Basidirond
Basidironds are multi-stemmed fungoid monsters with woody, leathery bodies of orange color and upper portions looking much as if they were reversed umbrellas whose interior is sooty black.
In combat the fungoid monsters lash forward with their cone-shaped caps.
Cone Lash: A successful hit inflicts 2-8 points of damage and requires the victim to save versus poison or else have spores clogging its respiratory tract. A victim will smother from these growths in 2-5 rounds unless a cure disease (or its equivalent) is cast upon the individual.
Hallucinatory Spores: Basidironds can otherwise use their hallucinatory spores, which they emit only when they are standing quietly. These spores form an invisible cloud in a radius of 20 ft. to 35 ft. from each fungus. The spores cause each creature within a cloud to save vs. poison or begin hallucinating. Hallucination lasts as long as the individual is within the cloud area and for 1-4 rounds after the victim leaves it. Typical hallucinatory perceptions and their effects on victims are:
1. Individual in a swamp; strips off armor to keep from sinking.
2. Spiders attacking; individual strikes/attacks floor area to kill them.
3. Individual has shrunk; shouts for help to return to normal size.
4. An item being held turns into a viper; individual drops it and leaps back to avoid strike.
5. Individual is suffocating; runs gasping in random directions to breathe.
6. Associates are diseased; individual avoids 50’ proximity of them.
7. Individual feels as though body melting; stands howling and “holding self together.”
8. Leech on back; individual tears off anything worn on back and attacks it.
Basidironds have no minds as humans define/discern them, so all forms of mental attacks, including charm monster, hold monster, and spells, have no effect.
Cold-based attacks do not damage basidironds, but they slow the monsters to 50% normal movement and prevent both types of spore attacks.
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