| Notes |
Mudtigers dwell on the elemental planes where water and earth
meet to form mud and ooze. They find their way onto the Prime
Material Plane through elemental vortices or when conjured or
summoned. Recently, evil elemental clerics have established breeding colonies of mudtigers on the Prime Material.
Although a mudtiger has a vicious bite, its most dangerous power
is the ability to generate an electrical burst. When a mudtiger
releases a burst, the effect shocks everyone within 10 feet of the
creature, dealing 1d6 points of damage to all locations A successful Endurance check reduces the damage by half.
Once the mudtiger generates a burst, it cannot use the burst again
until the power recharges. To check for recharge, roll 1d6 before
the mudtiger acts during a turn. On a roll of 5 or better, the power
recharges.
Any ferrous metal (such as steel) subjected to a mudtiger’s electrical burst becomes partially magnetized for two to five rounds.
While affected, the metal has a magnetic field with rapidly (and
randomly) changing strength and polarity.
Characters wielding ferrous metal weapons while wearing magnetized armor or within 5 feet of a substantial mass of magnetized
metal (30 pounds or more) attack and defend at a Hard penalty
Characters wearing magnetized armor move at half speed (treat
every 1” moved as 2” of movement) until the effect wears off. Characters wearing ferrous metal armor while within 5 feet of another
character with magnetized armor or within 5 feet of a substantial
mass of magnetized metal (30 pounds or more) also move at half
speed.
**Description**: A mudtiger resembles a cross between a shark and
an aquatic lizard. It has a sinuous body covered in scales, a pair
of triangular ventral fins, a blunt snout with a toothy maw, and a
pair of thick, stubby forelimbs tipped with broad, rayed fins. A
mudtiger’s body is iridescent green with blue-green stripes.
On land, a mudtiger slithers and hunches along, occasionally
pausing to hold itself erect on its forelimbs. In the water, a mudtiger
wriggles its body and steers with its forelimbs. A mudtiger also can
burrow through soft or loose material such as sand, ooze, or mud. |
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