Gear Spirit Tiny Celestial, Lawful Neutral Hero Forge Mini Hero Forge Mini Kitbashed, single mini Description (From Planescape: Planes of Law Monstrous Supplement - 1995): Gear spirits come in many different forms, but their function remains the same: to tend the great gears of Mechanus and to ensure that they run smoothly. Unlike modrons , gear spirits are individuals who have tasks and specific gears assigned to them. Because of this, their shapes vary widely. Though their name might indicate an incorporeal nature, gear spirits are actually pieces of living metal — machines who have free will. They are usually small, taking the form of a common mechanical device or tool. They have eyes, ears, noses, and so forth, but the placement of these is highly irregular. Individual spirits usually take a name based on their appearance. Some common names include Ball-and-Chain, Chair, Axle, and Padlock. Combat: Though it isn’t exactly a fearsome fighter, a gear spirit does have some abilities that give pause to those who face it in battle. For one thing, a gear spirit can change its arms to any tool it desires, including weaponry. It can even make a crossbow from itself, with unlimited bolts to fire. Another, more dangerous, quality is the spirit’s ability to meld with metal . As with a meld with stone spell, the gear spirit can merge with any kind of manufactured metal or machinery. Once it’s blended with a machine, it can command the mechanical device to obey its will. but only within the functions of the device. For example, although a gear spirit could unlock a door or fire a ballista, it could not make a lamppost attack a passerby - though it could make a wheel roll someone over. Lastly, a gear spirit has the ability to reduce armor . Every time a spirit strikes someone in melee combat who is wearing metal armor, the AC value of that armor is reduced by one point. (The ability is inactive in ranged combat.) Magic bonuses are the last to be destroyed, and Dexterity bonuses are unaffected. When armor loses its last point of AC, the armor is considered completely destroyed. Gear spirits are immune to mind-affecting spells and any spells that affect emotion. Like modrons, spells that drain life energy are also ineffective against these creatures. Furthermore, any attacks against these spirits involving fire, cold, or acid suffer a -1 penalty on all attack rolls; the creatures also gain a +1 bonus on saving throws versus these attack forms. However, gear spirits are highly vulnerable to rust, for their exterior decays at twice the rate of normal metal. There is no more horrifying fate for gear spirits than being shackled in a dank, wet cell and doomed to death by oxidization - except, perhaps, confronting a rust dragon . Habitat/Society: A gear spirit is unique to Mechanus, and its work on that plane is rumored to be essential for the smooth running of the gears. Thus, the modrons have, over the centuries, learned to dominate the gear spirits for the good of the gears. This means that the gear spirits are officially secured to their gears by the modrons — a fact that rankles the spirits just a little, even if what they are tied to is their beloved gears. Though they’re lawful, gear spirits have more personality than modrons, and they resent the feeling of being underlings to the modrons. There’s some spirits who’ve found that such servitude rankles more than just a little. These creatures slip away from their duties, leaving the cog to spin unsupervised. Though there’s only a small possibility that the gear’s motion may be disrupted, there’s certainly enough of a chance to warrant a modron task force to be sent after the errant spirit. Likewise, occasionally some gear spirits are affected by an urge very similar to the aborigine “walkabout”; that is, the gear spirits take it into their mind simply to wander off. In either case, it might take years to find the hiding or lost spirit, but the modrons’ll continue looking for it until it is brought back to Mechanus — for it�s only then that a new gear spirit can be formed. While a spirit’s gone, the modrons do their best to keep the gear from malfunctioning, but they simply don’t have the innate ties to it that a gear spirit does. Ecology: A gear spirit is inextricably tied to a gear, much like a nature spirit (such as a dryad ) is tied to a specific tree or place. The gear spirit, unlike these other spirits, can leave its place by taking a piece of the gear with it. This portion holds the essence of the gear: if the gear spirit loses or misplaces the piece, the spirit sickens and dies within a month. Likewise, if the spirit’s kept away from manufactured metals or machinery for a month, it dies. It simply can’t abide being away from metal. A few centuries ago it was reported that there was one gear spirit for every gear in Mechanus. If that’s the case, then there’s an awful lot of really small gears hidden away on that plane, because the population of gear spirits has grown considerably over the decades. The latest popular theory states that there’s several gear spirits to a gear, but that they all share part of the gear’s essence. This seems more likely than the one-to-one ratio hypothesis. Alternate Versions Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Home Plane Mechanus Stat Block 2nd Edition: - mojobob's website Abilities - Can fabricate and control any kind of tool or weapon at will - Melds with metal or machinery to control mechanical devices - Weakens metal armor worn by opponents - Immune to necrotic, charm and other mind-affecting spells - Resistant to fire, cold, and acid damage Appearance Gear spirits are actually pieces of living metal — machines who have free will. They are usually small, taking the form of a common mechanical device or tool. They have eyes, ears, noses, and so forth, but the placement of these is highly irregular. Size Hero Forge: 3'(XL) Lore: Small (4' tall) Suggested: Tiny to Small Other Monikers Mechanus dryads Sources - Planescape: Planes of Law Monstrous Supplement (1995) - mojobob's website

Abyss - Plague-Mort Author(s) Button Text Link OurLivesOnline Board Link Features - High-fantasy-Japanese-Steampunk fusion town (complete with full interiors) - Pseudo-Japanese style dwellings, gardens, trees - Red-brick bathhouses, warehouses, inns, gates, stables, grain silos - Surprisingly modern water filtration plant - Collossal spirit tree - Flying watch towers powered by arcane ice crystals (inspired by Excelsior) - "Warning Beacons of Gondor" style marble guard towers - Multiple fountains of enchanted ice - White rock terrain template Notes - One of many creations of OurLivesOnline, who plays in our Planescape campaign as the Lady Saoirse, the godsmen-silver-dragonborn-reincarnated-as-winter-eladrin-divine-soul-conquest-paladin sorceress! - After I wrecked their home base in Sigil (twice), this is the town Saoirse plans to build on the outlands, dedicated to herself, as the town's (eventual) goddess... but it's not built yet, and I can't wait to knock it down! :D Assets from Tales Tavern None

