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Re: [ID:CS]Generating automatic XML entries (think phonebook entries)

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From: Cergorach
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:24
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<Monster id="srd:Aboleth"> 
<Name>Aboleth</Name> 
<StatBlock> 
  <SizeAndType Size="huge" Type="aberration" Subtypes="aquatic">Huge Aberration (Aquatic)</SizeAndType> 
  <HitDice D4="0" D6="0" D8="0" D10="0" D12="0" Modifier="0" HitPoints="76">8d8+40 (76)</HitDice> 
  <Initiative>+1 (Dex)</Initiative> 
  <Speed>10 ft., swim 60 ft.</Speed> 
  <ArmorClass>16 (-2 size, +1 Dex, +7 natural)</ArmorClass> 
  <Attacks>4 tentacles +12 melee</Attacks> 
  <Damage>Tentacle 1d6+9 and transformation</Damage> 
  <FaceAndReach>10 ft. by 20 ft./10 ft.</FaceAndReach> 
  <SpecialAttacks>Transformation, psionics, enslave</SpecialAttacks> 
  <SpecialQualities>Mucus cloud</SpecialQualities> 
  <Saves Fort="7" Ref="3" Will="11">Fort +7, Ref +3, Will +11</Saves> 
  <Abilities Str="26" Dex="12" Con="20" Int="15" Wis="17" Cha="17">Str 26, Dex 12, Con 20, Int 15, Wis 17, Cha 17</Abilities> 
  <Skills>Concentration +16, Knowledge (any one) +7, Listen +16,Spot +16</Skills> 
  <Feats>Alertness, Combat Casting, Iron Will</Feats> 
  <ClimateAndTerrain Climate="cold,temperate,warm" Terrain="underground">Any underground</ClimateAndTerrain> 
  <Organization>Solitary, brood (2-4), or slaver brood (1d3+1 plus7-12 skum)</Organization> 
  <ChallengeRating Value="7">7</ChallengeRating> 
  <Treasure>Double standard</Treasure> 
  <Alignment>Usually lawful evil</Alignment> 
  <Advancement>9-16 HD (Huge); 17-24 HD (Gargantuan)</Advancement> 
</StatBlock> 
<Description> 
<General> 
<par>Aboleth speak their own language, as well as Undercommon and 
Aquan.</par> 
</General> 
<Combat> 
<par>An aboleth attacks by flailing with its long, slimy tentacles, 
though it prefers to fight from a distance using its illusion 
powers.</par> 
</Combat> 
<SpecialAbilities> 
<SpecialAbility Name="Transformation " Type="Ex"> 
<par>Transformation (Ex): A blow from an aboleth's tentacle 
can cause a terrible transformation. Affected creatures must 
succeed at a Fortitude save (DC 19) or begin to transform over 
the next 1d4+1 minutes, the skin gradually becoming a clear, 
slimy membrane. A transformed creature must remain moistened with 
cool, fresh water or suffer 1d12 points of damage every 10 
minutes. A remove disease spell cast before the transformation is 
complete will restore an afflicted creature to normal. Afterward, 
however, only a heal or mass heal spell can reverse the change.</par> 
</SpecialAbility> 
<SpecialAbility Name="Psionics " Type="Sp"> 
<par>Psionics (Sp): At will: hypnotic pattern, illusory wall, 
mirage arcana, persistent image, programmed image, project image, 
and veil. These effects are as the spells cast by a 16th-level 
sorcerer (save DCs, where applicable, are 13 + spell level).</par> 
</SpecialAbility> 
<SpecialAbility Name="Enslave " Type="Su"> 
<par>Enslave (Su): Three times a day, an aboleth can attempt to 
enslave any one living creature within 30 feet. The target must 
succeed at a Will save (DC 17) or be affected as though by a 
dominate person spell cast by a 16th-level sorcerer. An enslaved 
creature obeys the aboleth's telepathic commands (but will 
not fight on its behalf) until freed by remove curse or dispel 
magic, and can attempt a new Will save every 24 hours to break 
free. The control is also broken if the aboleth dies or travels 
more than one mile from its slave.</par> 
</SpecialAbility> 
<SpecialAbility Name="Mucus Cloud " Type="Ex"> 
<par>Mucus Cloud (Ex): An aboleth underwater surrounds itself with 
a viscous cloud of mucus roughly 1 foot thick. Any creature 
coming into contact with and inhaling this substance must succeed 
at a Fortitude save (DC 19) or lose the ability to breathe air 
for the next 3 hours. The affected creature suffocates in 2d6 
minutes if removed from the water. Renewed contact with the mucus 
cloud and failing another Fortitude save continues the effect for 
another 3 hours.</par> 
</SpecialAbility> 
</SpecialAbilities> 
</Description> 
</Monster> 
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