NEW MONSTER: PEA HEAD

PEA HEAD

FREQUENCY: Rare

NO. APPEARING: 6-24

ARMOR CLASS: 5

MOVE: 9”

HIT DICE: 1+1

% IN LAIR: 25%

TREASURE TYPE: Individuals M

NO. OF ATTACKS: 1

DAMAGE/ ATTACK: By weapon

SPECIAL ATTACKS: Vomit

SPECIAL DEFENSES: See below

MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard

SAVE: Fighter 2

INTELLIGENCE: Low

MORALE: 51%

ALIGNMENT: Chaotic evil

SIZE: M (6' tall)

PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil

LEVEL/ X.P. VALUE: II/ 28 + 2/hp

Pea heads are bizarre and cruel part-plant humanoids with tiny green heads. They always lair above ground, to bask in the nourishing sunlight. They are poorly organized and have small brains, so they will frequently serve evil wizards or fighter lords. Though they do not eat meat, they will use dead men as fertilizer for their gardens, for they eagerly devour vegetables, fruit, and other plant matter.

Once per day, a pea head can vomit forth pea soup in the face of an opponent within 1”. The pea head must make a “to hit” roll vs armor class 10 minus magic and dexterity bonuses. The soup effect will be as follows:

Roll	Soup	Effect
1-2	Hot soup	1d4+1 heat damage
3-4	Thick soup	Save vs breath weapon or blinded for 1d4+1 rounds
5-6	Rotten soup	Save vs poison or suffer weakness (½ strength) for 1d4+1 rounds

Pea heads are immune to spells which affect persons or monsters (such as hold person, charm monster, or sleep), but are affected by spells which normally affect plants (such as hold plant).