Monsters: Elemental Grues

Monsters: Elemental Grues

Elemental grues are tainted elemental creatures from Complete Arcane. Their mere presence disrupts elemental magic. These creatures are prized by many wizards, for at the heart of each grue lies a pearl-like magic object, each carefully etched with the arcane workings of an elemental spell suitable for copying into a spellbook. This spell is the only thing that remains of the creature if it is slain. And now we're done with the small bestiary from Complete Arcane.

Chaggrin (Earth Grue) [Complete Arcane, page 153]

252 points

Attribute Modifiers: ST+3 (No Fine Manipulators, -40%) [18]; IQ-4 [-80]; HT+2 [20].

Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP+8 [16]; Will+6 [30]; Per+6 [30].

Advantages: DR 2 [10]; Dark Vision [25]; Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Doesn’t Eat or Drink [10]; Doesn’t Sleep [20]; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards [30]; Injury Tolerance (Homogenous, No Blood) [45]; Pressure Support 3 [15]; Sharp Claws [5]; Subsonic Hearing (Melee Attack, Reach C, -30%) [4]; Tunneling (Move 2) [40]; Vacuum Support [5].

Spell Disruption: Static (Magic; Accessibility, Only on earth spells, -40%; Area Effect, 8 yards, +200%; Resistible, -50%) [63].

Disadvantages: Bloodlust (9) [-15]; Callous [-5]; No Fine Manipulators [-30]; Semi-Upright [-5].

Perks: Unholy Touch [1].

Notes: Height 5 ft., Weight 500 lb.

Creature Type: Elemental (Earth, Evil).

Knowing Your Own Strength [265] Replace ST+3 (No Fine Manipulators, -40%) [18] with ST+3 [30]

Typical Stats

ST:	10	HP:	18	Speed:	5.5
DX:	10	Will:	12	Move:	5 ground, 2 tunnel
IQ:	6	Per:	12
HT:	12	FP:	12	SM:	+0
Dodge:	8	Parry:	9 (unarmed)	DR:	2

Sharp Claws (12): thrust 1d cutting (KYOS: 1d+1 cutting), Reach C.

Spell Disruption: The very presence of an earth grue interferes with spells of the grue’s element. Earth spells cast at anyone or by anyone within 8 yards of the earth grue are hindered. The spellcaster must win a Quick Contest of Will against the earth grue for the spell to work. If the spell already requires a Quick Contest of any kind, then the caster rolls only once, but the target resists at +5.

                Traits: Bloodlust (9); Callous; Dark Vision; Doesn’t Breathe; Doesn’t Eat or Drink; Doesn’t Sleep; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards; Injury Tolerance (Homogenous, No Blood); No Fine Manipulators; Permeation (Earth; Extended, Stone; Magical); Pressure Support 3; Semi-Upright; Subsonic Hearing (Melee Attack, Reach C); Unholy Touch; Vacuum Support.

Skills: Brawling-12; Stealth-12.

Notes: Height 5 ft., Weight 500 lb.

Creature Type: Elemental (Earth, Evil).

Harginn (Fire Grue) [Complete Arcane, page 154]

258 points

Attribute Modifiers: DX+2 (No Fine Manipulators, -40%) [24]; IQ-1 [-20].

Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP+2 [4]; Will+3 [15]; Per+3 [15]; Basic Move +2 [10].

Advantages: Dark Vision [25]; Doesn’t Breathe (Oxygen Combustion, -50%) [10]; Doesn’t Eat or Drink [10]; Doesn’t Sleep [20]; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards [30]; Injury Tolerance (Diffuse) [100].

Fire Resistance [30]: DR 20 (Limited, Fire, -40%; Tough Skin, -40%) [20] + Immunity to Noxious Fire Effects [10].

                Burn: Burning Attack 1d (Always On, -40%; Aura, +80%; Melee Attack, Reach C, -30%) [6].

Spell Disruption [64]: Static (Magic; Accessibility, Only on fire spells, -40%; Area Effect, 8 yards, +200%; Resistible, -50%) [63] + Rules Exemption (Anti-magic Static can coexist with magical abilities) [1].

