Vodoni, Infiltrator | |
Frequency:
Organization: Activity Cycle: Diet: Intelligence: Treasure: Alignment: |
Very Rare
Lone Any Vegetarian High Nil Lawful Evil |
No. Appearing:
Armor Class: Movement: Hit Dice THAC0: No. Of Attacks: Damage/Attack: Special Attacks: Special Defenses: Magic Resistance: Size: Morale: XP Value: |
1
7 or by armor 12 8 16 Weapon or 3 1-8/1-8/1-6 See Below None Normal M (5-6' tall) Fanatic (18) 1000 |
The Vodoni Infiltrator is a spy, pure and simple. They insinuate themselves into normal populations as merchants, entertainers, soldiers and send back information to their Vodoni masters. Currently this program of espionage is rather underfunded as most often is the case, Vodoni just crush resistance, never before have they been forced to subvert enemies. A Vodoni Infiltrator can be male or female, but invariably they are a blonde human and oddly enough, exibit the normal vodoni attitude towards eating (strict vegetarians)
Combat: The real power of a Vodoni is his/her ability to
avoid combat by fading into the background, however they are at least level
12/5 fighter mages and as such are quite lethal. Their magics are
mostly specialized in the area of illusion and are targeted towards keeping
them hidden within society. Most prefer to wield long or broad swords,
engaging the enemy until one or both are dead. If someone does enough
damage to kill a Vodoni Infiltrator, their true natures spring forth
and they transform (takes 2 rounds) into a lycanthropic berserker, similar
to a Blood Raged Enforcer. They cannot wield weapons in this form,
instead striking with 2 paws and 1 bite every round. They do 1-8
damage per slash and 1-6 damage with their jaws, hitting with a THAC0 of
10. The berserk beast's AC is 9 but only magical or silver weapons
can strike them. If this wolf form is killed, the Infiltrator disintegrates
within 3 rounds, however if all its victims are vanquished, it will find
someplace to hide and regenerate, after 24 hours of which it will regain
the human form to which it is accustomed. This was primarily built
in in the case of discovery by individuals and such, a built in self destruct
of sorts.
Habitat/Society: Vodoni Infiltrators are found in several
spheres throughout the Known Spheres, especially ones featuring many elves
or other organized resistance efforts. Mostly border spheres, but
some deep cover operatives have snuck as far as Realmspace and Bralspace.
These dangerous spies are often noticeable by their very guardian Mind
Blank, but few can tell how violent they can be and more than one defensive
agent has been caught unawares by a supposedly dead spy. They are
created by similar machinations that have created other monstrosities such
as Enforcers and Conquerers, but instead of normal people, these are selected
from failed Breeder candidates, thus churning out magical spies of massive
potency. The only draw back is the process kills more often than
not and only 1/10 attempts succeed, the others all perish violently.
Ecology: Infiltrators inhabit the areas they would have
before they were transformed. Mostly large cities (both in space
and aground) and centers for defense against Vodoni incursions. They
eat only vegetables in their human form and eat indiscriminantly in their
Blood Raged mode.