Monster Specification

Purple Worms / Giant Sandworms / Mashers

Purple Worm

Typical Monster Level ("ML"): 10 to 20

Typical Number Encountered: d4

Usual Alignment(s): N/N

Description: huge, segmented worms with great maws full of sharp teeth

Habitat: 

Purple Worms: Dungeons, Underground

Giant Sandworms: Sand Deserts

Mashers: Seabed

Language: none

Chars: Co 3d6+ML, Wp 3d10

Movement:

Rate Melee Travelling
Crawl at up to 10 ft/sec 7 mph
Tunnel through Sand at up to 6 ft/sec 4 mph
Tunnel through Earth / Rock at up to 3 ft/sec 2 mph

Fighter Abilities:

ML/3, FRU AMR    D = 25 + (5ML) %    RD = 5 + (5ML) %    5 + (5ML) HP

Attack Modes:

Bite @ A = 8ML %, DAM = 2d12 or 10% chance per 1 DAM rolled that will swallow an opponent of Sz <=2ML whole (instead of doing damage), stomach then does d6 Acid Damage per sec, BTS (55+5(ML-5))% (Co).  Need to do 50% Damage to Body to cut one's way out / 100% to cut someone out where unsure of location.

Sting @ A = 6ML %, DAM = d12 + ML/2 Poison Levels if DAM > 0 inflicted

HitLoc Table:

HitLoc Area

Front

Side

Rear

Mouth

01 to 10ML

01 to 5ML

n/a

Body

n/a

(5ML+1) to 40ML

n/a

Tail

n/a

(40ML+1) to 45ML

01 to 10ML

ADS:

HitLoc Area

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0

Mouth

 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

Body

 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Tail

 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 2

Effects of Specific Damage:

Hit Loc Area %age HP Damage taken Effects
Mouth 50% Crippled: loses Bite attack and ability to Tunnel through Earth/ Rock
Body 50% if within 5ML of Hit Location, cuts into separate Worms, of total ML = ML of original Worm
  150% Death
Tail 25% Co check vs Tail Crippled
  50% Tail Crippled, Co check vs Tail Severed
  75% Tail Severed

Do not Bleed.

Thievish Abilities:

M on Th Activities:

Defensive ThL = 0

Other Abilities / Powers / Notes:

  1. All are Reptilian and Serpentine Monsters.  Mashers are Sea Monsters.
  2. Have poor sense of vision, but good senses of smell and taste.
  3. Purple Worms create Dungeons by their tunnelling.
  4. Giant Sandworms produce a powerful hallucinatory drug from the acid in their bellies.
  5. Mashers are amphibious coral-eaters, with Air and Salt Water Breathing.
  6. Their teeth make good daggers.

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