Worm, Plague¶

No. Appearing: 1d6
Armour Class: 17
Hit Dice: 3
Attacks: Batter 2d4+1
Nat 19: special
Attributes: S:17 D:10 C:13 I:3 P:10 W:10 Ch:5
Luck: 6
Move: 30 ft or 5 ft burrowing

Plague worms are slick, 8 ft chitinous worms that burrow through rock and soil. Their diet primarily consists of smaller annelids and other creatures they happen upon. In times of scarcity, the worms fall into a dormant state, subsisting on small organisms in the earth. Plague worms are nomadic but will sometimes linger near places of food, such as underground cities.

On a natural 19, the worm smears contaminated mucus on the target, infecting it with Worm Fungus (skin hardens and cracks painfully, causing one random limb to become unusable for 1d4 weeks (per Injuries & Setbacks table, entry 2 or 3). An apothecary with the right healing herbs might reduce this time by half.