Nazgorean, Digester
- Armor Class
- 3 [16]
- Hit Dice
- 12
- Attacks
- Claw (1d6)
- Special
- acid breath, sunlight/dry-air weakness, mind-reading confusion, sleep/charm/hold immunity, darkvision, hind-claw
- Move
- 18
- HDE/XP
- 13/2,300
Description
The term Nazgorean refers to any of a group of monstrous otherworldly creatures believed to be from a realm or dimension called Nazgor. Little is known about this realm or its inhabitants, but all that have been encountered so far share a few common traits.
In general, a being from Nazgor has a grayish cast to its skin, which is usually wet and slimy. It suffers damage when exposed to sunlight and/or dry air. Sunlight alone causes 1d4 points of damage per hour, as does dry air; exposure to both causes 1d8 points of damage per hour unless the being can periodically wet its skin and move into areas of shadow or darkness.
Nazgoreans are truly alien, so much so that their brains are effectively immune to all forms of Sleep, charm, or hold magic. Attempting to read the mind of a Nazgorean (via Detect Thoughts (ESP), for example) causes the character who made the attempt to make a saving throw against magic or become confused (as the spell) for 2d6 rounds. Those which are apparently sentient cannot learn any normal language, nor is it generally possible for normal characters or creatures to learn their language (if indeed they have one; none have ever been witnessed engaging in any sort of conversation). Finally, they cannot perform magic in any normal way; even magic items that normally work for any character or creature will not function in their hands.
A Digester is a bizarre otherworldly being from Nazgor that seems to only exist to hunt and eat. It is about 5 feet tall, 7 feet long from snout to tail, and superficially similar to a bipedal dinosaur except for an odd aperture on its head that sprays digestive juices at prey. A digester does not have discernible eyes, locating prey by sound (treat as Darkvision to 60 feet); magical silence effectively blinds it.
A digester attacks by spraying a gout of acid in a cone 20 feet long and 20 feet wide at the far end, causing 8d6 points of damage to everything in the area. A successful saving throw will reduce damage by half. The digester can spray again every 1d4 rounds and otherwise attacks with one hind-claw for 1d6 points of damage.
See Also
Other creatures grouped under Nazgorean: Nazgorean, Eelbat, Nazgorean, Frogman, Nazgorean, Gray Render, Nazgorean, Hydramander, Nazgorean, Nehnite, Nazgorean, Octospider, Nazgorean, Spiderwolf, Nazgorean, Tigersquid.
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.