#Carrion crawler manual#

Whenever the charmed target takes damage, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself with a success. The charmed target obeys the carrion crawler’s commands and can’t take reactions, and the carrion crawler and the target can communicate telepathically with each other at a distance of up to 1 mile. Each creature with an Intelligence score of 2 or less in the area must succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw or be magically charmed by the carrion crawler for 1 day, or until the carrion crawler dies or is more than 1 mile from the target. The carrion crawler uses its telepathy to control all simple-minded creatures within 30-feet of it. Languages understands Deep Speech but can’t speak it, telepathy 120 ft. Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13 The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself with a success.Ībilities Str 14 (+2), Dex 14 (+2), Con 16 (+3), Int 17 (+3), Wis 14 (+2), Cha 11 (+0)

On a failure, a creature takes 18 (4d8) poison damage and is blinded for 1 minute, or takes half the amount of damage and is not blinded on a success. Each creature in that area must make a DC 16 Constitution saving throw. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) piercing damage.īlinding Spray (Recharge 5-6). The carrion crawler sprays a poisonous mist in a 20-foot cone. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the poison on itself on a success.īite. Until this poison ends, the target is paralyzed. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) poison damage and the target must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. Melee Weapon Attack: +14 to hit, reach 15 ft., one creature. The carrion crawler makes two attacks: one with its tentacles and one with its bite, and uses its Blinding Spray if it can. Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14 Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2 (1d4) poison damage and the target must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. The carrion crawler can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. The carrion crawler has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell. Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12 Ewwww!Īnd for kicks, why not create a version that has low-level psionics, too? Maybe the bugger was fiddled around with by mind flayers? I’m envisioning a crawler that has blue stripes on it to differentiate it. That means you could potentially flood a room with these guys and not break the game too badly for your PC’s. Sidenote: what’s cool about the lesser carrion crawlers is that they’re so squishy, their CR doesn’t breach 0.

There are our lesser carrion crawler and greater carrion crawler right there. Carrion crawler classic comes in size Large, so we can shrink one version down to Medium and grow another up to Huge. They’re monstrosities, so when it comes to beasts and monstrosities, the easiest thing to do is scale them up and down. Of course, poking fun at their simplicity doesn’t mean we can’t have some fun with them. What variants are needed for carrion crawlers in Fifth Edition?

#Carrion crawler manual#

The fluff in the Monster Manual even says they’re mostly ambush-predators, waiting for dopey adventurers to turn corners without looking. They have darkvision and can climb, so it’s likely they’re going to use the dark to their advantage and attack from above, especially since their tentacles have pretty excellent reach. In Fifth Edition, they’re brutes with above average Strength and Constitution. Although, oddly enough their tentacle attack has an attack bonus that’s way outside the normal monster attack bonus. Ha! Not to knock them, but they’re just big bugs that roam around dungeons and try to paralyze you and eat you. Originally appearing in the 1975 Grey Hawk supplement, carrion crawlers are basically giant centipedes with poisonous tentacles. Today, I’m going to be creating a few variants for this crawling critter. The carrion crawler is a classic Dungeons & Dragons monster.

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