Aurumvorax

Armor Class: 2 [17]
Hit Dice: 10 or 12
Attacks: Bite lock (1d6) and claws
Special: bite lock, ongoing damage, 2d4 claws, poison/gas immunity, fire resistance, surprise, half blunt damage
Move: 9 Burrowing 3
HDE/XP: 10 or 12/1,400/2,000

Description

An Aurumvorax is an eight-legged mustelid the size of a medium dog. It has a thick gold coat and even its claws are golden. Like most mustelids, it has a long snout, rounded ears, and an orthogonal molar at the back of its mouth which allows it to rip the flesh off even frozen carcasses.

Being sexually dimorphic, the male (HD12) is about 20% larger than the female (HD10) and can weigh as much as 500 lbs.

Also called the "Gold Digger", the aurumvorax is fond of gold and copper and will spend hours every day gnawing on metal if any are at hand. Solitary and territorial, mating has never been observed. If found in lair, a female might have up to 2 kits which leave the den after one year.

In combat, the aurumvorax will typically lay in ambush and pounce on its prey and thus will surprise on a roll of 1-2. Its bite will inflict 1d6 points of damage and will lock into its prey if successful. Thereafter, it will automatically inflict 5 points of damage from the bite and will attack with an additional 2d4 claws, each doing 1d6 points of damage until either it or its prey is dead. Because of its highly dense bones and thick coat, the aurumvorax takes only half damage from blunt weapons. Its coat also completely protects it from normal fire and reduces damage from magical fires by half. It is also completely immune to poison of any kind, including gas.

Source note: This creature is converted from The Basic Fantasy Field Guide of Creatures Malevolent and Benign – Omnibus Edition, 1st Edition Release 4, © 2010–2025 Chris Gonnerman, R. Kevin Smoot, James Lemon, Matt Sluis, and Contributors. The Basic Fantasy Field Guide textual material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International; this page adapts that creature to White Box.