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Lake Troll

Lake trolls are slightly larger, stronger, and more intelligent than the more common trolls, though fortunately they are also less common. They are aquatic, and slightly slower on land compared to common trolls, but the most terrible thing about them is their much stronger and more consistent regeneration. Fire or acid cannot shut it down, at least not alone. In fact, they have no fear of acid, but instead cold weakens their aquatic infused bodies. Their powerful regeneration will power through one of cold or fire alone, needing both in rapid succession to shut down their regeneration and allow their deaths. Even experienced hunters may not be aware of this distinction, allowing a lake troll that's been burned terribly to ambush them when it springs back to life to assault them. Even worse, these clever trolls take delight in breaking weapons, tearing apart wood and even steel to leave their foes unarmed and far less able to face them.

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Pathfinder 2e

Lake Troll Creature 7 Uncommon Large Amphibious Giant Humanoid Troll Water Perception +15; darkvision, scent (imprecise) 60 feet Languages Jotun Skills Athletics +17, Intimidation +15 Str +6, Dex +1, Con +6, Int -1, Wis +0, Cha -2 AC 22; Fort +19, Ref +14, Will +11 HP 150 (regeneration 20 (special)); Weaknesses cold 10, fire 10 Persistent Regeneration The lake troll's regeneration is reduced to 10 for 1 round if it takes either cold or fire damage, and is deactivated if it takes both cold and fire damage within a single round. Speed 20 feet, swim 40 feet Melee jaws +17 (reach 10 feet), Damage 2d10+10 piercing Melee claw +17 (agile, reach 10 feet), Damage 2d8+10 slashing Sundering Rend [1 action] Requirements The lake troll hit the same enemy with two consecutive claw Strikes in the same round; Effect The target must succeed on a DC 25 Reflex save or their weapon takes damage equal to one claw Strike.

13th Age

Lake Troll 6th level double-strength spoiler [large giant] Initiative: +11 Vulnerability: cold, fire Sundering Claws +10 vs. AC (2 attacks) – 22 damage. Dual Hits: If the lake troll hits the same enemy with two claw attacks during its turn, unless the target succeeds on an immediate normal save (11+) their weapon is damaged and reduces its damage die by 1 size until the end of the battle. If it’s a magic weapon, the save is instead easy (6+). Miss: 6 damage. Trollish regeneration: If the troll is damaged at the start of its turn, it heals 20 hit points. If it took cold or fire damage since its last turn, it must succeed on an easy save (6+) to regain the hit points, and if it took both fire and cold damage since its last turn this becomes a hard save (16+). If the troll moves from 0 or negative hit points to positive hit points, it can take a standard turn. Rubbery flesh: At 0 hit points or lower, a troll cannot take any actions, but it does not die, is not helpless, and still uses its standard defenses against attacks. At the start of its turn, a troll dies it if it has –40 hit points or fewer after attempting its regeneration save. Since a troll below 0 hit points is not helpless, heroes cannot use a coup de grace against it. Swimmer: The lake troll breathes water and air, and loves ambushing out of the water. AC 20 PD 20 MD 15 HP 160

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Mithral dragons are very small for dragons of their age, slender and sleek. This makes them more agile and faster than many other dragons, but also more fragile, though it would be mistake to think them weak. It is only in comparison to other dragons that they can be considered frail, as their scales are still as hard as the metal from which they take their name, and their claws are sharper than razors, capable of leaving wounds that bleed profusely. Their breath weapons are a terror, a stream of blades that shred any caught in it, and the oldest of dragons leave a field of spikes stuck in the ground that rips up the legs of any who pass through it. These blades unfortunately don't last long enough to be collected and sold for the priceless bounty they'd represent, melting into smoke within a minute.

Young mithral dragons are often quite impetuous and aggressive, forming their horde early and intentionally, though rarely will they kill for sport or cruelty. This distinction is often lost on those who are victims of their raids, left with little but their lives, and those who stand up too forcefully to the dragon are often left bleeding out or dead. As they get older, mithral dragons tend to calm down and become more inclined to value friendship and knowledge over material value, a lesson they struggle to convey to their children.