Architect Genie Architect Genie Medium Elemental, Neutral Hero Forge Mini Single mini, no kitbash Description (from Al-Qadim Monstrous Compendium - 1992): The builder genies were once dao, but they have been reshaped by a life of construction and design. They are common in the Great Dismal Delve, but they are also sometimes bound by sha’ir to serve human princes. Some of them have been given to other noble genies as gifts from the noble dao. Their powers are responsible for many of the tales told of cities springing up overnight at the command of the genies. Builder genies are bald and muscular like the dao, and they share the same taste in clothes and jewelry. They are often branded with a dao symbol denoting ownership, usually on the hand or forehead. They almost always carry drawing compasses and rulers, plumb bobs, chalk, levels, trowels, and builders’ squares. Builder genies live for their work; they want to be remembered for what they have done rather than for what pleasant genies they were to work with. This generally means that they are merciless on themselves and others when their work is at stake. The greatest compliment one can pay a builder genie is to admire his work; the greatest insult one can offer is to compliment the builder while criticizing his work. Builder genies don’t care what they build; waterwheels or mosques with a dozen minarets receive equal care and planning. In all cases, builder genies will demand the longest-lasting and most expensive materials. Due to these stringent demands, the cost of a building designed or built by a builder genie will be four times the normal cost. It will have twice the strength and twice the useful life of a normal building. Builder genies can imitate the style of any building they have seen, though they can only reproduce the structural details of buildings they have been able to examine closely for a day. They prefer to work in a style appropriate to the setting of a building, but they will build an opulent mausoleum in the middle of a poor fishing village if their master so commands. They will not hesitate to tell their master exactly why such a building is inappropriate among the dhows and huts, however. While their master’s project is always completed if at all possible, its final form may not be exactly what the patron had in mind. Builder genies can be notoriously literal in obeying instructions, and they can also bend instructions to suit their personal whims. Builder genies are slaves to the dao, and they resent the dao without being able to overthrow them. They are on excellent terms with the xorn, earth elementals, and pech. They are always willing to destroy existing structures to make way for their new, improved ones, although in the case of a masterwork, the builder genie may tear down the old and then rebuild it with improvements that only a master architect or stonemason might recognize. Builder genies judge others on their building achievements. Races that have not built mansions, bridges, and graceful gates do not rate as civilized. Builder genies have great respect for the disciplined and exact hives and warrens of giant insects. Combat: A builder genie may use each of the following spelllike abilities three times per day: minor creation , vacancy , and warp wood . They may use each of the following once per day: stone shape , stone tell , and passwall . Once per month they may grant a wish related to buildings or construction. Builder genies have a stupendous ability to find and exploit the weak points of any structure. When they direct the fire of siege engines against fortifications, structural damage done by the attackers is increased by 50%. A builder genie can collapse unfortified buildings and underground works in one turn if allowed to study them for an hour. Unless a builder genie is commanded to defend a building, it will prefer to avoid combat and simply repair minor damage after a battle is resolved by others. If commanded to, a builder genie will defend its worksite, but it cannot be commanded to take part in battles outside buildings or in buildings it has had no part in making. Much like their dao brethren, builder genies prefer to let others do their fighting for them and will balance the odds in their favor as much as possible before a battle. They enjoy using mazes, battlements, and secret passages to lead opponents on chases through entire buildings that they have prepared with traps and ambush sites. In desperation, a builder genie may collapse part of a building it is working on to kill opponents who might otherwise destroy the whole project. Alternate Versions Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Home Plane Elemental Plane of Earth , or Prime Material Plane Stat Block 5th Edition: - N/A (may write a homebrew eventually) 2nd Edition: - mojobob's website Abilities - Powerful Innate Spellcasting - Can move through earth or stone unhindered - Immense physical strength, constitution - Masters of finding structural weak points, double damage against structures - Immune to earth-based attacks and magic, including petrification - Telepathy - Flight Appearance Builder genies are bald and muscular like the dao, and they share the same taste in clothes and jewelry. They are often branded with a dao symbol denoting ownership, usually on the hand or forehead. They almost always carry drawing compasses and rulers, plumb bobs, chalk, levels, trowels, and builders' squares. Size Hero Forge: 9'2" (XL) Lore: Medium (7 ft.) Suggested: Medium to Gargantuan Other Monikers Builder Genie, Tasked Architect Genie Sources - Forgotten Realms Wiki - Al-Qadim Monstrous Compendium (1992) - mojobob's website

Sea Serpent Sea Serpent Gargantuan Dragon, Neutral Hero Forge Mini Button Double mini, no kitbash, 4 variants below Description (From Fizban's Treasury of Dragons - 2021): Sea serpents rank alongside dragon turtles as some of the most feared predators of the deep and inspire many sailors’ worst nightmares. Their strong fins propel them through the water at great speed. Young sea serpents are agile hunters. They use reefs and natural camouflage to hide before they strike, picking off members of a ship’s crew one by one. Ancient sea serpents grow large enough to demolish whole ships, then feed at leisure on helpless sailors in the water. At any age, a sea serpent attacks with terrible bites, a lashing tail, a constricting grip, and a frigid breath weapon that can leave sailors’ corpses floating frozen amid the wreckage of their ships. Sea serpents are as fiercely territorial as any other dragons, and they do not take kindly to ships passing over their domains without permission. Some can be appeased by offerings of treasure, but most demand that a ship’s crew sacrifice one or more of their own. Living amid the wreckage of sunken ships or in deep sea caves, sea serpents collect the cargo of the craft they sink, amassing great hoards of trade goods, sailors’ trinkets, and pirates’ booty. (From 2nd Edition AD&D Monstrous Manual - 1991): Sea wyrms are elongated legless and wingless sea dragons found in tropical and subtropical seas. Probably one of the sources for the tales of legendary sea serpents , these lazy creatures rarely attack anyone or anything not intruding on their territory. They are usually serene and majestic, often venturing quite close to land if left undisturbed. Occasionally, a family of sea wyrms will be seen traveling together by sailors who venture into deeper seas. Combat: Sea wyrms grow larger, but not particularly stronger, as they age; thus, the bite and constriction of a baby sea wyrm are just as damaging as that of its elders. Though they are normally nonaggressive, sea wyrms will attack ships or creatures who invade what they consider to be their territory. All sea wyrms can bite for 2d6 (2-12) points of damage and constrict for 3d8 (3-24) points. If attacking a ship, every 10 points of constriction damage acts as 1 hull point versus the vessel. If the ship is smaller than the sea wyrm, the wyrm can completely encircle the entire vessel, roll it over, and drag it beneath the waves. Because of this, they are greatly feared by fishermen and others who usually have smaller boats. Adult and ancient sea wyrms have other attacks as well. If they make a bite attack and score 5 more than they need to hit, they have swallowed their prey whole. The victim takes normal damage (2d6) from the bite and an additional 2d6 points of damage per round thereafter from stomach acids. The usual methods may be employed to escape from the creature’s stomach. At any time an adult or ancient sea wyrm may choose to forgo its normal attack and use its breath weapon instead. This is a cone of sleep gas 5 feet wide at the base, 30 feet wide at the far end, and reaching 30 feet. Those caught in the cone must save vs. breath weapon or fall asleep for 3d8 (3-24) rounds. The wyrm can use this attack only once per day. Habitat/Society: Sea wyrms lair in underwater caves