Accursed Khaos Crawler
An accursed Khaos crawler is a construct with eight legs and a manuscript fused into its housing. It reads from the pages continuously, and whatever is written takes effect in the room around it. The text changes: recovered fragments read differently each time they are opened.
- Physiology
- Aberration, Construct
- Size
- Large
- Speed
- 40 ft., climb 40 ft.
- Armor class
- 18
- Hit points
- 171 (18d10 + 72)
- Proficiency
- +4
- STR 18 +4 save +4
- DEX 17 +3 save +7
- CON 18 +4 save +4
- INT 19 +4 save +8
- WIS 15 +2 save +6
- CHA 16 +3 save +3
- Skills
- Arcana +8 , Perception +6 , Technology +8
- Passive Perception
- 16
- Senses
- darkvision 120 ft., truesight 30 ft.
- Languages
- Netherspeech, Axiom Binary, Common
- Damage resistances
- fire, lightning, psychic
- Damage immunities
- poison, rift
- Condition immunities
- charmed , exhausted , frightened , poisoned
- Found in
- Rift Breach , Settlement
Traits
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Shifting Text
At the start of each of its turns, roll a d4. On a 1 its attacks deal an extra 3d6 rift damage; on a 2 it has resistance to all damage; on a 3 its reach doubles; on a 4 it can act again at the end of the round.
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Bound to the Manuscript
Destroying the manuscript destroys it. The manuscript has Armor Class 19 and 50 hit points and can be targeted only by a creature that has Grappled the crawler.
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Web Walker
The crawler ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing, and can climb any surface including a ceiling.
Actions
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Multiattack
The crawler makes three leg attacks, or uses Read Aloud and makes two leg attacks.
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Bladed Leg
+7 to hit · reach 10 ft.
2d10 + 3 slashing damage
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Read Aloud
Each creature within 30 feet makes a DC 16 Wisdom save, taking 8d8 psychic damage on a failure or half as much on a success. A creature that fails by 5 or more is Stunned until the end of its next turn.
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Rewrite the Floor
A 20-foot square within 60 feet stops obeying its previous arrangement for 1 minute. It is difficult terrain, and a creature that ends its turn in it makes a DC 16 Dexterity save or takes 4d10 rift damage.