The Drow War Book Two. The Dying Of - RoseRed

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opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, it establishes
a hold and can constrict.
Split (Ex): Slashing and piercing weapons deal no
damage to a black pudding. Instead the creature splits
into two identical puddings, each with half of the
original’s current hit points (round down). A pudding
with ten hit points or less cannot be further split and
dies if reduced to zero hit points.
2. Scum Pools
The water in this region is covered with green mats of
pulp. You can see movement under the surface, but it is
hard to tell what.
The region toward the stern of the ship is home to an
extended clan of filth nixies, loathsome sprites who
dwell only in the most putrid waters they can find. They
believe themselves to be the true masters of the ship and
consider the rubbish dropped down into the bilges to be
‘tribute’. Intruders in their realm are treated as peasants
who must be taxed. Occasionally filth nixies are sent up
through the pipes to raid the stores or purposefully jam
the plumbing. The Sea Harriers treat them as vermin
and kill them on sight.
There are currently 70 of the little horrors living here,
in nests built under the waterline. They try to pick the
Player Characters’ pockets if they wade into this area,
using the murky water for concealment.
If the Player Characters make a sustained and respectful
attempt to converse with the nixies, they are told that
the nixies will help them if they bring alcohol. The
filth nixies are greedy, so at least a full barrel of ale
or wine is required. If the Player Characters manage
to deliver, the nixies run amok and drink themselves
insensible, completely ignoring any questions. They
do, however, condescend to answer if the Player
Characters stubbornly persist or threaten violence (and
are obviously a threat).
The filth nixies have been here since before the Sea
Harriers took over the ship.
Filth Nixie: CR 4; Small Fey (Aquatic); HD 6d6; hp
21; Init +3; Spd 20 ft., swim 30 ft.; AC 14, touch 14,
flat-footed 11; Base Atk +3; Grp –2; Atk Short sword
+7 melee (1d4-1/19–20) or light crossbow +7 ranged
(1d6/19–20); Full Atk Short sword +7 melee (1d4-
1/19–20) or light crossbow +7 ranged (1d6/19–20);
Space/Reach 5 ft./5 ft.; SA Stench cloud, disease; SQ
Amphibious, damage reduction 10/cold iron, disease
immunity, low-light vision, spell resistance 21, water
breathing, wild empathy; AL NE; SV Fort +2, Ref +8,
Will +6; Str 8, Dex 16, Con 11, Int 12, Wis 13, Cha 18.
Filth nixies are mottle-skinned creatures with straggly
hair and bulging eyes. They are as hideous as the
freshwater nixies are comely. They are clearly a variant
on the nixie race, though it is unknown whether they
were originally nixies who were degraded through
some form of curse, or a parallel species. They usually
go naked or wear pieces of rotten cloth. They prize the
skulls of small animals as headdresses.
Filth nixies love alcohol and love to steal it from
humans. They are usually surly and vicious, but a bribe
of a bottle of spirits can bring them around. Filth nixies
are an especial problem in damp cellars, as they get into
wine butts, drink themselves insensible and then drown
in the wine, ruining it.
Amphibious (Ex): Although filth nixies are aquatic, they
can survive indefinitely on land.
Disease (Ex): Filth nixie weapons are besmirched with
unpleasant substances from their environment. A hit
from a filth nixie weapon that deals damage exposes
the victim to a severe form of tetanus. This requires a
Fortitude saving throw (DC 16) to avoid; it otherwise
deals 1d4 Strength damage and has an incubation period
of 1d3 days. Every time a character suffers two or more
points of Strength damage, he must make a further
Fortitude saving throw or be permanently afflicted with
jaw cramp, rendering him unable to speak.
Stench Cloud (Sp): A filth nixie can use stinking cloud
three times per day as the spell (caster level 4 th ). Those
affected must succeed on a Will saving throw (DC 15)
or be nauseated for as long as they remain in the cloud
and for 1d4+1 rounds after they leave. Creatures who
remain in the cloud must make a new saving throw each
round on the filth nixie’s turn. Filth nixies are immune
to their own and each other’s stench clouds. The saving
throw DC is Charisma-based.
Water Breathing (Sp): Once per day a filth nixie can use
water breathing as the spell (caster level 12 th ).
Disease Immunity (Ex): A filth nixie is immune to all
diseases.
Wild Empathy (Ex): This ability works like the druid’s
wild empathy class feature, except that a filth nixie has
a +6 racial bonus on the check.
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