or in remote caves on islands. They can breathe equally well in air or water and move about on land by slithering like a snake . They eat just about anything but are particularly fond of fish and fruit. They have been known to slither around a fruit tree and constrict it in an attempt to get at fruit which is beyond their normal reach. Sea wyrms live in small family groups until the babies are old enough to forage for themselves. When three are found together, they are always a mated pair and their baby. Two sea wyrms found together are always a mated pair, as they mate for life. The female produces one egg at a time, which is jealously guarded by both until the young sea wyrm hatches. If captured as babies, sea wyrms make loyal and affectionate pets for sea peoples such as merfolk , tritons , or nereids , willing to fight to the death to defend their companions. Ecology: Sea wyrms claim undersea or island caves for their lairs and defend the territory around it up to about two miles. They range up to thirty miles from home to feed. Though they produce no useful by-products, there is a growing market in sea wyrm eggs among traders who wish to raise a mobile guard to defend their ships while at sea. Some merchants deal in sea wyrm skins, which bring 1,000 to 3,000 gp. Alternate Versions Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Home Plane Prime Material Plane, Elemental Plane of Water Stat Block 5th Edition (different ages have their own stat block): - Fizban's Treasury of Dragons (2021) - Angry Golem Games - DndBeyond 2nd Edition: - mojobob's website Abilities - Freezing rime breath - Immune to cold - Colossal bite and tail attacks - Constrict and crush with serpentine body - Siege monster wrecks ships and structures - Legendary Actions - Legendary Resistance - Amphibious, fast swimmer Appearance It resembles the classical sea monster: serpentine body, webbed flippers, dragonlike head Size Hero Forge: 4'3"-11' (XXL) Lore: Huge to Gargantuan Suggested: Huge to Gargantuan Other Monikers Sea drake, sea wyrm Sources - Forgotten Realms Wiki - Fizban's Treasury of Dragons (2021) - DndBeyond - AD&D 2nd Edition Monstrous Manual - mojobob's website

Howler Large Fiend, Chaotic Evil Hero Forge Mini Hero Forge Mini Kitbashed, single mini Description (From Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes - 2018): A far-off wail precedes the sight of a howler. Even at a distance, one’s mind cringes at the sound and fills with horror at the realization that the noise is drawing closer. When howlers go on the prowl, courage isn’t enough to stand up against them, and even one’s sanity is at risk. Prowlers from Pandemonium . These nightmare creatures, native to Pandemonium, can also be found on most of the Lower Planes, because of the many fiends that capture them and train them as war hounds. Howlers can be domesticated, after a fashion, but they respond only to brutal training during which they are forced to recognize the trainer as the pack’s undisputed leader. A trained pack then follows its leader without hesitation. Howler packs course over the battlefields of the Blood War and also serve evil mortals who have the power and the savagery to command their loyalty. Brutal Hunters. Howlers rely on speed, numbers, and their mind-numbing howl to corner prey before they tear it apart. The howl floods the minds of its victims, making complex thought impossible. They can do little more than stare in horror and stumble around the battlefield in a search for safety. Any task more demanding than that is beyond their capability. Fiends especially prize howlers for this reason, because for a few crucial moments in a battle, their howls can neutralize an enemy’s ability to use spells and other powers. (From 3.5e Monster Manual - 2003): This creature looks like some gaunt, bestial hound or feline, with a mane of bristling quills. Howlers live on planes where chaos and evil hold sway; they originate on the plane of Pandemonium. These beasts hunt in packs, racing through caverns to wear down their prey and rend it to bits. A howler is about 8 feet long and weighs about 2,000 pounds. Although they are surprisingly intelligent, howlers do not speak—they only howl. If there is a language within the howls, as some have suggested, even spells cannot decipher it. Howlers understand Abyssal. Combat : Howlers attack in groups, for they are cowardly and cruel. They prefer to charge into combat, race out, and then charge in again. A howler’s natural weapons, as well as any weapons it wields, are treated as chaotic-aligned and evil-aligned for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction. Quills (Ex): A howler’s neck bristles with long quills. While biting, the creature thrashes about, striking with 1d4 of them. An opponent hit by a howler’s quill attack must succeed on a DC 16 Reflex save or have the quill break off in his or her flesh. Lodged quills impose a –1 penalty on attacks, saves, and checks per quill. The save DC is Dexterity-based. A quill can be removed safely with a DC 20 Heal check; otherwise, removing a quill deals an extra 1d6 points of damage. Howl (Ex): All beings other than outsiders that hear the creature’s howling for an hour or longer are subject to its effect, though it does not help the howler in combat. Anyone within hearing range of a howler for a full hour must succeed on a DC 12 Will save or take 1 point of Wisdom damage. The save DC is Charisma-based. The save must be repeated for each hour of exposure. This is a sonic mindaffecting effect. Training a Howler: Small and Medium infernal creatures such as quasits, abyssal orcs, and even succubi sometimes use howlers as mounts or pack animals. Larger and more powerful demons use them like hunting dogs. Although intelligent, a howler requires training before it can bear a rider in combat. To be trained, a howler must have a friendly attitude toward the trainer (this can be achieved through a successful Diplomacy check). Training a friendly howler requires six weeks of work and a DC 25 Handle Animal check. Riding a howler requires an exotic saddle. A howler can fight while carrying a rider, but the rider cannot also attack unless he or she succeeds on a Ride check. Carrying Capacity: A light load for a howler is up to 460 pounds; a medium load, 461–920 pounds; and a heavy load, 921–1,380 pounds. A howler can drag 6,900 pounds. (Planescape: Planes of Chaos Monstrous Supplement - 1994): Howlers are the keening brood-hounds or Pandemonium, the singers of dementia who cluster around the great rocky spires in those plunging caves. In that eternally night-lit plane the howlers are drawn to shriek their madness to the moonless heavens. The howlers are gigantic beasts, four-legged, with the burly backs of oxen and scales glinting through their matted red fur. This fur spreads into a thick ruff of trembling quills that frame their simian faces. Their front claws are the clotted knots of coarse fingers too long crnshed under the beastly weight, their back feet are hooved. When they cry, they rock back until they almost stand and throw their muzzled faces toward the missing sky. Lips pursed into a perfect O, they howl the voices of madness. Combat: Although brutish and cruel, howlers aren’t particularly aggressive beasts. Scavengers by nature, they seldom attack groups larger than their own numbers or any that seem more capable of defending themselves. When a howler pack does attack, it usually singles out a weak victim, while trying to hold the rest at bay. If this proves impossible, the howler pack breaks and flees. This doesn’t mean, however, that howlers are weak opponents. Far from it — their own cowardice makes them formidable opponents. When a howler pack does attack, it is determined and ruthless. All energy is devoted to bringing down the prey. In actual battle, howlers can choose from several attack forms. Normally they rush in on the first round of combat, attempting to get within biting distance as soon as possible. The rush and the round that