Monsters: Fiend Folio Monsters I

Monsters: Fiend Folio Monsters I

I guess I should start another big undertaking and chip away at another D&D monster book. Fiend Folio for D&D 3.5 is one of my favorites, so let's do this one. Abrians are Abyss-dwelling ostrich people. Abyssal ghouls are fiendish undead servants of Kiaransalee or the Ghoul King. I decided to remove most of their resistances. Ahuizotl is an aquatic beast that drowns prey with its tail-hand.

 

Abrian [Fiend Folio, page 12]

 
106 points
Attribute Modifiers: ST+2 [20]; DX+2 [40]; IQ-2 [-40].
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: Will+2 [10]; Per+2 [10]; Basic Move +3 [15].
Advantages: DR 1 (Tough Skin, -10%) [3]; Enhanced Move 1 (Ground) [20]; Infravision [10]; Protected Hearing [5]; Sharp Beak [1].
    Shriek: Affliction 1 (HT; Area Effect, 8 yards, +150%; Costs Fatigue, 1 FP, -5%; Emanation, -20%; Hearing-Based, +150%; Magical, -10%) [37].
    Sonic Resistance: DR 5 (Includes Eyes, +10%; Includes Internal, +20%; Limited, Sound, -40%; Tough Skin, -40%) [13].
Disadvantages: Appearance (Unattractive) [-4]; Restricted Diet (Carnivore) [-10]; Short Arms [-10]; Social Stigma (Savage) [-10]; Weak Arms (1/2 ST) [-5].
Perks: Feathers [1].
Creature Type: Magical Beast.
 
Typical Stats

ST:	12	HP:	12	Speed:	5.5
DX:	12	Will:	10	Move:	8/16
IQ:	8	Per:	10
HT:	10	FP:	10	SM:	+0
Dodge:	8	Parry:	10 (unarmed)	DR:	1* (tough skin), 5 (vs. sound)

    Punch (14): thrust 1d-4 crushing (KYOS: 1d-6 crushing), Reach C.
    Sharp Beak (14): thrust 1d-1 large piercing (KYOS: 1d large piercing), Reach C.
    Shriek: The abrian can emit a shriek that has a chance of stunning every creature within 8 yards. Each creature must make an HT toll to avoid getting stunned. Those who fail can roll again every second after that to recover. This is a hearing-based attack, targets with Protected Hearing resist at +5.
 
    Traits: Appearance (Unattractive); Enhanced Move 1 (Ground); Feathers; Infravision; Protected Hearing; Restricted Diet (Carnivore); Short Arms; Social Stigma (Savage); Weak Arms (1/2 ST).
    Skills: Brawling-14; Running-14; Survival (Abyss)-12.
    Creature Type: Magical Beast.
  

Abyssal Ghoul [Fiend Folio, page 12]

 
262 points

Attribute Modifiers: ST+4 [40]; DX+1 [20]; IQ+1 [20].
Advantages: Danger Sense [15]; Dark Vision (Hypersensory, Smell and Hearing, +25%) [32]; DR 3 (Flexible, -20%) [12]; Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Doesn’t Eat or Drink [10]; Doesn’t Sleep [20]; High Pain Threshold [10]; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards [30]; Injury Tolerance (Unliving, No Blood, No Eyes) [30]; Sharp Teeth [1]; Talons [8]; Temperature Tolerance 10 [10]; Unaging [15].
    Deathwatch: Detect (Life Aura; Analysis Only, -50%; Analyzing, +100%; Magical, -10%; Reflexive, +40%; Vision-Based, -20%) [16].
    Demon Fever: Toxic Attack 1d-2 (Follow-Up, Talons, +0%; Resistible, HT-4, -10%; Onset, 1d days, -30%; Cyclic, 24-hour cycle with 4 cycles, Resistible, Mildly contagious, +40%; Symptoms, 1/3 HP, HT-2, +30%; Symptoms, 1/2 HP, Coughing, +40%) [4].
    Wisdom Drain: Leech 1 (Magical, -10%; Steal IQ, +300%) [98].
Disadvantages: Appearance (Monstrous; Universal, +25%) [-25]; Bad Smell [-10]; Disturbing Voice [-10]; Frightens Animals [-10]; Odious Racial Habit (Eats sapient beings) [-15]; Social Stigma (Dead) [-20]; Uncontrollable Appetite (6) (Living Flesh) [-30]; Unhealing (Partial; Leech) [-20]; Vulnerability (Holy Weapons, x2) [-10].
Perks: Scales [1].
Features: Not Subject to Fatigue.
Creature Type: Undead.
 
