Mephit, Gravel
Illustration by Salty Goo. Monster from ancient roman mythology.
Imagine if a tiny, grotesque old people was made of gravel.
Stones animated by a spark of mischief. A small earth elemental.
Gravel Mephits have no conception of the future, or change. They are full of nostalgia, and want to preserve everything.
| 1 HP | Armor: 6 |
| Hit it: normal | Dodge it: normal |
| Movement: normal |
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This creature is a living pile of gravel and is thus only affected by things that would affect stone. It can only survive 10 minutes without touching solid ground.
Attacks (1/round)
Punch. The mephit makes a melee attack (1D4 dmg).
Spit Gravel. The mephit covers a small area with caltrops. Automatic when it dies.
Enlarge (1/day). The mephit becomes as big as a human for 10 minutes. Its damage increase by 1 dice size and it gains 1D8 temporary HP.
Number : 1D8 Lair : Gravel Pits Desire : Bury Things & Prevent Change
When you roll this monster on your encounter table. Most of them are hints the monster is nearby.
If the party meets this monster, what is it doing?
So, You Have Captured A Mephit?
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Bind the Elemental Creature
If you have captured this elemental monster, you can spend the equivalent of 3 bags of gold in a magical laboratory between two adventures to bind it to your soul. If you do so, you …
- You gain 2 Doom Points (roll for Catastrophe);
- You gain 1 Spell Die;
- Roll a D6, you mutate in the following way :
- 1D4 inventory slots are filled with gravel. It comes back as soon as you remove it.
- Your words are replaced by tiny gravel mephits that mime them before being snuffed.
- Your sweat is replaced by sand. You’ll never be comfortable again.
- Each time you rest, one thing near you is stolen by a mephit and brought to the plane of earth.
- You have a phobia of not touching the ground.
- You can change one word from a class ability you have or a spell you know to gravel.
If you roll a Catastrophe, the elemental is released and hostile, and you lose the Spell Dice.
Conjure the Elemental Creature
If you have befriended or bound this monster, you can spend the equivalent of 2 bags of gold in a wizard library between two adventures to learn the following spell:
Conjure Earth Mephit
R: self
When casting the spell you must prepare a statement with up to [sum] words. [sum] gravel mephits are then summoned and redirected to an object of your choice across any plane. The mephits will try to bury the object and engrave the message on the cairn. The mephits can bury the volume equivalent of [dice] humans.