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Author: Techpriest88 (talk) Date Created: 14 November, 2011 Status: In progress. Editing: Please suggest on talk page.

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The Goal

What I really want to do here is make a creature that players have no real hope of defeating head-on. It towers over human-sized creatures, which don't even reach its knees. An ultralisk just will not concievably fall to blades and arrows or even to conventional battle spells. It has been evolved to anihilate heavily armored enemies and dismantle fortifications. Adventurers should only engage an ultralisk as part of a much larger force, attempting to turn the tide of battle largely through skill challenges. They may attempt to use natural features of the battlefield, cunning traps, or siege weapons to wear it down, for example.

Ultralisk

The ultralisk is stands at the pinnacle of zerg evolution with regard to land-bound warfare. It is comparable to a mobile fortress; a colossal armor-plated mammoth sporting 4 enormous, bladed arms. Ultralisks are noted for their devastating Kaiser blade attacks, bringing pairs of their arms together in a deadly scissor motion which, as often as not, leaves their targets in pieces while simultaneously slicing at anything else nearby. They are so massive that nothing can slow or hold an ultralisk in place; every step they take threatens to grind lesser foes into the dust.

Behind its burning eyes, the ultralisk's mind is a thing of seething chaos locked in permanent battle frenzy. Despite its enormous size, it seems to notice every opening and opportunity that presents itself on the battlefield. All attempts to influence its mind prove fruitless and it oftentimes shakes off trauma that should have left it senseless. The ultralisk is even able to project this overwhelming chaos with its gaze and roar.

Note: If its powers seem a bit ridiculous, they most likely are. I'm just throwing ideas out there at the moment. I'm really envisioning a monster that is impossible to defeat by conventional means. Defeating it would simply require an application of force that no blade, arrow, or battle spell is capable of. Requisition all siege weapons in the region, drop a few towers over its head, call down meteors through ritual magic; the response should be proportionate to the size of the threat. Skill challenges to deal meaningful damage to the ultralisk would be perfectly welcome.

Ultralisk Level ? Solo brute
Gargantuan aberrant magical beast (zerg) XP ?
Initiative +?	Senses Perception +?, low-light
HP ?; Bloodied ?
AC ?; Fortitude ?, Reflex ?, Will ?
Immune fear, slowing, and immobilizing effects; Resist dominating effects (it is instead dazed, see also frenzied mind)
Saving Throws +5
Speed 8
Action Points 2
Traits
Threatening Reach
The ultralisk may make opportunity attacks against creatures within its reach (4 squares).
Trampling Stride
The ultralisk is unaffected by difficult terrain. It may move into enemies' spaces and end its move there. Whenever it enters an enemy's space, it makes the following attack. (This attack may be made only once per round per target.) Whenever it ends its move in an enemy's space, that enemy is pushed to the nearest unoccupied square. Attack (free action): Melee 1 (triggering enemy); +? vs. Fortitude Hit: [low normal] damage, and the target grants combat advantage until the end of its next turn. Miss: Half damage.
Standard Actions
Kaiser Blade ♦ At-Will
Attack: Melee 4 (one creature); +? vs. AC Hit: [med normal] damage, and the ultralisk slides the target 2 squares.
Cleaving Assault ♦ At-Will
Effect: The ultralisk makes 2 Kaiser Blade attacks against one target, then another 2 attacks against a separate target. Any enemy adjacent to either target takes [minor] damage.
Frightful Presence (fear) ♦ Encounter
Attack: Close burst 10 (enemies within burst); +? vs Will Hit: The target is stunned until the end of the ultralisk's next turn. Aftereffect: The target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls (save ends).
Move Actions
Bonecrushing Stomp ♦ At-Will
Attack: Close burst 4 (creatures in burst); +? vs. Fortitude Hit: [low limited] damage, and the target is pushed 2 squares and knocked prone. Miss: Half damage, and the target is pushed 2 squares.
Minor Actions
Terrifying Gaze (fear, gaze, psychic) ♦ At-Will (1/round)
Attack: Close burst 10 (one enemy in burst); +? vs. Will Hit: The target is frightened (save ends). While frightened, it must use its first action of each turn to move its speed away from the ultralisk and takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls.
Resonating Roar (fear, thunder) ♦ Recharge
Attack: Close burst 10 (enemies in burst); +? vs. Fortitude Hit: [med limited] thunder damage, and the target takes ongoing 15 thunder damage and is deafened (save ends both).<be />Effect: Allied zerg within the burst gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls until the beginning of the ultralisk's next turn.
Triggered Actions
Frenzied Mind
Trigger: The ultralisk is subjected to a stunning or dazing effect. Effect (free action): The ultralisk immediately makes a saving throw to end the effect, even if it cannot normally be ended by a saving throw.
Skills None
Str (+?)	Dex (+?)	Wis (+?)
Con (+?)	Int (+?)	Cha (+?)
Alignment Unaligned	Languages --

Ultralisk Tactics

Epic tactical analysis here.

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