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<blockquote data-quote="Leatherhead" data-source="post: 8575681" data-attributes="member: 53176"><p><h3>Catoblepas (VGtM)</h3><p></p><p></p><p>The Catoblepas is a strange creature, which in D&D tradition, is remolded from it’s Roman roots. The book calls them a “conglomeration of bloated buffalo, dinosaur, warthog, and hippopotamus parts.” I find this description a bit lacking, as it could mean any number of things. A more apt description would be “Long-necked Hell Pig.” The Catoblepas resembles a mish-mash of prehistoric megafauna mammals, but it is a monstrosity rather than a beast. It has the head of a warthog, on a long neck that can barely support it, a massive and slow moving core body that resembles a wooly rhino, and a tail that ends in a club. Their stench is great enough to make you gag, but their most defining feature is their bloodshot eyes, which can be used to shoot death rays.</p><p></p><p>They like to live in swamps, which their very presence corrupts. A friendly druid could hire the PCs to exterminate them in order to restore the balance. Alternatively, the Catoblepas could be domesticated. Hags like to use them as cattle, and in past lore some towns have been said to domesticate them for their exotic cheese.</p><p></p><p>Any creature unfortunate to get in melee combat range with the CR 5 Catoblepas stands a good chance of being poisoned by it’s stench. Naturally, the Catoblepas should open up with it’s Death Ray. Which can deal a massive 64 damage to a target if they get unlucky. You might be tempted to save it as a ranged reprisal attack, but with only 30’ of range and a recharge of 5-6, the Death Ray is ill-suited for that purpose. A Catoblepas will primarily fight with it’s tail club, which can stun the target, and win the action economy. The tail club has a decent reach, so it can go over the front line to reach squisher targets if need be. With only 30’ of movement speed, they aren’t going to be able to retreat from combat, and will likely fight to the death.</p><p></p><p>In the changeover, the Catoblepas lost Keen Smell, but gained proficiency in perception.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leatherhead, post: 8575681, member: 53176"] [HEADING=2]Catoblepas (VGtM)[/HEADING] The Catoblepas is a strange creature, which in D&D tradition, is remolded from it’s Roman roots. The book calls them a “conglomeration of bloated buffalo, dinosaur, warthog, and hippopotamus parts.” I find this description a bit lacking, as it could mean any number of things. A more apt description would be “Long-necked Hell Pig.” The Catoblepas resembles a mish-mash of prehistoric megafauna mammals, but it is a monstrosity rather than a beast. It has the head of a warthog, on a long neck that can barely support it, a massive and slow moving core body that resembles a wooly rhino, and a tail that ends in a club. Their stench is great enough to make you gag, but their most defining feature is their bloodshot eyes, which can be used to shoot death rays. They like to live in swamps, which their very presence corrupts. A friendly druid could hire the PCs to exterminate them in order to restore the balance. Alternatively, the Catoblepas could be domesticated. Hags like to use them as cattle, and in past lore some towns have been said to domesticate them for their exotic cheese. Any creature unfortunate to get in melee combat range with the CR 5 Catoblepas stands a good chance of being poisoned by it’s stench. Naturally, the Catoblepas should open up with it’s Death Ray. Which can deal a massive 64 damage to a target if they get unlucky. You might be tempted to save it as a ranged reprisal attack, but with only 30’ of range and a recharge of 5-6, the Death Ray is ill-suited for that purpose. A Catoblepas will primarily fight with it’s tail club, which can stun the target, and win the action economy. The tail club has a decent reach, so it can go over the front line to reach squisher targets if need be. With only 30’ of movement speed, they aren’t going to be able to retreat from combat, and will likely fight to the death. In the changeover, the Catoblepas lost Keen Smell, but gained proficiency in perception. [/QUOTE]
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