follows are the two most dangerous moments or any howler attack. As they rush forward, their neck bristles rise to form a spined shield, reducing their Armor Class to 3. If the howlers move 120 reel or more in the charge, they gain a +2 bonus to their chance to hit and their damage is doubled for carrying the charge through. Finally, while in their frenzied charge, the howlers are immune to all morale checks. Once in combat, howlers fight by snapping their powerful jaws and savagely slashing with their erect neck quills. The quills can only be used on those at the creatures’ forward flanks and aren’t particularly accurate (-2 on the chance to hit). Each successful hit jabs the person with 1d4 quills, and each quill causes 1d4 points of damage. Creatures struck by the quills must make a saving throw versus breath weapon for each quill. For each save that is failed, the quill remains embedded In the victim. The victim’s attack rolls are reduced by 1. Removing quills takes 1d6 rounds and causes an additional 1d3 points of damage. Habitat/Society: Howlers are beasts native to the tunnels of Pandemonium and are not naturally found on any other plane. Even within Pandemonium they aren’t found everywhere. They stay far from the settled regions and the small tunnels, preferring the larger curved passages that pass for plains and grassland. On these plains they hunt in packs; for they are carnivorous scavengers. There is no hard and fast size for a howler pack, as is the way of the animal kingdom. Packs range from 2 to as many as 20 members. This number includes bulls, females, and kits. (Of a pack, it is the bulls who defend the others, hence the small number met in a normal encounter) The packs scour the land. searching for anything edible. As news of their migrations travels through the tunnels, other dwellers in Pandemonium brace themselves for the agony that is sure to come. Howlers are aptly named, for their howls cut through the whistling wind with the pitch of madness. Their cries have the same effects as the winds of Pandemonium, gradually driving those who hear them to insanity. Whenever a howler lets loose its cry, all within hearing distance, whether indoor or out, must make a check as if they were exposed to Pandemonium’s winds. A howler’s cry lacks the full strength of the winds — their keening pitch can never push a chancier beyond Stage 3 (Hysteria). Characters who have already reached Resignation exhibit all their tics and twitches when the howlers sing. Even on other planes, a howler’s effect travels with it. It is fortunate that howlers don’t bay all the time. In that regard they are more like common dogs . They howl and keen occasionally, when the circumstances are right. As pack animals, they howl when they are lonely — kept in the stable apart from their masters, for example. They howl during the rutting season and when their territory is challenged. They howl when cornered. The DM has final say over when the beasts bay to the blackness. Ecology: Howlers would be just another bane of Pandemonium were it not for those in the tunnels who can capture and tame the beasts to be good riding and pack mounts. A howler has the carrying capacity of a draft horse , and is far better adapted to traveling the twisted tunnels than a simple horse. Some wizards claim the howlers sing secrets of the planes, a code concealed in their pitch and their keening. Others think the wizards have been howled mad by their studies. Alternate Versions Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Home Plane Pandemonium Stat Block 5th Edition: - Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (2018) - Angry Golem Games - DndBeyond 3.5e: - Realmshelps.net 2nd Edition: - mojobob's website Abilities - Mind-Breaking howl cripples with fear - Rending bite causes psychic damage if target is frightened - Pack tactics - Immune to frightened - Resistant to cold, fire, lightning, nonmagical attacks Appearance This creature looks like some gaunt, bestial hound or feline, with a mane of bristling quills. Size Hero Forge: Mount (3')(XL) Lore: Medium (dog, 3-4' long), Large (lion, 7' long) Suggested: Medium to Huge Other Monikers None Sources - Forgotten Realms Wiki - Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (2018) - 3.5e Monster Manual (2003) - Planescape: Planes of Chaos Monstrous Supplement (1994) - Angry Golem Games - DndBeyond - mojobob's website

Abyss - Plague-Mort Author(s) Button Text Link OurLivesOnline Board Link Features - High-fantasy-Japanese-Steampunk fusion town (complete with full interiors) - Pseudo-Japanese style dwellings, gardens, trees - Red-brick bathhouses, warehouses, inns, gates, stables, grain silos - Surprisingly modern water filtration plant - Collossal spirit tree - Flying watch towers powered by arcane ice crystals (inspired by Excelsior) - "Warning Beacons of Gondor" style marble guard towers - Multiple fountains of enchanted ice - White rock terrain template Notes - One of many creations of OurLivesOnline, who plays in our Planescape campaign as the Lady Saoirse, the godsmen-silver-dragonborn-reincarnated-as-winter-eladrin-divine-soul-conquest-paladin sorceress! - After I wrecked their home base in Sigil (twice), this is the town Saoirse plans to build on the outlands, dedicated to herself, as the town's (eventual) goddess... but it's not built yet, and I can't wait to knock it down! :D Assets from Tales Tavern None

Gautiere Medium Humanoid, Neutral Evil Hero Forge Mini Hero Forge Mini Kitbashed, single mini Description (From P lanescape: Planes of Conflict Monstrous Sopplement - 1995): The gautiere are gaunt, gray-skinned humanoids with clawed hands and pointed teeth. They wrap themselves in rags and strips of whatever cloth or hide they can find to protect themselves from the stinging, flesh-rending winds of Minethys. The connection between the gautiere and the ancient tiere (if they ever even existed) is unknown. Did the tiere, in their unswerving quest for revenge, willingly condemn themselves in their own ritual? Or are the gautiere the twisted and hollow remains of the mortal tiere, sentenced to the prison-like realm of Carceri forever for daring to lash out against a power? No one knows. Combat: The gautiere move with deliberate hesitation, sizing up their foes carefully, but once they have committed themselves to a battle they see it to its end. They have jagged claws on their twisted hands, and each bare hand can inflict 1d4 points of damage. However, they prefer to use a weapon they call a xaen, a heavy battle staff covered in bony barbs, spikes, and hooks that inflicts 1d10 points of damage per strike. Each gautlere has a Strength score of at least 16 (the minimal Strength to wield a xaen), and many have scores of 17, 18, and even 19. The gautiere have a special arcane ability which allows them to transform the flesh of another into a horribly foul acid. This power is usable only once each day, and it requires them to touch the foe they wish to harm, but it inflicts 3d6 points of damage upon a poor victim affected by the attack. This acidic damage is very difficult to heal, taking twice the time of normal rest to recover the lost hit points, and cutting in half the amount of damage (of this wound only) healed by spells. Gautiere are immune to this acidic attack as they are immune to all acids, fire, and heat. They are harmed by other attack forms normally. Gautiere Armor Class is a result of the leathery skin and the rags that they wrap themselves in. A very few gautiere (1 in 50) are able to cast spells as a 1st-6th level wizard in addition to their normal abilities. These are usually leaders of some sort. Gautiere are never priests; they have an inherent distrust — some would say hatred — for deities of all sorts. Habitat/Society: The gautiere cast themselves in the role of wanderers and nomads, roaming the ever-changing dunes of their plane in search of nothing. As the legendary tiere were absolute in their devotion and later their quest for vengeance, so the gautiere are