SECRET OF THE GREATER TROLLS PART THREE

DEMON TROLL

FREQUENCY : Uncommon
NO. APPEARING: 1 (rarelv 1-2)
ARMOR CLASS: 0
MOVE: 15"
HIT DICE: 11
% IN LAIR: 60%
TREASURE TYPE: E
NO. OF ATTACKS: 3 or by weapon
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 13-16/13-16/9-12 or by weapon +6
SPECIAL ATTACKS: See below
SPECIAL DEFENSES: See below
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 40%
INTELLIGENCE: Exceptional
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic evil
SIZE: L (about 19' tall)
PSlONlC ABILITY: 200
Attack/Defense Modes: E/F,G,H
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: VII/5250+16

Demon trolls inhabit the 10th layer of the Abyss in huge numbers (30% of all encounters) however there are many other weird demonic troll beings. They are covered in yellow skin plaques that resemble the troll's bumpy skin except they seem to make a starburst pattern on their glimmering green skin.  They are extremely savage but they're not stupid  in any way. Their favorite prey are paladins and will go out of their way to lure them and other "kick in the door" type fighters. They can mimic human voices to sound like a helpless individual. They can summon 6-8 trolls of the highest hit points (full) every 5 rounds. Demon trolls will aid crude and evil humanoids of any type, even lawful types like orcs, despite their chaotic evil alignment. This will take the form of random actions but nothing formal. Demon troll lairs in the prime material are underwater or below the water level of huge bodies of water.

The slightly yellowish starburst patterns on their hides will explode if struck. They have the effect of a reverse regeneration (wither) to any who strike them (Save vs spells or weapon arm or striking limb turns to dust in 2-8 rounds). In addition to their mimickry of human voices they also can use a perfect ventriloquism in a 50' range. Demon trolls have a an entire retinue of helpless (and rich) sounding characters with large backgrounds to make them sound believable. The regenerative nature of trolls is 4 hp per round after 2 rounds of being damaged in the demon troll.

In the Abyss, massive cavern of the great troll goes on forever and the majority of it is watery. There are long expanses of burbling mud flats that secrete a blue colored mud which the demon trolls utilize from time to time. This mud is magical and acts as ring of fire resistance if the the demon troll slathers its skin with it, However it negates their withering effect from their skin. .

They enjoy being summoned for combat but only if there is water nearby there are three unusual ways to summon these things:

1) Glyph of warding with the symbol of the great troll made of goat's blood and gold dust placed on a bridge will summon a demon troll when someone crosses the bridge.

2) Monster Summoning VII cast over a body of water has 10% to be a demon troll.

3) A child who stands on a natural bridge over water (Large fallen tree, rock formation, etc.) who says "Untorll the Great Troll" six times will summon a demon troll in 6 days.

Not all trolls spend their Abyssal afterlife as demon trolls. The most chaotic evil of trolls will still be used as bumpy green larva especially if they were burned to death. Those who weren't are just ideal trolls with extra hit points and bonus armor (AC 2 due to their semi-corporealness). Only after aeons and what seems completely at random will some be picked as demon trolls otherwise see "dark troll monster" for stranger ways.


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Campaign Classics: UNTORRLL GOD OF TROLLS

UNTORRLL "Unt" the Great Troll

Lesser god

ARMOR CLASS: -3

MOVE: 15"

HIT POINTS: 255

NO. OF ATTACKS: 4

DAMAGE/ATTACK: 2-20/2-20/5-15/5-15

SPECIAL ATTACKS: See below

SPECIAL DEFENSES: See below and regeneration

MAGIC RESISTANCE: 45%

SIZE: L (25' tall)

ALIGNMENT: Chaotic evil

WORSHIPER'S ALIGN: Chaotic evil trolls

SYMBOL: 5 lines fanning out from an archway under a mound

PLANE: Abyss

CLERIC/DRUID: 3rd level level cleric

FIGHTER: 17th level barbarian

MAGIC-USER/ILLUSIONIST: Nil

THIEF/ASSASSIN: Nil

MONK/BARD: Nil

PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil (Immune to psionics)

S:25( + 7, + 14) I: 18 W: 12 D: 21 C: 23 CH:-4

Untorrll AKA the Great Troll AKA Unt is somewhat goofy to behold but to trolls it is considered the source of all trollery.

He spends most of his time sending nightmares to human children that their homes aren't safe and that their only escape is by the cover of a dark forest. Particularly one with a bridge nearby!

When Untorrll attacks with claw/claw/double bite if the first bite catches a second jaw immediately gets +5 to hit. He regenerates a s a troll but +5 hp per round on the next round and each hit cause a chunk of flesh to fall this grows into full grown troll in 5 rounds.

Untorll lives under the great Rainbow Bridge in a great cave of darkness on 10th level of the Abyss. He has an unfriendly rivalry with the gods of the ogres and the ghouls and sometimes sways the two monster types into his cults. He can gate in 16-19 trolls every 3 rounds and every 5 rounds 2-3 greater trolls of any type (including giant, two-headed, spirit, etc.). Every 10th round he can gate two demon trolls (coming soon).

Trolls wear wigs made of scalps and propitiate Untorrll at childishly cruel rites. They throw fresh cut scalps into a ritually carved crack in the floor that contains oil and then dismember the victim as slowly as possible for laughs while chanting their mad god's title: "GREAT TROLL! HA HA HA!" over and over.

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SECRET OF THE GREATER TROLLS PART TWO

Dark Troll

FREQUENCY: Very rare

NO. APPEARING: 1-2

ARMOR CLASS: 2 (or armor worn)

MOVE: 12”

HIT DICE: 10

% IN LAIR: 5%

TREASURE TYPE: H

NO. OF ATTACKS: 3 or by weapon

DAMAGE/ATTACK: 4-12/4-12/2-12 or by weapon

SPECIAL ATTACKS: Degeneration, energy drain

SPECIAL DEFENSES: Regeneration

MAGIC RESISTANCE: see below

INTELLIGENCE: Average

ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Evil

SIZE: L (12' + tall)

PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil

Attack/Defense Modes: Nil

LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: IX/2550+14

Legends tell of trolls that have regenerated so many times that they've become something else. When a regular rubbery troll, of the Forces of Chaos that originated from Middle World (see Poul Anderson THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS 1953) before it spread throughout multiverse, regenerates too many times (some say 666) it becomes something else: a dark troll.

It is called a dark troll but not in appearance. In that regard it is dark in name and heart only. They have bleached white hide, chalky. bristly hair and their eyes are blank white. They are often mistaken for frost giant halfbreed trolls of which some have been seen from time to time. That is where the resemblance ends for these things who even normal trolls avoid.

They attack (claw/claw/bite) and regenerate (3 hp per rd after 3 rounds) as a normal troll but if their claws or bite connects they can drain an energy level per hit. Once this happens in the next round their hide starts to degenerate making them slower (AC: 4 MV: 6") as they transform into a bloated pile of claws and tissue. After 5 rounds, the dark troll breaks off the pile of newly created lifeform: a troll protodemon (AC: 4 MV: 6" but same stats as the dark troll that created it) a creature in a larval state that will metamorph into a troll demon after draining 666 levels. (For more on the troll demons see SECRETS OF THE GREATER TROLLS PART THREE coming soon).

These creatures are very rare but they often seek each other out and reside in castles that are entirely carved out on mountain peaks where their crude orgies of terror go on night after night. 

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