Monster Geographica - Underground.pdf - Expeditious Retreat Press - R5700

200 monsters from the depths of the earth, compiled

from over a dozen sources, including 92 classic

3.0 monsters updated for a 3.5 game.

Monster Geographica

Underground

Requires the use of the Dungeons &

Dragons, Third Edition Core Books,

published by Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

Expeditious Retreat Press

Monster

Geographica:

Underground

A compilation of monstrous

entities found below

Monster Selection and Design: Joseph Browning,

Suzi Yee, Kevin Baase

Conversion and Editing: Kevin Baase and Joseph Browning

Art: Ravindra Rana

Expeditious Retreat Press

Alphabetical Listing of Monsters

Gutwrench................................................78

Haemovorid..............................................29

Hellscorn..................................................84

Horach......................................................37

Huggermugger .........................................10

Hypnogrub ...............................................59

Igran-Krider .............................................11

Inscriber ...................................................37

Iron Maiden Golem..................................85

Jellyhive...................................................50

Ka Spirit...................................................51

Kulkum ....................................................11

Lassoo......................................................19

Lava Lurker..............................................60

Lavum......................................................29

Leech Bat...................................................6

Leytru.......................................................72

Living Web...............................................20

Magma Worm ..........................................95

Mal’Orm ..................................................60

Manavore .................................................61

Marloc......................................................78

Mawler.....................................................38

Mercury Ooze ..........................................38

Mirror Fiend.............................................72

Morph.......................................................73

Noja..........................................................39

Nokker......................................................62

Norughk ...................................................29

Nymorryx.................................................12

Olivid .......................................................39

Oozecrawler.............................................62

Ophean.....................................................30

Ore Hound................................................20

Orvender ..................................................86

Ossecap....................................................79

Pallemon ..................................................79

Palnor.......................................................51

Pedra Wyrm .............................................92

Phantasm..................................................80

Piercer........................................................4

Piryke.......................................................92

Planar Lamprey........................................92

Pompilian.................................................20

Pseudoslab................................................40

Quickener.................................................99

Rahulh......................................................51

Ravvimen.................................................21

Redcap......................................................21

Reliquary Guardian..................................40

Rock Troll ................................................63

Rope Golem.............................................52

Sand Flail.................................................30

Screaming Skull.......................................41

Shadow Ooze...........................................63

Silent Reaper............................................74

Silid............................................................7

Singer.......................................................31

Skulleton..................................................31

Skunk Goblin.............................................7

Slather......................................................81

Slaughterford............................................81

Slavering Mouther ...................................88

Slime Crawler ..........................................12

Slithe........................................................12

Snailfolk...................................................13

Soot Goblin..............................................13

Soulless One.............................................94

Spectral Angler.........................................82

Spitting Ghoul..........................................41

Stalassein..................................................42

Stinkgnarl.................................................90

Stonestrider..............................................42

Stone Pudding..........................................86

Stone Slider Ghoul...................................93

Stone Slug................................................52

Straga .......................................................82

Symbiotic Jelly.........................................43

Tentacled Horror......................................89

Teo-Selerai...............................................43

Time Spider..............................................64

Trapper.....................................................74

Twilight Mushrooms................................74

Tzorda......................................................98

Udamentaz ...............................................64

Undal........................................................43

Undead Ooze............................................65

Undermind ...............................................96

Ushabti.....................................................31

Vacuous Engulfer.....................................53

Vampire Spider.........................................90

Void Monster............................................99

Vylar, Brood Mother................................97

Vylar, Greater...........................................87

Vylar, Lesser.............................................14

Wailhaunt.................................................75

Waking Dead............................................32

Walking Disease.......................................93

Warden Jack Swarm.................................44

