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[366 Days of Monsters] Day 130-131/366 - Swordbeak and Invisiboar

Added 2020-06-09 21:27:51 +0000 UTC

Looking for more interesting creatures to add to your Fifth Edition jungle encounters? Check out these beasts:

Swordbeak

As the name suggests, swordbeaks are huge birds with 10-foot long razor sharp beaks. These beaks are capable of punching through stone and steel. Voracious carnivores, they often attack large creatures, and even humanoids, in grasslands, hill sides, coasts, and other open areas.

Swordbeak nests are usually littered with gold, gems, and other valuables that humanoid prey were carrying at their time of death. Appreciative of shiny objects, the swordbeaks defend their treasure almost as fiercely as they do a clutch of eggs.

Invisiboar

Native to the jungles of Elsath, invisiboars are literally invisible boars. It's believed these strange pigs owe their existence to the wild magic that flows through the jungles of the world. The fact that many are found near sites of permanent or programmed illusions lends further credence to this theory.

Invisiboars are consummate hunters who use their innate invisibility to stalk their prey, then charge it visciously. When pitted against tougher combatants, it utilizes hit and run strategies that allow it to charge the same target over and over again.

When the invisiboar is killed, the magic that conceals it "bursts", blinding creatures who witness the burst.