Friday, August 21, 2020

GURPS Monster: Shrieking Medusa Head

This might have some spoilers for Carrion Crown. Read on at your own peril. It's probably not too much of a big spoiler, though... especially if you're not even playing Carrion Crown in GURPS...
Here's the stats for a "Beheaded" monster which appears in the Carrion Crown adventure path. This one, specifically, appears in Book 2, Trial of the Beast. Hopefully folks enjoy this and find some use for it...



Shrieking Medusa Head
ST 4 DX 13 IQ 10 HT 14 thr 1d-1sw 1d+2 Lift HP 6 Will 10 Per 12 SM -5 Speed 6.75 Move 12 air Dodge 9.
Traits: Affliction (Paralysis; Follow-Up, Bite; Reduced Duration, 1/30), Cannot Learn, Dependency (Mana, Constantly, Very Common), Disturbing Voice, Doesn’t Breathe, Doesn’t Eat or Drink, Doesn’t Sleep, Flight (10-foot ceiling), Fragile (Unnatural), High Pain Threshold, Immunity to Metabolic Hazards, Immunity (All mind control), Indomitable, Injury Tolerance (No Blood, Unliving), No Manipulators, No Legs (sessile), No Sense of Smell/Taste, Reprogrammable, Sharp Teeth, Striking ST+8, Terror (Takes Recharge, 5 seconds), Unaging, Unfazeable, Unhealing (total).
Skills: Aerobatics-15, Brawling-15, Flight-14.
Bite (15) thr+2 plus Paralyzing Affliction; Reach C.
The Shrieking Medusa Head’s paralyzing (not petrifying anymore :shrug:) lasts twice as many seconds as the victim’s margin of failure.

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