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Kajehase
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 Posted - 03 Jan 2005 : 18:12:05
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Excuse me if I have been blind, but I can't seem to find a 3rd edition write-up of this creature (or a 2nd edition, but that's because I haven't started going through those tomes yet ).
So, does anyone know if there is such a thing available, and if so - where?
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Kentinal
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Posted - 03 Jan 2005 : 18:52:34
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http://surbrook.devermore.net/adaptionscreatures/dnd/intellectd.html appears to offer a 1st Edition.
Core rules CD for 2nd Edition offers this.
"Intellect Devourer
Adult Larva
CLIMATE/TERRAIN: Any subterranean or dark areas Dark, moist areas
FREQUENCY: Very rare Rare
ORGANIZATION: Solitary Solitary
ACTIVITY CYCLE: Any During darkness
DIET: Mental energy Emotions
INTELLIGENCE: Very (11-12) Not ratable
TREASURE: D Qx1d20
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic evil Neutral (evil)
NO. APPEARING: 1-2 1-3
ARMOR CLASS: 4 5
MOVEMENT: 15 9
HIT DICE: 6+6 3+3
THAC0: 13 17
NO. OF ATTACKS: 4 1
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1-4/1-4/1-4/1-4 2-5 (1d4+1)
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Psionics, stalking Psionics, poison
SPECIAL DEFENSES: +3 weapon needed to hit; Psionics
see below
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Nil (see below) Nil
SIZE: T (6" long) T (6" long)
MORALE: Fanatic (17-18) Unsteady (5-7)
XP VALUE: 6,000 650
The term "intellect devourer" refers only to this creature's adult form; its larva is an ustilagor. Both resemble a brain on four legs. The body of the intellect devourer has a crusty protective covering, and its legs are bestial, jointed, and clawed. The ustilagor's body is soft and moist and usually covered with a gray fungus; it has a 3-foot-long tendril at the front, and its legs are spindly and coral-like. Though both forms are about brain-sized, the adult can use psionics to alter its size.
Combat: The ustilagor attacks by striking with its flexible tendril. The tendril secretes an alkaline substance which causes 1d4+1 damage on a successful hit, as well as another 1d4+1 damage the following round, unless the victim makes a successful saving throw vs. poison. The creature is quite agile, and can jump and dart quickly.
The ustilagor can also attack psionically, first making contact with a victim's mind. It uses aversion to give a victim an aversion to fungus or to a certain area; id insinuation to effectively paralyze the victim; or telempathic projection to increase an opponent's dislike or distrust of companions.
Despite its psionic prowess, the ustilagor cannot be attacked mentally (magically or psionically) except by psionic blast. Its fungal growth interferes with and prevents mental attacks, protects the ustilagor from drying out, prevents cerebral parasites from attacking, and makes the creature immune to fungal attacks and any power that reads or affects an aura.
The adult form also prefers to attack with psionics, though its three-taloned paws can all be used in the same round, as the creature jumps on an opponent and rakes.
Aside from its regular psionic powers (see below), the adult intellect devourer has specialized forms of three psionic powers; these are constantly in effect and cost no PSPs, but they do count as psionic activity for detection purposes. Through a special form of energy containment, the intellect devourer is immune to damage from normal and magical fires, and takes only one hit point per die of electrical damage; a form of split personality is always in effect, allowing the creature to attack with psionics and claws in the same round; and it has psionic sense with a 60 foot range.
The intellect devourer is immune to weapons with less than a +3 enchantment, and takes only 1 point of damage per hit from those weapons which can harm them. A death spell has only a 25% chance of success, but power word: kill is effective. A protection from evil keeps the intellect devourer at bay, and bright light (including that caused by fire) drives it away.
An intellect devourer hunts and stalks psionic creatures. After killing a psionic victim, it sometimes uses reduction to enter the body, devour the brain, and occupy its place. It reads the victim's mind as it devours it, then animates the body from within, using it to find other minds to attack and devour.
Psionics Summary:
Level Dis/Sci/Dev Attack/Defense Score PSPs
Larva 2 2/1/5 II/M- 10 150
Adult 6 3/3/11 EW,II/M-,TS,IF = Int 200
Intellect devourers have the following psionic powers; ustilagor have only those powers marked by asterisks:
Psychometabolism - Sciences: ectoplasmic form*. Devotions: body equilibrium*, chameleon power, expansion, reduction.
Psychoportation - Devotions: astral projection.
Telepathy - Sciences: domination, mindlink. Devotions: aversion*, contact*, ego whip, ESP, id insinuation*, telempathic projection*.
Habitat/Society: Intellect devourers dwell beneath the ground or in dismal wilderness areas. Their reproductive method is unknown. The intellect devourer rarely protects its young, and may even devour them.Ustilagor develop a symbiotic relationship with a bizarre fungus which feeds on residual thought emanations from the ustilagor's victims. An ustilagor becomes an adult by consuming the brain of a psionic creature.
Ecology: Mind flayers raise intellect devourers, treating the ustilagor as culinary delights, and using adults as watch dogs. Both forms of the creature can be used as components in items and potions related to ESP and mind control."
Note: Not sure how format will appear.
SRD 3.5 http://www.systemreferencedocuments.org/35/sovelior_sage/psionicMonsters.html#intellect-devourer also offers the stats.
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Kajehase
Great Reader
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Posted - 03 Jan 2005 : 20:08:33
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Thanks a lot Kentinal, just what the doctor ordered |
There is a rumour going around that I have found god. I think is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.
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DDH_101
Master of Realmslore
Canada
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Posted - 03 Jan 2005 : 20:15:34
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| A 3E write-up is in the Psionics Handbook and the Expanded Psionics Handbook. |
"Trust in the shadows, for the bright way makes you an easy target." -Mask |
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Kentinal
Great Reader
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Posted - 03 Jan 2005 : 20:21:26
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Originally posted by Kajehase
Thanks a lot Kentinal, just what the doctor ordered
Prehaps more then wanted or needed ?
IAE glad I could help.
Edit: Not sure why, however I was posted perhaps 5 times. Have deleted the extra replies. |
Edited by - Kentinal on 03 Jan 2005 21:16:03 |
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jan 2005 : 23:16:53
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Nope, many sources only helps to deepen the understanding of the subject.
...Well, except those times they are all at odds with each other and just makes you confused |
There is a rumour going around that I have found god. I think is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.
Terry Pratchett |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 05 Jan 2005 : 07:06:59
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Originally posted by DDH_101
A 3E write-up is in the Psionics Handbook and the Expanded Psionics Handbook.
There were also some variants to the standard devourer presented in Dragon about 3 years ago. I can't remember the specific issue numbers, but most of the variants had special templates assigned to them.
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BOZ
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