Blur: Obscure 2 (Vision; Always On, -50%; Defensive, +50%; Extended, Infravision, +20%; Magical, -10%; No Area Effect, -50%; Stealthy, +100%) [7].

Fire Spray: Burning Attack 2d (Cone 5, +100%; Costs Fatigue, 1 FP, -5%; Increased 1/2D, 5x, +10%; Magical, -10%; Reduced Range, 1/10, -30%; Takes Recharge, 5 seconds, -10%) [16].

Disadvantages: Callous [-5]; No Fine Manipulators [-30]; Sadism (12) [-15]; Vulnerability (Cold, x2) [-20]; Weakness (Water; 1d/min) [-40].

Perks: Illumination [1]; Unholy Touch [1].

Features: “Barehanded” attacks do burning (rather than crushing) attacks.

Notes: Height 6 ft., Weight 10 lb.

Creature Type: Elemental (Evil, Fire).

Typical Stats

ST:	10	HP:	12	Speed:	5.5
DX:	12	Will:	12	Move:	7
IQ:	9	Per:	12
HT:	10	FP:	10	SM:	+0
Dodge:	8	Parry:	9 (unarmed)	DR:	20 vs. fire

Punch (12): thrust 1d-3 burning, Reach C.

Burn: Intense flames permanently surround the fire grue. These flames do 1d burning damage to anyone who touches it or who it touches.

Spell Disruption: The very presence of a fire grue interferes with spells of the grue’s element. Fire spells cast at anyone or by anyone within 8 yards of the fire grue are hindered. The spellcaster must win a Quick Contest of Will against the fire grue for the spell to work. If the spell already requires a Quick Contest of any kind, then the caster rolls only once, but the target resists at +5.

Blur: A fire grue is constantly flickering, making it difficult to see its exact position. Subtract 2 from any attempts to see the fire grue using normal vision or Infravision; there is no resistance roll. Even if someone does manage to see the grue, subtract 2 from any attack roll against it that relies on vision to hit.

Fire Spray (12): 2d burning, costs 1 FP, takes 5 seconds to recharge. Range 5/10, maximum width 5 yards.

                Traits: Callous; Dark Vision; Doesn’t Breathe (Oxygen Consumption); Doesn’t Eat or Drink; Doesn’t Sleep; Illumination; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards; Immunity to Noxious Fire Effects; Injury Tolerance (Diffuse); No Fine Manipulators; Sadism (12); Unholy Touch; Vulnerability (Cold, x2); Weakness (Water; 1d/min).

Skills: Innate Attack (Beam)-12.

Notes: Height 6 ft., Weight 10 lb.

Creature Type: Elemental (Evil, Fire).

Ildriss (Air Grue) [Complete Arcane, page 155]

379 points

Attribute Modifiers: ST-2 [-20]; DX+4 (No Fine Manipulators, -40%) [48]; IQ-1 [-20].

Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: HP+2 [4]; Will+3 [15]; Per+3 [15].

Advantages: Dark Vision [25]; Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Doesn’t Eat or Drink [10]; Doesn’t Sleep [20]; Flight (Lighter Than Air, -10%) [36]; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards [30]; Injury Tolerance (Diffuse) [100]; Invisibility (Affects Machines, +50%; Magical, -10%) [56].

Electricity Resistance [45]: DR 20 (Includes Eyes, +10%; Limited, Electricity, -40%; Tough Skin, -40%) [30] + Immunity to Electrical Conduction [5] + Immunity to Noxious Electrical Effects [10].

Spell Disruption [64]: Static (Magic; Accessibility, Only on air spells, -40%; Area Effect, 8 yards, +200%; Resistible, -50%) [63] + Rules Exemption (Anti-magic Static can coexist with magical abilities) [1].

Disadvantages: Callous [-5]; No Fine Manipulators [-30]; Sadism (12) [-15]; Vulnerability (Vacuum and wind-based attacks, x2) [-20].

Perks: Unholy Touch [1].

Features: No Legs (Aerial).

Notes: Height 6 ft., Weight 10 lb.

Creature Type: Elemental (Air, Evil).

