This one sound familiar, but I was wrong. I searched all of the manuals and folios but couldn’t find him listed. So, what have we got? The Cryptknight. First appearance in Lost Tomb of Martek I5 (9054) in 1983. This is the last module in the Desert of Desolation Series. As far as the Cryptknight went, he was just okay, but he did spice up the game and he can do the same for yours. As always, let us know if you use him in one of your adventures.
| FREQUENCY: Very Rare NUMBER APPEARING: 1-10 ARMOR CLASS: 0 MOVE: 12” HIT DICE: 9 % IN LAIR: 100% TREASURE TYPE: Nil NUMBER OF ATTACKS: 1 DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1-1 2 SPECIAL ATTACKS: continual fear SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil MAG IC RES I STANCE: Standard INTELLIGENCE: Semi ALIGNMENT: LE SIZE: M PSlONlC ABILITY: Nil Attack/Defense Modes: Nil |  |
Cryptknights are only known to exist in the wizard Martek’s tomb. Cryptknights are creatures that were Time-trapped (see the SPECIAL NOTE in the MOBIUS TOWER PROLOGUE on page20) just as they died. Thus, they became trapped in their deaths. Because of their frightening deaths, 70% of all Cryptknights emanate continuous fear (as the fourth level magic users’ spell fear). Over the centuries, some Cryptknights escaped from the Mobius tower to other parts of Martek’s tomb. Cryptknights look like skeletal forms of the people they were before they were time-trapped.
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