Barrow Guardian

"Like a walking hill, the creature plods along on two legs of rock and earth. It has clublike arms of jagged stone swinging at its sides, with a featureless head."

Barrow Guardians are a type of earth elemental that inhabit and protect old burial mounds. There are four variants of this creature in NWN2:

Traits

Base variant

• Elemental 16
• True neutral
• Abilities: STR 18, DEX 8, CON 10, INT 6, WIS 11, CHA 11
• Hitpoints: 64
• Saves: Fortitude 10, Reflex 4, Will 7
• AC: 19
• AB: +16/+11/+6
• Damage:
  • 2d8+5 bludgeoning, critical 20/x2 (magic slam +1)
  • 2d8+5 bludgeoning, critical 20/x2 (magic slam +1)
• Skills: Listen 10, Spot 9
• Feats: Weapon Proficiency (creature), Iron Will, Darkvision, Power Attack, Cleave, Great Cleave
• Damage reduction 1/-
• Immunity to disease, critical hits, mind-affecting spells, paralysis, poison, sneak attack
• Energy resistance to fire, cold, electricity, acid and sound 5/-
• CR 16

Variant 2

• Elemental 16
• True neutral
• Abilities: STR 16, DEX 8, CON 10, INT 6, WIS 11, CHA 11
• Hitpoints: 64
• Saves: Fortitude 10, Reflex 4, Will 7
• AC: 18
• AB: +15/+10/+5
• Damage:
  • 2d8+4 bludgeoning, critical 20/x2 (magic slam +1)
  • 2d8+4 bludgeoning, critical 20/x2 (magic slam +1)
• Skills: Concentration 15, Listen 10, Spot 9
• Feats: Weapon Proficiency (creature), Iron Will, Darkvision, Power Attack, Cleave, Great Cleave
• Damage reduction 1/-
• Immunity to disease, critical hits, mind-affecting spells, paralysis, poison, sneak attack
• Energy resistance to fire, cold, electricity, acid and sound 5/-
• CR 16

Notes

• This variant is labelled "caster" internally and indeed has Concentration ranks yet is not actually capable of using magic; in practice it is just a weaker version of the base Barrow guardian.

Variant 3

• Elemental 20
• True neutral
• Abilities: STR 20, DEX 8, CON 10, INT 6, WIS 11, CHA 11
• Hitpoints: 65
• Saves: Fortitude 12, Reflex 5, Will 8
• AC: 19
• AB: +20/+15/+10
• Damage:
  • 2d8+6 bludgeoning, critical 20/x2, on hit: Flesh to Stone for 5 rounds, fortitude save against DC 15 negates (Flesh to Stone Slam +1)
  • 2d8+6 bludgeoning, critical 20/x2, on hit: Flesh to Stone for 5 rounds, fortitude save against DC 15 negates (Flesh to Stone Slam +1)
• Skills: Listen 10, Spot 9
• Feats: Weapon Proficiency (creature), Iron Will, Darkvision, Power Attack, Cleave, Great Cleave
• Damage reduction 1/-
• Immunity to disease, critical hits, mind-affecting spells, paralysis, poison, sneak attack
• Energy resistance to fire, cold, electricity, acid and sound 5/-
• CR 16

Variant 4

• Elemental 20
• True neutral
• Abilities: STR 22, DEX 8, CON 10, INT 6, WIS 11, CHA 11
• Hitpoints: 55
• Saves: Fortitude 12, Reflex 5, Will 8
• AC: 22
• AB: +21/+16/+11
• Damage:
  • 2d8+7 bludgeoning, critical 20/x2 (magic slam +1)
  • 2d8+7 bludgeoning, critical 20/x2 (magic slam +1)
• Skills: Listen 10, Spot 9
• Feats: Weapon Proficiency (creature), Iron Will, Darkvision, Power Attack, Cleave, Great Cleave
• Damage reduction 5/-
• Immunity to disease, critical hits, mind-affecting spells, paralysis, poison, sneak attack
• Energy resistance to fire, cold, electricity, acid and sound 5/-
• CR 20