Melroch's Place: Planescape Campaign

Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix I

Hordling

Type	Aberration (Outsider, Evil)
Size	Small			Medium
Hit Dice	6d8+6 (33)			7d8+7 (39)
Initiative	+3 (Dex)			+3 (Dex)
Speed	20ft.			25ft.
Armor Class	17 (+1S,+3D,+3N)			18 (+3D,+5N)
Attacks	Varies +5+Str
Damage	Varies
Face / Reach	5ft by 5ft / 5ft
Sp. Attacks	Varies
Sq. Qualities	Varies
Saves	F+3	R+5	W+5	F+3	R+5	W+5
Abilities	Str varies	Dex 17	Con 13	Str varies	Dex 17	Con 13
	Int 10	Wis 10	Cha 04	Int 10	Wis 10	Cha 04
Skills	30			32
Feats	Multiattack, Combat Reflexes			Multiattack, Power Attack

Climate	Gray Waste
Organization	Solitary, group (2-6), pack (10-40), tribe (50-90), or horde (100-1000)
Rating (CR)	6			7
Treasure	None
Alignment	Always Neutral Evil
Advancement	7 – 18 HD (Small)			8 – 21 HD (Medium)



Type	Aberration (Outsider, Evil)
Size	Large			Huge
Hit Dice	8d8+16 (52)			9d8+27 (68)
Initiative	+2 (Dex)			+1 (Dex)
Speed	30ft.			40ft.
Armor Class	19 (-1S,+2D,+8N)			20 (-2S,+1D,+11N)
Attacks	Varies +5+Str			Varies +4+Str
Damage	Varies
Face / Reach	5ft by 5ft / 10ft			10ft by 10ft /15ft
Sp. Attacks	Varies
Sq. Qualities	SR14, varies
Saves	F+4	R+4	W+5	F+6	R+4	W+4
Abilities	Str varies	Dex 15	Con 15	Str varies	Dex 13	Con 17
	Int 08	Wis 08	Cha 04	Int 06	Wis 06	Cha 02
Skills	30			22
Feats	Multiattack, Cleave, Combat Reflexes			Multiattack, Cleave, Great Cleave

Climate	Gray Waste
Organization	Solitary, group (2-6), pack (10-40), tribe (50-90), or horde (100-1000)
Rating (CR)	8			9
Treasure	None
Alignment	Always Neutral Evil
Advancement	9 – 24 HD (Large)			10 – 27 HD (Huge)

· Darkvision: All hordlings have darkvision up to 120ft. · Turn Vulnerability: Hordlings can be turned as 5 HD creatures, and if destroyed they are banished back to the abyss. · Aberration: Really bizarre creature. Darkvision 60ft. · Outsider: Darkvision 60 feet. Can’t be raised or resurrected.

· To determine the physical appearance, attributes, and abilities of a hordling roll in the following tables:

Arms	1 (1), 2 (2-5), 4 (6)	Legs	2 (1-4), 3 (5), 4 (6)
1	Multi-jointed	1	Long, thin
2	Telescopic (double reach)	2	Short, bowed
3	Short, thick	3	Short, massive
4	Long, thin	4	Springing (allows 20’ jumps)
5	Trunk-like	5	Hopping (10’ in any direction)
6	Tentacles	6	Telescoping (can add 50% height)

Hands/Extremities		Feet/Extremities
1	Large, thick-fingered (g)	1	Prehensile toes, long
2	Clawed (h)	2	Full hoofed (m)
3	Taloned (i)	3	Splayed hoofed (n)
4	Pincered (j)	4	Clawed (o)
5	Barbed (k)	5	Suckered
6	Knobbed (l)	6	Full webbed (swim at normal speed)

Back		Tail
1	Humped	1	Long, prehensile
2	Hunched	2	Short
3	Knobbed mane	3	Long
4	Bristle-maned	4	Long, clubbed (j)
5	Fan-winged (25ft, fly 45ft poor)	5	Long, barbed (k)
6	Bat-winged (30ft, fly 30ft poor)	6	None

· Hordlings with hands, tentacles, or prehensile toes or tail can use weapons.

Strength		Mouth
Roll 1d6 and add the following modifiers according to size		1	Protruding tusks (a)
Roll 1d6 and add the following modifiers according to size		2	Many small fangs (b)
Small	10	3	Long canines (c)
Medium	16	4	Small tusks (d)
Large	22	5	Crushing teeth (e)
Huge	28	6	Saw-toothed (f)

· Having created a hordling, assign its attacks according to its mouth, arm, tail, and leg attributes as follows:

		Small	Medium	Large	Huge	Type
a	Tusks	1d4	1d6	2d4	2d6	P/B
b	Fangs	1d6	1d6	1d8	1d8	P/B
c	Long canines	--	--	1d6	1d8	P/B
d	Small tusks	--	--	1d8	1d10	P/B
e	Crushing teeth	--	--	1d4+2	1d4+3	P/B
f	Saw-toothed	--	--	1d4 for 2 @s	1d6 for 2 @s	S
g	Blow	1d4	1d4	1d6	1d8	B
h	Claw	1d4+1	1d4+1	1d6+1	1d8+1	S
i	Talon	1d4	1d6	1d8	1d10	P
j	Pincer	1d3	1d4	1d6	2d4	S
k	Barb	1 per round and stuck fast (Strength check to escape, DC 10+hordlings STR mod)
l	Knob or club tail	1d2	1d3	1d4	1d6	B
m	Full hoof	1d2	1d2	1d3	1d4	B
n	Splayed hoof	1d2	1d3	1d4	1d6	B

· Also, a 10% of the hordlings have some kind of special attack and 20% some kind of special defense:

Special Attacks
1	Breath works as a small Stinking Cloud versus 1 opponent in a 3’ range
2	Gaze works as a Ray of Enfeeblement versus 1 opponent in a 5’ range
3	Legs can trip one opponent in melee as a Trip spell
4	Sound emanation works as a Fumble spell against one opponent in a 5’ range
5	Double attacks for 1 round once per 10 rounds.
6	Acidic spittle missile once per 10 rounds (10’ range, 2d4 acid damage)

Special Defenses
1	DR 10 / +2
2	Immune to fire and acid attacks
3	Immune to cold, gas, and poison attacks
4	Immune to electrical and Magic Missile attacks
5	Unaffected by illusions and mental attacks
6	Regenerates 5 hp per round

Color		Head		Head Adornment
1	Black-brown	1	Wedge-shaped	1	Bald
2	Russet-red	2	Conical	2	Mane
3	Orange-yellow	3	Discoid	3	Frills
4	Olive-green	4	Spherical	4	Lumps
5	Blue-purple	5	Cubical	5	Spikes (2-8)
6	Gray-white	6	Ovoid	6	Horns (1-4)

Neck		Nose		Ears
1	Thick	1	Wide, protruding	1	Large, pointed
2	Thin	2	Slits only	2	Small, pointed
3	Long	3	Hanging snout	3	Drooping
4	Thrust forward	4	Long, pointed	4	Large, fanlike
5	Snaky	5	Large, many warts	5	Huge, humanoid
6	None apparent	6	Beaked	6	None

Overall Visage
1	Gibbering, drooling
2	Glaring, menacing
3	Twitching, crawling
4	Wrinkled, seamed
5	Hanging, flaccid
6	Rotting, tattered

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