# Marruspawn, Marrulurk >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] > >[!debug]+ > >falchion: 1d6 (18–20/×2) > >bite: 1d4 (×2) > >longbow: 1d6 (×3) > >Melee/Ranged: +5/+7 > >Secondary: +0/+2 > >Multiattack: +3/+5 > >M/R_PA: +5/+7 > >2nd/PA: +0/+2 > >MA_PA: +3/+5 > >Itterative: 1 > > xDmg:: Str: +1; Str2: +1; StrOH: +0; StrPA: +1; StrPA2H: +1; StrPAOH: +0 > > xDCs:: Str: 12; Dex: 14; Con: 13; Int: 11; Wis: 14; Cha: 13 > > xFeat:: 2/2 (0) > > > > > > xLang:: 0/0 (0) <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Marrulurk</div> <div class="CR">CR 4 (1,200 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Sandstorm</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> N Small Monstrous Humanoid **Init** +7 **Senses** darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; **Perception** +9 #### defense **AC** 20, 14 touch, 17 flat-footed (+3 armor, +3 Dex, +2 natural, +1 shield, +1 size) **hp** 21 (3d10+6) **Fort** +3, **Refl** +6, **Will** +6 **Feint** 16, **Demoralize** 16 #### offense **Speed** 20 ft. **Melee** great falchion +11/+6 (3d6+7/18-20), bite +5 (3d6+2) **Ranged** longbow +5/+5 (1d6/x3 plus poison) **Space** 5 ft., **Reach** 5 ft. **Special Attacks** death attack, discriminating hearing, nauseating breath, poison use, resistance to dessication, resistance to fire, sneak attack #### statistics **Str** 12, **Dex** 16, **Con** 14, **Int** 10, **Wis** 16, **Cha** 14 **BAB** +3, **CMB** +3, **CMD** 16, **TA** +5, **RTA** +7 **Skills** Bluff +5, Perception +9, Stealth +11, Survival +9 **Languages** #### special abilities ### Death Attack (Ex) This functions like the assassin ability. ### Discriminating Hearing (Ex) A marruspawn can hear across great distances with ease, gaining a +4 racial bonus on Listen checks. A marruspawn's hearing is so sensitive that it can sense the presence of most creatures merely by the sound of their breathing, their heartbeat, or their movement if they are within 30 feet. When a marruspawn detects a noise, the exact location of the source is not revealed - only its presence somewhere within range. A marruspawn can take a move action to note the direction of the sound. Whenever a marruspawn comes within 5 feet of the source, it can pinpoint the sound's location. Undead, constructs, and other creatures that have no metabolism are not subject to being detected by discriminating hearing unless they move-in any round when they move, they are detectable by the sound they make while moving through the air or shuffling along the ground. Only incorporeal creatures are completely undetectable, unless they wish to be detected. ### Nauseating Breath (Su) Once per day, a marrulurk can breathe a 10-foot cone of nauseating gas as a free action. All creatures except other marrulurks within the area must succeed on a DC 13 Fortitude save or be nauseated 1 round. The save DC is Constitution-based. ### Poison Use (Ex) A marrulurk is skilled in the use of poison and never risks accidentally poisoning itself when applying poison to a weapon. A marrulurk typically carries 2d4 doses of Large monstrous scorpion venom (Fort DC 14; 1d4 Con/1d4 Con), applying it to its crossbow bolts and scimitars. ### Resistance to Dessication (Ex) Centuries of life in the waste afford marruspawn the ability to cope with thirst and reduced fluid intake. A marruspawn thus gains resistance to dessication damage 10. Whenever a marruspawn is subject to magical dessication damage, that damage is reduced by 10 before being applied to the marruspawn's hit points. A marruspawn also takes no nonlethal or lethal damage from failing Constitution checks to avoid becoming dehydrated, although it might still become fatigued if it fails a check. If a marruspawn ever becomes dehydrated, whether due to natural causes or another effect (such as a spell), it needs to drink only a mouthful of water to lose that condition. A marruspawn also requires only half as much water in a day as is normally required for a creature of its size. ### Resistance to Fire (Ex) Bred to withstand magic artillery, a marruspawn enjoys an inborn resistance to fire 5. ### Sneak Attack (Ex) A marrulurk deals extra damage when it is flanking an opponent or at any time when the target would be denied its Dexterity bonus. This extra damage applies to ranged attacks only if the target is within 30 feet.