Blemmyes
Monstrosity · no Crown (Mundane)
T2d6Minor
Headless humanoids with faces in torsos, bllemmyes wander wilds, mouths devouring unwary travelers.
Tier 2 · Role Minor · Pool Vigor 2 (+2 overflow) · AC 10 · ATK +3 · Save DC 13 · Dmg 2 (flat)
| Stat | Score | Mod | Die |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body | 12 | - | - |
| Mind | 8 | - | - |
| Sense | 14 | - | - |
| Heart | 14 | - | - |
| Cunning | 16 | - | - |
| Fate | 14 | - | - |
A Minor has no attribute mechanics: the scores describe the creature, they do not roll.
Passives
Headless
Immune to decapitation effects. Cannot be blinded by effects targeting the head.
Torso Maw
The blemmyes' face is in its chest; it can bite a creature it has grabbed without disadvantage.
Maneuvers
Grab and Bite
The blemmyes seizes a creature within reach, which makes a Body save (DC 13) or is grabbed. It then bites the grabbed creature, which takes 2 damage.
Devouring Lunge
The blemmyes charges up to 20 ft and makes a bite attack with advantage. On a hit, the target is also grabbed.
Tactics
GM tactics
Charges isolated targets, grapples them, and bites repeatedly. Avoids groups, preferring to ambush lone travelers on forest paths.
Running it
Rules
- Vigor equal to Tier, with an overflow of the same size behind it: 2, then 2 more. Neither half regenerates.
- A hit deals a flat 2, no roll. A crit (natural 20 only) rolls d6 and never lands below 2.
- Crits on a natural 20 only.
- Minor: no stat modifiers or dice in play; its scores describe the creature, they do not roll.
- At 0 Vigor it breaks and flees, out of the fight but alive; Fanatics fight on into the overflow instead.
- Total damage reaching 4 kills it outright, and a single blow of 4 or more kills it on the spot.
- Vigor damage is simply damage against a Minor: its whole pool is Vigor.
- Group morale: when its group loses half its number, fled or dead, the rest check morale.
- NPCs never take wounds.