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=== Combat ===

Unlike the rage of the land, the rage of the planet manifests rarely, usually hibernating in its lair and spawning rage of the lands on the surface.  A land populated by several rage of the lands is bound to hold a rage of the planet under its crust.  It enters combat when someone finds its lair, or every 20 years or so where it bursts unto the surface and demolishes civilization for hundreds of miles around.  Its coming is legendary, its destruction horrifying, and all wait in terror for the next time it awakens.

The rage of the planet constantly releases its Cry of the Planet whenever manifested.  It attacks as if it were a raging barbarian, splitting up melee attacks with its spellcasting as it sees fit.  While not initially active, if disturbed or on a rampage it will never ever stop, pursuing its foes to the end of time and beyond.

'''Aura of Disaster {{Su}}:''' The mere existance of an active and awake rage of the planet causes disasters to appear.  Every 1d8 days, anywhere within 20 miles of the rage of the planet's location may be subject to the effects of ''[[SRD:Control Weather|control weather]]'' or ''[[SRD:Earthquake|earthquake]]'' at random.

When the rage of the planet is actively on the surface and in combat, the effects become stronger.  Every 1d4 rounds, a ''control weather'' or ''earthquake'' goes into effect (unlike the normal spell, the effects of ''control weather'' occur immediately and violently).  While awake, the rage of the planet can actively choose what effect happens and where.  It usually chooses the effects to occur upon any creature it is fighting.

When the rage of the planet is in its death throes, the effect occurs every round until it dies 5 rounds later.

'''Berserker Rage {{Ex}}:''' As the rage of the planet takes damage, it only get more and more furious.  When it drops below 50% of its normal hp, it gains +4 [[Strength]], [[Constitution]], [[Wisdom]], and -2 AC.  Unlike a normal [[barbarian]] rage, it can continue to cast spells in this state.  It ends once it is over 50% hp again.

'''Cry of the Planet {{Su}}:''' An angry howl constantly emits from the rage of the planet whenever it is manifested.  Those within 60 feet must make a [[Will]] save or fall under the effects of the ''[[SRD:Rage|rage]]'' spell, attacking whichever creature is closest regardless if it is friend or foe.  They are also rendered permanently [[SRD:Deafened|deaf]].  A successful saving throw renders the creature immune for 24 hours to that particular rage of the planet's cry.  Regardless of success or failure of the save, the loud roar is difficult to concentrate in.  Those in 60 feet attempting to perform an action which requires focus (such as spellcasting) must make a Concentration check, DC 25 + twice the spell level.  This is a mind-affecting effect, and the save is [[Charisma]] based.

'''Death Throes {{Ex}}:''' If the rage of the planet is killed, it does not die right away.  It becomes mindless (becoming immune to mind-affecting effects), its speed drops in half and it can no longer run, and will continue to attack and chase down its opponents for 5 rounds.  At the end of the 5 rounds, it is unable to hold itself together and explodes in a fountain of elemental energy, throwing burning rocks and clouds of steam into the area like a volcano.  Creatures in 150 feet must make a [[Reflex]] save DC 24 or take 30d6 bludgeoning and fire damage, save for half.  In addition the surrounding 2 miles are subject to ''[[SRD:Rain of Fire|rain of fire]]'', except the flames do not hurt natural vegetation, ground cover, and any plant creatures in the area.  Unless the rage of the planet has been calmed or imprisoned, it will respawn as detailed in Gaia Core (see below).

'''Elemental Defense:'''  As a free action once per round, the rage of the planet can choose which elemental force makes up the majority of its body which grants it different benefits, as shown below.

