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　Countless things (and Things) from other dimensions are casually termed “intruders,” but slayers save the term for a strain of Elder Things that appears to have been created to meddle in mortal affairs. Squid Cults revere these entities as divine emissaries . . . but of course the “gods” they represent don’t reward worship. Delvers rarely encounter these monsters until after they’ve demolished a cult’s ranks. The Intruders are the ones at the rear, ordering the suicide charge while the high priests complete some foul ritual.

　Intruders can pass as elves, humans, orcs, and similar humanoids in insufficient light, but the resemblance is superficial. Their skin drips with unwholesome slime, their eyes are black orbs, and they never speak aloud. They possess a powerful array of telepathic attacks that let them sow madness and dominate minds, and they do lash out with these in combat. As fanatical servitors, they’re willing to fight to the death with their jagged two-handed swords, which resemble fused humanoid backbones forged from unnatural metal.

ST: 14 HP: 28 Speed: 6.25
DX: 12 Will: 12 Move: 6
IQ: 12 Per: 12
HT: 13 FP: 13 SM: 0
Dodge: 9 Parry: 11 (Sword) DR: 5 (Tough Skin)
Fear (16): Fear (Psi, p. 6), with effective Will 16. Range 10.
Costs 1 FP/use.
Madness (16): Madness 2 (Psi, p. 7), with effective Will 16. Takes speed/range modifiers. Costs 1 FP/use.
Mind Control (16): Mind Control 2 (Psi, pp. 7-8), with effective Will 16. Takes speed/range modifiers. Costs 1 FP/use.
Spiny Ripsword (16): 2d+3 cutting (Reach 1, 2) or 1d+3 impaling (Reach 2). Any injury means 2 HP of blood loss next turn, unless the target has No Blood; assess this on the Intruder’s turn.

Traits: Doesn’t Breathe; Doesn’t Eat or Drink; Doesn’t Sleep; Double-Jointed; Elder Gift 4; Extreme Fanaticism; Frightens Animals; High Pain Threshold; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards; Indomitable; Injury Tolerance (Homogenous, No Blood); Night Vision 5; Pressure Support 3; Psi Talent 4; Psychic Terror (Psi, p. 14); Slippery 5; Telesend (Psi,p. 11); Temperature Tolerance 5 (-20° to 100°); Unfazeable; Unusual Background (Psionic).

Skills: Climbing-17; Escape-22; Hidden Lore (Elder Things)-16; Hidden Lore (Psi)-16; Intimidation-12; Leadership-12; Occultism-16; Tactics-12; Two-Handed Sword-16.

Class: Elder Thing.

Notes: Double-Jointed and Slippery combine for +10 on attempts to break free; Extreme Fanaticism gives +3 to Willbased resistance in most run-ins with adventurers; Injury Tolerance limits impaling and piercing attacks (p. B380), and gives No Brain and No Vitals; and many effects are totally ineffective: fear (Unfazeable), poison (Immunity), shock (High Pain Threshold), strangulation (Doesn’t Breathe), etc. Intruders are good tacticians, and strive to fight in areas where their opponents suffer from troubles they don’t, most often darkness (up to -5). The spiny ripsword is a thrusting greatsword; its special effect will work for non-Intruders. Unwilling to negotiate. Truly evil.