Hargash Bitterblade, Chosen of Chitteruk
Medium natural humanoid
Level 5 Elite Controller (Leader) XP 400

Initiative +2        Senses Perception +11; Darkvision
Shroud of Chitteruk aura 5; Natural beasts with an Intelligence score of 1 or any creature with the spider keyword within the aura gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls and saving throws.
HP 126; Bloodied 63
AC 19; Fortitude 16, Reflex 16, Will 18
Immune illusion; Resist 5 fire, 5 poison
Saving Throws +2
Speed 5
Action Points 1

(⚔) Envenomed War Pick (standard, at-will) ✦ Weapon, Poison

+10 vs AC; 1d8+3 damage, and Hargash makes a secondary attack against the same target.

Secondary Attack: +9 vs Fortitude; . ongoing 5 poison damage and the target is weakened (save ends both).

➶ Web Bolt (standard, at-will)

Ranged 10; +9 vs Reflex; 1d8+4 damage and the target is slowed (save ends). First Failed Save: The target is immobilized (save ends).

➶ Infernal Quills (minor, encounter) ✦ Poison

Ranged 3; +10 vs AC; 1d8+3 damage, and the target takes ongoing 2 poison damage and a -2 penalty to attack rolls (save ends both).

➶ Curse of Chitteruk (standard, recharge ⚄⚅) ✦ Poison

Ranged 10; +9 vs Reflex; 3d6+4 poison damage and ongoing 5 poison damage (save ends). If the target is already suffering ongoing poison damage, the ongoing poison damage increases by 5 and saving throws made to end the ongoing poison damage take a -2 penalty. Curse of Chitteruk can increase the ongoing poison damage taken by a target only once, even if the target is struck multiple times by Curse of Chitteruk.

✻ Verminous Blast (standard, encounter) ✦ Poison

Area burst 2 within 15; +9 vs Fortitude; 2d6+4 poison damage, and one centipede swarm appears in any unoccupied space within the burst. The centipede swarm treats Hargash as an ally and takes its turn on his initiative. The centipede swarm remains until the end of the encounter.

Alignment Evil        Languages Common, Deep Speech, Dwarven
Skills Arcana +7, Dungeoneering +13, Nature +11, Religion +7
Str 15 (+4)      Dex 12 (+3)      Wis 18 (+6)
Con 16 (+5)      Int 15 (+4)      Cha 16 (+5)

Equipment: war pick .

Published in Dungeon Magazine 178, page(s) 54.