{| class="zebra d20"
|+ Elemental Defense
! Element || class="left" | Effect
|- 
| Air || class="left" | Fly speed becomes 120 feet (perfect), and it becomes immune to ranged projectiles, including rays and ranged touch attacks.
|- 
| Earth || class="left" | The rage of the land gains DR 15/-, and area in its threatened reach is difficult terrain.
|- 
| Fire || class="left" | Attackers striking its flaming body with a melee non-reach weapon take 6d6 fire damage.  Fire damage heals it instead of harms it.
|- 
| Water || class="left" | Its swim speed becomes 120 feet.  It takes half damage from bludgeoning attacks.  It is surrounded by a constant ''[[SRD:Obscuring Mist|obscuring mist]]'' out to 20 feet around it, which does not obscure its own vision.
|}

'''Elemental Eruption {{Su}}:''' The rage of the planet has a breath attack of concentrated elemental energies.  It deals 1d8 damage per HD (15d8) in a 120 foot cone of each energy type (acid, cold, elecriticy, fire, and sonic). Immunities and resistances do not apply unless you have immunity or resistance to all energy types.  It may perform this every 1d4 rounds with a [[Reflex]] save DC 24 for half. The save DC is [[Constitution]] based.

'''Elemental Offense:'''  As a free action once per round, the rage of the planet can choose which elemental force makes up the majority of its arms which grants it different benefits, as shown below.

{| class="zebra d20"
|+ Elemental Offense
! Element || class="left" | Effect
|- 
| Air || class="left" | Its attacks speed up, gaining an two extra attacks on a full attack action, but all attacks at -2.  It also benefits from the [[SRD:Reflect Arrows|Reflect Arrows]] feat.
|- 
| Earth || class="left" | Its ignores all DR except DR/-, its slam damage die increases by one (to 4d6), and on a successful hit it may choose to bull rush the opponent without provoking an attack of opportunity.  It does not move with the opponent, and if the opponent moves more than 10 feet it falls prone.
|- 
| Fire || class="left" | As an attack action it can launch fireballs as ranged touch attacks that deal the same damage as its slams, but as fire damage, out to 1 mile.  Its melee attacks deal an extra 3d6 fire damage.
|- 
| Water || class="left" | It gains [[SRD:Improved Grab|Improved Grab]] on its slam attacks, and if it manages to pin a creature, that creature must make a [[Fortitude]] save (DC 24) or begin [[SRD:Environment#Drowning|drowning]].  The saving throw is [[Constitution]] based.
|}

'''Extraordinary Health {{Ex}}:''' The rage of the planet always receives maximum hit points per hit die.

'''Gaia Core {{Ex}}:'''  The true essence of the rage of the planet is its gaia core, an incorporeal sphere of energy which is impossible to damage directly.  It has a fly speed equal to its land speed (perfect) and can neither attack nor be attacked.  It can be constrained by force effects such as ''[[SRD:Resilient Sphere|resilient sphere]]'' and it is susceptible to soul trapping effects such as ''[[SRD:Trap the Soul|trap the soul]]'', ''[[SRD:Imprisonment|imprisonment]]'', and thinaun.  However, even when imprisoned its Aura of Disaster continues to apply.  Thus a rage of the planet can partialy be successfully imprisoned without solving the source of its rage.  However to truly kill a rage of the planet for good the source of its rage must be satisfied, a difficult task indeed as the causes which form rage of the planets are often extreme.  Sometimes it may be easier to simply break the will of the planet and get it to relent, but it would require a fantastic show of power, for the rage of the planet can only respect a greater power than it.

The gaia core can manifest its corporeal form at full health as a standard action, losing its incorporeal nature and fly speed equal to its land speed.  It remains in its corporeal form until killed.  It is never unstable.

If its corporeal form is destroyed, the gaia core disperses over the course of 1 minute.  If not imprisoned before then, the rage of the planet will respawn in its Planetary Lair within 1d10 days, and often hibernate for decades.

'''Planetary Lair:'''  The rage of the planet forms in a hollowed out egg in the earth known as the planetary lair.  Besides being its home during times of hibernation, the lair is host to multiple terrains, elemental creatures, and lifeforms.  While in the lair, the gravity becomes objective directional gravity along the inside surface of the sphere.  Lairs can range from a hundred feet in diameter to miles, able to hold entire civilizations.  The theory goes that the rage of the planet holds the seeds of creation in its lair, so the day it finally burns the surface clean of all life it can open its lair and repopulate.

