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--- osric:chapter5 [2020/05/25 20:55] – Ton of various table fixes. Statted up Phoenix from PDF (missing). Created better carriage returns for some lists. robertfreemanday
+++ osric:chapter5 [2021/07/06 00:46] (current) – Added Dragon Turtle Entry as per https://knights-n-knaves.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?p=283177#p283177 robertfreemanday
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 |**Level/XP:**|1/35+1/hp|
+Nixies are fey creatures related to sprites that make their home in freshwater lakes. They appear as strangely beautiful humanoids with lightly scaled greenish skin and webbed hands and feet. Their eyes are silver and their hair is dark green, and they clad themselves in garments of seaweed. Nixies speak their own language and the common tongue. They also appear to be able to communicate, at least on a rudimentary level, with freshwater fish of all types.
+Being fey, nixies take great delight in enslaving humans. If a human or demi-human approaches within 30 ft of a group of nixies they will attempt to charm him or her with a special group charm spell. This charm requires a minimum of 10 nixies to join hands and chant, and any person hearing this fey chanting must save vs spells at -2 or enter the water to serve the nixies as slave and paramour for a period of a
+year and a day. It should be noted a side effect of this variant charm grants the ability to breathe water for the duration of the spell. There is a brief opportunity to break the charm; if a dispel magic is cast upon the enthralled person before they enter the water there is a 75% the spell will be broken but once the victim has begun breathing water the chances of breaking the charm drop to only 10%.
+Nixies are weak in combat but make up for this weakness by attacking en masse and overwhelming their enemies. They favour fighting with long daggers and long darts which, due to the nixies short stature, function as spears in their hands. Nixies will melee with these spears underwater and above water they will hurl them like missiles then melee with their daggers.
+Nixies fear bright light and fire, their aquatic nature makes these things foreign to them and a strong presentation of either will drive them away. A strong light source presented underwater will be obscured by schools of nixie summoned fish surrounding the spell effect. Being fey, nixies have a natural magic resistance of 25% and, besides their special charm effect, they can also cast a water breathing spell with a duration of 24 hours once per day.
+Nixies lair at the bottom of lakes, where they weave living seaweed into dwellings. These dwellings blend in with the underwater growth so well they are 90% unlikely to be noted until within 20 ft of them. These underwater villages are guarded by either 1d4 giant gar (25%) or 2d4 giant pike (75%) which will obey commands from the nixies (see: Fish, Giant). The nixies can also summon 20d4 small fish to obstruct both an invader’s vision and movement by massing upon them. Nixies can venture onto dry land but do so only with great reluctance.
+//Treasure:// Carried: magic dagger or javelin, 10%. Lair: 1d10×1,000 cp (25%), 1d6×1,000 sp (25%), 1d6×1,000 ep (15%), 1d2×1,000 gp (5%), 4d6 gems (45%), 2d4 jewellery (30%), 2 random scrolls (10%).
+**Nymph**
+|**Frequency:**|Very Rare|
+|**No. Encountered:**|1d4|
+|**Size:**|Man-Sized|
+|**Move:**|120-ft|
+|**Armour Class:**|9|
+|**Hit Dice:**|3|
+|**Attacks:**|1|
+|**Damage:**|1-2 or by weapon|
+|**Special Attacks:**|See below|
+|**Special Defences:**|See below|
+|**Magic Resistance:**|50%|
+|**Lair Probability:**|95%|
+|**Intelligence:**|Exceptional|
+|**Alignment:**|Neutral|
+|**Level/XP:**|3/105+3/hp|
 Nymphs are feminine nature spirits of almost indescribable beauty; it is said that even the mere glimpse of one is enough to rob a man of his sight or perhaps kill him. They typically inhabit natural places of particular loveliness, such as high mountain lakes or deep forest glades. Those who have attempted to relate what they saw speak of absolute perfection. Nymphs typically speak common in addition to their own enchanting language and reputedly have voices like honeyed nectar.
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 Sylphs have their own language and can also understand common.
+//Treasure:// 10d4 gems (50%), 1 misc. magic and 1 potion
+(60%)
 **Treant**
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 **Crustacean, Giant**
-|  |**Normal**|**Giant**|
+|  |**Crab**|**Crayfish**|
-|**Frequency:**|Common|Rare|
+|**Frequency:**|Rare|Uncommon|
-|**No. Encountered:**|3d8|1 to 2d6|
+|**No. Encountered:**|2d6|2d6|
 |**Size:**|Large|Large|
 |**Move:**|90-ft|60-ft; 120-ft swimming|
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 |**Alignment:**|Neutral|Neutral|
 |**Level/XP:**|3/75+3/hp|3/110+4/hp|
 **Giant Crab:** Found near water (fresh or salt). They achieve surprise on 1-4 of 1d6. They will typically rush their prey from a place of concealment, having "scouted" the area with their eyes (which are on stalks).
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 //Treasure:// 1d10×1,000 cp (25%), 1d8×1,000 sp (25%), 1d6×1,000 gp (25%), 1d6×100 pp (25%), 3d6 gems (50%), 3d4 jewellery (50%) and any three magic items (25%)
+**Dragon Turtle**
+|**Frequency:**|Very rare|
+|**No. Encountered:**|1|
+|**Size:**|Large|
+|**Move:**|90-ft swimming|
+|**Armour Class:**|0|
+|**Hit Dice:**|13|
+|**Attacks:**|3|
+|**Damage:**|2d6/2d6/4d8|
+|**Special Attacks:**|Steam cloud|
+|**Special Defences:**|None|
+|**Magic Resistance:**|Standard|
+|**Lair Probability:**|5%|
+|**Intelligence:**|Very|
+|**Alignment:**|Neutral|
+|**Level/XP:**|10/7,000+18/hp|
+Dragon turtles are not true dragons, but seem to be a blend of the same kind that produced the owlbear. They do resemble true dragons in that they have a breath weapon: a cloud of steam 60 ft long, 40 ft wide and 40 ft high. The steam does damage equal to the dragon turtle’s remaining hp (save for half damage) to all within the cloud.
+A dragon turtle surfacing beneath a vessel will capsize it 90% of the time (even if it is a very large vessel such as a galley).
+//Treasure:// (For a typical individual) 5d6×1,000 cp (25%), 1d100×1,000 sp (40%), 1d4×10,000 ep (40%), 1d6×10,000gp (55%), 5d10×100 pp (25%), 1d100 gems (50%), 1d4×10 jewellery (50%), 4 magic items plus 1 potion and 1 scroll (15%), 2d4 potions (40%), 1d4 scrolls (50%).
 **Elemental**