In Golarion, where mithral instead goes by the name dawnsilver, these dragons take that name. In the Dragon Empire, these dragons are classed as a special type of metallic dragon, and share traits with them. This includes the Escalator and Flight traits, as well as the metallic dragon's intermittent breath. When the dragon uses its breath weapon, use the natural result of the first attack roll to determine how long the dragon must wait before it can use the breath weapon again. 1-5: The dragon can use its breath weapon again next turn. 6-10: The dragon must wait one turn before it can use its breath weapon. 11+: After waiting one turn, the dragon rolls a normal save at the start of its next turn. If it succeeds, it can use its breath weapon that turn. Otherwise it keeps rolling a save at the start of each turn until it regains its breath weapon attack. Once it uses its breath again, use the attack roll again to determine its next breath weapon attack.

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Dissimortuum have three arms and an imposing mask bound to its face by strips of rotting flesh. They stalk the edges of small settlements and the corners of larger ones, picking off vulnerable targets and stripping body parts from its victims, collecting them into a large sack it drags behind it. They will also scavenge from battlefields and graveyards that are not protected from the presence of the undead, until they have the material needed to craft a new mask and body for a new dissimortuum. It will take usually at minimum a month for a dissimortuum to craft a new mask, and may take much longer if it cannot find a good source of satisfactory bones, but they are functionally immortal, and so are unendingly patient. Once finished, a dissimortuum mask is nearly indestructible, and even if the creature is destroyed the mask will survive. It may be a tempting souvenir for the killer, or it may be left behind and picked up by a passer-by, but anyone who puts the mask on risks being taken over by the dissimortuum's remaining will, blanking out for hours each day while it gathers body parts and builds a new body for the destroyed undead. In this way, even a destroyed dissimortuum may return, the mask affixed to its face once again giving it new unlife to continue its quest to create more of itself.

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Broodiken are vile little constructs, crude servants grown within a humanoid creature's body. One foot tall, with oversized heads and jaws filled with fangs, they otherwise resemble their creator, though if their creator had features such as wings or horns the broodiken gains decorative, ineffective versions that provide no mechanical changes.

Broodiken have little personality beyond a rough reflection of their creator's current emotions. They don't restrain their emotional show, growling and snarling if they feel anger and babbling happily if they feel joy. If sent beyond 100 feet from their creator, this lack of personality devolves into a helpless wailing, like that of an infant of their apparent species. The only time they can function further away is if given a specific target to hunt and kill. If their creator telepathically such a target, picturing it in their mind and sending that image to the broodiken, it will chase that target down without rest or distraction. Though they are poor trackers and cannot search effectively, so it's best not to rely on this as an assassination technique. As the broodiken cannot be recalled until their target is dead, if they lose the target and cannot find it again, they will hunt forever until destroyed.

Creating broodiken requires eating a specially prepared heart from a dead broodiken, a paradoxical means of creation that stumps sages as to the origin of this construct. Attempts to discover the first creator of the broodiken have led only to dead ends, and the occasional dead investigator, a fact that grows increasingly concerning to the small community intent on figuring out this mystery. Another unfortunate situation with broodiken is the fate of anyone who attempts to create a second brood while any members of their first one still live. As soon as the incubation starts the first brood furiously turns on their creator, attempting to kill them out of jealousy.

I'm not entirely convinced of the balance for the broodiken heart item, since giving a player a random collection of minions could be quite a swing in power, but given that the broodiken won't power up with the characters and will remain level 1 creatures I don't think it will be too big of a deal, at least as long as they aren't gained at really low level.

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Psoglavs are unnerving looking creatures, even among other demons. Standing on average over 10 feet tall, their head is dog-like with a single eye in the center of its face and a metal jaw. Often they wear helmets that fully encase their head, though some lack this feature. The skin on their torso is a raw read, and they have bat like wings, a studded tail, and horse legs. Unlike many demons their claws are weak, but their metal jaws make up for that as a deadly weapon.

