FREQUENCY: Rare
FREQUENCY; Very rare ([Dungeon Level VI])

FREQUENCY: Rare ([Temperate Wilderness Forest], [Temperate Wilderness Swamp])
FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Temperate Wilderness Hills], [Temperate Wilderness Plains])

FREQUENCY: Rare ([Tropical Wilderness Forest], [Tropical Wilderness Swamp])
FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Tropical Wilderness Hills], [Tropical Wilderness Plains])

NO. APPEARING: 1-2
ARMOR CLASS: 4
MOVE: 6"
HIT DICE: 5+5
% IN LAIR: 60%
TREASURE TYPE: Incidental
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1 ~ 13
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 2-8 (+ smothering) || 13
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Hallucinatory spores
SPECIAL DEFENSES: [SB]
MAGIC RESISTANCE: [SB]
INTELLIGENCE: Unratable
ALIGNMENT: Neutral (evil)
SIZE: M (6' to 7' tall)
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: VI | 475 + 6

Basidironds are multi-stemmed fungoid monsters with woody,
leathery bodies of orange color.
Their cone-shaped upper portions look much like reversed umbrellas,
the interior of which is sooty black.
In combat these fungoid monsters lash forward with their cone-shaped caps that eject spores.
A successful hit inflicts 2-8 points of damage and requires the victim to save vs. Poison or have spores clogging its respiratory tract.
The victim can smother from these growths in 2-5 rounds unless a cure disease (or its equivalent) is CAST.
Basidironds can also use hallucinatory spores which they only when they are standing quietly.
The spores from each basidirond form an invisible cloud around it with a 20-35" radius.
The spores cause each creature within the basidirond's cloud to save vs. Poison each round or begin hallucinating.
Hallucination lasts as long as the individual is within the cloud and for 1-4 rounds after leaving it.
Typical hallucinatory effects on 1d8 are:
 
 

Roll	Description	Effect
1	Individual in a swamp	strips off armor to keep from sinking <link: WSG>
2	Spiders attacking	individual strikes/attacks floor to kill them
3	Individual has shrunk	shouts for help to return to normal size
4	Item held is a viper	individual drops it leaps back to avoid its attack <link: snake?>
5	Individual is suffocating	runs gasping in random directions in order to breathe <link: DSG, smoke damage?>
6	Associates are diseased	individual avoids coming within 10 feet of them
7	Individual is melting	stands howling and "holding self together"
8	Leech on back	individual tears off anything worn on back and attacks it

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Basidironds have no minds by human standards,
so all forms of mental attacks, <link to complete list?>
including charm monster, hold monster, and similar spells,
have no effect.
A cold-based attack will not damage a basidirond but will {SLOW} the monster to 50% normal movement and prevent spore attacks.

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UA:
hp 30
XP 655