Ascomid
By Faolyn (Wolfwere)
Note: This creature was originally published in the Tome Of Horrors 1.
These are huge round balls of fungus that feed by rolling over living creatures, crushing them to bits, and then absorbing their fluids.
ST: 18 | HP: 18 | Speed: 5.00 |
DX: 12 | Will: 0 | Move: 4 |
IQ: 0 | Per: 10 | Weight: 300 lbs. |
HT: 13 | FP: 13 | SM: +2 (7 hexes) |
Dodge: 8 | Parry: n/a | DR: 3* |
Spore Cloud (12): 1d toxic to everyone in an 8-yard radius cloud. Victims must resist HT-1 suffer from HT-1, blindness, and nausea. Range 10.
Trample (13): 2d crushing. Range C. The asconoid is rolling over its foes.
Traits: : Acute Vibration Sense 7; Blindness; Damage Resistance 6 (Piercing and impaling damage only); Deafness; Doesn't Breathe; Doesn't Sleep; High Pain Threshold; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards; Immunity to Mind Control; Injury Tolerance (Homogenous, No Blood); Mute; No Manipulators; No Legs (Rolls); Phobia (Light) (12); Striking ST +4 (Trampling only); Unfazeable; Vibration Sense; Wild Animal.
Class: Plant (Fungus).
Combat Effectiveness Rating: 70 (OR 33 and PR 37).
Notes: It has DR 9 against impaling and piercing attacks, and DR 3* (Tough Skin) otherwise.
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