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Author: Techpriest88 (talk) Date Created: 14 November, 2011 Status: In progress. Editing: Please suggest on talk page.

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The Goal

What I really want to do here is make a creature that players have no real hope of defeating head-on. It towers over human-sized creatures, which don't even reach its knees. An ultralisk just will not concievably fall to blades and arrows or even to conventional battle spells. It has been evolved to anihilate heavily armored enemies and dismantle fortifications. Adventurers should only engage an ultralisk as part of a much larger force, attempting to turn the tide of battle largely through skill challenges. They may attempt to use natural features of the battlefield, cunning traps, or siege weapons to wear it down, for example.

Ultralisk

The ultralisk is stands at the pinnacle of zerg evolution with regard to land-bound warfare. It is comparable to a mobile fortress; a colossal armor-plated mammoth sporting 4 enormous, bladed arms. Ultralisks are noted for their devestating Kaiser blade attacks, bringing pairs of their arms together in a deadly scissor motion which, as often as not, leaves their targets in pieces while simultaneously slicing at anything else nearby. They are so massive that nothing can slow or hold an ultralisk in place; every step they take threatens to grind lesser foes into the dust.

Behind its burning eyes, the ultralisk's mind is a thing of seathing chaos locked in permanent battle frezy. Despite its enormous size, it seems to notice every opening and opportunity that presents itself on the battlefield. All attempts to influence its mind prove fruitless and it oftentimes shakes off trauma that should have left it senseless. The ultralisk is even able to project this overwhelming chaos with its gaze and roar.

Note: If its powers seem a bit ridiculous, they most likely are. I'm just throwing ideas out there at the moment. I'm really envisioning a monster that is impossible to defeat by conventional means. Defeating it would simply require an application of force that no blade, arrow, or battle spell is capable of. Requisition all siege weapons in the region, drop a few towers over its head, call down meteors through ritual magic; the response should be proportionate to the size of the threat. Skill challenges to deal meaningful damage to the ultralisk would be perfectly welcome.

Ultralisk Level 30 Solo brute
Gargantuan aberrant magical beast (zerg) XP ?
Initiative +?	Senses Perception +?, low-light
HP ?; Bloodied ?
AC ?; Fortitude ?, Reflex ?, Will ?
Immune fear, slowing, and immobilizing effects; Resist psychic (see frenzied mind)
Saving Throws +5
Speed 8
Action Points 2
Traits
Threatening Reach
The ultralisk may make opportunity attacks against creatures within its reach (4 squares).
Trampling Stride
The ultralisk may move into enemies' spaces and end its move there. Whenever it enters an enemy's space, it makes the following attack. Whenever it ends its move in an enemy's space, that enemy is pushed to the nearest unoccupied square. Attack (free action): Melee 1 (triggering enemy); +? vs. Fortitude Hit: [low normal] damage, and the target is slowed until the end of its next turn. Miss: Half damage.
Standard Actions
Kaiser Blade ♦ At-Will
Attack: Melee 4 (one creature); +? vs. AC Hit: [med normal] damage, and the ultralisk slides the target 2 squares.
Cleaving Assault ♦ At-Will
Effect: The ultralisk makes 2 Kaiser Blade attacks against one target, then another 2 attacks against a separate target. Any enemy adjacet to either target takes [minor] damage.
Frightful Presence (fear) ♦ Encounter
Attack: Close burst 10 (enemies within burst); +? vs Will Hit: The target is stunned until the end of the ultralisk's next turn. Aftereffect: The target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls (save ends).
Move Actions
Bonecrushing Stomp ♦ At-Will
Attack: Close burst 4 (creatures in burst); +? vs. Fortitude Hit: [low limited] damage, and the target is pushed 2 squares and knocked prone. Miss: Half damage, and the target is pushed 2 squares.
Minor Actions
Terrifying Gaze (fear, psychic) ♦ At-Will (1/round)
Attack: Close burst 10 (one enemy in burst); +? vs. Will Hit: The target takes ongoing 10 psychic damage and if it begins its turn within 4 squares of the ultralisk, it must use its first action to move away from the ultralsk (save ends both).
Resonating Roar (fear, thunder) ♦ Recharge
Attack: Close burst 10 (enemies in burst); +? vs. Fortitude Hit: [med limited] thunder damage, and the target takes ongoing 15 thunder damage and is deafened (save ends both).<be />Effect: Allied zerg within the burst gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls until the beginning of the ultralisk's next turn.
Triggered Actions
Frenzied Mind
Trigger: The ultralisk is subjected to a stunning, dazing, or dominating effect. Effect (free action): The ulralisk immidiately makes a saving throw to end the effect, even if it cannot normally be ended by a saving throw. Even if this saving throw fails against a dominating effect, the ultralisk is instead dazed for its duration.
Skills None
Str (+?)	Dex (+?)	Wis (+?)
Con (+?)	Int (+?)	Cha (+?)
Alignment Unaligned	Languages --

Ultralisk Tactics

Epic tactical analysis here.

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