URDLEN
"The Crawler Below"
Lesser god
ARMOR CLASS: 2
MOVE: 12" (36")
HIT POINTS: 272
NO. OF ATTACKS: 2
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 4-16 (+7)
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Nil
SPECIAL DEFENSES: See below
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 30%
SIZE: L (8 1/2' long)
ALIGNMENT: [Chaotic evil]
WORSHIPER'S ALIGNMENT: All evil alignments (gnomes)
SYMBOL: White mole
PLANE: Abyss
CLERIC/DRUID: 8th level cleric
FIGHTER: 10th level fighter
MAGIC-USER/ILLUSIONIST: 13th level illusionist
THIEF/ASSASSIN: 12th level assassin
MONK/BARD: Nil
PSIONIC ABILITY: VI
| S: 19 (+3, +7) | I: 20 | W: 14 |
| D: 20 | C: 24 | CH: 3 |
| Com: -14 | - | - |
Urdlen is the epitome of the evil impulse that rules some gnomes and
is feared by the rest. He appears as a huge, dead-white, furless mole
with claws of steel. It is said that Urdlen, a neuter and sexless being,
lusts for precious metals, jewels, and the blood
of any human, humanoid,
or demi-human. No one can predict where he will strike next,
or what his plans are to further the cause of evil among gnomekind.
Just as he can burrow into the earth of the Abyss, so he hopes evil
will
burrow into his followers’ hearts and souls. He thrives on harmful
trickery against the innocent and good.
Urdlen’s form is distorted by a permanent blur
spell which cannot be
dispelled while he lives. His clerics have a 5% chance of successfully
calling upon Urdlen when in danger and having him cast a blur spell
upon them for protection; however, if the gnome cleric is slain anyway
while the spell is still in effect, Urdlen will eat the gnome’s soul
when it
reaches the Abyss. Urdlen’s clerics may appease their deity by pouring
the blood of a creature they’ve killed into the ground and burying
it. Jewels and valuable metal goods are sacrificed to him by ruining
them (breaking, tarnishing, melting) and then burying them. Clerics
of
this deity are continually at war with the rest of the gnomish deities
and the clerics and followers thereof.
Clerics Raiment Sacrifice/Propitiation
| Sphere of Control | Animal | M | F | N-H | Head | Body | Color(s) | Holy Days | Frequency | Form | Place of Worship |
| evil | white mole | - | - | X(m) | bare | white cloak | white | winter solstice | annually | blood & jewels | underground cavern |
Gnomish assassins and evil thieves and fighters make up most of the
worshipers of this awful deity. They generally share their lord’s love
for evil and deadly pranks directed against all creatures, even other
gnomes. His followers often prefer to live underground, after the manner
of Urdlen’s chaotic tunnel home in the Abyss.
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by Roger E. Moore
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