Manes
What’s left of a devoured soul. A small aberration.
Imagine a pink, hairless obese kid with short legs and long skinny clawed arms. Its mouth has rows upon rows of tiny sharp teeth.
Like a desperate, evil toddler. The food of eldritch horrors.
| HD: 0 | Armor: none |
| Hit it: easy | Dodge it: easy |
| Move: slow |
It resists mind attacks (because it’s an aberration).
Additionally, when the manes dies, it melts in a small puddle of bile and there 50% chance that another manes spawns from it.
Attacks (1/round)
Claws. The dretch makes a melee attack (1D4).
Manes Blood. Corrosive liquid that has a chance of spawning a mane when exposed to air.
Manes Swarm
| HD: 0 +3D4HP | Armor: none |
| Hit it: easy | Dodge it: special |
| Move: slow |
It resists mind attacks (because it’s an aberration). It can’t die unless it’s would-be killer makes a save vs fear.
In a swarm, creatures are immune to being grappled or attacked by single target spells, and resist weapon damage. However, they take double damage from area of effect attacks.
Additionally, when the manes swarm takes damage, it spawns a new manes.
Attacks (1/round)
Claws. To dodge a swarm’s attack, the roll has to beat 10 + the swarm’s HP. On a hit, the target takes 1D4 damage.
Random Encounter
- Monster: 1D4 Manes Swarms.
- Lair: A ritualy sacrificed body whose open chest breaches to the abyss.
OR
Omen: A cacophony of screams and scratching noises. - Spoor: A ransacked room defiled by tiny hands.
- Tracks: A nearby cacophony of screams.
- Trace: Poorly drawn abyssal symbols.
- Trace: A body gnawed to death.
D6 Mutations
Your studies of the aberration have changed you in horrible, you seem to be starting to melt, and …
- … you explode in a ball of acid if hit by a critical hit.
- … your blood becomes acidic.
- … you shrink by one size.
- … every time you are hit below 0 HP, 1D6 hostile manes burst out of you.
- … 1D4 manes swarms burst out of you to drag you to the abyss.
- roll again. You know the spell word Pathetic and gain one Spell Die.