Appearance: Vriti have brownish, thick hides, armored with great sheets of scale. These long, legless dragons are the offspring of Vrita, a huge immortal dragon defeated in an ancient battle with Indra. In this battle several scales were torn loose from Vrita and fell to earth. There they sprung to life and became vriti.
Combat: Vriti bite with maws full of long, sharp teeth. They also will wrap themselves around an opponent and then tighten their coils, crushing them. Once a hit roll is successfully made, crushing damage is automatic.
Lightning and related attacks are saved at at ‑2 by vriti, who take +2 points of damage on each die of this sort of damage.
A vriti's breath is scorching and dry, and once per turn it can fire a searing blast of heat, for 1d6 points of damage per hit die they possess (save for half).
Habitat/Society: Vriti are so evil and treacherous that they do not like to associate even with each other.
Ecology: Vriti are the deadliest predators in whatever area they choose to dwell, for they will not live in the vicinity of creatures more powerful than themselves.
Variants/Notes: Half of all vriti have wizard spellcasting ability of 1st to 12th level. They specialize in spells that control weather, so that they can bring drought and destroy water.
Vriti
Climate/Terrain: Ruins, arid areas
Frequency: Very rare
Organization: Solitary
Activity Cycle: Any
Diet: Carnivorous
Intelligence: Average
Treasure: Lots
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
No. Appearing: 1
Armor Class: 1
Movement: 12
Hit Dice: 10‑12
THAC0: 10 or better
No. of Attacks: 2
Damage/Attack: 5‑20 (bite); 7‑28 (crush)
Special Attacks: Breath, spells
Special Defenses: Spells
Magic Resistance: As per a dragon
Size: L
Morale: High
XP Value: Many
OLD MAN OF THE SEA
Medium Monstrous Humanoid (Aquatic)
Hit Dice: 6d8+9 (36 hp)
Initiative: +1
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares), Swim 40 ft.
Base Attack/Grapple: +6/+15
Attack: Claw +11 melee (1d4+5), Chokehold
Full Attack: 2 claws +11 melee (1d4+5), Chokehold
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Chokehold, Rust
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +5, Will +6
Abilities: Str 20, Dex 13, Con 13, Int 12, Wis 14, Cha 15
Feats: Alertness, Persuasive, Toughness
Environment: Any aquatic
Organization: Solitary or covey (one Old Man of the Sea,
1-3 Sea Hags, plus 1-8 ogres, 1-4 evil giants, and 1-6 other victims)
Challenge Rating: 5
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Usually chaotic evil
Advancement: By character class
Level Adjustment: —
