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age reduction 5 against piercing weapons.

Because the magical bonds between their

parts are nonphysical, they have damage

reduction 5 against slashing weapons. The

best way to destroy one is literally to bash its

component pieces into dust.

WORM, GIANT

Giant Worm

Huge Magical Beast

Hit Dice: 9d10+9 (58 hp)

Initiative: 1

Speed: 20 t., burrow 30 t.

AC: 19 (2 size, 1 Dex, +12 natural),

touch 7, at-ooted 19BAB/Grapple: +9/+22

Attack: Bite +12 melee (1d6+5)

Full Attack: Bite +12 melee (1d6+5)

Space/Reach: 15 t./10 t.

Special Qualities: Tremorsense

Saves: Fort +7, Re +5, Will +2

Abilities: Str 20, Dex 8, Con 12,

Int 1, Wis 8, Cha 10

Skills: Listen +11

Environment: Any land and

underground

Organization: Solitary or herd

(210)Challenge Rating: 4

Treasure: Gems only

Alignment: Always neutral

Advancement: 1018 HD

(Gargantuan)

Deep Diver

Huge Magical Beast

Hit Dice: 9d10+18 (68 hp)

Initiative: 2


AC: 20 (2 size, 2 Dex, +14 natural),touch 6, at-ooted 20

BAB/Grapple: +9/+22

Attack: Bite +13 melee (1d6+7)

Full Attack: Bite +13 melee (1d6+7)






Skills: Listen +11

Environment: Any land and underground

Organization: Solitary or herd (210)

Challenge Rating: 4

Treasure: Gems only

Alignment: Always neutral

Advancement: 814 HD (Gargantuan)

Shaker

Huge Magical Beast

Hit Dice: 6d10 (33 hp)

Initiative: 1


AC: 17 (2 size, 1 Dex, +10 natural),

touch 7, at-ooted 17

BAB/Grapple: +6/+17

Attack: Bite +7 melee (1d6+3) or sonicblast (2d6)

Full Attack: Bite +7 melee (1d6+3) or

sonic blast (2d6)






Skills: Listen +8

Environment: Any land or underground

Organization: Solitary or herd (210)

Challenge Rating: 4

Treasure: Gems onlyAlignment: Always neutral

Advancement: 712 HD (Gargantuan)

Giant worms, deep divers, and shakers are

three breeds o the same species. In the wild

they travel together in the same herds, with

deep divers and shakers constituting about

10% o the overall giant worm population.

The deep divers within these herds tend to

spend hal o their time with the herd and

hal their time on solitary deep dives.

Since the advent o worm armers, deep

divers and shakers have been selectively bredbecause their traits are useul to the armers.

Deep divers are saer rom attack by surace-

dwellers such as lunar dragons, and shakers

have powerul ranged attacks. Now it is

possible to encounter entire herds o deep

divers and shakers, though they are usually

tended by worm armers.

The typical giant worm is a long, thin

annelid, 5 eet in diameter. Its body is one

huge muscle, coiled in one band ater anoth-

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er. This afords it great strength and protec-

tion. The deep diver breed is even more

thickly muscled, a natural adaptation that

allows itsel to dig through densely packed

earth urther rom the surace. Shakers have

the same length and girth as their cousins but

are visibly less strong. They emit a constant

subsonic hum, which shakes loose the earth

around them. In times o duress they deend

themselves with a sonic blast.

CombatGiant worms travel mindlessly through the

earth, ingesting the ground in ront o them.

They are not aggressive unless attacked.

In act, theyre practically oblivious unlessattacked; despite their tremorsense, they

ignore nearby creatures until wounded.

Giant worms have a bite attack, but it is

not very impressive. Their teeth are at and

designed or crushing mounds o stone and

dirt. They arent equipped or swallowing

large solid objects like people.

Sonic Blast (Ex): Shakers can make a

sonic blast attack. It is a cone 40 eet long;

creatures caught within can make a DC 10

Reex save to take hal damage. The

save DC is Constitution-based.

The sonic blast is a reexiveresponse to pain, however, not

a premeditated attack. I the

shaker sufers damage, it has a

50% chance o using its sonic

blast on the last creature to

inict damage on it. Otherwise,

it bites. Only with a great deal

o training can worm armers

teach shakers to use their sonic

blast on command.

Tremorsense (Ex): Giant

worms are nearly blind. Theynavigate by sensing vibrations in

the ground around them. They can

automatically sense the location

o anything within 60 eet that is in

contact with the ground.

TrainingGiant worms are routinely raised tame by

the worm armers. They do not lay eggs;

instead, a pregnant worm gives birth to 3d6

live-born young. A worm that has survived

its rst three months is more valuable, since

many die in inancy. The prices they can etch

are as ollows:

Giant Worm Deep Diver Shaker

Newborn 1,000 gp 1,200 gp 1,500 gp

Young 2,000 gp 2,400 gp 3,000 gp

An adult giant worm can be trained with a

Handle Animal check at DC 24.

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