Kigrid (5e Creature)
Kigrid[edit]
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Medium aberration (illithidae), neutral evil Armor Class 12 (natural armor)
Skills Perception +3, Stealth +3, Survival +3 Grappler. The kigrid has advantage on attack rolls against any creature grappled by it. Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The kigrid's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 10). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components: At will: comprehend languages Keen Smell. The kigrid has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell. Sneak Attack (1/Turn). The kigrid deals an extra 7 (2d6) damage when it hits a target with a weapon attack and has advantage on the attack roll, or when the target is within 5 feet of an ally of the kigrid that isn't incapacitated and the kigrid doesn't have disadvantage on the attack roll. Stone Camouflage. The kigrid has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide in rocky terrain. ACTIONSMultiattack. The kigrid makes two attacks with its claws. Beak. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) piercing damage. If the target is Large or smaller, it is grappled (escape DC 14). Until this grapple ends, the creature is restrained, and the kigrid can't use its beak on another target. Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) slashing damage and the target must succeed a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. A creature can retry this saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending this effect early on a success.
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Kigrids are somewhere between a panther, black bear, and grick. The legs, tail, ears, and red eyes of a kigrid are lean and quick; feline. Meanwhile, the body, neck, and head of a kigrid are broad and squat; ursine. At the same time, the head of a kigrid ends with a beak surrounded by four teethed tentacles, while their skin is stony and slimy. Kigrid are intelligent enough to be taught a howling dialect of Undercommon, which mind flayers often do in order to use them as beasts of burden, always with strict supervision. They are clever hunters, primarily preying on saltors and their own weaker kin, sometimes even using Undercommon to lure them into ambushes or to direct adventurers through hazards to weaken them. Like most illithidae, their slain prey serves as both food and as a host for their parasitic offspring to mature, inserted via their beak. Once kigrid spawn reach maturity, they burst from the corpse's bloated form and immediately either tear each other apart or flee to the furthest reaches of darkness they can find. Illithidae. Kigrids are a member of the order illithidae, a classification of life that hails from the same strange world as mind flayers. Wherever mind flayers settle, other illithidae begin to appear, though it is unknown whether this is deliberate, or a result of stowaways. Universally, illithidae begin as parasites in a living host, which more often than not dies upon maturation. |
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