这种巨大的蠕虫就像一只巨大的蛆虫,肉色苍白。 它的嘴向后张开,露出四个长而钩状的下巴。
征服者蠕虫 Conqueror Worm CR 21
XP 409,600
中立邪恶 超巨型异怪
先攻 +11;感官:黑暗视觉60 尺,颤动感知 120 尺,真知术;察觉 +37
防御
AC 37,接触9,措手不及30(+7 敏捷,+28天生,–8体型)
HP 406(28d8+280)
强韧 +21,反射 +18,意志 +24
防御能力:心灵逃脱;DR 15/善良和穿刺;免疫:强酸,寒冷,疾病,影响心灵,毒素;SR 32
进攻
速度 60 尺,掘地30 尺;凌空而行
近战:啮咬 +31(6d8+18/19–20 附加8d6强酸),挥击 +31(4d10+18/19–20)
占据 30 尺,触及 30 尺
特殊攻击:喷吐武器(100–尺线性,20d8强酸,反射 DC 34减半,冷却时间1d4轮),快速下咽,精神入侵者,活吞(8d6 钝击和 8d6强酸伤害,AC 24,40 HP)
类法术能力(CL 19th;专注 +28)
常驻—凌空而行,真知术
随意—侦测思想(DC 21)
Psychic 已知法术(CL 19th;专注+29)
9th(5)—支配怪物(DC 29),内爆术(DC 29),时间静止
8th(7)—短讯暗示(DC 28),群体魅惑怪物(DC 28),心灵碾压 IV(DC 27)
7th(8)—自性鞭笞 V(DC 26),精神错乱(DC 27),投影术(DC 27)
6th(8)—群体苦痛刑罚(DC 25),心灵戳刺 VI(DC 25),隐匿之纱(DC 26)
5th(8)—高等命令术(DC 25),高等神经脉冲(DC 24),心灵迷雾(DC 25),占据术(DC 24)
4th(8)—托梦术,幻景(DC 24),精神质询(DC 23),探知(DC 24)
3rd(9)—锐耳术/鹰眼术,解除魔法,迷幻手稿(DC 23),念动战技
2nd(9)—注目术(DC 22),共享记忆(DC 22),关照术,暗示术(DC 22),隐匿阵营
1st(9)—魔法警报,熵光护盾,法师护甲,读心阅人,隐形仆役
0(随意)—秘法印记,晕眩术(DC 20),侦测魔法,侦测异能存在,法师之手,传讯术,开关术,阅读魔法,念动射弹
属性
力量 47,敏捷 24,体质 30,智力 31,感知 22,魅力 29
BAB +21;CMB +47;CMD 64(无法绊摔)
专长:战斗施法,强韧加强,隐藏者,精通重击(啮咬,挥击),精通强韧加强,精通先攻,窃心者,钢铁意志,闪电反射,逻辑法术,操控者,法术瞬发,要害打击
技能:唬骗+37,交涉 +37,威吓+40,知识(奥秘,工程,地理,历史,地方,贵族,宗教)+38,察觉 +37,察言观色 +34,法术辨识 +41,使用魔法装置+37
语言:深渊语,邪灵语,天界语,通用语,龙语,矮人语,精灵语,侏儒语,半身人语,炼狱语,土族语,地底通用语;心灵感应 200 尺
特质:神性
生态
环境:任意
组织:单独
宝物:双倍
特殊能力
神性:征服者蠕虫可以向其崇拜者授予神术。 授予法术不需要征服者蠕虫采取任何特定行动。 征服者蠕虫可以提供魅惑、邪恶、高贵和诡术领域,它们的偏好武器各不相同,但总是简易的武器(匕首和镰刀是最常见的选择)。 每只征服者蠕虫都有自己独特的圣徽,尽管通常它类似于戒指中的眼睛。
精神入侵者 Mental Invader(Su):征服者蠕虫能够从远处感染他人的心灵,使其能够在不离开安全的地下深处的情况下控制自己的傀儡。 当征服者蠕虫与生物进行精神交流时,例如通过使用心灵感应或托梦术之类的法术,它可以尝试与该生物形成持久的精神联系。 目标可以通过成功的 DC 33 意志豁免来抵抗此连接。 成功通过豁免的目标将永远免疫该征服者蠕虫的精神入侵者能力。 一旦形成连接,蠕虫就可以在任何距离内使用心灵感应与被束缚的生物进行交流,并且可以无论距离如何,都可以用影响心灵的法术和效果来瞄准被束缚的生物。 蠕虫可以与数量等于其智力调整(典型的征服者蠕虫为 10)的生物建立联系。 如果新的连接超过此限制,蠕虫必须选择断开其先前的连接之一。 当蠕虫和被束缚的生物位于不同位面时,束缚的效果会受到压制。 否则,只能通过对被束缚的生物施加破除结界、神迹术或祈愿术法术,或者通过蠕虫的死亡来打破束缚。 这是一种影响心灵的效果。 豁免 DC 是基于魅力的。