Wolf, Cavern............................................22

Wurggis....................................................22

Wyrdwolf .................................................53

Cinder Wight............................................68

Coblynau....................................................9

Compost Seeker.......................................34

Cone Ooze................................................83

Corpse Fungus ...........................................6

Crag Man .................................................48

Crorit........................................................83

Crypt Guardian.........................................68

Crypt Thing..............................................48

Crystal Moss ............................................24

Crystal Serpent...........................................9

Dagger Worm...........................................69

Dark Elf Spirit..........................................49

Dark Voyeur.............................................24

Daurzam.....................................................9

Death Watch Beetle..................................58

Deep Fey..................................................10

Deviant Mimic.........................................25

Dorje Ooze...............................................35

Draconid...................................................84

Drone Weaver (Worker Spider) ...............17

Drudge Crawler (Worker Spider).............49

Eldlorn........................................................5

Erolth........................................................35

Ethereal Adder .........................................69

Ethereal Assassin .....................................70

Eye Killer.................................................26

Fear Guard ...............................................50

Flosid .......................................................18

Fluttering Ooze ..........................................4

Foul Spawner...........................................18

Fulgurate Mushrooms..............................36

Fungal Render..........................................58

Furnace Golem.........................................95

Gholimor..................................................70

Gloom Crawler.........................................77

Gnishma...................................................98

Gnomide...................................................36

Gore Mole................................................36

Gorgotaur.................................................59

Grasping Cell...........................................71

Gravel Golem...........................................71

Gremmin..................................................26

Grimvole..................................................27

Grimvole, Grim Master............................77

Grindgut Spitter (Worker Spider) ............27

Groundling...............................................19

Gutslinger.................................................28

Gutslug.....................................................28

Abroan......................................................14

Acidweaver..............................................44

Addlevetch.................................................8

Albine.......................................................32

Ambush....................................................14

Amohaji....................................................45

Arachnogolem..........................................91

Arachnomorph .........................................54

Arachnopygmy.........................................15

Arcanoplasm............................................65

Artiiceer..................................................94

Ascomoid.................................................54

Banded Spider..........................................55

Banded Spider Mother.............................91

Bandersnatch............................................33

Barangulaak .............................................97

Barathelar.................................................66

Barrow Rat.................................................4

Basidirond................................................45

Bedlam.....................................................82

Bhuta........................................................23

Bicephalous Troll.....................................66

Blackwater Slough...................................96

Black Skeleton.........................................46

Blind Maw ...............................................67

Blood Ooze ..............................................55

Blood Pool ...............................................15

Blood Pudding .........................................46

Bolrow......................................................75

Bone Sovereign........................................47

Brainlock Spider ......................................56

Brilkoun ...................................................89

Burrower..................................................76

Cavernivore..............................................88

Cavern Giant............................................67

Cavern Lizard...........................................33

Cave Beetle................................................8

Cave Fisher ..............................................16

Cave Hermit.............................................56

Cave Keeper.............................................87

Cave Leech...............................................57

Cave Star..................................................16

Cave Troll ................................................47

Ceiling Diver............................................23

Cellar Dweller............................................5

Centioch...................................................34

Chamber Worm........................................76

Charrel......................................................57

Chitinous Battlemounts............................17

Monsters By Type

Introduction

Aberration: Slime Crawler (1), Vylar

(Lesser) (1), Abroan (2), Lasso (2), Pompilian (2),

Deviant Mimic (3), Gutslug (3), Gutslinger (3),

Erolth (4), Horach (4), Mawler (4), Stalassein (4),

Crag Man (5), Palnor (5), Rahulh (5), Vacuous

Engulfer (5), Arachnomorph (6), Hypnogrub

(6), Manavore (6), Udamentaz (6), Arcanoplasm

(7), Blind Maw (7), Ethereal Assassin (7),

Gholimor (7), Morph (7), Silent Reaper (7),

Gutwrench (8), Marloc (8), Slaughterford (8),

Stone Slug (5), Spectral Angler (8), Straga (8),

Bedlam (9), Draconid (9), Vylar (Greater) (9),

Tentacled Horror (10), Trapper (7), Brlkoun (11),

Pedra Wyrm (12), Piryke (12), Undermind (15),

Vylar (Brood Mother) (16), Void Monster (18),

Quickener (20)

