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From: dickinst@crl1.crl.aecl.ca (Tim Dickinson)
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Subject: RESOURCE: Tim's Stuff: Monster 3 (13/22)
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Date: 3 Oct 1995 16:02:34 -0400
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RIME
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HABITAT: Specific temperate plains
FREQUENCY: Unique location
INTELLIGENCE: Average
TREASURE: See below
ALIGNMENT: Lawful Neutral (individuals may vary)
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NO. OF APPEARING: 50-300
ARMOR CLASS: 10 (individuals may vary)
MOVE: 12
HIT DICE: 3
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1
DAMAGE/ATTACK: By weapon
SPECIAL ATTACKS: None
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Mirror images
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard
SIZE: M
The Rime is the name given to those remote communities of humans that live
far to the west, at the plains near the base of the Helk Mountains. These
settlers found that very specific soils in these lands grew a variety of
unique plants: plants that proved to be very nutritious. One of these
plants, which they call Politta, was very abundant, and became a staple of their
diet. Over time, however, this plant "affected" the people who ate it: it gave
them powers.
All of the Rime can project 2-5 false mirror images of themselves when
necessary. This takes a fair bit of concentration, however, and they cannot
perform any action more complicated than moving quickly when projecting.
Politta also seems to make the Rime quite strong and robust (thus 3 HD).
It's not known whether the powers imparted by the plant are magical or
psionic in nature.
COMBAT: Rime, being human, will fight as normal folk would. Each settlement
will have a few who are trained to keep away thieves and beasts, and thus
some may have more hit dice and better attack capability than most.
ECOLOGY: Rime are peaceful folk, keeping to themselves. They are cautious,
though friendly, to strangers. They do contact other human settlements
due to their one export, the herb trade, and they will have caches of gold
and silver hidden in the nearby wilderness as their profit from this.
Note that they do _not_ export
Politta, however, and guard it very closely. In most respects, they
act like any human settlement would.