absolute in their resigned acceptance of their race’s position, hovering on the edge of oblivion. They organize themselves in small tribes of 4d6+10 individuals. It is rare that outsiders encounter an entire tribe, however, for they keep themselves well hidden. Far more commonly, travelers meet a hunting party as it hunts the few other creatures native to this plane (they prefer vargouilles , mephits , and large, spiny sand-fish). The gautiere are evil, but they are not devious — they are straightforward in their malevolence, blatant in their cruelty. They are brutal and uncaring when it comes to others, willing to let another die if saving that life might put the gautiere at risk. Some take this cruelty a step further, becoming wantonly sadistic and belligerently violent. Gautiere take mates and have young as other races do, but their life is one of constant, minute-to-minute struggle. The wind never stops and the food is scarce. Water is scarcer still. Because of these difficulties, the heartless gautiere cling to their tribes and diligently follow the orders of their tribal leaders (individuals with +1 hp per Hit Dle, a Strength score of 19, an Intelligence score of 15-16, and possible spell use). Ecology: No matter what their origin, the gautiere are truly prisoners within their own plane. They cannot use portals to escape Carceri (even if they find the correct gate key), bound there by the nature of the plane. Only powerful magic cast by an outsieder can allow them to leave — and very few wizards are going out of their way to thrust the gautiere upon the rest of the planes. The gautiere war with the gehreleths only when they must, and do whatever they can to avoid becoming embroiled in the Blood War. Alternate Versions Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Home Plane Carceri (Minethys) Stat Block 2nd Edition: - mojobob's website Abilities - Can transform flesh to acid once per day, inflicting wounds that resist healing - Skilled with barbed battle staves and claw attacks - High strength - Immune to acid and fire damage - Spellcasting Appearance The gautiere are gaunt, gray-skinned humanoids with clawed hands and pointed teeth. They wrap themselves in rags and strips of whatever cloth or hide they can find to protect themselves from the stinging, flesh-rending winds of Minethys. Size Hero Forge: 5'8" (XL) Lore: Large (7 ft. tall) Suggested: Large Other Monikers None Sources - Mimir.net (minethys) - Planescape: Planes of Conflict Monstrous Supplement (1995) - mojobob's website

Chososion Medium Aberration, Unaligned Hero Forge Mini Kitbashed, single mini (from Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix. III - 1998): A creature found (or, at least, seen) only on the Ethereal and the Inner Planes. the chososion seeps mainly through the e1emental worlds. Most who’ve spied it, however, would say that it never really enters the space the rest of us inhabit. That is, it’s always just out of touch. More than simply ethereal — like a ghost on a prime-material world — the chososion is intangible on any plane. Even sorcery can barely affect it. Despite this quality, the chososion appears substantial when a basher manages to lay eyes on one (they’re extraordinarily rare). Its wide body, colored black or dark blue, is composed primarily of many winglike flaps of flesh. The entire creature seems to be in constant motion, as though the waving of its strange appendages keeps it within physical reality as it’s understood. Chant is that if these flexible ridges stop their rippling motion, the chososion disappears. Beyond the ever-moving mass of the creature, a mouthlike opening lies buried in its fluttering fins. First encountered by the shad of the Elemental Plane of earth, the chososion gets its name from that race’s word for “out of reach”. Combat: So how does a cutter harm a creature that’s not really all there? A better question might be why he’d want to. Still, the chososion can become a threat to planewalkers and natives to the realms through which it seeps. If disturbed, the beast is likely to react with violence. Graybeards don’t wholly understand the chososion’s means of attack. When the creature grows angry, two long, flexible pseudopods ending in flat grasping pads stretch out from its mouth. Unlike the rest of the beast’s body, the pseudopods’re fully corporeal and covered with thousands of tiny, razor-sharp hooks. They inflict terrible injuries on any sod they strike (1d8 points of damage each), but the real danger comes from the poison secreted into the wounds by the grasping pads. A chososion’s poison is, by most standards, magical. If the victim fails a saving throw versus poison, he becomes paralyzed in 1d6 rounds. Once paralyzed, the sod must make a saving throw versus death magic. If he makes that save, he merely remains paralyzed for 3d6 rounds. But if he fails the second saving throw, the poison completely discorporates him (treat the victim as if disintegrated). Some folks claim that the poor bark leaves our reality and enters the chososion’s realm — beyond any known plane. But popular chant says the victim’s just gone, period. See, most folks believe that there are no planes beyond those already known and named, and even if there were, why would the chososion bring a foe to its home, where presumably it’s more vulnerable? A body can accept whichever theory he likes. Either way, he’ll never again see a friend lost to chososion poison. Fighting back against the creature is sodding difficult. Fact is, a basher’d be much better off just running away. With a 95% resistance to magic, a chososion’s affected by only a few choice spells. It’s not bothered by the environmental hazards of the Inner Planes; truth is, it seems not even to notice them. What’s more, the beast completely shrugs off all nonmagical attacks (poison, gas, heat, cold, acid, and so on). Fighting it with a weapon is just as hard, if not harder — only those with an enchantment of +4 or greater can wound the beast. And as any planewalker knows, it’s tricky enough to keep any enchantment to a blade when hopping around the multiverse, let alone as mighty a dweomer as that. However, the chososion does have a weak spot: the corporeal pseudopods (tongues?) that protrude from its mouth. These are quite real and solid, capable of touching and being touched. Each pseudopod has 2 Hit Dice and an Armor Class of 4, and its hit points are separate from the creature’s total. In fact, these strange extensions are more like organic tools than actual parts of the chososion’s body, and the monster treats them as if they were completely expendable. All chososions can grow new pseudopods to replace destroyed members. Most require 1d6 hours to do so. However, sometimes (25% of the time) a chososion already has 1d4 replacement limbs tucked away inside its body, ready to shoot out immediately when needed. But no chososion can operate more than two pseudopods at once. Habitat/Society: If the theory that the chososion actually inhabits some unknown plane is true, then it may also be true that the creature can intersect the known multiverse only at its most primal, basic point — the Innter Planes. Supporters of this idea claim that the chososion is most likely fully tangible on its own plane, as is an ethereal creature on the Ethereal Plane. In fact, a graybeard named Vivan who holds to this theory speculates that the creature’s home plane intersects and permeates the multiverse only in the Inner Planes, similar to the way the Ethereal touches the Inner Planes and the Prime. Vivan also believes that this unknown plane, which he calls the Macrocosm, could act as a bridge to an entirely different multiverse. ’Course, Vivan now resides in the Madhouse with all the other barmies in Sigil. Here’s what’s known for sure: The chososion haunts the Inner Planes looking for food. It never congregates in groups, nor does it have a perceivable society. Though the creature seems highly intelligent, no one’s discovered any proof that it can (or