Animal: Cave Star (2)

(Aquatic): Ravvimen (2), Lavum (3)

(Cold): Undead Ooze (6)

Construct: Living Web (2), Ushabti (3),

Reliquary Guardian (4), Screaming Skull (4),

Warden Jack Swarm (4), Rope Golem (5), Crypt

Guardian (7), Gravel Golem (7), Mirror Fiend

(7), Iron Maiden Golem (9), Arachnogolem (12),

Furnace Golem (14), Barangulaak (16)

Dragon: Amohaji (5)

(Earth): Crystal Serpent (1), Sand Flail

(3), Gnomide (4), Gore Mole (4), Stonestrider

(4), Crag Man (5), Mal’Orm (6), Wailhaunt (7),

Burrower (8), Orvender (9), Cave Keeper (10),

Magma Worm (14)

Elemental: Sand Flail (3), Gnomide (4),

Stonestrider (4), Wailhaunt (7) Orvender (9), Cave

Keeper (10)

Fey: Cellar Dweller (1/3), Eldlorn

(1/3), Coblynau (1), Deep Fey (1), Redcap (2),

Haemovorid (3), Noja (4), Nokker (6)

(Extraplanar): Gnomide (4), Stonestrider

(4), Udamentaz (6), Wailhaunt (7), Orvender (9),

Ethereal Assassin (7), Cave Keeper (10), Magma

Worm (14)

(Fire): Lava Lurker (6), Cinder Wight (7),

Magma Worm (14)

Giant: Bhuta (3), Cave Troll (5), Rock Troll

(6), Bicephalous Troll (7), Cavern Giant (7)

(Goblinoid): Silid (1/2), Skunk Goblin

(1/2), Soot Goblin (1), Arachnopygmy (2)

Hazards: Piercer (1/4), Fulgurate

Mushrooms (4), Symbiotic Jelly (4), Twilight

Mushrooms (7)

Humanoid: Silid (1/2), Skunk Goblin (1/2),

Daurzam (1), Huggermugger (1), Igran-Krider (1),

Kulkum (1), Nymorryx (1), Snailfolk (1), Soot

Goblin (1), Arachnopygmy (2), Ravvimen (2),

Norughk (3), Olivid (4)

(Incorporeal): Dark Voyeur (3), Dark Elf

Spirit (5), Fear Guard (5), Ka Spirit (5), Phantasm

(8), Spectral Angler (8), Crorit (9), Hellscorn (9),

Soulless One (13)

Magical Beast: Barrow Rat (1/4), Leech Bat

(1/2), Crystal Serpent (1), Slithe (1), Cavern Wolf

(2), Groundling (2), Ore Hound (2), Ceiling Diver

(3), Eye Killer (3), Grimvole (3), Lavum (3),

Ophean (3), Cavern Lizard (4), Gore Mole (4),

Undal (4), Acidweaver (5), Wyrdwolf (5), Banded

Spider (6), Cave Leech (6), Gorgotaur (6), Lava

Lurker (6), Dagger Worm (7), Ethereal Adder (7),

Bolrow (8), Burrower (8), Gloom Crawler (8),

Grimvole (Grim Master) (8), Ossecap (8), Slather

(8), Cavernivore (10), Banded Spider (Mother)

(12), Planar Lamprey (12), Tzorda (18)

Monstrous Humanoid: Albine (4),

Bandersnatch (4), Teo-Selerai (4), Cave Hermit

(6), Charrel (6), Mal’Orm (6), Barathelar (7),

Leytru (7), Pallemon (8), Artiiceer (13)

Ooze: Fluttering Ooze (1/4), Blood Pool

(2), Flosid (2), Dorie Ooze (4), Mercury Ooze

(4), Pseudoslab (4), Symbiotic Jelly (4), Blood

Pudding (5), Blood Ooze (6), Oozecrawler (6),

Shadow Ooze (6), Grasping Cell (7), Cone Ooze

(9), Stone Pudding (9), Blackwater Slough (15),

Gnishma (18)

