Koylith
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Climate/Terrain | Any |
| Frequency | Very rare |
| Organisation | Solitary or Group |
| Activity Cycle | Any |
| Diet | Nil |
| Intelligence | Non (0) |
| Treasure | Nil |
| Alignment | Neutral Evil |
| No. Appearing | 1-4 |
| Armour Class | 5 |
| Movement | 12, Br 6, Fl 12 (A) |
| Hit Dice | 2 |
| THAC0 | 19 |
| No. of Attacks | 1 |
| Damage/Attack | 1-10 |
| Special Attacks | Dust cloud |
| Special Defences | See below |
| Magic Resistance | None |
| Size | M (5') |
| Morale | Fearless (20) |
| XP Value | 420 |
Description
Koylith, or "dusty death" are a special kind of mindless undead created by animating creatures that died from the Tendrils of Dust spell. These creature look like they did in life, with no visible wounds. They are controlled by their creator. If their creator dies then they will collapse and become dust.
Combat
The koylith attack by creating a small could of dust around the target causing it 1-10 points of damage. They can also burrow the ground and spring from it, but it can be done only in soft ground, such as mud or sand. They suffer half damage from all piercing and slashing weapons, as they are quite elastic.
They have a unique ability to assume a form of swirling dust, attacking their opponents by enveloping them. In this form they can fly at the same speed as they walk.
In addition to the normal undead immunities they are immune to spells of dust and earth, except the Dusting spell, and they become slowed if attacked with water or ice spells. Dust spells that would otherwise cause damage will instead heal them by the same amount.
When destroyed they turn into a small heap of dust.
Habitat/Society
These unnatural creatures have no society. Ruled by their creators will they have no will of their own.
Ecology
They have no part in the ecology, like all undead. It was noted by one mage that using the dust left when they die in the casting of dust-based spells inflicts a -1 to saves or increases duration by one round if no save is allowed.