will) communicate with others. Its method of reproduction is a mystery and will most likely remain dark. However, if Vivan is correct, the chososion may have a complex society and culture on its mysterious home plane, complete with young — but how would anyone ever know? Ecology: The chososion interacts with the environment around it only by accident. It apparently feeds on the primal nature of the Inner Planes, but not the elements or beings within the planes themselves. It need never encounter another creature (native or otherwise), but sometimes bad luck brings a poor sod right into a chososion’s path. Perhaps misunderstanding the newcomer’s intentions, the chososion always reacts defensively and usually attacks on sight. On the other hand, it’s possible that a hostile chososion attacks only because it’s confused by or fearful of a basher’s very nature. See, Vivan claims that the chososion regards inhabitants of the known planes the same way most folks view environmental dangers of the Inner Planes (heat from the plane of Fire, fumes from the paraplane of Smoke, and so on) — as something to be avoided or conquered. Alternate Versions Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Home Plane Unknown (Inner Planes) Stat Block 2nd Edition: - Mojobob's Website - Completecompendium.com/appendix/ Abilities - Discorporating venom makes victims cease to exist - Immune to nearly all physical attacks and magic - Seemingly incorporeal, unobstructed by physical obstacles -Pseudopods (only weak spot) regenerate after 1-6 hours - Can store 1-4 backup pseudopods inside its body Appearance Its wide body, colored black or dark blue, is composed primarily of many winglike flaps of flesh. The entire creature seems to be in constant motion, as though the waving of its strange appendages keeps it within physical reality as it’s understood. Chant is that if these flexible ridges stop their rippling motion, the chososion disappears. Beyond the ever-moving mass of the creature, a mouthlike opening lies buried in its fluttering fins. Size Hero Forge: 5'8" (XL) Lore: Medium (6' across) Suggested: Medium to Huge Other Monikers None Sources - Planescape: Planes of Conflict Monstrous Supplement (1995) - Mojobob's Website - Completecompendium.com/appendix/

Limbo 01 Author(s) Matt-GM talespire://published-board/TGltYm8gMDE=/356d3c724b36ed4d11d6ac986f06be2f Features - Plane of chaos; pockets of primordial earth, fire, water, electricity, and stranger elements are constantly manifesting and crashing together in all directions; an endless, rapid cycle of creation and destruction. - Inanimate objects such as houses, plants, trees, islands, and castles also spring into being for short periods of time at random locations; weird junk can be found everywhere; temporary life forms can manifest as well. - Medieval guard tower and disintegrating warship feature in the background. - Majority of space is a muddy "chaos soup" made of water/earth/air that is not breathable; newcomers unfamiliar with the plane often suffocate. - Creatures familiar with the space learn to mold chaos matter with their minds, creating pockets of breathable air, stone roads to walk on, wind to propel themselves forward, etc. - A mind can create literally anything in Limbo, of a size and complexity limited only by a creature's mental ability. - One of the few native species is the "Slaadi;" chaotic toad demons that attack visitors, inflicting horrific transformations on victims to create new Slaad - Enlightened githzerai monks have learned to build monasteries and whole cities out of chaos matter, making the plane their home; they are somewhat xenophobic and isolationist but can sometimes be an ally in the chaos. – Other natives include chaos imps , gibbering mouthers , body-warping chaos beasts , and the terrible chaos dragons . Notes - Very heavy map performance-wise; beware low framerates - Still not fully happy with the lightning/atmosphere, very WIP; changing it all the time. Chaos! – Original seafaring ship (before disintegration) by Istallri & Scarnor (board : https://talestavern.com/slab/ship-collection-by-istallri-scarnor/ ) - Githzerai and slaadi minis from Gonsplitters, MZ4250, and various artists in awesome TS community creature content. Board Link Limbo - Plane of Chaos Assets from Tales Tavern None

Harim Servant Harim Servant Medium Elemental, Lawful Neutral Hero Forge Mini Double mini, no kitbash Description (from Monstrous Compendium: City of Delights -1993): Harim servant genies serve many purposes. They guard the women of a harim, but also entertain them and perform minor tasks around the harim area. Most harim servants are males, tall and muscular, but not especially handsome. They dress in well-made clothing of fine fabric, yet of simple design. Tasked harim servants are desired by many harim owners, including other genies. When they work for other genies, they tend to be less protectors and guardians, and more menial servants, so most enjoy working for “lesser beings”, because it builds their own importance. Combat: Tasked harim servants can cast each of the following spells three times per day: cantrip , control temperature 10’ radius , mending , minor creation , and major creation . They can cast alarm and create food and water once per day. They cast as if they are 9th-lcvel wizards or priests, and they use their spells to protect, entertain, and serve the women of the harim. Tasked harim servants are also versed in melee combat. They normally carry two weapons, often a pair of great scimitars — due to their size, strength, and skill, they have no problem wielding both weapons at the same time. Without weapons, tasked harim servants attack with their fists. Habitat/Society: Harim servants act almost in a fatherly manner toward their charges, seeking to guide, protect, and help. Female harim servants are strong matrons who seek to bring order to the harim. Both genders demand respect and do not hesitate to punish unruliness, though they generally try to combat problems by offering caring and a sense of family. The genies take care of all the needs of the women, from mending and cooking to guarding and footbathing. They use cantrip liberally for cleaning and entertainment, using other spells as necessary to increase the comfort of the harim. They have nonweapon proficiencies in healing, sewing, cooking, and local and ancient history. The genies also serve as storytellers, entertaining with legends, tales of genies, and amusing jokes. Some tasked harim servants have other skills, such as singing or dancing, which they can teach to the harim women. Harim servants demand little pay, receiving gratification from doing a good job and the adoration of their “daughters”. Though they answer to the harim’s master, the genies tend to develop an emotional attachment to the members of the harim. If any of their requirements aren’t met, or if they’re bound to service, they twist their duties toward other purposes. They become less servants to the harim masters and more servants to the harim members. While the genies follow the letter of the masters’ orders, they seek to avoid the spirit. In some rare instances, a genie might aid a woman to escape or to pursue an affair, or it might even become a paramour itself, but the offense to the genie or his charges must be great before actions like these are taken. Other genies do not approach the women of a harim protected by a tasked genie unless the harim servant genie chooses to allow them access (for example, if the harim master is cruel, and the tasked genie knows another genie who will help and protect one of the harim women). There are a few tasked genies devoted to looking after the men of a selama. They have similar attitudes to harim servants, wishing the best for their charges and for the whole selama. Tasked harim servants get along well with most “lesser races”, particularly women. Since they are so attuned to the needs of the harim, they can often empathize with women they encounter outside the harim. If asked for advice, however, they tend to suggest clothing and actions more suited to a harim girl than to an adventurer or merchant, and they often try to pamper and guide women they meet. A tasked harim servant goes insane if its harim is taken away or severely harmed. Alternate Versions Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Home Plane Prime Material Plane Stat Block 5th Edition: - N/A (may write a homebrew eventually) 2nd Edition: - mojobob's website Abilities -Innate Spellcasting - Dual-wields enormous scimitars - Telepathy - Flight Appearance Most harim servants are males, tall and muscular, but not especially handsome. They dress in well-made clothing of fine fabric, yet of simple design. Size Hero Forge: 9 ft. (XL) Lore: Medium Suggested: Medium to Huge Other Monikers Harem Djinn, Tasked Harim Servant Genie Sources - Forgotten Realms Wiki - Monstrous Compendium: City of Delights (1993) - Al-Qadim Monstrous Compendium (1992) - mojobob's website

