Bat, Arctic
Illustration by Salty Goo. Monster inspired by the Creature Compendium.
A fluffy white bat with a freezing venom. Arctic Bats follow blizzards, hiding among the snowflakes. They harass their preys until they freeze before eating them. A tiny scavenging beast.
Imagine a tiny screeching puff of white fur with grey-blue bat wings.
| Hit Points: 1 | Armor: 0 |
| Hit it: hard | Dodge it: normal |
| Movement: fly fast | Size: tiny |
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It resists cold because of its fur. It can hear very well, allowing it to easily spot their preys in the dark, even invisible ones. Also, it is hard to spot amongst snowflakes, making attacks against it disadvantageous during snowstorms.
Attacks (1/round)
Freezing Bite. The arctic bat makes a melee attack. On a hit, the target must save or be poisoned with a freezing venom.
Tame It
If you have captured this beast, you can spend the equivalent of 1 bag of silver in food between two adventures to tame it. It is now one of your followers. Each extra bag of gold spent training the beast teaches it a one-word order. Otherwise, it only acts to eat or in self-defence.
Hunt It
Arctic bat fur is very fluffy, but a huge amount of bats must be skinned to make a coat, making it very expensive. Arctic bat venom is valued as a food preserver and as a weapon.
If you have access to an artisan and a workshop, you can spend loot between two adventures to create something with parts of the beast. The object you craft can be anything mostly made of the provided materials. It will have the value of what you invest in it. Discuss what you want with the referee.
Arctic Bat Swarm
| Hit Points 8 | Armor: 0 |
| Hit it: normal | Dodge it: hard |
| Movement: fly fast | Size: medium swarm |
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It resists cold because of its fur. It can hear very well, allowing it to easily spot their preys in the dark, even invisible ones. Also, it is hard to spot amongst snowflakes, making attacks against it disadvantageous during snowstorms.
In a swarm, creatures are immune to being grappled or attacked by single target spells, and resist mind and weapon damage. However, they take double damage from area of effect attacks.
Attacks (1/round)
Bites. The swarms makes a melee attack. On a hit (1 dmg), the target is blinded for 1 turn, and must save or be poisoned with a freezing venom.
The Lair
Number : 2 Swarms
Lair : A crack leading to a frozen cave with 1D10 sleeping swarms in it
Desire : Easy Preys & Subzero Themperatures
When you roll this monster on your encounter table. Most of them are hints the monster is nearby.
If the party meets this monster, what is it doing?
A basic dungeon thematic room.
To fill a dungeon room.
What it is doing.