umber hulk loot

Quests Some other variants are said to exist.

The umber hulks can communicate in their own language, however scholarly attempts to replicate the language fail as many of the important sounds come from a clicking together of the hulk’s mandibles. Hit points Otherwise, it will follow them, attempting to pick off nighttime guards using its confusing gaze. The hulks have no nose, instead relying on gills or its mouth to breathe, suggesting an underwater life prior in its evolutionary history. 9 Cookies

My old dm played one where it retreated and used its confusing gaze on the night watch, killed him while we all failed perception checks, and almost killed the rest of us. It looks like this, but the eyes are similar to the Umber hulk.

A DM of a campaign I was in took the second paragraph to imply you aren't looking directly at the Hulk's eyes, but still in it's general direction, and as such you are still TECHNICALLY able to see the creatures eyes, you just aren't looking at them. Continuing the trend of being large, their arms are approximately twice the size of even the most muscular dwarves’ arms and end in claws harder than iron able to rip through solid stone with astonishing speed. Spells like, Umber Hulks are also notable for their low Hit Die, which makes them quite vulnerable to.

LGNGCGLNTNCNLENECE . Nemezark, the self titled “Monstrologist,” wrote of his experiences with a hulk that had an adhesive similar to a mimic on its shell that only adhered to armor and strong rocks. Cha Area None

The small eyes of the umber hulk confuse both humanoids and monsters alike, causing erratic behavior that the hulk can capitalize on when hunting. In the MM it says: "...When a creature starts its turn within 30 feet of the umber hulk and is ABLE to see the umber hulk's eyes, the umber hulk can magically force it to make a DC 15 Charisma saving throw, unless the umber hulk is incapacitated....", "...Unless surprised, a creature can avert its eyes to avoid the saving throw at the start of its turn.


Saving throws 0  0 Or just charge the confused fighter. Or was my DM incorrect in his interpretation of the MM? Four eyes adorn its rounded head—two like an ape’s eyes, and two compound beetle eyes that confuse any creature meeting the umber hulk’s gaze. AI scripts Dex 20 "........Heh heh heh, they learned to respect the Umber Hulk that day. 11

A variant of the Umber hulk described below, the tremor hulk, has a very tan coloration to better hide in its surroundings. Race Wis They are most often found in caves or other underground locations. Allegiance I still have nightmares about being ambushed by one of these in the Icewind Dale video game. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Umber hulks had two sets of evenly spaced eyes: compound eyes that lay on the sides of its head, and forehead eyes that were small and apelike. 3
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Here's your quote, taken from the mouth of my party when encountering it for the first time: Yeah, I was thinking something elegant maybe or cool like some other ecology quotes at the beginning of the post, but this works.

So, I believe if he was playing in 3rd edition, he would be right (I'm rusty on my 3rd edition stuff). OP

Immune to confusion[2] 1 Gender Deep gouges and scratches into solid stone that even picks can't nick, cave-in survivors not remembering anything during the cave-in, and many other small details can aid in identifying umber hulks as being responsible. 13 Thanks! At the time of transformation, any non-cursed loot loses all magical properties. Welcome Wanderer! it will most likely drop dead after the first round" or " Umber Hulk? Level When a umber hulk knows prey (or adventurers) are coming, it will follow a previously-dug out tunnel to a better ambush point (one best suited to use its confusing gaze), then attempt to either cause a cave-in or ambush prey. Creating an Undead Hulk requires lots of different Umber Hulks as each part of the Umber Hulk, like the head, right arm, right leg, etc, must come from different Umber Hulks… but how far do you go with that? GENSHT01 Record Alignment

Privacy Policy Fan Content Those that survive umber hulk attacks are rare, and even rarer are those to remember the beast that attacked them.



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Resembling a cross between a great ape and a beetle, an umber hulk has a broad, sharp-toothed mouth between an enormous pair of scythe-like mandibles.