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This is a level 4 Trailgaunt I needed for my home game. I will try to post any other creatures I make/convert in the future for you lovely folks to use.
Feedback and criticism are always welcome.
Trailgaunt
The dreaded trailgaunt is a form of undead that plagues regions where travelers have long trod the roads. Legends hold that trailgaunts rise from the remains of seasoned travelers who became lost and then perished from exposure or starvation, suffering great shame and humiliation to have come to such unexpected and lonely ends in addition to their physical torment. Trailgaunts seek travelers to avenge themselves upon and are driven to feast upon the feet of those they slaughter, often leaving the maimed bodies to rise as new trailgaunts with the setting of the next sun. Trailgaunts with intact feet are rare, yet even those fortunate enough to retain all their toes are slow and clumsy.
Trailgaunts are particularly feared in nomadic societies, and stories of how these undead creatures relentlessly stalk those who commit crimes are popular. The most common tales focus on a hunter who abandons a partner in the wild and then prospers on the profits of the hunt for a year before the betrayed partner finally catches up to the traitor and kills him as he sleeps. Many variations on this tale exist, but they inevitably revolve around themes of treachery and relentless pursuit.
TRAILGAUNT CREATURE 4
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[Uncommon] [NE] [Medium] [Undead]
Perception +8; Darkvision.
Languages Common.
Skills athletics +12, nature +8 [+12 to follow tracks], society +10, stealth +10
Str +5, Dex -1, Con +3, Int +1, Wis +3, Cha +3
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AC 20; Fort +12, Ref +6, Will +12
HP 65, Negative Healing; Immunities death effects, disease, paralyze, poison, unconscious
Weaknesses Loathing; Resistances all damage 5 (except slashing)
Mutter (aura, mental, auditory) 10 feet. See Trailgaunt Abilities; DC 18.
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Speed 10 feet, climb 10 feet, burrow 10 feet; Sudden Lunge; Sure Stride.
Melee [one-action] Jaws +14 Damage 2d8+5 piercing plus Pain
Melee [one-action] Claws +14 (Agile) Damage 2d6+5 slashing plus Pain
Create Spawn Any humanoid creature killed by a trailgaunt becomes a trailgaunt itself at the next sunset as long as the body is both unburied and not within line of sight of a well-maintained road. Spawn so created are free-willed and do not have any of the abilities they had in life.
Loathing A trailgaunt cannot cross a well maintained road. It can burrow under it or climb over it, but it cannot walk across such a barrier. A trailgaunt forced onto a well maintained road must succeed at a DC 20 Will save at the start of each round or be unable to take any actions.
Mutter (aura, mental, auditory) 10 feet. A trailgaunt’s pain-filled muttering and groaning is distressing to hear. A creature entering the aura or starting its turn within the aura must succeed at a DC 18 Will save or become Frightened 1 for 1 minute.
Pain A creature damaged by a trailgaunt’s bite or claws must succeed at a DC 21 Fortitude save or become Slowed 1 and have its speed reduced by 10 feet by pain in its legs and feet for 1 round. Creatures in contact with the ground take a –1 circumstance penalty on this saving throw.
Sudden Lunge[one-action] Once per 1d4 rounds, a trailgaunt can lurch into a burst of motion. Stride up to 40 feet. (when available to use, twitches more violently)
Sure Stride A trailgaunt’s speed is never reduced by difficult terrain, and it can Step in such conditions.
This is very cool! The lore is interessting and the Loathing weakness which comes from it is very neat.
PCs see it stops at a road and think they are safe? Too bad, now it starts digging... :)
The hint on how to telegraph the availability of Sudden Lunge is nice. More creature entries should have those.
Resist all damage, rather than all physical damage, is very strong at 4th level. At that level I would be surprised to find a creature that resists magic missile, for example.