Penny pincher (monster): Difference between revisions

Penny pinchers are purple and gold [[Machine family|slot machine]]s that have come to life, with three red slot reels as eyes, a mouth filled with sharp fangs and a long blue tongue, and a handle on the right side of its body in the shape of a scepter topped with a green orb. Perched on top is a grinning horned skull with bat-like wings. They are able to float about freely or will disguise themselves as slot machines in order to ambush adventurers. Their bestiary description states that the penny pinchers were formerly humans that were transformed into monsters due to a desire to win big at the slots.

In battle, it attempts to entire adversaries by spewing forth the alluring scent of gold. It is able to roll its slots to unleash a variety of different effects, such as healing adventurers with a restorative rain, granting them a jackpot of gold coins, incinerating them with a gout of hellfire, or siphoning away their magic power.