Cleon
Legend
Culicoid, Giant (Dire Mosquito Female)
Large beast, unaligned
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 67 (9d10 + 18)
Speed 15 ft., fly 50 ft.
Senses passive Perception 10
Languages —
Challenge 2 (450 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Keen Scent. The dire mosquito has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.
Actions
Stylets. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (4d6 + 3) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it is grappled (escape DC 13). Until this grapple ends, the female dire mosquito doesn't attack. Instead, at the start of each of the mosquito's turns, the target loses 17 (4d6 + 3) hit points due to blood loss.
The female dire mosquito can end the grapple by spending 5 feet of her movement. She does so after the target dies or the mosquito drains a total of 60 hit points of blood from her targets.
VARIANT: DISEASED FEMALE DIRE MOSQUITOES
Description
male dire mosquitoes are less dangerous than females, larval dire mosquitos are aquatic insects common folk call wrigglers.
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(Monster designed by Casimir Liber and Cleon on Enworld.org's General Monster Talk Creature Catalog Forum; originally appeared in Polyhedron Magazine #67 (January 1992) with a credit to Jeffrey Morris in "Monsters - by Network Members.")
Large beast, unaligned
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 67 (9d10 + 18)
Speed 15 ft., fly 50 ft.
STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 (+3) | 14 (+2) | 15 (+2) | 1 (–5) | 10 (+0) | 3 (–4) |
Senses passive Perception 10
Languages —
Challenge 2 (450 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2
Keen Scent. The dire mosquito has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.
Actions
Stylets. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (4d6 + 3) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it is grappled (escape DC 13). Until this grapple ends, the female dire mosquito doesn't attack. Instead, at the start of each of the mosquito's turns, the target loses 17 (4d6 + 3) hit points due to blood loss.
The female dire mosquito can end the grapple by spending 5 feet of her movement. She does so after the target dies or the mosquito drains a total of 60 hit points of blood from her targets.
VARIANT: DISEASED FEMALE DIRE MOSQUITOES
Some female dire mosquitoes carry vile diseases that they spread when they drain blood. A diseased female dire mosquito has a challenge rating of 3 (700 XP) and the following action instead of her normal stylets attack.
Stylets. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (4d6 + 3) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it is grappled (escape DC 13). Until this grapple ends, the female dire mosquito doesn't attack. Instead, at the start of each of the mosquito's turns, the target loses 17 (4d6 + 3) hit points due to blood loss and must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or contract a disease. Until the disease is cured, the target is poisoned and can't regain hit points except by magical means, plus the target's hit point maximum decreases by 13 (2d12) every 24 hours. If the target's hit point maximum drops to 0 as a result of this disease, the target dies.
The female dire mosquito can end the grapple by spending 5 feet of its movement. She does so after the target dies or the mosquito drains a total of 60 hit points of blood from her targets.
Stylets. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (4d6 + 3) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it is grappled (escape DC 13). Until this grapple ends, the female dire mosquito doesn't attack. Instead, at the start of each of the mosquito's turns, the target loses 17 (4d6 + 3) hit points due to blood loss and must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or contract a disease. Until the disease is cured, the target is poisoned and can't regain hit points except by magical means, plus the target's hit point maximum decreases by 13 (2d12) every 24 hours. If the target's hit point maximum drops to 0 as a result of this disease, the target dies.
The female dire mosquito can end the grapple by spending 5 feet of its movement. She does so after the target dies or the mosquito drains a total of 60 hit points of blood from her targets.
Description
male dire mosquitoes are less dangerous than females, larval dire mosquitos are aquatic insects common folk call wrigglers.
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(Monster designed by Casimir Liber and Cleon on Enworld.org's General Monster Talk Creature Catalog Forum; originally appeared in Polyhedron Magazine #67 (January 1992) with a credit to Jeffrey Morris in "Monsters - by Network Members.")
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