Lake Dredger

Lvl 14 huge undead

Crooked Moon Bestiary
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Crooked Weakness.

All monsters from the Crooked Moon have some kind of weakness that the heroes can learn about through experience, research, etc...

Depicted Demise.

Takes 20 damage if they can see themselves, as in a portrait, mirror, etc.. (1/round).

Silt Stealth.

While submerged in water, Invisible until they attack.

Perforated Stomach.

A swallowed creature can use an Action and take 15 piercing damage to exit its stomach.

Choose twice.
  • Bite.

    2d6+10. On DAMAGE, Grappled (escape DC 17).

  • Swallow.

    Swallow a Grappled creature, 4d6+15 necrotic, Blinded, and Restrained until out of its stomach. Creatures take 4d6 necrotic 1/turn inside the stomach.

Habitat: Coastal, Swamp, Underwater

Lake dredgers are Undead water behemoths, such as whales, giant fish, or dinosaurs. These creatures are reanimated through the deep, primal fear of the unknown horrors that lurk in the murky depths. They dwell in the beds of lakes, rivers, or oceans, dredging up the detritus to replenish their ever-rotting mass. They also add to their decaying bulk by feeding on living creatures, especially drawn to those who exhibit fear of the deep. Once prey is devoured, it is impaled on its cracked ribs until the waterlogged flesh becomes one with the beast’s.

Secret. Lake dredgers exist because of the fear of the unknown, and their essence is undone in the presence of a captured or crafted depiction of themselves, such as a drawing or carving.