Salamanders
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 8:50 am
SALAMANDER- LOWER RANKS
Role: Fire Beings
PL 5 (80)
STRENGTH 2 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 2
FIGHTING 6 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 1 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 1
Skills:
Athletics 4 (+6)
Deception 3 (+4)
Expertise (Metalworking) 9 (+10)
Intimidation 4 (+5)
Perception 1 (+2)
Stealth 1 (+3)
Advantages:
Equipment (Sword or Spear +2), Fast Grab, Improved Hold
Powers:
Heat Aura 3 [12]
Immunity 6 (Fire Damage, Heat) [6]
Movement 1 (Slithering) [2]
Offense:
Unarmed +6 (+2 Damage, DC 17)
Sword or Spear +6 (+4 Damage, DC 19)
Heat +6 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Initiative +2
Defenses:
Dodge +6 (DC 16), Parry +6 (DC 16), Toughness +4, Fortitude +5, Will +3
Complications:
Vulnerable (Water-Based Attacks)
Total: Abilities: 40 / Skills: 22--11 / Advantages: 3 / Powers: 20 / Defenses: 6 (80)
SALAMANDER- MIDDLE RANKS
Role: Fire Beings
PL 6 (98)
STRENGTH 3 STAMINA 5 AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 7 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 2 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 2
Skills:
Athletics 4 (+7)
Deception 3 (+5)
Expertise (Metalworking) 9 (+11)
Intimidation 4 (+6)
Perception 3 (+5)
Stealth 1 (+4)
Advantages:
Equipment (Sword or Spear +2), Fast Grab, Improved Hold
Powers:
Heat Aura 4 [16]
Immunity 6 (Fire Damage, Heat) [6]
Movement 1 (Slithering) [2]
Offense:
Unarmed +7 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Sword or Spear +7 (+5 Damage, DC 20)
Heat +7 (+4 Damage, DC 19)
Initiative +2
Defenses:
Dodge +7 (DC 17), Parry +7 (DC 17), Toughness +5, Fortitude +6, Will +4
Complications:
Vulnerable (Water-Based Attacks)
Total: Abilities: 52 / Skills: 24--12 / Advantages: 3 / Powers: 24 / Defenses: 7 (98)
SALAMANDER- NOBLE RANKS
Role: Fire Beings
PL 8 (146)
STRENGTH 4 STAMINA 6 AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 8 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 3 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 3
Skills:
Athletics 4 (+8)
Deception 4 (+7)
Expertise (Metalworking) 9 (+12)
Intimidation 5 (+8)
Perception 3 (+6)
Persuasion 2 (+5)
Stealth 1 (+5)
Advantages:
Benefit 2 (Rank- Nobility), Equipment (Sword or Spear +2), Fast Grab, Improved Hold, Ranged Attack 6
Powers:
Heat Aura 4 [16]
Immunity 6 (Fire Damage, Heat) [6]
Movement 1 (Slithering) [2]
"Flame Magic"
"Fire Burst" Blast 8 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) (24) -- [25]
- AE: "Fireball" Blast 8 (16)
Unarmed +8 (+4 Damage, DC 19)
Sword or Spear +8 (+6 Damage, DC 21)
Heat +8 (+4 Damage, DC 19)
Initiative +2
Defenses:
Dodge +6 (DC 16), Parry +6 (DC 16), Toughness +4, Fortitude +5, Will +3
Complications:
Vulnerable (Water-Based Attacks)
Total: Abilities: 66 / Skills: 28--14 / Advantages: 11 / Powers: 49 / Defenses: 6 (146)
-Along with the Efreeti and Fire Elementals, the Salamanders are the most-numerous species of the Elemental Plane of Fire. Possessing serpentine lower bodies, and burning hot flesh. They are typically very, very evil, and they live in molten-hot cities, same as Efreeti. Their immunity to flames makes them ideal blacksmiths, and "Salamander-Made" is a very common appelation given to special weapons (some of which are fakes, of course)- they are famed for their skill at the smith.
-Salamanders engage in asexual reproduction, with the male-looking creatures splitting off a single larva every ten years, incubating them in sacred Flame Pits for years until they reach maturity. Salamanders can differ greatly in size, and one's place in society is determined very much on this basis- Salamander Nobles are often much larger than the average man, while the front ranks of the armies are made up of creatures barely higher than a man's waist.
Jab's Notes: Another full-page bio in the Monster Manual, there are three kinds of Salamanders, each pretty much just being a better version of the last. The Nobles have "Spell-Like Abilities", but here I just figure them for Fire Wizards. They look pretty cool, and are based in old mythology- salamanders were often thought to have been bred in fire (because they often scattered from within rotting logs that had been placed on fires), making Europeans think they had an elemental bent to them. So monstrous versions appears a lot in folklore, along with more manlike variants. Many Asian traders convinced Europeans that they were buying flame-immune "Salamander Hair Tunics", when the material was actually woven from asbestos.