Displacer Beast Large Monstrosity, Lawful Evil Hero Forge Mini Kitbashed, mount mini (From 5th Edition Monster Manual - 2014): This monstrous predator takes its name from its ability to displace light so that it appears to be several feet away from its actual location. A displacer beast resembles a sleek great cat covered in blue-black fur. However, its otherworldly origins are clear in its six legs and the two tentacles sprouting from its shoulders, both ending in pads tipped with spiky protrusions. A displacer beast’s eyes glow with an awful malevolence that persists even in death. Unseelie Origins. Displacer beasts roamed the twilight lands of the Feywild for ages, until they were captured and trained by the Unseelie Court. The warriors of the court selectively bred the beasts to reinforce their ferocious and predatory nature, using them to hunt unicorns, pegasi, and other wondrous prey. However, it didn’t take long for the displacer beasts to use their malevolent intelligence to escape their masters. Running and breeding freely in the Feywild, the displacer beasts soon came to the attention of the Seelie Court. With blink dog companions at their side, fey hunters drove these predators to the fringes of the Feywild, where many crossed over to the Material Plane. To this day, displacer beasts and blink dogs attack each other on sight. Love of the Kill. Displacer beasts kill not just for food but also for sport. They target prey even when not hungry, often toying with their victims to entertain themselves until they are ready to eat. After killing its prey using its tentacles, a displacer beast drags the corpse to a quiet place where it can feed without distraction. Displacer beasts hunt alone or in small prides that demonstrate skill at setting ambushes. A single beast will strike and withdraw, luring prey into a densely wooded area where its packmates wait. Packs of displacer beasts hunting near trade roads recall the frequency and schedule of regular caravans, laying down ambushes to pick off those caravans. Prized Guards and Pets. Intelligent evil creatures favor displacer beasts as pets, but a displacer beast enters such an alliance only if it appears beneficial. A displacer beast might guard a vault or act as a bodyguard for a prominent individual. (From 3.5e Monster Manual - 2003): This creature looks like an emaciated panther, with blue-black fur, six legs, and a body that is nothing but muscle and bone. A pair of tentacles sprout from its shoulders and end in horny-ridged pads. The displacer beast is a savage and stealthy carnivore that resembles a puma in some respects. Displacer beasts favor small game but will eat anything they can catch. They regard all other creatures as prey and tend to attack anything they meet. They have a deep-seated hatred of blink dogs, and the two attack each other ruthlessly when their paths cross. A displacer beast is the size of a Bengal tiger, about 9 feet long and weighing about 500 pounds. Displacer beasts speak Common. Combat : Displacer beasts tear at opponents with their tentacles and bite foes that get close. Displacement (Su): A light-bending glamer continually surrounds a displacer beast, making it difficult to surmise the creature’s true location. Any melee or ranged attack directed at it has a 50% miss chance unless the attacker can locate the beast by some means other than sight. A true seeing effect allows the user to see the beast’s position, but see invisibility has no effect. Resistance to Ranged Attacks (Su): A displacer beast has a +2 resistance bonus on saves against any ranged magical attack that specifically targets it (except for ranged touch attacks). Skills: A displacer beast has a +8 racial bonus on Hide checks, thanks to its displacement ability. Displacer Beast Pack Lord: Due to the bizarre nature of their anatomy, displacer beasts are unusually likely to produce mutant offspring. These whelps can grow to tremendous size, reaching a length of 20 feet and standing almost 10 feet high at the shoulder. Pack lords, as these gigantic displacer beasts are known, frequently lead bands of their smaller fellows. Except for their freakish size and strength. (From Monstrous Manual - 1993): The displacer beast is a magical creature that resembles a puma with two powerful black tentacles growing from its shoulders. Very rare, they stay far from human habitations. The displacer beast has the blue-black coloring of a dark panther,and a long cat-like body and head. Females range in length from 8 to 9 feet, and weigh 450 pounds; males are 10 to 12 feet long, and weigh up to 500 Lbs. They have 6 legs. Tentacles are tipped with rough horny edges that can inflict terrible wounds. Their eyes glow bright green, even after death. Combat: The displacer beast is a fierce, savage creature that hates all forms of life. Highly aggressive, the displacer beast will attack on sight, using its tentacles to inflict 2-8 (2d4) points of damage to its victims. Their main advantage in combat is their magical power of displacement, which allows them to appear to be some 3 feet from their actual location. Anyone attacking a displacer beast does so at -2 on his attack roll. In addition, the beasts save as 12th-level fighters; adding +2 to their die rolls. To determine the true position of the displacer beast and its illusion, roll 1d10. On 1-5, the illusion is in front of the creature, 6-7 to the creature’s left, 8-9, to the right. On 10, the illusion is behind the beasts actual position. Although this ability is magical, the beast�s location can not be determined by dispel or detect magic . Only true seeing will reveal its position. Displacer beasts will not use their claws or teeth unless near death, or when in combat with a very large opponent. If they do employ them, each claw does 1-3 points of damage, and each bite does 1-8 points of damage. Habitat/Society: Displacer beasts are carnivores. Unless they are raising young, they usually run in packs, carving a savage swath of destruction as they go. They hate all life, and will sometimes kill purely for pleasure. Fierce and vicious as they are, however, displacer beasts never fight among themselves. The pack is a well-run and highly efficient killing machine. When encountered in packs, displacer beasts are more than a match for many large creatures and have been known to make a meal of orcs , goblins , and bands of men. Any creature entering their territory is viewed as potential prey. Displacer beasts mate in the autumn, and the young are born in spring. A mated pair of displacer beasts makes its home in a cave, producing litters of 1-4 young. The cubs, about the size of domestic cats , are born without tentacles and reach maturity, though not full size, within 4 months. They remain in the cave until their displacement abilities are fully developed. This is followed by a two month period during which the cubs are taught how to hunt. When this is completed, the family group disbands and the monsters wander off to join separate packs. While raising young, the monsters are