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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8714616" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p><span style="color: blue">Here's the original entry for the Slaiyith:</span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Slaiyith</span></strong></p><p>Slaiyiths have round, bulbous bodies from which they can extend pseudopods. These armlike extensions end in chomping maws filled with chitinous teeth. Six reddish eyes dot the slaiyith’s gray body, spaced equidistantly around the globelike mass. A few of the local Hanim claim to have seen slaiyiths measuring more than 50 feet in length (pseudopod tip to pseudopod tip). Most, however, are only 30 feet long. They can form up to four pseudopods at a time, although normally they have only two. Despite their vicious mouths, slaiyiths feed on grubs and insects that dwell on the bottom of the pools in which they live. Except for the occasional pseudopod that breaks the surface, planewalking visitors to Maelost may never see the slaiyiths.</p><p> The PCs can do little to attract the attention of the slaiyiths or the valgoss. Even an outright attack probably just induces them to flee underwater or, barring that, fight back to the death. Spells or psionic abilities that allow a body to read the creatures’ minds reveal that while both possess intelligence, neither is even aware of the PCs’ existence. Essentially, both types of creatures feel that the characters are beneath notice—not even worth considering.</p><p></p><p><strong>SLAIYITH:</strong> AC 4; MV 3, Sw 12; HD 16; hp 80; THAC0 5; #AT 2-4; Dmg 2d4 each (bite); SA bite drains blood for 2d4 points of damage each round once mouth has latched onto victim, <em>ESP</em> at will, casts spells as an 8th-level wizard; SD +1 or better weapon to hit, immune to fire, cold, and acid, regenerate 1 hit point per round; MR 25%; SZ G (30-50′ long); ML avg (10); Int genius (18); AL N; XP 18,000.</p><p> Notes: In one round, a slaiyith can attack with all of its arms and cast no spells, or cast one spell and make one physical attack, or cast two spells and make no physical attacks. All slaiyiths can use telepathy at will.</p><p> Typical spell selection (4/3/3/2): 1st—<em>charm person</em>, <em>detect magic</em>, <em>magic missile</em>, <em>shield</em>; 2nd—<em>invisibility</em>, <em>Melf’s acid arrow</em>, <em>web</em>; 3rd—<em>dispel magic</em>, <em>hold person</em>, <em>spectral force</em>; 4th—<em>dimension door</em>, <em>fear</em></p><p></p><p>Originally appeared in <em>Tales From the Infinite Staircase</em> (1998).</p><p></p><p>…and I might as well include a link to my "Cleon Special" <strong><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?335543-Converting-monsters-from-Tales-From-The-Infinite-Staircase&p=6199480&viewfull=1#post6199480" target="_blank">Slaiyith</a></strong> homebrew.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8714616, member: 57383"] [COLOR=blue]Here's the original entry for the Slaiyith:[/COLOR] [B][SIZE=6]Slaiyith[/SIZE][/B] Slaiyiths have round, bulbous bodies from which they can extend pseudopods. These armlike extensions end in chomping maws filled with chitinous teeth. Six reddish eyes dot the slaiyith’s gray body, spaced equidistantly around the globelike mass. A few of the local Hanim claim to have seen slaiyiths measuring more than 50 feet in length (pseudopod tip to pseudopod tip). Most, however, are only 30 feet long. They can form up to four pseudopods at a time, although normally they have only two. Despite their vicious mouths, slaiyiths feed on grubs and insects that dwell on the bottom of the pools in which they live. Except for the occasional pseudopod that breaks the surface, planewalking visitors to Maelost may never see the slaiyiths. The PCs can do little to attract the attention of the slaiyiths or the valgoss. Even an outright attack probably just induces them to flee underwater or, barring that, fight back to the death. Spells or psionic abilities that allow a body to read the creatures’ minds reveal that while both possess intelligence, neither is even aware of the PCs’ existence. Essentially, both types of creatures feel that the characters are beneath notice—not even worth considering. [B]SLAIYITH:[/B] AC 4; MV 3, Sw 12; HD 16; hp 80; THAC0 5; #AT 2-4; Dmg 2d4 each (bite); SA bite drains blood for 2d4 points of damage each round once mouth has latched onto victim, [I]ESP[/I] at will, casts spells as an 8th-level wizard; SD +1 or better weapon to hit, immune to fire, cold, and acid, regenerate 1 hit point per round; MR 25%; SZ G (30-50′ long); ML avg (10); Int genius (18); AL N; XP 18,000. Notes: In one round, a slaiyith can attack with all of its arms and cast no spells, or cast one spell and make one physical attack, or cast two spells and make no physical attacks. All slaiyiths can use telepathy at will. Typical spell selection (4/3/3/2): 1st—[I]charm person[/I], [I]detect magic[/I], [I]magic missile[/I], [I]shield[/I]; 2nd—[I]invisibility[/I], [I]Melf’s acid arrow[/I], [I]web[/I]; 3rd—[I]dispel magic[/I], [I]hold person[/I], [I]spectral force[/I]; 4th—[I]dimension door[/I], [I]fear[/I] Originally appeared in [I]Tales From the Infinite Staircase[/I] (1998). …and I might as well include a link to my "Cleon Special" [B][URL='http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?335543-Converting-monsters-from-Tales-From-The-Infinite-Staircase&p=6199480&viewfull=1#post6199480']Slaiyith[/URL][/B] homebrew. [/QUOTE]
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