Death Mold
Terrain
Level 12 HazardXP 700

Detect Perception DC 20

Immune attacks

Triggered Actions

ᗕ Attack (necrotic) ✦ At-Will

Trigger: A living creature enters or starts its turn within 3 squares of the death mold.

Attack (Immediate Reaction): Close blast 3 (living creatures in the blast, including the triggering creature); +15 vs. Fortitude

Hit: 2d6 + 14 necrotic damage. A Small or Medium target dropped below 1 hit point by this attack dies and immediately becomes a death mold zombie. The zombie rolls initiative and acts on its turn under the Dungeon Master's control.

Miss: Half damage.

Countermeasures

✦ Dormant: A character can use a radiant attack power to render the death mold dormant in a target square or squares in the attack's area. No attack roll is necessary. Until the end of the character's next turn, creatures do not trigger attacks from the dormant mold.

✦ Destroy: A character can use a fire attack power to destroy the death mold in a target square or squares in the attack's area. No attack roll is necessary.

Published in The Book of Vile Darkness, page(s) 2-36.