New Oe/1e/BX Monster: Scytale

Today's creature, the scytale (or scitalis) is a creature found in Medieval bestiaries.

SCYTALE

DESCRIPTION The scytale is a sluggish magical serpent that glows with all the colors of the rainbow. Any creature looking upon one must save vs. paralysis from its enrapturing and pleasurable hypnotic effect or become catatonic for 1d4 turns. The scytale then uses this opportunity to attack, its poisonous bite striking automatically against an immobilized target, and killing instantly on a failed save vs. poison. This magical glowing effect, and the hypnotic state it induces, both cease upon the scytale’s death. The catatonia produced by the scytale is quite addictive, and live specimens of these creatures are quite in demand in underworld markets, regularly fetching prices of 1,000 gp or more.

Oe/1E STATS FREQUENCY: Rare NO. APPEARING: 1 ARMOR CLASS: 7 MOVE: 3" HIT DICE: 1+1 % IN LAIR: 15% TREASURE TYPE: Nil NO. OF ATTACKS: 1 DAMAGE/ATTACK: Poison SPECIAL ATTACKS: See below SPECIAL DEFENSES: None MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard INTELLIGENCE: Animal- ALIGNMENT: Neutral SIZE: S (3' long) PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil Attack/Defense Modes: Nil BX STATS ARMOR CLASS: 7 HIT DICE: 1+1* MOVE: 30'(10') ATTACKS: 1 bite or 1 special DAMAGE: Poison NO. APPEARING: 1 SAVE AS: Fighter:1 MORALE: 7 TREASURE TYPE: Nil ALIGNMENT: Neutral