Balrog, Baby
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Climate/Terrain | Subterranean |
| Frequency | Very Rare |
| Movement | 18 (36) |
| Organisation | Solitary |
| Activity Cycle | Any |
| Diet | Carnivore (rats, insects) |
| Intelligence | Very (11) |
| Treasure | Nil |
| Alignment | Chaotic Evil |
| No. Appearing | 1 |
| Armour Class | 6 |
| Movement | 18 (36) |
| Hit-Dice | 2 |
| THAC0 | 19 |
| No. of Attacks | 2 (claws/whip) |
| Damage/Attack | 1-4/1-6 |
| Special Attacks | None |
| Special Defences | +3 weapon or required higher to hit |
| Magic Resistence | 80% |
| Size | S |
| Morale | 9 (not quite confident with its abilities yet...) |
| XP Value | 270 |
Description
The breeding habits of balrogs are still a source of debate amongst scholars. Some believe that balrogs, oweing to their extremely magical nature, don’t actually “ do the deed ” as we would understand it and that balrogs are, by nature, asexual. Others believe (although it is scary to think about how they came across this information) that balrogs are quite active sexually and that the reason they are so rare is that they are all off in the secret balrog mating grounds, having a lot more fun then most of us. While the methods of balrog breeding remain unknown, the results are not. Baby balrogs look exactly like balrogs in minature, standing about as tall as your average halfling. Like regular balrogs, they carry a flaming whip and are hostile to just about everything and anything. They just run away with their tails (?) between their legs at the slightest sign of danger.
Combat
In combat, baby balrogs attack with their itty bitty claws and their tiny little flaming whip. When they attack, the let out tiny, high pitched imitations of a fully-grown momma balrog cry (Yup! Yup!). They fight rather well, the only problem being that while they begin combat with a confident, swaggering attitude they get very dissapointed when they’re not as powerful as daddy and run away crying.
Habitat/Society
Baby balrogs are solitary creatures, having been dumped in a dungeon by their parents in order to teach them something about life as a big balrog. Their parents usually leave them there to fend for themselves for a few hundred years before they come and collet. And momma seems to always choose to pick up junior just as her little darling encounters some cruel, nasty adventurers.
Ecology
Baby balrogs fend for themselves in a dungeon quite well, usually living off rats and snakes, although they like kobold when they can get it. Very few creatures pray on baby balrogs, just in case momma turns up just before they start their meal...
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Index
- BABY BALROG
- COOKIE GOLEM
- FLUFF
- TICKLE-ME ELMO
- TRANSVESTITE TROLL
(okay, not many so far, but more to come)