Continuing with the Greek Mythology influence, here's another nice little monster to trouble your PCs. Echidna. Not the mother of monsters immortal version, but the Argive Echidna, which is a better monster for mere heroic mortals to tackle. She is a dracaena (female dragon) similar to Scylla.
Echidna
Armor Class: 0 (20)
Hit Dice: 9**
Move: 90 (30) Fly 240 (80)
Attacks: 2 + gaze
Damage: 1d6+1/1d6+1/charm
No. Appearing: 1d4 (1d4)
Save As: Fighter 9
Morale: 9
Treasure Type: G
Alignment: Chaotic
XP: 2300
Echidna is a fearsome creature, half dragon, half nymph. The beautiful head and torso of a nymph rests atop the body of a dragon. Echidna have no breath weapon or bit attack, but they have a gaze attack that can charm as a charm person spell. An echidna can attempt to charm one target per Round, in addition to attacking with her dragon claws. Once per day, an echidna may attempt a more powerful charm, acting as a charm monster spell. The victim takes a -2 penalty on the saving throw against the greater charm.
The Fool's Game
24 minutes ago
Hard to equate that with the small, slightly bewildered looking, spiny anteaters we get around here, also called Echidna :)
ReplyDeleteYep, me too. Especially after picking one up in my jumper and taking it into the house for the wife to have a hold. Cute little fellas.
ReplyDeleteI had thought about making a Sonic the Hedgehog game reference, since one of the other characters in the series is an echidna of the small cute kind. :)
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