Pinheaded evil punks that travel in packs? Time to make one good head and then use the brush tool. I made a big crowd of them and am in love with the on in the back who's too short to see. I also swapped the colors out for a softer green and am pleased with the result.
Imagine these things rolling up on you asking if you got games on your phone.
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[If I took the time to stat up every joke monster in the Hacklopedias that’s a killer version of something harmless, I’d be on this project for years. These guys stand out, though. They look so cartoonishly malicious!]
Loathsome Prowler
This thing resembles a five-armed starfish twisted into a vaguely humanoid shape. Two of its arms serve it as arms, and it walks on two of them as stumpy legs. A leering face glares from the base of its fifth arm. Its surface is covered in spines, nippers and other projections.
Loathsome prowlers are belligerent aquatic monsters that are driven by a fanatical hatred of other living things. Scholars hypothesize that loathsome prowlers were originally created when sea stars scavenged on the polluted corpses of a qlippoth. Certainly, loathsome prowlers speak Abyssal, seek to kill most sentient life forms they come across, and worship qlippoth lords as gods. The incongruity between their appearance and their actions strikes some as comical—until the little monsters are tearing into the flesh of those that mocked them.
Loathsome prowlers are suicidally aggressive in combat, attacking opponents in waves in order to grab onto them and grind through skin and muscle. Unless they are actively being stealthy, loathsome prowlers mutter to themselves constantly, forming a litany of obscenities and threats picked up from a dozen languages. This muttering is often quite unnerving, and a loathsome prowler can strike fear into the heart of an opponent four times its size. They are innate bullies, and may coerce other aquatic monsters into fealty on pain of death or dismemberment.
Loathsome prowlers are rarely, if ever, alone. Knowing that their size renders them vulnerable, they gather in large numbers to defend their territory and make raids on other species. A loathsome prowler can survive out of water for only a short time, but long enough to attack a seaside community for meat and plunder. Loathsome prowlers detest sunlight, and typically make their raids on moonless or overcast nights. Loathsome prowlers are comfortable underground, and are often found on the edges of sunless seas. A loathsome prowler stands only two feet tall and weighs about fifteen pounds.
Loathsome Prowler CR ½
XP 200
CE Tiny aberration (aquatic)
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft., Perception +3
Defense
AC 15, touch 14, flat-footed 13 (+2 size, +2 Dex, +1 natural)
hp 6 (1d8+1)
Fort +1, Ref +2, Will +1
Weakness light blindness
Offense
Speed 20 ft., swim 20 ft.
Melee slam +4 (1d4-2 plus attach)
Space 2 ½ ft.; Reach 0 ft.
Special Attacks grind (1d4-2)
Statistics
Str 6, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 7, Wis 9, Cha 13
Base Atk +0; CMB +0 (+8 grapple); CMD 8
Feats Weapon Finesse
Skills Intimidate +5, Perception +3, Stealth +10, Swim +10; Racial Modifiers uses Dex for Swim
Languages Abyssal
SQ mutter, water dependency
Ecology
Environment any aquatic and underground
Organization solitary, pair, gang (3-8) or mob (10-40)
Treasure standard
Special Abilities
Grind (Ex) A loathsome prowler deals 1d4-2 points of damage each round it is attached to an opponent. This damage is slashing and piercing for the purposes of overcoming damage reduction.
Mutter (Ex) A loathsome prowler does not take a size penalty to Intimidate checks made to demoralize opponents in combat.
Water Dependency (Ex) A loathsome prowler can survive out of water for one hour plus one minute per point of Constitution before it starts to suffocate.
