Plant, Carnivorous (Oerth), Kampfult [1037]

Climat/Terrain	Any/Subterranean
Organisation	Solitary
Fréquence	Très rare
Diète	Carnivore
Cycle d'activité	Any
Intelligence	5-7 - Intelligence basse
Trésor	Incidental
Alignement	Neutre Mauvais
Nombres	1
Classe d'armure	4
Mouvement	Au sol : 3'' Vol : - Classe de vol : Nage : Enfouissement : Web :
Dés de vie	2
Thac0	19
Nbre d'attaques	6
Dommage / attaques	1
Attaques spéciales	-3 penaly to opponents surprise
Défenses spéciales	Nil
Résistance à la magie	Nil
Taille	S - smaller than a typical human ( 2+' to 4' ) (stump-like)
Morale	11-12 - Stable
Valeur en XP	175 p

Commentaires : The kampfult, also known as the sinewy mugger, has a rope-like body with a central core that resembles the decayed stump of a cut-down tree. A kampfult has six attack appendages of about six feet in length and six movement appendages of one foot in length. These are spaced along the four-foot-long, stump-like body segment. Several creatures can be attacked at the same time. Once hit by an appendage, the victim is wrapped up until either the kampfult is slain or the victim frees himself (those with a Strength of 16 of more can free themselves automatically in one round; others must roll a successful Strength check). Only the central section of the creature need be attacked to kill the beast, but severing its tentacles can succeed in rendering a kampfult harmless. Each tentacle requires 2 points of cutting damage to sever and causes 1 point per round of constriction damage. All portions of a kampfult are considered AC 4. The monster can hold out or pull in its appendages in order to disguise itself, and when doing so it imposes a -3 penalty to its opponents’ surprise rolls. The kampfult originally inhabited thick woodlands where it disguised its rope-like body among vines and creepers. Unsuspecting prey would then be trapped as the kampfult looped its coils of vinelike appendages around the victim, crushing and strangling it to death. Actively hunted down by humans, the few remaining monsters of this kind are now typically found in ruins or dungeons. There, appearing to be ropes or nets, the monsters surprise the unwary. Kampfults are carnivorous but relatively weak. They prefer to attack small, solitary mammals, as these are usually the most vulnerable and require the least amount of work to secure. A kampfult spends much of its day capturing mice and squirrels for food; it rarely snags anything larger. The underside of a kampfult’s central core is soft and very porous. This portion of the monster is placed directly on top of any killed prey, and the kampfult accelerates the absorption process by spraying a decay catalyst on its food. This catalyst affects nothing but organic tissue, so any incidental treasure left over from deceased victims is always found beneath the stump area of a kampfult.