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Gastronomie
2016-02-12, 07:27 AM
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Gasha Dokuro
The Gasha Dokuro, created from the amassed bones of the dead, takes the form of a colossal human skeleton – becoming active after dusk and praying upon unwary lone travelers, bursting from the ground in a deadly ambush. Having no organs, the Gasha Dokuro cannot actually “eat” its victims; it devours the victims’ souls, and adds them to its gigantic figure that is as impenetrable as a hide of steel.
Grudges of the Hundreds. The Gasha Dokuro is born when hundreds of intelligent beings are killed by the same cause, causing their grieving and suffering souls to cluster into a single mass of malice and enmity for the living. They are most seen near bloodied battlefields, ghost villages devastated by starvation, and wretched sites where countless corpses were abandoned in an epidemic. They carry around magical darkness about them – this being the remnants of its components’ decayed flesh.
The Gasha Dokuro is incapable of speech or sophisticated thought, and has little memory of its myriad “former lives”, if any. The countless mourns and the grief of the deceased souls gather into a massive mass of madness that ravages through the night in eternal pursuit of the living.
Creating a Gasha Dokuro. While almost all of the Gasha Dokuro are born on their own, evil and skilled necromancers can create a Gasha Dokuro by fusing together hundreds of skeletons in a vile ritual. However, the skeletons must have all died from the same cause, be it war, a massive fire, a pandemic, or famine, making it rather difficult to meet its conditions.

Gasha Dokuro
Huge Undead (Yokai), Neutral Evil
Hit Points: 175 (13d12+91)
Speed: 30 feet, burrowing 50 feet
AC: 18
Str 27 (+8) Dex 9 (-1) Con 25 (+7)
Int 8 (-1) Wis 4 (-3) Cha 18 (+4)
Saving Throws: Strength +12, Constitution +11, Charisma +8
Skills: Stealth +3
Damage Resistances: fire, cold, necrotic, poison
Condition Immunities: blinded, charmed, deafened, poisoned, sleeping
Senses: Passive Perception 15, magical darkvision 120 feet
Languages: Understands Common but can only bellow
Challenge Rating: 12 (8400 XP)
Magic Resistance. The Gasha Dokuro has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Innate Spellcasting. The Gasha Dokuro's spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 16). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: darkness, dispel magic, freedom of movement
1/day each: destructive wave (necrotic only), eyebite, greater invisibility
Aura of Darkness. The Gasha Dokuro can see through magical darkness normally. Also, the Gasha Dokuro can concentrate on up to 3 “Darkness” spells at the same time, if not concentrating on other spells. When concentrating on over 2 “Darkness” spells at the same time, the Gasha Dokuro has disadvantage on all Concentration saving throws. The Gasha Dokuro makes a separate saving throw for each spell’s maintaining of Concentration.
Sunlight Hypersensitivity. The Gasha Dokuro takes 20 radiant damage when it starts its turn in sunlight. While in sun light, it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.

Actions
Multiattack. The Gasha Dokuro casts 1 spell, if able. It then makes two Grab attacks. It may substitute a Grab attack for its Bite attack.
Grab. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 15ft, one target
Hit: 26 (4d8+8) bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it is grappled (escape DC 18). The Gasha Dokuro has two arms, each of which can grapple 1 creature.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 15ft, one target that is grappled by the Gasha Dokuro
Hit: 26 (4d8+8) piercing damage and 9 (2d8) necrotic damage.


Comments and constructive critisism greatly appreciated.

PoeticDwarf
2016-02-13, 01:03 PM
Always love your mid level monsters.
Nice fluff, and don't see anything wrong
Fantastic!

SilverStud
2016-02-14, 01:16 PM
An excellent monster. I'm adding it to my list of things to put in my campaign. It just oozes backstory!