Note: This information was taken from TSR's original AD&D adventure, the Temple of Elemental Evil.
Zuggtmoy |
ZUGGTMOY (Demoness Lady of Fungi)
FREQUENCY: Very rare
NO. APPEARING: 1 (unique)
ARMOR CLASS: 0 (body) or -2 (head)
MOVE: 15" (6" on walls or ceilings) or 12 " in human form
HIT DICE: 49 (222 hp)
% IN LAIR: 40%
TREASURE TYPE: H, S, T
NO. OF ATTACKS: 2 + 2 or 2
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 2-8 each (x4) or 2-12/2-12
SPECIAL ATTACKS: See below
SPECIAL DEFENSES: + 2 or better weapon to hit
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 85%
INTELLIGENCE: Genius
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Evil
SIZE: L (M in human form)
PSIONIC ABILITY: 222
Attack/Defense Modes: All/All
Zuggtmoy, Demoness Lady of Fungi, dread
and fell ruler of the 222nd ghastly plane of
the Abyss, aspired to establish her rule over
a portion of the world. With the aid of luz,
she formed the Temple of Elemental Evil and
for a time wrought death, destruction, and
great suffering. Then the forces of Good
fought a campaign against her, and she was
surprised and bound during the intaking of
the Temple. The opposing clerics and magicusers
confined her somewhere beneath the
ground, reputedly with the aid of one or
more deities.
Though Zuggtmoy has a relatively light
armor class for a major demon, she has a
great number of hit points. Further, she
regenerates 1 hit point per round, or double
that if standing upon or in loose soil.
In her natural form, Zuggtmoy is able to
move rapidly despite her bulk, and can
walk on walls or even inverted (such as on
ceilings), though such modes reduce the
maximum rate. She can use her 4 pseudopods
to strike opponents, each inflicting 2-8
points of damage. Up to two hits can be
made on a single opponent; if both hit, an
additional 5-8 points of crushing damage
also applies (a total damage of 9-24 points
for the two blows). Zuggtmoy may choose
to trample, instead of striking with blows.
Trampling, effective only against prone or
small (under 4' ) creatures, consists of two
attacks against one opponent, each inflicting
2-12 points of damage; if both hit, the
victim is also stunned for 1-4 rounds.
In her human form, appearing as an old
and feeble crone, Zuggtmoy can only attack
with some weapon or spell-like power (at
22nd level of magic use).
Zuggtmoy has the following spell-like
powers, each usable at will:
anti-plant shell
astral spell
charm plants
continual darkness
detect good
detect magic
entangle
fear 15' radius
improved invisibility
hold plant
levitate
locate plants
plant door
plant growth
pass plant
pollute food & drink
programmed illusion
read languages
read magic
silence 15' radius
snare
speak with plants
telekinese (10,000 gp weight)
tongues
transport via plants
trip
She can become ethereal twice per day, and
can use each of the following once per day:
limited wish, gate, summon fungi. Her gate
(70% successful) may be attempted up to
once per round, but will succeed only once
daily; it summons (01-50) 1-4 Type I
demons, (51-75) 1-3 Type II demons, (76-90)
1-2 Type III demons, 'or (91-00) 1 babau
demon. (The first three are described in the
AD&DŽ MONSTER MANUAL, pages 16-
18. See MONSTER MANUAL II, page 36,
for the babau.)
When Zuggtmoy uses her summon fungi
ability, refer to that table and roll 1d6 to find
the monsters responding. The monsters
arrive within 1 round, oozing forth from her
bloated body. All fungi are described below,
in addition to the standard listings. Whenever
Zuggtmoy is in her lair, she is accompanied
by all of the creatures on the
summoning table (in the maximum numbers
given), as well as poisonous toadstools,
molds (brown, russet, and yellow), and a
host of other dangerous and disgusting
growths.
As she is currently bound in a portion of
the dungeons of her own creation, the XP
award for Zuggtmoy's conquerors is much
less than normal: 28,770. (See area 353 for
details on her limits, and for revised XP values
if she is partially freed.)
| Summon Fungi Table |
| Die Roll |
Fungi Summoned |
| 1 |
1-2 ascomids |
| 2 |
5-8 phycomids |
| 3 |
4-6 zygoms |
| 4 |
3-6 ustiluagors |
| 5 |
2-4 basidironds |
| 6 |
5-8 violet fungi |
Description: Zuggtmoy's natural form is
bulbous. She resembles a puffball mushroom
with a toadstool growing on top. Four
elephantine legs with suckered bottoms support
the spherical body. The globular torso
is flattened at the bottom and bulges at its
equator, so that the legs reach to a bit over
3-foot height, the body another 30 inches
higher, but with a horizontal diameter of
nearly five feet. The mushroom-stem neck is
two feet long, capped by a head which
appears to have squashed humanoid features.
The eyes are round, black, and blank-looking.
Zuggtmoy can extrude a pair of three-foot
long pseudopodial arms from either hemisphere
of her body, at will. These growths can
extend opposing digits if desired.
The body coloration is variable, as
Zuggtmoy is able to change it to suit her surroundings,
though she is typically of a pale
grayish-white or brownish-white color, the
head slightly darker. Color can be moss
green, dull brown, red-orange, mottled purple,
etc., ranging the whole spectrum of colors
possible to fungi growths. Body texture
and odor are likewise obviously fungoid. In
all, Zuggtmoy is revolting to behold and
disgusting to smell; blotchy patches of
mold, smut, and blight cover her body. Her
strength is great (19), and her gross weight is
quite high, despite her fungoid natureover
2,000 pounds.
