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Granite Glyptodont
This squat and stony creature looks like an armadillo with a large raised back and a flail-like tail. The granite glyptodont has no true need to feed, as with all elementals, yet it does seem to linger after transforming the flesh of those it calcifies, as if the mere proximity of flesh fossilizing into stone pleases it somehow.Recall Knowledge - Elemental (Arcana, Nature): DC 24
Unspecific Lore: DC 22
Specific Lore: DC 19
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Granite GlyptodontCreature 8
Large Earth Elemental Source Monster Core 2 pg. 147
Perception +17; darkvision, tremorsense (imprecise) 90 feet
Skills Athletics +18
Str +6, Dex +1, Con +6, Int +0, Wis +5, Cha +0
AC 27; Fort +18, Ref +13, Will +17
HP 145; Immunities bleed, paralyzed, poison, sleep
Speed 30 feet, burrow 20 feet; earth glide
Melee [one-action] tail +20 [+15/+10] (forceful, reach 10 feet, versatile P), Damage 2d12+9 bludgeoning plus calcificationCalcification (incapacitation, primal) A blow from a granite glyptodont's tail Strike hardens the flesh of the creature struck. The target must succeed at a DC 26 Fortitude save or become slowed 1 (slowed 2 on a critical failure). Further failed saves against calcification increase the value of the slowed condition. Once a creature's actions are reduced to 0 by calcification, that creature becomes petrified. If the creature isn't petrified, the slowed conditions end once 1 minute passes without the creature failing a save against calcification.
Every 24 hours after it was petrified, the creature can attempt a DC 26 Fortitude save to recover. On a success, it becomes flesh again but is slowed 1 for the next 24 hours. On a critical success, the creature recovers and isn't slowed. On a failure, the creature remains petrified but can try again in 24 hours. On a critical failure, the petrification is permanent, and the creature can't attempt any more saves.Earth Glide A granite glyptodont can Burrow through earthen matter, including rock. When it does so, it moves at its full burrow Speed, leaving no tunnels or signs of its passing.
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Elemental, Earth
Source Monster Core pg. 142 1.1Earth elementals make excellent bodyguards for adventuresome spelunkers and are ideal protectors of important subterranean locations such as vaults and treasuries.
Elemental
Related Groups Elemental, Air, Elemental, Air, Elemental, Earth, Elemental, Fire, Elemental, Fire, Elemental, Mephit, Elemental, Metal, Elemental, Scamp, Elemental, Water, Elemental, Water, Elemental, Wisp, Elemental, WoodThe Elemental Planes—primordial realms defined by aspects of air, earth, fire, or water—are home to a diverse group of beings known as elementals. Spellcasters on the Material Plane call upon elementals for aid, though these enigmatic creatures can also travel to the world of mortals via interplanar gateways and rifts. The elementals on these pages exemplify the creatures of the Elemental Planes, but this list is by no means exhaustive.
Diverse Elementals
The Elemental Planes are more than expanses of sky, rock, metal fire, wood, and ocean. Clouds of fog, dust, and storms float through the Plane of Air. The Plane of Earth includes verdant groves, shining metal and crystal, and irradiated wastelands. The Plane of Fire features magma, suffocating smoke, and radiant firelight. Amid the endless sea of the Plane of Water are pockets of ooze and brine, plus the otherworldly environs of the deep.
Elemental Wyrms
The icewyrm is the most widely encountered elemental wyrm, but others exist as well, including the blazing firewyrm, the sleek but somewhat smaller sparkwyrm, and the largest of them all, the immense and acidic sludgewyrm.
Looting Earth Elementals
Earth elementals sometimes have valuable gemstones or minerals incorporated into their bodies, and once they’re slain, these valuables can be scavenged as treasure. Gemstones, precious metals such as silver or gold ore, or rarer materials such as dawnsilver or adamantine can be harvested from these creatures, although the more expensive finds tend to be incorporated into only the most powerful earth elementals.
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