Tuesday Terror: Amiq Rasol
This week’s Tuesday Terror comes from the AD&D Monstrous Compendium Annual: Volume Two, published in 1995.
Also called deep men or dark men, amiq rasol are vengeful undead spawned from pirates who were lost at sea, murdered, or marooned. These creatures haunt coasts and islands, preying upon the living. Amiq rasol appear much as they did in life, albeit perhaps paler with shabbier clothing. When seen through magic (such as true seeing) or when they attack, the amiq rasol’s true appearance reveals itself: that of a corpse whose eyes glow with hellish green fire and whose nails and teeth have become bestial.
Amiq Rasol
Medium undead, neutral evil
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 58 (9d8+18)
Speed 45 ft., swim 25 ft.
STR 13 (+1), DEX 14 (+2), CON 15 (+2), INT 12 (+1), WIS 13 (+1), CHA 12 (+1)
Saving Throws DEX +4, WIS +3
Skills Deception +3, Perception +3, Stealth +4
Damage Resistances necrotic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
Damage Immunities cold
Condition Immunities charmed, paralyzed
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages the languages it knew in life
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
False Appearance. Unless seen via appropriate magic (such as true seeing) or when it attacks, the amiq rasol appears to be a living creature.
Actions
Multiattack. The amiq rasol makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its claws.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6+2) piercing damage. Against a creature that is grappled, incapacitated, or restrained, the bite inflicts an extra 7 (2d6) necrotic damage. The target’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken, and the amiq rasol regains hit points equal to that amount. The reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (2d4+2) slashing damage. Instead of dealing damage, the amiq rasol can grapple the target (escape DC 13).
Charm (3/Day). The amiq rasol targets one humanoid it can see within 30 feet of it. If the target can see the amiq rasol, the target must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw against this magic or be charmed by the amiq rasol. The charmed target regards the amiq rasol as a trusted friend to be heeded and protected. Although the target isn’t under the amiq rasol’s control, it takes the amiq rasol’s requests or actions in the most favorable way it can, and it is a willing target for the amiq rasol’s bite attack.
Each time the amiq rasol or the amiq rasol’s companions do anything harmful to the target, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success. Otherwise, the effect lasts 24 hours or until the amiq rasol is destroyed, is on a different plane of existence than the target, or takes a bonus action to end the effect.