心灵逃脱 Telepathic Escape(Su):征服者蠕虫可以通过在死亡的那一刻将其思想从身体中释放出来来逃脱死亡。 每天最多一次,当攻击、法术或效果将征服者蠕虫的生命值降低到 0 或更少或以其他方式立即杀死它时,它可以将其思想转移到使用其精神入侵者能力与其形成联系的生物之一上。 目标可以尝试进行 DC 33 意志豁免来抵抗被夺舍。 如果目标成功,则可以正常杀死征服者蠕虫。 如果目标失败,征服者蠕虫会将其灵魂转移到被束缚生物的体内。 这与法术占据术(CL 21级)一样,只不过占据术是永久的。 被征服者蠕虫以这种方式占据的宿主身体的生理机能会发生可怕的变化。 每天,宿主必须成功通过 DC 33 的坚韧豁免,否则就会造成 1d6 点魅力吸收。 随着时间的推移,宿主的外观慢慢变得更像蠕虫,体毛脱落,变得肥胖,并呈现出淡黄白色。 当宿主的魅力值降至0时,在该生物周围会形成一个灵质茧。 在接下来的24小时内,宿主会成长为巨大的体型,并在这段时间结束时以全新的身体出现,成为一种新的征服者蠕虫,保留了其前世的记忆,此时宿主生物 实际上已经死亡(并且可以正常复活)。 如果宿主在转变完成之前被杀死,征服者蠕虫也会死亡。 该效果也可以通过任何成功地将征服者蠕虫的占据灵魂从宿主中驱逐出去的效果来结束。 这是一种影响心灵的效果。 豁免 DC 是基于魅力的。
Though conqueror worms resemble immense vermin,those who mistake them for mindless creatures suffer terribly for their mistake. In truth,conqueror worms are creatures of vast intellect and equal depravity. These monstrous beings exist only to rule "lesser civilizations" from the shadows,and revel in the complete control of an unknowing society through the remote manipulation of its supposed leaders.
A conqueror worm prefers to play with its toys before breaking them. To do so,it burrows its way below a target nation's capital. From there,the conqueror worm makes mental contact with the city's leaders,forming sinister psychic connections with those in power. The worm beguiles some of these leaders with promises of wealth or power. Others,the worm controls outright using the considerable psychic magic at its disposal. Regardless,the end result is the same;without intervention,all end up as puppets dancing to the conqueror worm's whims.
Once a conqueror worm seizes control of a city or nation,that region's downfall can take years,if not decades—for conqueror worms are surprisingly theatrical. A conqueror worm may direct a kingdom's leader to enact cruel or tyrannical laws,only to then use a second puppet to inflame the populace into revolt. Once the fires of revolution die down,the worm might then expose the rebel leader as a traitor or depraved criminal,causing the rebellion to turn on itself and descend again into violence. All the while,the conqueror worm watches in delight at the madness,sin,and horror it inspires in others.
