Angler Fishoid

[mao]

( I working on a mega dungeon, parts of which will be very old school, parts of it will be modern.I've also been neglecting my OSR duties<I might not be a member but I have a very warm feeling for it>)

Angler Fishoid (abomination/Mythos)
3-5 HD
AC 12( about leather) Eye Stalks AC 20 (5HP each)
immune to charms sleep and mind effecting spells
The Fishoid has 3 eye stalks each of which appear from distance as men carrying torches.It also has metal "trophies" attached to it's body to make a metallic clanking sound. Each of these eye stalks does 1d3,d4 or d6 (based on HD) energy zaps at appropriate to hit. Entering melee with the creature requires a saving throw(should be low after adjustment player should need about a 10 to save) or you stand there fascinated by the light of the stalks. This save must be made every round and the effect only lasts for that round. To Spell or missile attack you need make a save that is about a needed 14 on the d20(From a distance the effect is stronger due to being effected by more of it's eye's.

[scottanderson]

The torches and metal are a nice riff on the anglerfish. I love it.

[mao]

Only run this beastie once but it was memorable.

[mao]

( I working on a mega dungeon, parts of which will be very old school, parts of it will be modern. So this is my take on an old school creature)

Origin
"So anyway back to the contest.

The mage guild chairman wanted more creatures for his dungeon so he sent out invitations to a contest of home made monsters Gask won with the bug bear and this made the most junior of the mages,Bosx, very angry. His owl bear was rejected, 'Unimpressive said the chairman. So he went back to work in an attempt to have a victory for his idea but the contest was over and Bosk had lost. It took him 22 years to get an agler fish to breath out of water. He rose in the guild but was still chafed about his loss from years ago, so he continued on the angler fish. Finally his masterpiece was done.

Creation
The Fishoid is extremely difficult to create as Bosx was not the best note keeper(some say this was deliberate, and it was)) In in pite of the difficulty in the process, it has become a status symbol to own one..To create you must first land an angler fish of the largest variety. Then comes the step that most often goes wrong, fussing te fish to a dryad to imbue it with the hypnosis "fishing poles" . Enlarging it is the last step but all too often a mage will try to enlarge first. 
Stats
Angler Fishoid
3-5 Hit Dice
AC 12( about leather) Eye Stalks AC 20 (5HP each)
immune to charms, sleep and mind effecting spells
The Fishoid has 3 eye stalks each of which appear from distance as men carrying torches.It also has metal "trophies" attached to it's body to make a metallic clanking sound. Each of these eye stalks does 1d3,d4 or d6 (based on HD) energy zaps at appropriate to hit. Entering melee with the creature requires a saving throw(should be low after adjustment player should need about a 10 to save) or you stand there fascinated by the light of the stalks. This save must be made every round and the effect only lasts for that round. To Spell or missile attack you need make a save that is about a needed 14 on the d20(From a distance the effect is stronger due to being effected by more of it's eye's.

[Morose]

Interesting take on a beholder. So where is your mega-dungeon, I missed that in your part of the forum?