Monsters by Request

[bastille]

[redmage]

[R.C, Jr]

Finally got to Drack's request for a monster based on Supernatural's Shtriga.

Monster by Request: Striga.

Hope you like it, Drack, and sorry about the delay.
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[Drack]

Ryan amazing job on the Striga. I am going to use this monster in my game.

[C-Face]

I was googling the correct spelling of Spaghetti (because I am a bad speler) and found the Pastafarianism
has anyone statted his creature out?
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Ex. 31.3 "and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skill"

[R.C, Jr]

Now THAT is a challenge!
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[bastille]

[R.C, Jr]

I'm interested. I thought striga was a Supernatural original.
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[DivFord]

Nope, Eastern European folklore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strigoi

Apparently also what Strix are based on. I may have to take a better look, as Strix are one of the major players in my campaign.

[bastille]

[bastille]

Ryan, Div

Here are the striga stats. There may be some typos. The OCR had some troubles with the scanned image.

The stats and combat section are open content, but I don't think the description is so I didn't include it here.


Striga

Medium-Size Outsider (Evil, Lawful) Hit Dice: 5d8+ 10 (32 hp)
Initiative: +3 (Dex)

Speed: 30 ft., fly 50 ft. (average)
AC: 15 (+3 Dex, +2 natural)
AC (flat-footed): 12
AC (vs. touch attacks): 13 Attacks: 2 claws +8 melee

Damage: Claw 1d6+ 3 and poison
Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Poison
Special Qualities: Baatezu qualities, true seeing
Saves: Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +5
Abilities: Str 16, Dex 17, Con 14, Int 11, Wis 12, Cha 13

Skills: Gather Information +6, Hide +8, Innuendo +6, Listen +6, Move Silently +8, Read Lips +5, Search +5, Spot +6
Feats: Blind-Fight, Dodge

Climate/Terrain: Any land and underground
Organization: Solitary or covey (2-5) Challenge Rating: 3
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always lawful evil

Advancement: 6-8 HD (Medium-size); 8-15 HD (Large)


Combat
Individual strigae rarely stick around for extended combats. They are far more likely to take to the sky and return later with reinforcements. When numbers are on their side, strigae attack with their poisoned claws, attempting to gang up on and weaken their foes.

Poison (Ex): Claw, Fortitude save (DC 14); initial and secondary damage 1d4 temporary Strength.

Spell-like Abilities: 3/day-invisihility (self only), polymorph self, 1/day-expeditious retreat and knock. These abilities are as the spells cast by an 8th-level sorcerer (save DC 11 + spell level).

True Seeing (Su): The sensory organ implanted in a striga's skull gives her the permanent benefit of a true seeing spell (arcane version).

[DragonLord]

I have been a huge fan of your 35 podcast for a long time now but don't normally take the time to get on forums of any kind. But I think you have changed my mind about your site. I realized you haven"t gotten very many suggestion for monster by request. So allow me to post a short list of monsters I would like to see for a 3.5 game, although you can choose what works best. (Please feel free to take this as inspiration and don't think you need to do them all) Some I have already stated out for my game with very little if any playtesting but most I haven't gotten around to.

Aliens (Xenomorphs from the Alien movies)
Predators (From the movies also called Yuatja sp? and Hish)
Smurfs (tiny fey that make everyone around them happy?)
Gremlins (Form movies of same name)
Bomb (from final fantasy games, part guard part trap?)
Malboro (again from final fantasy, plant that can kick butt?)
Tonberry (again from final fantasy, psionic walking turtle?)
Cerberus (multi headed giant dog why isn't this in a monster manual?)

Well I hope I gave you enough to think about and I look forward to reading some in the future. Keep up the great work on the podcast.

[R.C, Jr]

Thanks for the suggestions, DragonLord. Monster by Request isn't the regular feature on the site I originally totted it as for two reasons, neither of which is lack of response:

1. My job this year is more demanding of my time;
2. I am getting more paid writing assignments.

I still try to catch up on the list when I can, but I can't do it at monthly intervals like I originally planned.
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[Spaceboot1]