A Few Ambode Monsters
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Frequency | very rare |
| # Appearing | 1 or 1-4 |
| %in Lair | no lair |
| Treasure Type | victim's treasure |
| Alignment | Neutral Evil |
| Climate/Terrain | victim's |
| HD | d8 per level of victim |
| Size | M |
| AC | 10, not including any worn armor. |
| Magic Resistance | 55% |
| No. Attacks | as victim |
| Attack Damage | by weapon |
| Move | as victim |
| Special Defenses | unhurt by unmagical weapons (not a problem in magic rich Ambode, however). |
| Special Attacks | see below |
Description
None of these were used, as the game I was running dried up early in the college semester when people realized they actually had classes, but all of them are good mean fun. I'm not sure I'll be able to include them all - may get bored before I do.
Poser
The Poser is a dreaded creature, told of in many legends. It has the ability to exactly mimic the appearance and skills of an intelligent, humanoid being. The Poser itself is a slender, ugly creature, with pulsating veins on its surface, wan skin, and a shrunken face. When it chooses a victim, it attacks the victim, attaching its skinny hands around the victim's throat and choking him to death. Rules for suffocation can be used from the Dungeoneer's Survival Guide. If the Poser successfully hits, then the victim will suffocate unless she can kill the Poser before she dies (It has an unbelievable grip - a Str of 20 has a 10% chance of breaking it, anything higher will break it). Once the victim is dead, the Poser eats the victim's insides, starting from the mouth, and slowly crawling into the leftover skin. After it finishes eating, the body appears incredibly distorted, with a bulge at the belly, and an empty appearance throughout. A few minutes later, however, this appearance begins to look more normal as the Poser uses its food to grow into the body properly. Any extra mass will be shed as excrement.
Once fully entrenched in a body, a Poser is nearly undetectable, even by close friends - it absorbs the memories of the victim at some point in the eating, it is believed. It will use the new body to get another victim, for it can only subsist on normal foods for a period of about a year. It is believed that what it really needs are the memories...