Tue Nov 30 20:16:00 1993
G'day,
Well here is the first of several monsters I'm porting to Mythus. Please
feel free to comment. None of these have been playtested yet (hehehe) so
if anybody finds some horrible nasty I missed, let me know. When I have
a couple done I'll upload them and a pretty postscript collection.
These entries are in Beastiary format so if you don't understand some of
the notation ... buy the book ... just ask and one of us who has forked over
the dough will translate.
The first entry is D&Ds famous Mind Flayer. I creature to be feared by
all. If somebody doesn't know the hideous background info, I can summarize
for them.
Obviously this is a major copywrite violation.....
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Mind Flayer (Illithid)
Illustration: none
Identifier: Animal, Cephalopod
Habitat: Subterranean Aerth (Sapient)
Size: 1x human-size (6' T; 175#)
Number Appearing: 1-4 (1D4) or 50-2000 in communities
Modes & Rates of Movements:
Walk: 95 yds/BT
Trot: 190 yds/BT
Run: 285 yds/BT
Initiative Modifiers: Human Standard
Outstanding K/S Areas/Sub-Areas & Steep:
Construction at 51-60 (1D10 + 50)
Criminal Activities, Mental at 38-65 (3D10 + 35)
Deception at 41-50 (1D10 +40)
Engineering at 51-60 (1D10 +50)
Influence at 48-85 (4D10 +45)
Multiversal Planes & Spheres at 41-50 (1D10 +40)
Phaeree Flora & Fauna at 31-40 (1D10 +30)
Subterranean Aerth at 42-60 (2D10 +40)
Subterranean Orientation at 80
Joss Factors: 1D3
Dodging/Avoidance: 0 and 38/28/18 or by individual
Attractiveness: -4 (but no Extreme Attractiveness roll required)
Susceptibilities: Nil
Average Armor Protection: 3 + heka engendered armor
Quirks: Nil
Attacks BAC Damage Type Base Bonus
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Tentacle x 4 40 P (see below) 2 0
Powers:
Heka: 101-500 pts(100x1D4 + D100)
Psychogenics, Mind Warp
Psychogenics, Mind Control
Psychogenics, Teleport (Limited, Stress Only)
Resistance to Heka: 12 point R factor
Phase Shift
Area of Effect: Self
Delivered by: thought
Range: N/A
Time: 5 CTs
Duration: 7-12 (1D6+6) ATs
Frequency: 3/day
Description: This power duplicates the effects of the
General Dweomercraeft casting Phase Shifting Spell.
Psychogenics, Psychical Hypnotism
Mind Blast
Area of Effect: 5' base, 60' length, 20' terminus cone
Delivered by: thought
Range: N/A
Time: 1 CT
Duration: Instantaneous
Frequency: 1/BT, 3/day
Description: This power affects the subjects' Mental
TRAIT. All subjects within the area of affect must
make a DR roll against their MR category with the
following affects for 2D4 ATs.
”Easy” - Catonia (Mental TRAIT of 0)
“Moderate” - Stunned (Mental Paralysis)
“Hard” - Dazed (Mental damage)
“Difficult” - Terror (Beastiary, page 13)
Thought Reading
Area of Effect: 1 Subject
Delivered by: Thought
Range: M TRAIT in feet
Time: Instantaneous
Duration: 2-6 (2D3) BTs
Description: This power operates like the Priestcraeft,
Shadowy Darkness Mind Reading Spell.
Heka Armor
Area of Effect: Self
Delivered by: Thought
Range: N/A
Time: Instantaneous
Duration: 10 ATs or until destroyed
Description: This power operates like the General Dweomercraeft
spells: Armor Physical, Armor Mental and Armor Spiritual.
The creature may create armor at a 1:1 ratio for any one
TRAIT. Only one type of armor may be present at a time.
Statistical Details:
Base Scheme (+/-D3, +2MM bonus, +5 MR bonus, -3 PM pen-
alty, -l PN penalty, +2 SM bonus, -1 SP penalty)
M: 120 EL: 96 P:95 WL:71 CL:85 S:60 EL:48
MM: 60 MR: 60 PM: 40 PN: 55 SM: 30 SP: 30
MMCap: 20 MRCap:20 PMCap: 15 PNCap: 25 SMCap: 12 SPCap 12
MMPow:20 MRPow:20 PMPow: 12 PNPow: 15 SMPow: 9 SPPow: 9
MMSpd:20 MRSpd:20 PMSpd: 13 PNSpd: 15 SMSpd: 9 SPSpd: 9
Armor Scheme:
Area Pierce Cut Blunt Fire Chem Stun Elec
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Ultra 8 16 8 8 0 8 0
Super 6 12 4 4 0 4 0
Vital 4 8 2 2 0 2 0
Non 2 4 1 1 0 1 0
Average 5 10 3 3 0 3 0
Commentary & Description:
“The Illithid, or mind flayer, is an evil and feared creature
of the [Deepdark]; its powers are formidable and it feeds on the
brains off any creature it encounters.
Mind Flayers stand about 6 feet tall and have hideous
mauve skin that glistens with slime. The head resembles an
octopus, with white eyes (no pupils are evident) and four tenta-
cles around its mouth, a beak-like orifice. The creature has
three reddish fingers and a thumb on each hand."
A mind flayer's preferred method of attack is the mind
blast. The illithid keep some victims as slaves and feeds on the
brains of the others. In combat, a tentacle does very little real
damage but remains lodged in its victim. A successful check
against PMPow (Hard) will dislodge the tentacle. Once all four
tentacles have attached to the victim, the mind flayer has found
a path to the brain and kills the victim in 1D4 CTs.
Sensory abilities: FE-P, HX, SN-U, TN, XA
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Enjoy,
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