Gremlin, Lethargarian
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[Commissioned by @menaceomysterio, from The Phantom Tollbooth. I figure that the lethargarians are evil because they actively encourage other people to do nothing, and to set them up among gremlins as passive hazards. But I can absolutely see an argument for them to be True Neutral instead. They’re not motivated enough to make moral or ethical decisions.]
Gremlin, Lethargarian CR ¼ NE Fey This tiny humanoid figure looks lumpy and half-formed, its body covered in folds as if wearing heavy clothing. It is the color of its surroundings.
Lethargarians, or sloth gremlins, are dull and lazy little creatures that spend their time eating, sleeping or merely shirking. Their skin blends in with their environments, but at a leisurely pace. A lethargarian’s color shifts over the course of a few minutes to precisely match its background without it doing anything at all. They are slow, so they often try to ride larger creatures, or simply allow themselves to fall from heights if they need to get somewhere lower.
A lethargarian in combat is not exactly fearsome—they carry knives, but use these mostly for cutting food on the rare occasions they can be bothered to eat anything but mush. The real danger comes from their touch, which slows the reactions of other creatures. Lethargarians themselves are too lazy to attack people in general, but they can be roused occasionally by other gremlins; after all, it’s easier to go along with their more ambitious kin for a short while and then be left alone, rather than have to muster up an argument as to why to not do anything. Crueler gremlins such as jinkins and vexgits use lethargarians to set up traps or allow for easier hit and run strikes.
A lethargarian is about a foot tall and weighs 10 pounds or so. They simply cannot be bothered to go through the trouble of aging, and so can survive for surprisingly long times if undisturbed.
