Carrion Crawler
Large animal- Challenge
- STR
- 2
- DEX
- 1
- CON
- 3
- INT
- −5
- WIS
- 1
- CHA
- −3
- Soak
- 1
- Fort
- +4
- Ref
- +2
- Will
- −1
Keen Smell. The carrion crawler has advantage on Perception checks that rely on smell.
Maneuvers. The carrion crawler uses maneuvers (maneuver save Difficulty 12). It has 5 stamina dice which are d8s, a dice limit of 1, regains all expended stamina dice when it finishes a long rest, and regains half its total stamina dice when it finishes a short rest. It knows the following maneuvers:
1 stamina die: ambush, fling (Tentacles only), fountain of blood, inject venom, pounce, spring attack, tear flesh
Spider Climb. The carrion crawler can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make a skill check.
Actions (2)
Bite (1/turn). Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit. Hit: 7 (2d4 + 2) piercing damage.
Tentacles (1/turn). Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 2 m. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) poison damage and the target must succeed on a Difficulty 13 Fortitude saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. Until this poison ends, the target is paralyzed. The poisoned creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Maneuvers
As an action, you can use Stealth without using an action. Additionally, before the end of your next turn, you can add the stamina die to an attack’s damage (add half on a miss by 4 or less) if you have advantage on the attack, or if the creature is within 1 meter of an enemy of the creature that isn’t incapacitated and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack.
Enhance
You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended.
As an action you can attempt to grab and throw a creature that is your size or smaller with a natural weapon such as a tentacle. The creature must make a Reflex saving throw.
On a failure, you throw it 2 meters away from you where it falls prone and takes bludgeoning damage equal to the stamina die.
On a critical failure, you throw it twice as far and it takes twice as much damage.
Enhance
You can increase the damage, target a creature of a larger size, and throw the creature an additional 2 meters for each additional stamina die expended.
As a reaction, which you use when you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack and reduce it to 0 health, you can rip into your foe as it drops. Each creature of your choice in a sphere twice as big as normal around you must make a Will saving throw.
On a failure, a creature is frightened of you until the end of your next turn.
Prerequisites: You must have a form of venom inherent to your body.
1 minute/stamina die
As an action, make a melee weapon attack with a natural weapon that deals poison damage.
On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s poison damage and the creature must succeed on a Fortitude saving throw against poison (Difficulty equal to 9 + your Constitution + your Aptitude Bonus) or become poisoned for the duration.
On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.
On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.
The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Enhance
You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended.
As an action, make a melee weapon attack against a creature after you move at least 3 meters straight toward it.
On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage and if the creature is your size or smaller, it must succeed on a Reflex saving throw or you knock it prone.
On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.
On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.
Enhance
You can increase the damage and target a creature of a larger size for each additional stamina die expended.
As an action, you can use the Dash action. If you move at least 3 meters straight toward a creature, you can make a melee weapon attack against it.
On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage.
On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.
On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.
Enhance
You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended.
As an action, make a melee weapon attack with a natural weapon that deals piercing or slashing damage to cause jagged wounds that bleed.
On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage and the creature is bleeding 1.
On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.
On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.
Enhance
You can increase the damage and bleeding level by 1 for each additional stamina die expended.