Mala'kin (Copyright 1998 by Martin Bourassa)
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Climate/Terrain: |
Any Lower Plane and Outlands |
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Frequency: |
Rare |
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Organisation: |
Band |
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Activity Cycle: |
Any |
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Diet: |
Carnivore |
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Intelligence: |
High to Genius (14-19) |
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Treasure: |
L, T |
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Alignment: |
Neutral Evil |
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No. Appearing: |
1-6 |
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Armour Class: |
5 |
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Movement: |
12 |
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Hit Dice: |
7+3 |
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THAC0: |
13 |
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No. of Attacks: |
1 or 2 |
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Damage/Attack: |
1d12+6 (Mala-griff) or 1d6/1d6 (claws) |
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Special Attacks: |
Domination, music, spell abillities |
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Special Defences: |
Hit only by +1 or better weapon |
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Magic Resistance: |
55% |
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Size: |
M (5' tall) |
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Morale: |
Elite (13-14) |
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XP Value: |
6,000 |
![]() Combat: Mala'kin prefer to attack with their Mala-griff. If disarmed, they claw at opponents with their strong arms. They have no problem with petitioners: a note on their magical flutes and the petitioners' wills are broken utterly, allowing them to be directed with the Mala-griff (save versus spell -4 to resist the effect of the flutes). Against other foes, things are different. The Mala-griff act as a trident of domination (save versus spell or helpless for 2-8 rounds). The amulet is more potent still: it act as a charm person (or monster) spell (1 time per person/week). What they can't dominate, they destroy. At will, they can summon the effects of a chromatic orb of any kind. Slow (3/day), polymorph other (1/week) and teleport without error (1/week). They don't use the last ecxept when absolutly neccessary because it lets theire herd unguarded. |
Habitat/Society:
Mala'kin live to herd petitioners. They're on the
move constantly and never willingly step into a town. No one
knows why they herd petitoners, since they do not seem to
gain nothing out of it. Another thing dark about this kind
is theire magical items. Maybe it's really theire patron
Malar they're always talking about that give them to the
Mala'kin. Baatetzu respect Mala'kins for their loy Ecology: Like many fiends, Mala'kin eat for pleasure only, and certainly never harm their petitoner/malakian charges. There are many rumours as to why this is, but it's a cert it's something to do with Malar the Beast Lord... Current Chant: Mala'kin herds with the help of the Mala'dims (or brutes), strong mixting of fiend and machine. In order of promotion there are the Malakians, the "cattle", the herders, the brutes, the nomads (or warriors), the juggernaughts, the Barons, and the all mighty Malarians. The guardians are Herders who got demoted when they lose their herds. This kind is barmy by any standards (even a fiend's), they are evil and loyal, yet their not lawful. The pattern of promotion is weird indeed: the herders fear being promoted to brutes because they are far less intelligent. Once in a while, however, when a herder's herd reach a certain size, he is drawn to a place known only to them, where the promotion occurs. the Malakians life force is used to fuel the transformation. Malakians are transformed into herders and so on. The whole barmy race seems to be an operation of Malar to drain gods of their petitioners but they do nothing about it. The Herders are not welcome on Pluto, the realm of Hades. |
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