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Cave Fisher

Cave Fisher

Medium monstrosity, unalignedMedium monstrosity, unaligned
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)16 (natural armor)
[~<13]
+/-/*
Hit Points 58 (9d8+18) 58 ([9d8+18])
[~1-6]
Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft. 20 ft., climb 20 ft.

STR
16 (+3)
DEX
13 (+1)
CON
14 (+2)
INT
3 (-4)
WIS
10 (+0)
CHA
3 (-4)

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Saving Throws
Skills Perception +2, Stealth +5 Perception +2, Stealth +5
Damage Vulnerabilities
Damage Resistances -
Damage Immunities
Condition Immunities
Senses blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 12blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 12
Languages --
PB +2
Challenge 3 (700 XP)

[+instructions]

Adhesive Filament. The cave fisher can use its action to extend a sticky filament up to 60 feet, and the filament adheres to anything that touches it. Acreature adhered to the filament is grappled by the cave fisher {escape DC 13), and ability checks made to escape this grapple have disadvantage. The filament can be attacked (AC 15; 5 hit points; immunity to poison and psychic damage), but a weapon that fails to sever it becomes stuck to it, requiring an action and a successful DC 13 Strength check to pull free. Destroying the filament deals no damage to the cave fisher, which can extrude a replacement filament on its next turn.
Flammable Blood. If the cave fisher drops to half its hit points or fewer, it gains vulnerability to fire damage.
Spider Climb. The cave fisher can climb difficult surfaces including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.

[b]Adhesive Filament.[/b] The cave fisher can use its action to extend a sticky filament up to 60 feet, and the filament adheres to anything that touches it. Acreature adhered to the filament is grappled by the cave fisher {escape DC 13), and ability checks made to escape this grapple have disadvantage. The filament can be attacked (AC 15; 5 hit points; immunity to poison and psychic damage), but a weapon that fails to sever it becomes stuck to it, requiring an action and a successful DC 13 Strength check to pull free. Destroying the filament deals no damage to the cave fisher, which can extrude a replacement filament on its next turn.
[b]Flammable Blood.[/b] If the cave fisher drops to half its hit points or fewer, it gains vulnerability to fire damage.
[b]Spider Climb.[/b] The cave fisher can climb difficult surfaces including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.

Actions

[~Hit +2, DC <13, DPR 0-1]

Multiattack. The cave fisher makes two attacks with its claws.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach Sft., one target.
Hit: 10 {2d6+3) slashing damage.
Filament. One creature grappled by the cave fisher's adhesive filament must make a DC 13 Strength saving throw, provided that the target weighs 200 pounds or less. On a failure, the target is pulled into an unoccupied space within S feet of the cave fisher, and the cave fisher makes a claw attack against it as a bonus action. Reeling up the target releases anyone else who was attached to the filament. Until the grapple ends on the target, the cave fisher can't extrude another filament.

[b]Multiattack.[/b] The cave fisher makes two attacks with its claws.
[b]Claw.[/b] Melee Weapon Attack: [+5] to hit, reach Sft., one target.
Hit: 10 {[2d6+3]) slashing damage.
[b]Filament.[/b] One creature grappled by the cave fisher's adhesive filament must make a DC 13 Strength saving throw, provided that the target weighs 200 pounds or less. On a failure, the target is pulled into an unoccupied space within S feet of the cave fisher, and the cave fisher makes a claw attack against it as a bonus action. Reeling up the target releases anyone else who was attached to the filament. Until the grapple ends on the target, the cave fisher can't extrude another filament.

Legendary Actions

 

