Yvart
FREQUENCY:
Uncommon
NO.
APPEARING: 30-300
ARMOR
CLASS: 7
MOVE:
6”
HIT
DICE: 1 to 7 hit points
%
IN LAIR: 40%
TREASURE
TYPE: Individuals see below; C in lair
NO.
OF ATTACKS: 1
DAMAGE/
ATTACK: By weapon
SPECIAL
ATTACKS: Nil
SPECIAL
DEFENSES: Nil
MAGIC
RESISTANCE: Standard
SAVE:
Fighter 0
INTELLIGENCE:
Average
MORALE:
50%
ALIGNMENT:
Neutral evil
SIZE:
S (3' tall)
PSIONIC
ABILITY: Nil
LEVEL/ X.P.
VALUE: I/ 10 + 1/ hp
With missile
weapon: I/ 14 +1/hp
Female: I/ 14
+1/hp
Leader: II/
20+2/ hp
Leader with
missile weapon: II/ 28 + 2/hp
These
diminutive humanoids have orange skin and blue eyes. The males
usually wear tight-fitting togas, while the females wear leather
armor made from bat hide.
Yvarts
will only attack humans or other big folk if they outnumber their
foes or see a strategic advantage. They delight in traps, ambush,
and villainy.
If
100 yvarts are encountered, one will be a strong leader-type, with
8-11 hit points and attacking as a monster with 2 hit dice. Ordinary
yvarts fight with small flails (treat as horseman's flails) and
sometimes carry javelins. Leaders can grow in size to nearly five
feet and may use larger weapons.
Yvarts
are trained in an unusual missile weapon, battle hookahs. When using
these pipes, yvarts are able to create, solidify, and fling their
smoke rings like tiny deadly sharp frisbees at their opponents. The
smoke rings have the same range and damage as a dart. Normally, the
hookah can hold enough pipeweed to make 20 such missiles. They are
usually worn strapped to their backs, with mouthguards to hold the
hose in place.If encountered in their lair, there will always be a
leader of 11 hit points and two lieutenants of 8 hit points each, and
10-80 giant bats used as guardians and mounts. Some yvarts (5% of a
group encountered) will be illusionists of 1st to 4th experience
level (1d4). Normal male and female yvarts carry 0-9 (1d10-1) copper
pieces and 0-5 (1d6-1) silver spanners. Leader-types and spell
casters often carry more wealth.
Female
yvarts ride giant bats and are typically armed with battle hookahs
and small daggers that do only 1-3 points of damage. On average,
they are usually just under two feet tall while males usually reach
three feet in height. Both males and females have overlarge pointed
ears, but while the females have small delicate features the males
are given to impressive ugliness.
Yvarts
delight in taking prisoners for food or to imprison. They have been
known to work with or for dopplegangers. Their lair is usually in
an underground dungeon or deep in the heart of a mountain.
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