New Oe/1e/BX Monster: Stinking Pile

Today's new monster is one of those that's not terribly dangerous. Just a little... gross.

Stinking Pile

DESCRIPTION A stinking pile is an amorphous blob of a creature that reeks of an odor remarkably like that of fecal matter. In fact, it is so close in appearance and smell, there is a 90% chance it will be mistaken as such if the stinking pile is stationary. Its only attack is a particularly heinous expulsion of “breath” that may be used once every three turns. The smell of the breath affects all creatures within a 10' range of the stinking pile with overwhelming nausea for 1d4 turns (on a failed saving throw vs. breath weapon), causing affected creatures to strike with a -1 “to hit” penalty for the duration. Stinking piles have a tendency to pick up loose coins and gems at they move slowly through their dungeon environs. Should a stinking pile be disturbed in an effort to retrieve such items, it will automatically release its breath attack, if it is able.

Oe/1E STATS FREQUENCY: Uncommon NO. APPEARING: 1 ARMOR CLASS: 9 MOVE: 3" HIT DICE: 1-2 % IN LAIR: Nil TREASURE TYPE: J-N,Q NO. OF ATTACKS: 1 DAMAGE/ATTACK: Nausea SPECIAL ATTACKS: Poison gas SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard INTELLIGENCE: Non- ALIGNMENT: Neutral SIZE: S-M PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil Attack/Defense Modes: Nil BX STATS ARMOR CLASS: 9 HIT DICE: 1-2 MOVE: 30' ATTACKS: 1 “breath” DAMAGE: Nausea NO. APPEARING: 1 SAVE AS: Normal man MORALE: 7 TREASURE TYPE: J,K,L ALIGNMENT: Neutral