― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt
So. I missed my next deadline for the Pagan Witch for OSE. I was working on getting things done for Night Shift and my day job has been pretty busy. But this is fine, it has given me a chance to make it a better book and to review the OSE rules and style guide some more.
The OSE style guide has a short monster stat block template and a long one. The short one is the one seen in the current OSE books and what I have been posting for a while.
The long one though is more to my liking. So let's give it a go.
Lithobolia*
Stone-throwing "demons" summoned by witches to plague homes. They are invisible and intangible.
Hit Dice 5 (hp)
Attacks 1 × rock (1d4)
THAC0 15 [4]
Movement Rate 90’ (30’)
Saves D10 W11 P12 B13 S 14 (5)
Morale 10
Alignment Chaotic
XP for Defeating 300
Number Appearing 1d4 (2d10)
Treasure Type None
- Intangible: Lithobolia are spirits and cannot be seen or hit by anything other than magic. A Detect Invisible spell will locate them and they take damage from magic and magical weapons.
- Elemental Spirit: Lithobolia are elemental spirits of the land. They are not undead but can be turned by a Druid as if they were a cleric of the same level.
- Immune to charm, hold or sleep spells.
- Can be dismissed by clerics, druids or witches with Dispel Magic or Dispel Evil spell. Creature can return after 24 hours.
So. The Pagan Witch is coming. 2020 is shaping up to be a big year for me publication wise. I have heard from three publishers who have manuscripts of mine saying this is the year they will get them out. Looking forward to it.
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