded, mammals not reptiles. Snow serpents dwell in the frozen wastes of Nehwon. They also can be found on the higher altitudes of snow and ice-covered mountains peaks. There they feed on various specious of mountain goat and antelope (as well as any luckless travelers who happen to fall into their clutches.Snow serpents are ambush predators, counting on their coloration to render them effectively invisible amid the snow and ice of their home. They will often coil up into depressions or under overhangs, and then strike at any unwary prey that wanders into their range.Afterwards, the snow serpent will find some place secluded to sleep off and digest its meal. As prey is scarce in the mountains and icy wastes, snow snakes will try and take any likely prey item they encounter. Instinct: Consume prey

    • Hunts
    Created by potrace 1.10, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2011 This monster has been edited. Its probably still cool, but its stats may not line up with standard monsters.
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  • Paramental Solitary, Planar, Terrifying, Amorphous
    Bash (d10+2 damage) 19 HP 4 armor
    Close, Forceful
    Special Qualities: Formed out of local city structures

    Paramentals are the elemental spirits of inanimate forces. It is unclear whether they are drawn to cities because of the large quantities of "city-stuff" or created by them. When manifesting, they draw their physical substance from the materials nearby. Paramental entities are quite hostile to those unlucky enough to draw their attention, "about midway in nature between the atomic bomb and the archetypes of the collective unconscious." The one example featured in the novel "Our Lady of Darkness" was a brown humanoid, with an eyeless triangular face and long chin that tapered to a snout. Instinct: Destroys

    • Manifests
    • Arcane construct
    Created by potrace 1.10, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2011 This monster has been edited. Its probably still cool, but its stats may not line up with standard monsters.
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  • Sgrot Abbott Solitary, Small, Stealthy, Intelligent, Hoarder
    Mace (d10 damage) 12 HP 0 armor
    Close
    Special Qualities: Spider Climb, Spider Bite, Summon allies

    The evil leader of the bizarre Rat-Spider Cult; a ratman with a spider's eyes, bite and ability to spin webs. He is cowardly and will most likely summon a Rat-spider Swarm or the Sgrot Idol and attempt to escape any conflict. Instinct: Prey on the weak

    • Plot
    • Summon Rat-spider Swarm
    • Wake Sgrot Idol
    Created by potrace 1.10, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2011 This monster has been edited. Its probably still cool, but its stats may not line up with standard monsters.
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  • Sgrot Idol Solitary, Large, Divine, Construct, Amorphous
    Bash (d10+2 damage) 15 HP 4 armor
    Special Qualities: Guards Temple

    An animated Idol of the Rat-Spider Demon Sgrot that will attack murder hobos("adventurers").Powered by its magical and valuable gem eyes; which if removed deactivate the Idol. Instinct: Bash

    • Animate
    • Obey Abbott
    • Crush
    Created by potrace 1.10, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2011 This monster has been edited. Its probably still cool, but its stats may not line up with standard monsters.
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  • Rat-spider Swarm Solitary
    Bites (d8 damage) 12 HP 0 armor
    Close
    Special Qualities: Spider climb, Spin Webs, Obey Abbot

    A disturbing swarm of mutant spiders with rat faces. Instinct: Devour

    • Swarms
    Created by potrace 1.10, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2011 This monster has been edited. Its probably still cool, but its stats may not line up with standard monsters.
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  • Plague-Spitting Spider Paladin of Sgrot Solitary, Large, Intelligent, Hoarder
    Spit Venom (d10 damage) 16 HP 0 armor
    Far

    Horrible venom spitting giant spider that guards the temple's treasure. Instinct: Spits Venom

    • Guards
    Created by potrace 1.10, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2011 This monster has been edited. Its probably still cool, but its stats may not line up with standard monsters.
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  • Animated Cauldron Solitary, Small, Magical, Intelligent, Construct, Amorphous
    Sling hot slop (w[d10] damage) 19 HP 3 armor
    Close
    Special Qualities: Arcane Construct

    A friendly magical Animated Cauldron enslaved by the followers of the Rat-Spider Demon Sgrot. Can brew Healing and Spider Climb potions upon request. Instinct: Gossip

    • Brew Potions
    Created by potrace 1.10, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2011 This monster has been edited. Its probably still cool, but its stats may not line up with standard monsters.
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  • Priest of Sgrot Group, Small, Stealthy
    Mace (d6+2 damage) 3 HP 0 armor
    Close
    Special Qualities: Serves Rat-Spider Hybrid Demon, Spider Climb, Spider Bite, Cast Entangle

    A rat-person cleric with spider's eyes, climbing ability, webs and bite; the Rat-Spider priests of Sgrot are among evil's oddest minions. The product of a heretical combination of the clergy of a Rat and Spider Demon into a single, disturbing faith. (Inspired by Matthew Adams' Classic One-Page Dungeon "The Long Fall".) Instinct: Ambush

    • Cast Entangle
    • Bite
    • Rob
    Created by potrace 1.10, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2011 This monster has been edited. Its probably still cool, but its stats may not line up with standard monsters.
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  • Giant Fire Salamander Solitary, Large
    Bite (d10 damage) 16 HP 0 armor
    Special Qualities: Immune to fire

    The traditional mythical salamander (a name derived from the Persian meaning “fire within”); this version is essentially a giant amphibian from a fire dimension that relates to fire the way regular amphibians do to water. Instinct: Hunt

    • Consume
    • Heal in extreme heat
    • Bathe in lava
    Created by potrace 1.10, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2011 This monster has been edited. Its probably still cool, but its stats may not line up with standard monsters.
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