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===Dust Giants, Monstrosities from Another Plane===

''At first it seemed just an eddy in the growing sandstorm, a patch of solid black outlined in grey, but then it began to take on distinctive features, utterly inhuman. It was a great giant, made of sand, and as it lurched forward a dry thirst fell upon the entire camp...''<br>
--The Chronicle of the Black Sword

The Dust Giant is a powerful entity from a chaos plane of dry, parched
deserts, utterly without water. It is not unique, but the number of
Dust Giants is thankfully small. They seem uncontrollable even to the
Lords of Chaos, and thus the few of these creatures that have stumbled
upon the Young Kingdoms have done so utterly by accident.

At a distance the Dust Giant appears as a dark patch of sand. Since a
sandstorm tends to surround it, it is typically hard to make out. The
form of the Giant is inhuman. Its main body is a barrel-like torso. A
varying number of long limbs emerge from both the bottom and top of
this torso, roughly forming arms and legs. Sensory apparatus is
scattered chaotically across the Giant's torso, orifices and lenses
giving the impression of eyes, noses, and ears, though none appearing
precisely like their human equivalent. They tend to move about the
Giant's changing, sandy exterior. The Giant has no mouth; it draws the
watery life from people with its tentacles.

Though Dust Giants are not mindless they are quite single-minded.
Their prime desire while in the Young Kingdoms seems to be to collect
water: from lakes, rivers, and even the bodies of men.

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Dust Giants, Single-Minded Destroyers

Character.      Rolls   Averages

STR             10D8    45
CON             10D8    45
SIZ             10D8    45
INT             1D8     4-5
POW             5D8     22-23
DEX             2D8     9
MOV lumber-2D8          av. HP 45*

* Adventurers may attack individual tentacles rather than the main
  body. Each has 5 HP, but damage done to them does not hurt the main
  body (the Sand Giant just regrows them). Still, this may free a
  grappled victim.

Av. Damage Bonus: +5D6

Weapons**: Grapple 50%, hold for next round
Suck Water 100%, only if held - drains 1D4 CON, which is restored at 1
  point per day if the victim survives

** At any time a Dust Giant will have 2D8 "arms". Each one may attack,
   though no more than two may attack any individual foe.

Armor: may only be damaged by magical weapons or weapons of
  law. Against them, has 8 points of armor.

Skills: Sense Water 75%, Track 50%

Magical Powers: SANDSTORM. At all times the Sand Giant is surrounded
  by a great sandstorm. This cuts visibility almost to zero, reducing
  all visual-related skills (including combative ones) by half. In
  addition, the sand may get into delicate items and destroy them, at
  the gamemaster's whim -- items of law are particular vulnerable due
  to their intricacy.
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