Popobawa (5e Creature)
Popobawa[edit]
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Large undead, neutral evil Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Skills Athletics +10, Perception +7, Stealth +6 Spider Climb. The popobawa can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Popobawa Weaknesses. The popobawa has the following flaws: ACTIONSMultiattack. The popobawa uses its Evil Eye. It then makes three attacks: one with its Blood Drain and two with its claws. It can use its Drop in place of its two claw attacks. Evil Eye. The popobawa fires one of the following rays at random, choosing one target it can see within 120 feet of it: 1. Cursed Eye (Green). The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw or be affected by a bestow curse spell. Blood Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 9 (1d10 + 4) piercing damage, and the popobawa attaches to the target. While attached, the popobawa doesn't attack. Instead, at the start of each of the popobawa's turns, the target loses 9 (1d10 + 4) hit points due to blood loss. Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d10 + 4) slashing damage. Instead of dealing damage, the popobawa can grapple the target (escape DC 15). If the grappled target is Medium or smaller, the popobawa can still fly. Until this grapple ends, the popobawa can't use its claws on another target. Drop. One Medium or smaller object held or creature grappled by the popobawa is dropped from the sky and knocked prone. If a dropped target strikes a solid surface, the target takes 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage for every 10 feet it falls (to a maximum of 6d6). If the target is dropped at another creature, that creature must succeed on a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw or take the same damage and be knocked prone.
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Popobawas are related to the buwan aswang, the fearsome ahool and the aswang of legend. These creatures stand on two legs like a tall man or gargoyle, they have features that are both humanoid and like that of a vampiric bat but what is most striking is the potent cyclopean eye. A popobawa is created when a powerful werebat gets corrupted by arcane magic and morphs into a powerful magical creature who still retains all the savagery of its former self. Their appearance generally changes and their skin color becomes a bright albino white but others have been seen with purple, bright green or electric blue and various other strange colors. In combat, they generally follow flocks of giant bats, aswang, ahool or buwan aswang. They enjoy terrorizing villages by themselves though, and local villages will generally act as their feeding grounds. They prefer soft targets in combat and land amongst enemy spellcasters or archers to rip them to shreds with their claws and siphon tongue or against tougher enemies they will fly in circles using their eye rays to weaken or damage them and avoid their formidable armor. |
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