Phibling
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Climate/Terrain | Warm temperate to subtropical city or town |
| Frequency | Very rare |
| Organization | Individual or clan |
| Activity Cycle | Late day, early night |
| Diet | Rodents and large insects |
| Intelligence | Very to Exceptional (11-15) |
| Treasure | J |
| Alignment | Neutral evil or lawful evil |
| No. of Appearing | 1 or 15-45 (4d10+5) |
| Armor Class | 0 |
| Move | 30 |
| Hit Dice | 1-2 hit points |
| THAC0 | 17 |
| No. of Attacks | 2 or 1 (claw, claw, or by weapon) |
| Damage/Attack | 1-2/1-2 or by weapon type |
| Special Attacks | Trip (see below) |
| Special Defenses | Nil |
| Magic Resistance | Nil |
| Size | T (1' to 1' 6" tall) |
| Moral | — |
| XP Value | 35 |
Description
A phibling is a small brownish humanoid with warty skin. They range in size from 1' to 1 1/2' tall and wear no clothing. They are extremely fast and dextrous as a cat. They have large bulging green eyes and 2 buck teeth that are two inches long. Some folk have called them sabre-tooth gremlins.
Combat
Phiblings are very intelligent and love to set devious traps for humanoids. A favorite tactic is one phibling going up to a human and stealing something off him or her then darting around a corner. When the person pursues a tripwire will catch the person and send him to the ground. Then 10 or 15 phiblings will pile on top of him clawing him and will also attempt to steal everything they can. After two rounds or so they will make off with their loot. They use many other tricks and traps to rob a person of their possesions. This is only one, one of their favorites.
For every clan of phiblings there will be one leader. This leader will always have one wild psionic which he will use against the person they intend to rob.
Habitat
Phiblings either travel as a loner stealing from adventurers or sneaking around a town or city robbing merchants, or will travel as a pack planning their next victim. Phiblings reproduce asexually and very quickly for they have a very short life span (2 to 3 months). If their is a large enough food supply in the area a pack of 10-15 Phiblings can grow to the size of 200 or more in the span of 2 months.
Ecology
Cities and towns have been known to have their food supplies devistated from phiblings. The only way to get rid of them is to starve them by securing the food supply from them. And this will only reduce their number for they prefer rodents and insects to human food. They love to collect shiny objects such as gems, jewels, and other ornaments that phiblings can wear on their bodies. As long as its not too cumbersome. Phiblings will hide in old buildings, barns, dark wine cellars, or any other secluded location within a town or city until near dark. Then they will plan their devious assaults on lone travelers or small groups of wealthy looking adventurers. Once they have raided someone it is nearly impossible to catch them. They will dash in and out of people at blinding speeds back to a safe hideout.