fiercely protective of their lairs. One adult always remains with the cubs, usually the female, while the other goes off to hunt. Dead prey is dragged back to the lair to be eaten by the family. Lairs are littered with the bones, equipment, and the treasures of its victims. Naturally vicious and almost evil at times, displacer beasts harbor an undying hatred of blink dogs . Many theories attempt to account for this enmity. Some sages believe it springs from antipathy in temperaments — the lawful good blink dog would naturally be the enemy of a creature as savage and destructive as the displacer beast. Others argue that it is the displacement and blink abilities which cause this antipathy — the two abilities, when in close proximity, somehow stimulate the nervous system and produce hostile reactions. Encounters between the two breeds are rare however, since they do not share the same territory. Ecology: Displacer beasts have little to fear from other large predators, save perhaps trolls or giants. Some wizards and alchemists value their hides for use in certain magical preparations, and will offer generous rewards for them. The eyes of a displacer beast are a highly prized, if uncommon, good luck charms among thieves who believe that they will protect the bearer from detection. Alternate Versions Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Home Plane Feywild, Prime Material Plane Stat Block 5th Edition: - Angry Golem Games - DndBeyond 3rd Edition: - Realmshelps.net 2nd Edition: - Mojobob's Website Abilities - Barbed tentacle attacks - Displacement illusion makes beast appear where it's not - Supernatural avoidance - 6 clawed feet for extra threat (but no attack in 5e?!) Appearance This creature looks like an emaciated panther, with blue-black fur, six legs, and a body that is nothing but muscle and bone. A pair of tentacles sprout from its shoulders and end in horny-ridged pads. Size Hero Forge: Mount (XL) Lore: Large (9-12 ft.) Suggested: Large to Huge (pack lord) Other Monikers Dirlagraun, omlarcat Sources - Forgotten Realms Wiki - 5th Edition Monster Manual (2014) - DndBeyond - Monster Manual v3.5 (2003) - Monstrous Manual (1993) - Mojobob's Website

Guardian Genie Guardian Genie Large Elemental, Any Lawful Hero Forge Mini Double mini, no kitbash Description (from Al-Qadim Monstrous Compendium - 1992): Guardian genies are powerful spirits sworn to defend specific items and locations tirelessly and without fail. They were once efreet, but have been reshaped to be both sleepless and loyal to the exact wording of their oath. Guardian tasked genies have one face which watches forward and another which watches backward. They have dark red skin as thick as rhinoceros hide and are completely bald. They have four powerfully muscled arms, which make them formidable in combat. A typical guardian genie stands 10’ tall and weighs 2,700 pounds. Guardian genies do not wear armor, as their thick hide and magical nature make them very difficult to hit, and armor would merely slow them down. Some of their masters, however, occasionally give them protective magical items, which they are expected to use. Combat: Guardian tasked genies move with inhuman speed despite their bulk, gaining a -4 initiative modifier in all forms of combat (although their initiative result never drops below 0). They target spell-casters before all others. Guardian genies are able to wield weapons in all four hands simultaneously without penalty. They can engage and attack up to four opponents at once, though they usually concentrate their attention on just one or two. Their preferred weapons are scimitars, cutlasses, great scimitars, and throwing axes and daggers. When using weapons they gain all the benefits of a Strength ability of 20. The hearing of guardian genies is acute enough to pick up a feather falling onto a stone at a hundred paces; this, combined with their 360-degree vision, makes them impossible to surprise. Guardian genies never sleep. Due to their innate magical ability, guardian genies can use each of the following spell-like powers twice per day: shout , alarm , silence (15’ radius) , detect invisibility , guards and wards , wyvern watch , and sepia snake sigil . They can employ blade barrier once per day. Guardian tasked genies are unaffected by all illusion/phantasm and enchantment/charm spells. All other magic affects them normally if it overcomes their magic resistance. Guardian genies can breathe a cloud of green fire 30’ in diameter directly in front of themselves once per day. The cloud of fire causes 14d6 points of damage to those caught in its area of effect, with a save allowed versus breath weapon for half damage. The cloud resembles the fiery breath of the fire eaters sometimes seen in the suqs and bazaars of Zakhara. Guardian genies have a 20% chance to possess powers in addition to the ones listed above and a 30% chance to have powers that simply replace 1-4 of the above powers. Examples might include flight , detect lie , the ability to shape glyphs of warding or explosive runes , hold portal , dimension door , and other abilities that might be expected to help a guardian. Habitat/Society: Guardian tasked genies are solitary creatures and dislike social interaction. They speak in very clipped sentences if required to, but they do not encourage questioning. In fact, they are completely humorless about their tasks, following out their routines and procedures with methodical precision. They are perfectly willing to describe what they are guarding and who commanded them to guard it, though they will not tell anyone about what they can do to prevent its theft. (One of the conditions of their service is that they be told everything about the items left in their care.) Guardian genies will not guard living creatures. Guardian genies cannot be bribed and will attack any creature that attempts to do so. Guardian tasked genies have no love of death and violence, although they are more than competent at dealing out both. If possible, they will use threats and warnings rather than immediately resorting to magical or physical combat. Guardian tasked genies serve for limited periods of time; when their tour of duty at a given site is up, their services must be renegotiated. Since their contracts are typically for 101 or 1001 years, their former masters are often not around to renew their arrangements. Ecology: In some ways, guardian tasked genies are frustrated creatures, for they can never finish a task and go on to do something else as craftsmen genies of various kinds can. They are required by their nature to be constantly vigilant. No genie will touch a treasure guarded by the tasked guardian genies, though they may advise others how a guarded treasure might be taken. Alternate Versions Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Button Home Plane Elemental Plane of Fire, or Prime Material Plane Stat Block 5th Edition: - N/A (may write a homebrew eventually) 2nd Edition: - mojobob's website Abilities - Breath weapon: green flame - Incredible strength, speed, constitution - 4 arms wielding 4 weapons at once - Incredible hearing, never sleeps, impossible to surprise, eyes literally on the back of its head - Powerful Innate Spellcasting - Immune to illusion and charm spells - Magic resistance - Immune to fire - Flight - Telepathy Appearance Guardian tasked genies have one face which watches forward and another which watches backward. They have dark red skin as thick as rhinoceros hide and are completely bald. They have four powerfully muscled arms, which make them formidable in combat. A typical guardian genie stands 10’ tall and weighs 2,700 pounds. Guardian genies do not wear armor, as their thick hide and magical nature make them very difficult to hit, and armor would merely slow them down. Size Hero Forge: 9'8" (XXL) Lore: Large (10 ft.) Suggested: Large to Gargantuan Other Monikers Sentinel Djinn, Tasked Guardian Genie Sources - Forgotten Realms Wiki - Al-Qadim Monstrous Compendium (1992) - mojobob's website