Details

A cave fisher is a subterranean arachnid with a long snout that houses spinnerets, enabling the creature to
produce sticky filament, much like the strands of a spider's webbing, which the creature uses to snag prey.
Ambushers. A cave fisher usually hunts small animals and is fond of bats, so it stretches its filament over an opening that such prey might travel through. It then climbs to a hiding spot and adheres itself to the surface to rest and wait. When prey blunders into the filament, the cave fisher reels in its meal. A group of cave fishers might work together to cover a large area with filaments, but as soon as one captures potential food, every cave fisher in the area competes for the prize. If a victim escapes from the initial ambush, a cave fisher can reclaim its prey by shooting a filament out to capture it again.
Mavin; Up in the World. Scarce food might draw a group of cave fishers up to the surface, into a shadowy
canyon or a gloomy forest that features both native animal prey and creatures such as explorers or travelers
occasionally moving through the area.
A cave fisher instinctively knows that larger targets such as humanoids are more difficult to overcome, so
the creatures shy away from attacking such prey unless they come across a solitary target. They might try to
pick off a scout moving ahead of a group of travelers or a straggler lagging behind, rather than attracting the
attention of the entire group.
Valuable Innards. Nearly every part of a cave fisher is useful after the creature has been dispatched. Its blood is alcoholic and tastes like strong liquor. Several dwarven spirits include cave fisher blood as part of the recipe, and some dwarves, especially berserkers, drink the blood straight. If they are gathered after being extruded, cave fisher filaments can be woven into rope that is thin, tough, and nearly invisible. Cave fisher meat is edible, tasting much like crab cooked in strong wine. The creature's shell is used in the manufacture of tools, armor, and jewelry.
Reluctant Servants. While some folk hunt cave fishers to kill them for their filaments and their blood,
others capture cave fisher eggs and rear the hatchlings. Cave fishers have a natural aversion to fire, since their blood is flammable. As such, chitines and hobgoblins sometimes use the threat of fire to train cave fishers then employ them to guard passages or as beasts of war.
A cave fisher is a subterranean arachnid with a long snout that houses spinnerets, enabling the creature to
produce sticky filament, much like the strands of a spider's webbing, which the creature uses to snag prey.
[b]Ambushers.[/b] A cave fisher usually hunts small animals and is fond of bats, so it stretches its filament over an opening that such prey might travel through. It then climbs to a hiding spot and adheres itself to the surface to rest and wait. When prey blunders into the filament, the cave fisher reels in its meal. A group of cave fishers might work together to cover a large area with filaments, but as soon as one captures potential food, every cave fisher in the area competes for the prize. If a victim escapes from the initial ambush, a cave fisher can reclaim its prey by shooting a filament out to capture it again.
[b]Mavin;[/b] Up in the World. Scarce food might draw a group of cave fishers up to the surface, into a shadowy
canyon or a gloomy forest that features both native animal prey and creatures such as explorers or travelers
occasionally moving through the area.
A cave fisher instinctively knows that larger targets such as humanoids are more difficult to overcome, so
the creatures shy away from attacking such prey unless they come across a solitary target. They might try to
pick off a scout moving ahead of a group of travelers or a straggler lagging behind, rather than attracting the
attention of the entire group.
[b]Valuable Innards.[/b] Nearly every part of a cave fisher is useful after the creature has been dispatched. Its blood is alcoholic and tastes like strong liquor. Several dwarven spirits include cave fisher blood as part of the recipe, and some dwarves, especially berserkers, drink the blood straight. If they are gathered after being extruded, cave fisher filaments can be woven into rope that is thin, tough, and nearly invisible. Cave fisher meat is edible, tasting much like crab cooked in strong wine. The creature's shell is used in the manufacture of tools, armor, and jewelry.
[b]Reluctant Servants.[/b] While some folk hunt cave fishers to kill them for their filaments and their blood,
others capture cave fisher eggs and rear the hatchlings. Cave fishers have a natural aversion to fire, since their blood is flammable. As such, chitines and hobgoblins sometimes use the threat of fire to train cave fishers then employ them to guard passages or as beasts of war.
 
Source Volo's Guide to Monsters p. 130
 
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1/4+21336-49+34-513
1/2+21350-70+36-813
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2+21386-100+315-2013
3+213101-115+421-2613
4+214116-130+527-3214
5+315131-145+633-3815
6+315146-160+639-4415
7+315161-175+645-5015
8+316176-190+751-5616
9+416191-205+757-6216
10+417206-220+763-6816
11+417221-235+869-7417
12+417236-250+875-8017
13+518251-265+881-8618
14+518266-280+887-9218
15+518281-295+893-9818
16+518296-310+999-10418
17+619311-325+10105-11019
18+619326-340+10111-11619
19+619341-355+10117-12219
20+619356-400+10123-14019
21+719401-445+11141-15820
22+719446-490+11159-17620
23+719491-535+11177-19420
24+719536-580+12195-21221
25+819581-625+12213-23021
26+819626-670+12231-24821
27+819671-715+13249-26622
28+819716-760+13267-28422
29+919761-805+13285-30222
30+919806-850+14303-32023

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