Outsider: Magma Worm (14)

Plant: Corpse Fungus (1/2), Addlevetch

(1), Ambush (2), Wurggis (2), Crystal Moss (3),

Singer (3), Fulgurate Mushrooms (4), Basidirond

(5), Jellyhive (5), Ascomoid (6), Fungal Render

(6), Twilight Mushrooms (7), Stinkgnarl (11)

(Reptilian): Nymorryx (1), Olivid (4)

(Shapechanger): Deviant Mimic (3),

Mawler (4), Stone Slug (5), Arachnomorph (6),

Udamentaz (6), Barathelar (7)

Undead: Chitinous Battlemounts (2), Foul

Spawner (2), Dark Voyeur (3), Gremmin (3),

Skulleton (3), Waking Dead (3), Inscriber (4),

Spitting Ghoul (4), Black Skeleton (5), Bone

Sovereign (5), Crypt Thing (5), Dark Elf Spirit

(5), Fear Guard (5), Ka Spirit (5), Undead Ooze

(6), Cinder Wight (7), Phantasm (8), Crorit (9),

Hellscorn (9), Slavering Mouther (10), Vampire

Spider (11), Stone Slider Ghoul (12), Walking

Disease (12), Soulless One (13)

Vermin: Piercer (1/4), Cave Beetle (1),

Cave Fisher (2), Drone Weaver (2), Grindgut

Spitter (3), Centioch (4), Compost Seeker (4),

Drudge Crawler (5), Brainlock Spider (6), Death

Watch Beetle (6), Time Spider (6), Chamber

Worm (8)

(Water): Amohaji (5)

First off, thanks for supporting us in the newest product line from Expeditious Retreat Press!

The XRP3000 line is dedicated to creative, useful applications of the open game license and

open game content. Monster Geographica books compile 200 monsters of speciic terrains into one

inexpensive, 100% OGC resource (excluding art, company logos, and company name). Collected from

over 20 different sources, Monster Geographica books also provide an extensive array of challenge

ratings and concepts.

Due to its organization, Monster Geographica is an ideal monster supplement for random

encounters, adventure building, and campaign design. Unlike other monster books, Monster

Geographica organizes monsters by challenge rating.

Building a CR 5 encounter? All CR 5 monsters are right next to each other; no need to lip back

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We also include an alphabetical table of contents with a listing of creatures by type and subtype

(also arranged by challenge rating), making Monster Geographica books easy to use from many

different approaches. Listings by type and subtype allow you to search using a different set of

parameters. Need a CR6 ooze? With Monster Geographica, you can reference the listing by type and

know each monster’s CR without having to lip to the actual stat block.

We have many fond (and often bloody) memories of great 3.0 monsters, and we didn’t want to

leave them out of the Monster Geographica books. Therefore, up to 50 % of the monsters in every

Monster Geographica book are conversions of 3.0 monsters updated for a 3.5 game.

And lastly, we wanted to make Monster Geographica books affordable. We hope you understand

and agree with our no-internal-art policy that allows us to offer 200 monsters for $20. And notice the

spine? That’s a lay-lat binding that will hold up to the most dedicated use.

Monster Geographica: Underground is the irst book in the line, gathering 200 monsters commonly

found below the surface. The next book is Monster Geographica: Marsh and Aquatic, coming out

November 2004, followed by Forest, Hills and Mountains, and Plains (Deserts and Tundra).

You may be wondering why Monster Geographica: Underground is XRP3002? A little known

PDF called Internet Arcana was XRP3001. Internet Arcana was an ambitious project that strove to

take full advantage of its digital medium. Not only were all the SRD spells and magic items in one

fully bookmarked PDF, they were hyperlinked for ease of reference. We gathered many new spells and

magic items from other sources, with the intent of bringing attention to other publishers’ work through

hyperlinking to product buy-pages and company web sites. It was a testament to what the digital

medium could do for both the publisher and the consumer. Unfortunately, it was released shortly after

Wizards of the Coast announced 3.5.

