NEW MONSTER: TOXIC HARLEQUIN

TOXIC HARLEQUIN

FREQUENCY: Rare

NO. APPEARING: 1-4

ARMOR CLASS: See below

MOVE: 15”

HIT DICE: 4 (20 hit points)

% IN LAIR: 30%

TREASURE TYPE: See below

NO. OF ATTACKS: 1

DAMAGE/ ATTACK: By weapon

SPECIAL ATTACKS: See below

SPECIAL DEFENSES: See below

MAGIC RESISTANCE: 55%

SAVE: Thief 4

INTELLIGENCE: Very

MORALE: 65%

ALIGNMENT: See below

SIZE: M

PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil

LEVEL/ X.P. VALUE: V/ 380

These bizarre creatures are created in a vat, much like a homunculous, and will generally possess the same alignment as their creator. However, they will never be of lawful or good alignment, for they are of a dishonest and thief-like nature. In situations such as this they will adopt the following alignment: lawful good, neutral good, or lawful neutral creator – neutral; chaotic good creator – chaotic neutral, lawful evil creator – neutral evil.

They have all the powers of a fourth level human thief of 16 dexterity, including the backstab ability. Because of this dexterity, their base armor class is 8, and they always use weapons and armor allowable to a thief. 30% of the time they will have a magic weapon. Similarly there is a 25% of magic armor, and 20% of the time they will have a magic item usable by thieves.

Description: The toxic harlequin has no mouth and it is even possible that it does not need to breathe or eat. Certainly noone has even seen it do any of these things. It is unable to talk, although it understands its creator's words well enough and can mysteriously communicate with its own kind and other vat-creatures. One half of the body is brilliant red, while the opposite is pale as snow. They decorate their armor and clothing in weird, but festive, ways.