Inhabiting the dark places under the earth, tunnel horrors are large, bug-like terrors best avoided by those that know of their existance. Tunnel horrors are beetle-like creatures that walk upright on four thick legs, their other four legs ending in wickedly sharp and strong pick-like claws. They can feel the vibrations of creatures moving on stone (a type of tremor-sense) within 200 ft. Tunnel horrors have the a fanged maw as well and a single, compound eye on their heads. Their eye glows with a soft limunescence and at a distance can be mistaken for a faint lantern. In combat, those looking at the eye (25% chance per round unless the attacker is avoiding looking at the monster's upper half, suffering a -2 penalty on 'to hit' rolls) suffer the same effects as a confusion spell for 1d3 rounds, plus the difference of the failed saving throw. They can burrow through solid rock at the rate of 10 ft per round. A favorite tactic of tunnel horrors is to wait behind a wall of rock a few feet thick and then burst through when the feel something approach the other side, gaining a +1 suprise bonus.
| Tunnel Horror (L) | |
| Armor Class: | 2[18] |
| Hit Dice: | 8 |
| Attacks: | 4 claws (1d6) + bite (1d8) |
| Saving Throw: | 8 |
| Morale: | 8 |
| Magic Resistance: | Nil |
| Special: | burrow, confusion |
| Move: | 90ft(30ft) / 30ft(10ft) burrow |
| Challenge Level/XP: | 10 / 1,400 |
3 comments:
This is a pretty interesting monster. A little umber hulk-ish, but different and pretty cool.
I like the simple mechanics of how the confusion works.
As far as I could tell, 'Umber Hulks' are the IP of WotC and don't appear in the SRD, so this is my replacement for them in Onn. *evil laughter here*
Looks neat, consider this *yoinked*!
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