So short of an announcement for 4.0, we hope you enjoy Monster Geographica: Underground and

all the Monster Geographica books for a long time!

Good Gaming,

Suzi and Joe

P.S. Don’t forget to enjoy the little “Flora and Fauna” bits scattered throughout the books. They contain

interesting information appropriate to the setting, even if some of them aren’t strictly lora nor fauna.

Go ahead and sue us for it if you like…

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Barrow Rat

Fluttering Ooze

Tiny Ooze

Hit Dice: 1d10(5 hp)

Initiative: +0

Speed: 5 feet (1 square), ly 20 ft. (clumsy, 4

squares)

Armor Class: 12 (+2 size), touch 12, lat-footed 12

Base Attack/Grapple: +0/-10

Attack: Slam +0 melee (1d3-2)

Full Attack: Slam +0 melee (1d3-2)

Space/Reach: 2-1/2ft./0ft.

Special Attacks: Smother

Special Qualities: Blindsight 60 ft., confounding

appearance, ooze traits

Saves: Fort +0, Ref +0, Will -5

Abilities: Str 6, Dex 11, Con 10, Int —, Wis 1,

Cha 1

Skills: —

Feats: —

Environment: Underground

Organization: Flurry (5-10), swarm (11-30)

Challenge Rating: 1/4

Treasure: None

Alignment: Always neutral

Advancement: 2 HD (Tiny); 3 HD (Small)

Level Adjustment: —

Tiny Magical Beast

Hit Dice: 1d10 (5 hp)

Initiative: +2

Speed: 15 ft. (3 squares), climb 15 ft,

burrow 15 ft.

Armor Class: 15 (+2 size, +2 Dex, +1

natural), touch 14, lat-footed 13

Base Attack/Grapple: +1/-10

Attack: Bite +5 melee (1d3-3)

Full Attack: Bite +5 melee (1d3-3)

Space/Reach: 2-1/2 ft./0 ft.

Special Attacks: Mob tactics

Special Qualities: Darkvision 60 ft., low-

light vision, scent, stoneyskin

Saves: Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +1

Abilities: Str 4, Dex 15, Con 10, Int 2,

Wis 12, Cha 2

Skills: Balance+10, Climb +10, Hide +16,

Move Silently +8

Feats: Weapon Finesse

Environment: Underground

Organization: Pack (4-9), swarm (11-20),

or nest (10-40 plus 100% noncombatant

young)

Challenge Rating: 1/4

Treasure: None

Alignment: Always neutral

Advancement: 2-3 HD (Tiny)

Level Adjustment: —

The glistening wet patch of stone bursts from

the wall and lutters about in a form resembling

a moth. Its translucent form and silent motions

combine with the cavern’s darkness to confound

the senses and make it quite dificult to follow.

Combat

Usually found either clinging to walls or

lying through dungeon corridors, this creature is

attracted by the subtle moisture created through

other creatures’ respiration. The ooze attempts to

wrap itself around a target’s head in an effort to

suffocate its prey—it dissolves its prey only very

slowly, and its acid is not strong enough to harm

lesh even after several minutes of direct contact.

Fluttering oozes are also attracted by the gases

given off by burning torches and smother them

with their bodies, thinking the brands are prey.

These unlucky creatures are usually severely

wounded if not killed. However, they are rarely

solitary, and other moths lock to attack intruders

who now lounder in the dark.

Smother (Ex) : A luttering ooze that hits

with its slam attack attempts to start a grapple

as a free action without provoking an attack of

opportunity. If the ooze succeeds at this grapple

check, it wraps itself around its opponent’s head.

On the following round, the opponent must hold

its breath or begin taking suffocation damage. The

victim may attempt to peel that attached cave moth

away with a successful DC 10 Strength or Escape

Artist check; an ally may also attempt a DC 12

Strength check to pull away the creature.

Damage dealt to a luttering ooze in the

process of smothering a victim is split between

cave moth and victim (round odd numbers to the

ooze). The save DC is Constitution-based.