Typical Stats

ST:	14	HP:	14	Speed:	5.25
DX:	11	Will:	11	Move:	5
IQ:	11	Per:	11
HT:	10	FP:	N/A	SM:	+0
Dodge:	8	Parry:	8 (unarmed)	DR:	3*

    Sharp Teeth (14): thrust 1d cutting (KYOS: 1d+2 cutting), Reach C.
    Talons (14): thrust 1d cutting or impaling (KYOS: 1d+2 cutting or impaling), Reach C. Any victim that takes damage from this attack risks contacting demon fever. After an incubation period of 1d days, he must make a HT-4 roll or take 1d-2 toxic damage. Every day for 4 more cycles he must make another HT-4 roll to resist or take the same amount of damage. After losing 1/3 HP to this poison, the victim gains a -2 penalty to HT until he heals above this threshold. After losing 1/2 HP to this poison, the victim begins to cough (p. B428) until he heals above this threshold. This disease is mildly contagious, as per Illness (p. B442).
    Deathwatch: Using the foul sight granted by the powers of unlife, the abyssal ghoul can determine the condition of creatures near death that it can see with its own sight. It instantly knows whether each creature that it can see is dead, mortally wounded, reeling, undead, or neither alive nor dead (such as a construct).
    Wisdom Drain: The abyssal ghoul can drain IQ from grappled victims grappled by using its smoky tongue. The victim loses 1 IQ per second (this does lower Will and Per), and the abyssal ghoul heals 1 HP per every 3 points of IQ stolen. The victims regain lost IQ at the rate they recover FP.
 
    Traits: Appearance (Monstrous; Universal); Bad Smell; Danger Sense; Dark Vision (Hypersensory, Smell and Hearing); Disturbing Voice; Doesn’t Breathe; Doesn’t Eat or Drink; Doesn’t Sleep; Frightens Animals; High Pain Threshold; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards; Injury Tolerance (Unliving, No Blood, No Eyes); Odious Racial Habit (Eats sapient beings); Scales; Social Stigma (Dead); Temperature Tolerance 10; Unaging; Uncontrollable Appetite (6) (Living Flesh); Unhealing (Partial; Leech); Vulnerability (Holy Weapons, x2).
    Skills: Brawling-14; Stealth-14.
    Creature Type: Undead.

Ahuizotl [Fiend Folio, page 14]

110 points

Attribute Modifiers: ST+10 (No Fine Manipulators, -40%; Size Modifier, -20%) [40]; DX+2 (No Fine Manipulators, -40%) [24]; HT+2 [20].
Secondary Characteristic Modifiers: SM+2.
Advantages: Amphibious [10]; Combat Reflexes [15]; DR 2 (Tough Skin, -40%) [6]; Extra Legs (Four Legs) [5]; Extra-Flexible Long (+2 SM) Arm [25]; Flexibility [5]; Infravision [10]; Mimicry [10]; Reduced Consumption 4 [8]; Sharp Claws [5]; Sharp Teeth [1].
Disadvantages: Bestial [-10]; Callous [-5]; No Fine Manipulators [-30]; One Arm [-20]; Restricted Diet (Carnivore) [-10].
Perks: Compact Frame [1]; Fur [1].
Quirks: Likes eyeballs, teeth, and fingernails [-1].
Creature Type: Aberration.
 

Knowing Your Own Strength [170] Replace ST+10 (No Fine Manipulators, -40%; Size Modifier, -20%) [40] with ST+10 [100]

 
Typical Stats

ST:	20	HP:	20	Speed:	6
DX:	12	Will:	10	Move:	6 ground, 6 water
IQ:	10	Per:	10
HT:	12	FP:	12	SM:	+2
Dodge:	9	Parry:	11 (unarmed)	DR:	2* (tough skin)

    Sharp Teeth (14): thrust 2d cutting (KYOS: 3d+2 cutting), Reach C.
    Tail Arm (14): thrust 2d cutting (KYOS: 3d+2 cutting), Reach C-3.
 
    Traits: Amphibious; Bestial; Callous; Combat Reflexes; Compact Frame; Extra Legs (Four Legs); Extra-Flexible Long (+2 SM) Arm; Flexibility; Fur; Infravision; Likes eyeballs, teeth, and fingernails; Mimicry; No Fine Manipulators; One Arm; Reduced Consumption 4; Restricted Diet (Carnivore).
    Skills: Brawling-14; Stealth-14; Swimming-14; Wrestling-16.
    Techniques: Eye-Rake-14.
    Creature Type: Aberration.