Mephit, Flame
Illustration by Salty Goo. Monster from ancient roman mythology.
Imagine if a tiny, grotesque acrobat was made of pure fire.
A flickering flame animated by a spark of mischief. A small fire elemental.
Flame Mephits have no conception of the future, the past or personal boundaries. They are full of immediate, destructive and indulgent desires.
| 1 HP | Armor: 0 |
| Hit it: normal | Dodge it: normal |
| Movement: normal |
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This creature is a living flame and is thus only affected by things that would affect a fire. It can only survive 10 minutes without oxygen and fuel.
Attacks (1/round)
Touch. The mephit makes a melee attack (1D4 dmg) and sets the target ablaze.
Spit Fire. The mephit makes a ranged attack (1D4 dmg) and sets the target ablaze.
Burst of Flame. The mephit explodes, killing itself and setting a small area ablaze (1D4 dmg, save for half).
Number : 1D8 Lair : Fire Pits Desire : Fuel & Thrill
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 :
- Every flammable item currently on you turns into ashes.
- Your words are replaced by tiny fire mephits that mime them before being snuffed.
- Your hair becomes flames (it doesn’t burn you).
- Each time you rest, one thing near you is stolen by a mephit and brought to the plane of fire.
- Water burns you like it was fire.
- You can change one word from a class ability you have or a spell you know to Flame.
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 Fire Mephit
R: self
When casting the spell you must prepare a message with up to [sum] words. [sum] fire mephits are then summoned and will each deliver one word of your message to whoever it is intended to, across any plane. The message will be delivered in the most passionate and destructive way possible, damaging [dice] things the target owns.