Amalgam

The elemental planes are the homes of the very substances from which the world is composed. And while the elements may seem steady and predictable on the material plane, in its native plane these common materials can be much more. There it forms everything from sentient beings to plants and strange weather.

When planar energies from these planes leak into the material plane they bring this strangeness with them. When animating energies from the plane of earth infuse collections of loose rock it can create an amalgam. These huge masses of loose rocks form into a roughly humanoid form that are often fiercely defensive of their territory.

In battle amalgams focus in throwing around all of their considerable weight around. Their massive stone fists can deliver crushing blows that can kill instantly and they are strong enough to throw great boulders at those who wisely stay away. They can throw their loose towards their enemies in a massive rock slide or create a vortex or rocks and stone to smash all who come nearby.

CR: 16
N Huge Outsider (earth, elemental, native)
Combat Role: Brute, Area Control

The amalgam is primarily a direct melee fighter, place one in front of a thing or creature you want defended and be done with it. In addition the Rock Slide and Stone Vortex abilities add area damage to plough through an entire army.
In addition an amalgam is capable of shaping rock using its spell like abilities, with unlimited stone shape and spike stones and wall of stone 3/day any battlefield of the amalgam’s choosing can be shaped to block ranged attacks and force opponents close.


The way to create an amalgam is fairly straightforward. Any skilled wizard, cleric, druid or other magic user with some control over earth can pull power from the elemental plane of earth and slowly push it into a pile of rocks. Far harder is controlling the resulting giant of living rock, and most of the creators simply rely on the natural territorial instincts of an amalgam to guard remote places.

In one of the deepest valleys of the Gosper Mountains stands a great temple of of a forgotten god of gems and magic. The temple to this day holds a great fortune in gems and magical artifacts, and it continues to hold them, for the site is guarded by exceptionally massive amalgams that can use the magic gems in their form to cast powerful spells.

When stones from the material plane fall though rifts into the plane of earth they can form into amalgams as well, but with the greater amount of energy available can power the creation of truly titanic amalgams.
One such titan is Avalanche Crushes Storm, which has been created by a Shaitan kaiser who build a city among its stones and now leads an invasion of the plane of air itself.

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