Sea Masque (5e Creature)
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Sea Masque[edit]
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Large monstrosity, true neutral Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Saving Throws Str +5, Con +5 Hold Breath. The sea masque can hold its breath for 10 minutes. Natural Camouflage. While the sea masque is prone and remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a seaworn rock with seaweed. ACTIONSMultiattack. The echo makes two claw attacks. Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) slashing damage and 5 (2d4) poison damage. Shift. The echo may spend one bonus action to attempt to copy a feature from a creature within 30ft one creature within range must make a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw on a failed save the Echo gains the feature and any features its connected to i.e. spellcasting and spells the Echo loses this feature at the beginning of its next turn.
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 By Yanied Sea masques are strange, solitary creatures that reside atop the rocky shoals by the seaside of both turbulent waves and calm shores alike. While motionless, they can look like dark masses of kelp accumulated on the rocks atop which they rest. Variations of sightings sometimes say they look like craggy rocks. Others have said they look like hairy bulges because of how fine their kelp-like hair can appear. Sailors sometimes mistook them for a malicious form of mermaids because they looked rather menacing when they reared their heads around. Sea masques are truly oddities in appearance. They have long, frond-like "hair" that appears to actually be kelp and seaweed. Their body shape itself is similar to a walrus, with a bulging shape that does not differentiate with waists or necks. Their head is differentiated by a dark, woody growth, also called the "masque," that covers their entire face in a wild, splayed-out design. This masque is peppered with holes, some of which emit an eerie white light, which are believed to be the eyes of the sea masque. The masque of the sea masque is its actual face, and it is so named because it resembles a wooden mask on its face. Autopsies of sea masques that had their masques removed show that the nerves are entirely connected to the wooden growth, meaning it is extremely painful to remove their masque. They die very quickly after if this happens. The lower body of the sea masque has flippers and tail, just like a walrus. Their skin is dark and gets more dry and wrinkly as they age, being more slippery and supple while they are juveniles (called "mugs"). The flippers of sea masques have retractable claws that are more for hefting themselves onto higher rocks during high tide, but can be used for defense.
These creatures are natural-origin rarities that
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