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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6736461" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p><strong>"Nupperibo" Maturing Baatorian Original Stats</strong></p><p></p><p>THE “NUPPERIBO,” MATURING BAATORIAN: AC 6 (10 while in chains); MV 12 (0 while in chains); HD 6; hp 35; THAC0 15; #AT up to 10; Dmg 1d6 (×10); SA Touch drains 1 point of Constitution (recovered later at a rate of 1 per 10 minutes of rest); SD immune to cold, fire, and electricity, regenerate 1 hit point a round; SW Recover from wounds inflicted from blessed or holy weapons at half normal rate; MR 15%; SZ M (5’ tall); ML unsteady (5); Int low (7); AL LE; XP 2,000.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #00ffff">The stats alone are of little use as far as the flavour goes, but the text of the encounter adds a decent amount of info: </span></p><p></p><p>The tower holds a single nupperibo, trussed up in thick black chains of particularly strong construction. Planewalkers who know a little of the chant regarding baateze can recognize that this is no ordinary nupperibo. For one thing, it mewls in pain and frustration at its predicament. Nupperibos are mute. Further, it <em>looks</em> at the PCs as they enter the room. Nupperibos are blind.</p><p></p><p>Quaheim was given this nupperibo by a nycaloth yugoloth as a mysterious gift. When the kyton saw that the creature exhibited extraordinary qualities for its kind, he believed that it was a slain baatezu high up accidently put into the form of this least baatezu when its spirit returned to Baator. He quickly hid it away in the tower, hoping to gain information or ransom from it.</p><p></p><p>Quaheim was wrong. What the yugoloths gave him was a maturing nupperibo. The baatezu covertly change nupperibos into lemures before they can mature. Nupperibos are neither real baatezu nor petitioners. Instead, they are a race indigenous to Baator, older than even the baatezu. Only a few of the highest ranking baatezu (the Lords of the Nine and perhaps some of the Dark Eight) know this secret, and seek to never let a nupperibo mature into one of these rival baatorians. Rumors exist of these creatures, sometimes called ancient baatorians, inhabiting far-flung and isolated portions of the plane.</p><p></p><p>And now one grows within Panos Qyiel.</p><p></p><p>The maturation of a nupperibo, even to the stage that this one has reached, requires nearly uncountable centuries. The yugoloths have been holding this captive for a long time, and now they’ve given it to the kytons—perhaps hoping to see the kytons strike against the baatezu and create an internal war on Baator. Perhaps their motives are something else entirely. (No one ever really knows for sure…)</p><p></p><p>As the PCs enter, the creature turns toward them. After a few moments, it pleads with them to let it go, but in a tongue foreign to all ears. If they do not respond, it begins to alter its shape, proceeding to the next stage of its development. Suddenly, the pale, bloated stomach of the disgusting creature bursts open, and dozens of tiny, pinkish tentacles shoot out, attempting to grab the chains which confine it, the PCs, and anything else in the room.</p><p></p><p>Each round, the baatorian has a 10% chance to burst its bonds. Until it does so, it attacks everyone in the room. Once it’s free. It attempts to flee the citadel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 6736461, member: 57383"] [b]"Nupperibo" Maturing Baatorian Original Stats[/b] THE “NUPPERIBO,” MATURING BAATORIAN: AC 6 (10 while in chains); MV 12 (0 while in chains); HD 6; hp 35; THAC0 15; #AT up to 10; Dmg 1d6 (×10); SA Touch drains 1 point of Constitution (recovered later at a rate of 1 per 10 minutes of rest); SD immune to cold, fire, and electricity, regenerate 1 hit point a round; SW Recover from wounds inflicted from blessed or holy weapons at half normal rate; MR 15%; SZ M (5’ tall); ML unsteady (5); Int low (7); AL LE; XP 2,000. [COLOR=#00ffff]The stats alone are of little use as far as the flavour goes, but the text of the encounter adds a decent amount of info: [/COLOR] The tower holds a single nupperibo, trussed up in thick black chains of particularly strong construction. Planewalkers who know a little of the chant regarding baateze can recognize that this is no ordinary nupperibo. For one thing, it mewls in pain and frustration at its predicament. Nupperibos are mute. Further, it [I]looks[/I] at the PCs as they enter the room. Nupperibos are blind. Quaheim was given this nupperibo by a nycaloth yugoloth as a mysterious gift. When the kyton saw that the creature exhibited extraordinary qualities for its kind, he believed that it was a slain baatezu high up accidently put into the form of this least baatezu when its spirit returned to Baator. He quickly hid it away in the tower, hoping to gain information or ransom from it. Quaheim was wrong. What the yugoloths gave him was a maturing nupperibo. The baatezu covertly change nupperibos into lemures before they can mature. Nupperibos are neither real baatezu nor petitioners. Instead, they are a race indigenous to Baator, older than even the baatezu. Only a few of the highest ranking baatezu (the Lords of the Nine and perhaps some of the Dark Eight) know this secret, and seek to never let a nupperibo mature into one of these rival baatorians. Rumors exist of these creatures, sometimes called ancient baatorians, inhabiting far-flung and isolated portions of the plane. And now one grows within Panos Qyiel. The maturation of a nupperibo, even to the stage that this one has reached, requires nearly uncountable centuries. The yugoloths have been holding this captive for a long time, and now they’ve given it to the kytons—perhaps hoping to see the kytons strike against the baatezu and create an internal war on Baator. Perhaps their motives are something else entirely. (No one ever really knows for sure…) As the PCs enter, the creature turns toward them. After a few moments, it pleads with them to let it go, but in a tongue foreign to all ears. If they do not respond, it begins to alter its shape, proceeding to the next stage of its development. Suddenly, the pale, bloated stomach of the disgusting creature bursts open, and dozens of tiny, pinkish tentacles shoot out, attempting to grab the chains which confine it, the PCs, and anything else in the room. Each round, the baatorian has a 10% chance to burst its bonds. Until it does so, it attacks everyone in the room. Once it’s free. It attempts to flee the citadel. [/QUOTE]
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