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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 9257221" data-attributes="member: 57383">Odonatid, Giant (Diminutive Giant Dragonfly Nymph)Small beast, unalignedArmor Class 14 (natural armor)Hit Points 10 (3d6)Speed 30 ft., swim 10 ft.<table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>STR </th><th>DEX </th><th>CON </th><th>INT </th><th>WIS </th><th>CHA </th></tr><tr><td>8 (–1) </td><td>14 (+2) </td><td>11 (+0) </td><td>1 (–5) </td><td>12 (+1) </td><td>5 (–2) </td></tr></table>Skills Stealth +6Senses blindsight 10 ft., passive Perception 11Languages —Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2Ambusher. In the first round of a combat, the giant odonatid has advantage on attack rolls against any creature it surprised.ActionsBite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d8) slashing damage and the target is grappled (escape DC 9). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the giant odonatid can't bite another target.Death Mask (Recharge 4–6). Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d8) piercing damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, the target is grappled (escape DC 9) and must make a DC 9 Strength saving throw. On a failure, the target is knocked prone, and the giant odonatid can drag the target closer and make one bite attack against it as a bonus action. Until this grapple ends, the odonatid cannot use its Death Mask attack again.Jet Dash (Recharge 5–6). The dragonfly nymph swims up to 60 feet.DescriptionApart from being a couple of feet long, this dragonfly nymph is no different from the larger giant odonatid nymphs (see <a href="https://www.enworld.org/posts/9249256" target="_blank">Giant Dragonfly Nymph</a> for details). They are ferocious enough to consider attacking humanoids considerably larger than them. Many nymphs of this size are not actually larvae of diminutive giant dragonflies, but young instars of bigger giant dragonflies. Even the titanic tropical dragonfly has nymphs that hatch out far smaller than this (see <a href="https://www.enworld.org/posts/9249220" target="_blank">Giant Dragonfly</a> for Giant Odonatid Sizes & Variants).VARIANT: DIMINUTIVE GIANT DAMSELFLY NAIADThis is the larva of a Small giant damselfly of less than average size (see <a href="https://www.enworld.org/posts/9257219" target="_blank">Diminutive Giant Dragonfly</a> for details). A diminutive giant damselfly naiad is about 3 feet in length and uses a diminutive giant nymph's statistics, except it is faster (30 ft., swim 30 ft.) and loses the nymph's Jet Dash action option.VARIANT: DIMINUTIVE GIANT TENEBROUS & UNDERDARK DAMSELFLY NAIADSThese are larvae of monstrous damselflies adapted to live in dark environments (see <a href="https://www.enworld.org/posts/9249563" target="_blank">Mammoth Helicopter Damselfly</a> for details, under Tenebrous Helicopter Damselflies and Underdark Helicopter Damselflies). A diminutive tenebrous damselfly naiad has blindsight 10 ft. and darkvision 40 ft.A diminutive underdark damselfly naiad uses a diminutive giant dragonfly nymph's statistics, except it moves as well on land as water (30 ft., climb 30 ft., swim 30 ft.), has blindsight 30 ft. and darkvision 60 ft., and gains the following additional trait. Amphibious. The underdark damselfly naiad can breathe air and water.VARIANT: DIMINUTIVE GIANT TERRESTRIAL DAMSELFLY & DRAGONFLY LARVAEThis is a diminutive giant damselfly naiad or diminutive giant dragonfly nymph adapted to live on land, although It cannot survive dry conditions for long (see <a href="https://www.enworld.org/posts/9249256" target="_blank">Giant Dragonfly Nymph</a> for details, under Terrestrial Giant Odonatid Larvae). A diminutive terrestrial odonatid larva uses a diminutive giant dragonfly nymph's statistics, except it moves better on land than water (30 ft., climb 20 ft., swim 10 ft.), loses the Jet Dash action option if it's a dragonfly nymph, and gains the following additional trait. Limited Amphibiousness. The terrestrial odonatid larva can breathe air and water, but it needs to be drenched in water at least once every 4 hours to avoid suffocating.(Monster designed by Casimir Liber and Cleon on Enworld.org's General Monster Talk Creature Catalog Forum; inspired by the giant dragonfly nymph that debuted in EX2 The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror (1983) by Gary Gygax.)</blockquote>

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