Eventually a conqueror worm tires of its games,and plots to destroy its subjects. Often it does this by sending its puppets to war against a nearby nation. The horrors of war devastate not only the worm's own populace,but also those of its neighbors,bringing perverse joy to the worm's many hearts. However,a special fate awaits the worm's favorite servants,who are brought down into its subterranean realm so they can glimpse their master's true form before being impaled on the conqueror worm's goreslick jaws. Its work finally finished,the conqueror worm then seeks out a new realm to subjugate.
Perhaps the most terrifying and peculiar aspect of the conqueror worm is its ability to form cults. Whether through accumulation of psychic power or some hidden divine spark,conqueror worms are capable of granting spells to creatures that worship them. A conqueror worm exploits this ability to attract cultists,which it uses to further its goals in the civilized world above. Although such cults are absolutely loyal to the conqueror worm,which they worship as an all–knowing and all–powerful god,the conqueror worm usually considers its mortal followers expendable.
A conqueror worm is 80 feet long and weighs 70 tons.
出自爱伦坡的一首诗,原诗在下,可以算是一种克苏鲁怪,近神的蠕虫
Lo! Tis a gala night
看!这是个狂欢的晚上,
Within the lonesome latter years!
在凄凄凉凉的暮年!
An Angel throng, bewinged, bedight
有群蝉翼仙子,脸上
In veils, and drownd in tears,
蒙着轻纱,热泪涟涟,
Sit in a theatre, to see
端坐戏院里,观看
A play of hopes and fears.
一出恐惧和希望交织的悲剧,
While the orchestra breathes fitfully
乐队时作时辍地奏出
The music of the spheres.
飘飘渺渺的天外仙曲。
Mimes, in the form of God on high,
丑角乔扮凌霄的天帝,
Mutter and mumbe low,
咕哝不停,声音低低,
And hither and thither fly-
飞东飞西地往返无常,
Mere puppets they, who come and go
只是傀儡,横冲直撞,
At bidding of vast formless things
听凭无形巨掌牵上牵下。
That shift the scenery to and fro,
无形巨掌瞬息换景,
Flapping out their Condor wings
扑扑秃鹰翅膀,飞降
Invisible Wo!
灾祸,看不清!
That motley dram - oh be shure
这出戏真是五光十色!
It shall not be forgot!
啊,常记心头。千万莫忘!
With it′s phantom cheased for evermore,
人群不停追逐“幻影”,
By a crowd that seize it not,
伸手捕捉,永远失望,
Through a circle that ever returneth in
绕圈回旋地兜来转去,
The self-same spot,
始终回到同一地方,
And much of Madness, and more of Sin
剧中情节多的是恐惧和罪恶,
And Horror the soul of the plot.
有的是疯狂。
But see, amid the mimic rout
看呵,一条横行爬虫,
A crowling shape intrude!
闯进欢乐的小丑群中,
A blood-red thing that writhes from out
浑身猩红,直往前冲,
The scenic solitude!
扭出舞台僻角中!
It writhes!--It writhes!--with mortal pangs
折腾蠢动!一声哀吟,
The mimic become it′s food,
可怜丑角霎时丧身,
And the angels sob ar virmin fangs
座上女神泣不成声,
In human gore imbued.
蠕虫的毒牙鲜血淋淋。
Out-out are the lights-out all!
灯火转暗,一一隐熄!
And, over each quevering form,
好似棺套罩上灵枢,
The curtain, the funeral pall,
Comes down with the rush of a storm,
帷幕势比骤雨,倏地落下,
And the angels, all palid and wan,
脸色刷白,双目茫茫,
Uprising, unveiling, affirm
仙子摘下轻纱,纷纷起身,
And the play is the tragedy, "Man"
公认台上悲剧名唤“人生”,
And it′s hero is the Conqueror Worm.
主角便是“毒蛊霸王”