Acid worms a creatures that wander around under the ground and have a nasty habit of attacking anything that moves on the surface. They have poor eyesight and are guided to their prey my the vibrations of those who move on the surface. In combat, the acid worm has 3 attack modes. 1) Protruding from the back of the beast are two tentacles tipped with an instrument that looks like a very bony mouth. The acid worm can whip this mouth-like device at the target with amazing accuracy (THAC0 10) and the mouth will bite for 1d4 damage. In addition, the mouth's teeth are hollow are will inject 20-30 eggs into the target that will begin to grow and mature within 12 hours, beginning to eat the host in 18, and killing the host/escaping in 24 or so. Applying fire to the wound after combat will destroy the eggs. The larvae came be removed with a sharp instrument (like a knife) once they have hatched and begun to grow. Applying a cure disease spell will also remove the infestation. The "mouths" that are thrown at victims will regenerate in 1d4 hours. 2) There is a third tentacle protruding from the back of the worm which is capable of spitting forth up to 5 acid attacks per day. These attacks are very random (THAC0 of 25) and will hit for 1-10 points of damage. The acid worm is immune to his own acid. 3) The acid worm can also bite targets for 3-18 points of damage + 1d12 points of acid damage. Acid worms have no definable sex and reproduce by combat mode 1. Very few larvae reach maturity (less than 1%). Natural predators include, birds, purple worms, and umber hulks (which consider the acid worm a delicacy).

Source: Robert Hayden (avatar%bsu.decnet@msus1)

Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Monsters

Acid Worm