These demons are forged from raw Abyssal material by more powerful demons, and due to this artificial nature they tend to be more loyal and controllable than other demons. This doesn't make them safe to summon, just easier to predict, but relying too heavily on that can cause a summoner to lower their guard at the wrong moment. Psoglavs hate light, though they can function within it without issue if necessary. They will always remain within shadows and darkness whenever possible however.

This affinity for shadows extends to their key feature, the ability to emit a beam from their eye that can knock a creature off of its shadow. The abandoned shadow is placed under the psoglav's control, and it always tries to ensure the death of the shadow's original owner so that the psoglav can retain it forever as a minion. Or, at least as long as possible before its more chaotic impulses cause it to be careless with its minion and the shadow gets destroyed. Some say that the psoglav's shadow minions can control the body of their original owner upon death, but such silly and superstitious rumors should never be trusted.

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Chelicerae are an unnatural form of giant arachnid, theorized by some to have been ripped from another world entirely. Their internal organs are quite different from regular spiders and similar creatures, with additional organs (particularly around the head and mouth) that perform functions not clearly understood yet. Something in their unnatural bodies allows them to gather magical energy from other creatures, and repurpose it into their own magical spells.

They stalk isolated victims, capturing them and injecting their venom, which knocks prey unconscious and drains their strength. If given enough time, they'll bind an unconscious target up in webbing, but this takes some time and isn't feasible in the midst of combat. Otherwise, they'll simply carry the body with them and use it as a battery for as long as possible, relying on the victim's weakness to prevent them from escaping before they run out of power. Once there's no more juice to be wrung out of a person, the spider may discard them to wake up later, memory foggy and potentially lost far from home. Or it may kill them and use their bodies as animated puppets to help guard its home.

Chelicerae Creature 7 Uncommon Large Aberration Perception +15; darkvision Skills Acrobatics +16, Athletics +19, Stealth +16 Str +6, Dex +3, Con +3, Int +2, Wis +2, Cha +2 AC 23; Fort +16, Ref +14, Will +17; +1 status bonus to all saves vs. magic HP 116 Speed 35 feet, climb 25 feet Melee fangs +17, Damage 2d8+8 piercing plus Chelicerae Venom and Grab Melee leg +17 (agile, reach 10 feet), Damage 2d6+6 bludgeoning Occult Innate Spells DC 25, attack +17 ; 4th phantasmal killer (0 slots); 3rd haste, lightning bolt, paralyze (0 slots); 2nd invisibility, scorching ray (0 slots); 1st animate dead, burning hands, ray of enfeeblement (0 slots); cantrips (4th) acid splash, detect magic, ghost sound, mage hand Chelicerae Venom (incapacitation, poison) The enfeebled condition from chelicerae venom lasts for 24 hours. Saving Throw Fortitude DC 25; Maximum Duration 4 rounds: Stage 1 unconscious (1 round); Stage 2 unconscious and enfeebled 1 (1 round); Stage 3 unconscious and enfeebled 2 (1 round); Stage 4 unconscious and enfeebled 4 Siphon Spell Slots The chelicerae doesn't have spell slots it can use to cast its innate spells. Instead, it must drain energy from living creatures it has grabbed to power its spells. As part of the Cast a Spell action, it can draw energy from a grabbed creature, expending one of the creature's spell slots of the same rank as the spell it wishes to cast. It can heighten any spell it knows to the rank of the siphoned spell slot, even if the siphoned slot is higher than 4th. If it has a creature grabbed that has no spell slots (whether they've all been expended, or don't have any naturally), the chelicerae can instead increase the creature's stupified condition by an amount equal to the rank of the spell it wishes to cast, to a maximum of 4th rank. The creature's stupified condition can be increased to a maximum of double its Wisdom, and once it's stupified value has reached that point it can no longer be used to power any spells. The stupified condition from this effect is reduced by 1 each time the target completes a full night's rest.

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