The Wild Hunt
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The Wild Hunt exists in all the lands where
Druids
and their deities dwell.
It is a physical manifestation of "life
force" that always takes on the same form.
The Hunt is made up of one
huge black-skinned man with antlers growing from his head and his
pack of hounds.
The Hunt appears whenever there is evil
in the land
(as in the case of an evil temple or an
evil priest of the 12th level or greater coming into the area, or what
the DM decides is a grossly evil act.)
When the Hunt passes, the noise of the
howling dogs or the Hunt Master's horn can
be heard for miles in the night.
If this noise is actively pursued by any
being, they will become part of the Hunt when they sight the pack and its
master!
If the Hunt passes by any given being
they must make a magic saving throw (on a 25% chance they will look at
the pack) or join the Hunt.
When any given being becomes part of the
Hunt they may take on one of two roles: they will be the hunters or the
hunted!
The Hunt always begins ten miles from the
source of evil that "summons" it, and for each mile nearer the source of
evil when the Hunt is spotted there is a 10% chance that the observing
being will be the object of the Hunt instead of the hunter.
The Hunt will always pass close by the
source of evil that has created it
(never going into a building, but going
within inches of the building and passing by).
After passing by, it will travel on in
a random direction for ten more miles.
There will only be one Hunt on the PMP
on any given night, and it will always be drawn to the greatest evil in
the Celtic area
(decided upon by the referee).
If the Hunt finds a being to hunt before
finding the source of evil, it will attack that being to kill it, and then
disappear as it reaches its summoning source.
If the Hunt does not find a victim before
it reaches the source, it will travel on for another ten miles and every
being that sees it and does not make their saving throw vs. magic will
have a 90% chance of becoming the hunted!
If after ten miles, no being becomes the
hunted, the entire pack will turn
on the nearest big game creature around
(deer, stag, bear or anything
partially dangerous and non-intelligent).
All during this hunt, the beings
that have come along with the Hunt must
travel with the Master, and they
must attack whatever becomes the hunted,
even if it goes against their
alignment! Thus, paladins might have to
attack helpless women or the
like. All beings that have been taken
in as hunters will attack the quarry
(whatever it may be) and if they do not
succeed in killing the being, the
Master and
his hounds will take over (but only when all other hunters have
been incapacitated) and they will either
kill or be killed.
The magic of the Hunt will catch up and
sweep along any who become
part of it, so that, whether mounted or
on foot, they will be able to keep up
with the fast pace that the hounds set.
The Hunt generally pursues on the ground,
but it has the ability to run right
into the air to fly over obstacles or
especially difficult terrain.
When the hunted being has been run down,
there is an instant melee to
the death. All participants must fight
on to the death to the best of their
abilities (no holding back).
The only ways to prevent being killed as the object of the Hunt are to run out of the 10 mile radius of the source of evil, to elude the pack until morning, or to slay the Master and his pack.
All beings that have been in any part of the Hunt have a 50% chance of becoming ensnared again with every sighting of the Master and his pack.
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There have been legends of epic battles
between the Master and his
hounds and some of the greater heroes
of the past. In these lejends, the
Master and
his pack have been slain, only to disappear
in the darkness
and appear somewhere else the next night,
proving that the force that
creates the Hunt is eternal.
ARMOR CLASS: 0
MOVE: 18"
HIT POINTS: 100
NO. OF ATTACKS: 2
DAMAGE/ATTACK: By weapon type
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Nil
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 25%
SIZE: M (7')
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
CLERIC/DRUID: Nil
FIGHTER: 15th level ranger <(15th level hunter)>
MAGIC-USER/ILLUSIONIST: Nil
THIEF/ASSASSIN: Nil
MONK/BARD: Nil
| S: 18 (00) | I: 18 | W: 18 |
| D: 18 | C: 18 | CH: 15 |
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The Master has jet-black skin and glowing
green eyes.
His head is crowned by a set of stag
antlers, and he wears a suit of black leather. <not necessarily cuir
boulli>
The Master never speaks.
He runs a few feet behind his pack of hounds and
will sound his horn at every 1 mile increment in his chase.
He uses a +3 spear
in battle.
FREQUENCY: Uncommon
NO. APPEARING: 20
ARMOR CLASS: 5
MOVE: 18"
HIT DICE/POINTS: 30 hp
% IN LAIR: 0%
TREASURE TYPE: Nil
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1
DAMAGE/ATTACK 2-8:
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Nil
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 15%
INTELLIGENCE: Average
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
SIZE: L (4' at shoulder)
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: VI/950 per hound
These huge
black hounds have licks of green fire
for tongues and green
fire for eyes.
These flames do
no
damage but they make the whole Hunt cast an eerie
green glow.
The beasts will
never attack the hunted until all the beings that have drawn themselves
into the Hunt have had their chance to kill.
If the pack is killed,
the Master will then battle
the being.
The death
of any member of the pack goes unnoticed by the rest and it disappears
after the battle
is over.
The hounds attack
as 8 HD monsters. <THACO 12>
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