Confounding Appearance (Ex) : Fluttering

oozes are dificult to see, requiring a DC 15 Spot

check to notice one. Even if a creature sees the

cave moth, it must then make a second DC 15 Spot

check to notice that it is something other than a

simple patch of wet stone (if it is resting on a wall

or ceiling) or a large moth (if it is lying).

This creature looks like a long, brownish-

gray rat with a gray, hairless tail. Its underbelly

is lighter in color and it has a black stripe on its

dorsal side that runs the length of its body.

Barrow rats are scavengers by nature and

prefer to feed on dead animals or rotting corpses,

even going as far as to gnaw through a wooden

cofin to eat the lesh of a newly dead and buried

creature. Food that is not immediately devoured

is ripped into smaller pieces, carried back to the

barrow rat’s nest, and stored for later consumption

or fed to the newborn barrow rats.

Barrow rats are not as numerous or

populous as their normal relatives, and people

generally encounter them near barrow mounds

or graveyards. Most encounters are at night as the

rats sleep in underground burrows during daylight

hours. A typical barrow rat nest holds 10-40 of the

creatures with an additional 10-40 noncombatant

young. One or two males dominate the nest.

Typically there are also two or three females who

dominate the colony, remaining subordinate only

to the dominate male(s). Young are born live and

a female typically gives birth to 3d8 young. The

typical gestation period for a barrow rat is 1 month

and young reach maturity in 3 months. Young

are born blind and hairless and are completely

dependent on their mother for several days

thereafter. Young open their eyes around 20 days,

and the mother weans her young after about one

month.

Young barrow rats gain the stoneyskin ability

at 30 days after birth.

Combat

Barrow rats rarely engage in combat with

creatures much larger than themselves, preferring

to lee when confronted. Smaller creatures are

attacked from ambush and mobbed by the rats.

If threatened or cornered, a barrow rat

activates its stone skin ability for defense and

either attacks with its bite or simply lees. Multiple

barrow rats mob an opponent. If their nest or young

are threatened, barrow rats ight to the death.

Mob Tactics (Ex) : Barrow rats crawl over

each other in an attempt to mob opponents. When

up to four barrow rats occupy a single 5-foot space,

they attack with a +1 circumstance bonus.

Stoneyskin (Su) : Once per day, as a standard

action, a barrow rat can toughen its skin to the

hardness of stone. It gains damage reduction 5/

— for 1 minute.

Skills : Barrow rats have a +4 racial bonus

on Hide and Move Silently checks and a +8

racial bonus on Balance and Climb checks. They

use their Dexterity modiier for Climb checks. A

barrow rat can always take 10 on a Climb check,

even if rushed or threatened.

Piercer

Piercers resemble 1-foot long stalactites

and are found underground in caves and caverns

hanging from the ceiling waiting for living

creatures to pass underneath. Those viewing a

piercer must make a Spot check (DC 20) to discern

its true nature; else it is overlooked and mistaken

for a normal stalactite. Piercers gather in clusters

of up to 20 creatures.

When a living creature stands in a square

directly below a piercer, it drops and attempts

to impale the unsuspecting foe. The creature can

make a Relex save (DC 15) to avoid the piercer’s

attack. If the save fails, the target sustains 1d6

points of piercing damage. If the save succeeds,

the piercer misses its target and may not attack

again until it climbs back into position. (Piercers

move 5 feet per round). A piercer on the ground is

easily dispatched, although touching or attacking

it unarmed or with natural weapons causes it

to secrete an acid that deals 1d4 points of acid

damage to the opponent each time one of its

attacks hits.

Piercers can grow to a length of 6 feet.

Those of 2 to 4 feet in length are CR 1 and deal

2d6 points of damage if they hit a foe. Their acid

deals 1d6 points of acid damage. Those of 5 to

6 feet in length are CR 2 and deal 3d6 points of

damage if they hit. Their acid deals 1d6 points of

acid damage. The DC to avoid a piercer’s attack is

15, regardless of its size.

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