Typical Stats

ST:	8	HP:	10	Speed:	6
DX:	14	Will:	12	Move:	12 air
IQ:	9	Per:	12
HT:	10	FP:	10	SM:	+0
Dodge:	9	Parry:	10 (unarmed)	DR:	20 (vs. electricity)

Punch (14): thrust 1d-4 crushing (KYOS: 1d-5 crushing), Reach C.

Spell Disruption: The very presence of an air grue interferes with spells of the grue’s element. Air spells cast at anyone or by anyone within 8 yards of the air grue are hindered. The spellcaster must win a Quick Contest of Will against the air grue for the spell to work. If the spell already requires a Quick Contest of any kind, then the caster rolls only once, but the target resists at +5.

                Traits: Callous; Dark Vision; Doesn’t Breathe; Doesn’t Eat or Drink; Doesn’t Sleep; Flight (Lighter Than Air); Immunity to Electrical Conduction; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards; Immunity to Noxious Electrical Effects; Injury Tolerance (Diffuse); Invisibility (Affects Machines; Magical); No Fine Manipulators; No Legs (Aerial); Sadism (12); Unholy Touch; Vulnerability (Vacuum and wind-based attacks, x2).

Notes: Height 6 ft., Weight 10 lb.

Creature Type: Elemental (Air, Evil).

  

Vardigg (Water Grue) [Complete Arcane, page 155]

259 points

Attribute Modifiers: IQ-2 [-40].

Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: Will+4 [20]; Per+4 [20].

Advantages: Amphibious [10]; Chameleon 1 [5]; Dark Vision [25]; Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Doesn’t Eat or Drink (Food Only, -50%) [5]; Doesn’t Sleep [20]; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards [30]; Injury Tolerance (Diffuse) [100]; Pressure Supports 3 [15]; Slippery 5 [10]; Speak Underwater [5].

Cold Resistance [30]: DR 20 (Limited, Cold, -40%; Tough Skin, -40%) [20] + Immunity to Noxious Cold Effects [10].

Spell Disruption [64]: Static (Magic; Accessibility, Only on water spells, -40%; Area Effect, 8 yards, +200%; Resistible, -50%) [63] + Rules Exemption (Anti-magic Static can coexist with magical abilities) [1].

Water Jet: Crushing Attack 3d (Costs Fatigue, 1 FP, -5%; Double Knockback, +20%; Increased 1/2D, 2x, +5%; Jet, +0%; Magical, -10%; No Wounding, -50%) [9].

Disadvantages: Bloodlust (9) [-15]; Callous [-5]; Invertebrate [-20]; No Fine Manipulators [-30]; Vulnerability (Dehydration, x2) [-20].

Perks: Unholy Touch [1].

Notes: Height 6 ft., Weight 140 lb.

Creature Type: Elemental (Evil, Water).

Typical Stats

ST:	10	HP:	10	Speed:	5
DX:	10	Will:	12	Move:	5 ground, 5 water
IQ:	8	Per:	12
HT:	10	FP:	10	SM:	+0
Dodge:	8	Parry:	8 (unarmed)	DR:	20 (vs. cold)

Punch (10): thrust 1d-3 crushing, Reach C.

Spell Disruption: The very presence of a water grue interferes with spells of the grue’s element. Water spells cast at anyone or by anyone within 8 yards of the water grue are hindered. The spellcaster must win a Quick Contest of Will against the water grue for the spell to work. If the spell already requires a Quick Contest of any kind, then the caster rolls only once, but the target resists at +5.

Water Jet (12): A 10-yard jet of water. The grue uses Innate Attack (Breath) to hit. Don’t apply range penalties; treat this as a long melee weapon rather than a ranged attack. It does 3d crushing damage with the no wounding and double knockback modifiers. This ability costs 1 FP to use.

                Traits: Amphibious; Bloodlust (9); Callous; Chameleon 1; Dark Vision; Doesn’t Breathe; Doesn’t Eat or Drink (Food Only); Doesn’t Sleep; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards; Immunity to Noxious Cold Effects; Injury Tolerance (Diffuse); Invertebrate; No Fine Manipulators; Pressure Support 3; Slippery 5; Speak Underwater; Unholy Touch; Vulnerability (Dehydration, x2).

Skills: Innate Attack (Beam)-12.

Notes: Height 6 ft., Weight 140 lb.

Creature Type: Elemental (Evil, Water).