Monster: Living Statue, Brass

Living Statue, Brass
Armour Class: 3
Hit Dice: 5**
Move: 120' (40')
Attacks: 2
Damage: 1-8/1-8
No. Appearing: 1 (see below)
Save As: F5
Morale: 11
Treasure Type: Nil
Alignment: Lawful
XP Value: 425

A brass living statue is a magical construct, often of greater than human proportion, cast from alchemically strengthened brass and ornamented with elaborate punched-out traceries that reveal brilliant crimson fires within. Whether humanoid, bestial or other, more exotic shapes, brass statues are inevitably shaped with sharp, ornate "flames" or blades projecting from their bodies. Brass statues carry no weaponry; their flames are weapons enough.

A brass statue attacks by rushing at an opponent or striking with one or more limbs, slashing or impaling its victim for 1-8 hit points of damage per successful attack; if the statue has enough space to charge it will do so, inflicting double damage upon a single target. Fumbling an attack against a brass statue results in 1-6 hit points of damage as the attacker blunders against the statue's flame-blades.

The internal energies of a brass statue flicker and dance, creating rippling crimson patterns that disorient those who view them -- if a save vs. spell is failed, any attackers take a -2 penalty to their to hit rolls. Twice a day a brass statue may expend the lion's share of these energies to create a sphere of injurious magical power 10' in radius around it; this energy causes 1-8 hit points of damage to everything within range, but shuts down the statue's disorientation ability for four rounds.