The planetary lair is host to several environmental hazards.  Terrain switches from area to area in patches about 100 feet wide or larger.  Creatures in these terrains may be subject to various forms of [[SRD:Weather|weather]] and [[SRD:Environment|environmental hazards]].

If the rage of the planet dies for real (by being calmed or overwhelmed by power), the planetary lair collapses in on itself within 1 minute of its passing, and losing its abnormal traits.

'''Regeneration {{Ex}}:''' The rage of the planet takes normal damage from negative energy damage, and by technological weapons with moving parts (such as crossbows, guns, chainsaws, and others).

'''Spells:'''  The rage of the planet casts spells as a [[druid]] of its level, including the ability to spontaneously convert druid spells into ''[[SRD:Summon Nature's Ally I|summon nature's ally]]'' spells.  The save DCs are [[Wisdom]] based.

''Typical Druid Spells Prepared (6/7/7/7/5/5/4/3/1; save DC 17 + spell level)''
0-''[[SRD:Create Water|create water]]'', ''[[SRD:Detect Magic|detect magic]]'', ''[[SRD:Guidance|guidance]]'', ''[[SRD:Know Direction|know direction]]'', ''[[SRD:Resistance|resistance]]'', ''[[SRD:Virtue|virtue]]''; 1st-''[[SRD:Entangle|entangle]]'' x3, ''[[SRD:Faerie Fire|faerie fire]]'', ''[[SRD:Longstrider|longstrider]]'', ''[[SRD:Magic Stone|magic stone]]'', ''[[SRD:Produce Flame|produce flame]]''; 2nd-''[[SRD:Bear's Endurance|bear's endurance]]'', ''[[SRD:Bull's Strength|bull's strength]]'', ''[[SRD:Flaming Sphere|flaming sphere]]'', ''[[SRD:Fog Cloud|fog cloud]]'', ''[[SRD:Gust of Wind|gust of wind]]'', ''[[SRD:Soften Earth and Stone|soften earth and stone]]'', ''[[SRD:Warp Wood|warp wood]]''; 3rd-''[[SRD:Contagion|contagion]]'', ''[[SRD:Plant Growth|plant growth]]'', ''[[SRD:Poison|poison]]'', ''[[SRD:Sleet Storm|sleet storm]]'', ''[[SRD:Spike Growth|spike growth]]'', ''[[SRD:Stone Shape|stone shape]]'', ''[[SRD:Wind Wall|wind wall]]''; 4th-''[[SRD:Control Water|control water]]'', ''[[SRD:Flame Strike|flame strike]]'', ''[[SRD:Giant Vermin|giant vermin]]'', ''[[SRD:Ice Storm|ice storm]]'', ''[[SRD:Rusting Grasp|rusting grasp]]''; 5th-''[[SRD:Animal Growth|animal growth]]'', ''[[SRD:Baleful Polymorph|baleful polymorph]]'', ''[[SRD:Call Lightning Storm|call lightning storm]]'', ''[[SRD:Transmute Mud to Rock|transmute mud to rock]]'', ''[[SRD:Transmute Rock to Mud|transmute rock to mud]]''; 6th-''[[SRD:Antilife Shell|antilife shell]]'', ''[[SRD:Greater Dispel Magic|greater dispel magic]]'' x2, ''[[SRD:Wall of Stone|wall of stone]]''; 7th-''[[SRD:Animate Plants|animate plants]]'', ''[[SRD:Creeping Doom|creeping doom]]'', ''[[SRD:Heal|heal]]''; 8th-''[[SRD:Repel Metal or Stone|repel metal or stone]]''.


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Alignment	Often Chaotic Evil +
Author	Eiji-kun +
Challenge Rating	15 +
Environment	Any natural terrain +
Identifier	3.5e Monster +
Level Adjustment	— +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Size	Gargauntuan +
Subtype	Air +, Earth +, Fire + and Water +
Title	Rage of the Planet +
Type	Elemental +