## Destrachan The destrachan is a subterranean carnivore that hunts in absolute darkness using echolocation. It has no eyes, and is completely blind, but possesses a pair of complex, tripartite ears it can adjust to different levels of sensitivity to sound. While noise soothes destrachans, they are agitated by music, and will curiously investigate any unusual sounds. Despite its bestial appearance, the destrachan is in fact a creature of cunning and cruel intellect that enjoys inflicting pain and listening to the screams made by its victims. After stunning their prey, a destrachan will carry it unconscious back to its lair. There, the victim is encased in a mucous saliva and trapped alive as entertainment or a future meal. ***Pack hunters.*** Destrachans hunt in packs, using a complex series of clicks, shrieks, and whistles to communicate with each other. While destrachans cannot speak, they are capable of understanding spoken languages like Undercommon, and are sometimes trained as mounts by grimlocks. ***Metamorphosis.*** Destrachan live underground, but during the mating season, groups of destrachan will migrate to the surface and cocoon themselves in their resinous secretions. Several months later, they emerge as winged yrthaks ready to hunt the open world above. Mature yrthaks will guard these cocoons as if they were eggs. ``` ```

___ > ## Destrachan >*Large monstrosity, neutral evil* > ___ > - **Armor Class** 18 (natural armor) > - **Hit Points** 136 (16d10 + 48) > - **Speed** 30 ft. >___ >|STR|DEX|CON|INT|WIS|CHA| >|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| >|18 (+4)|13 (+1)|16 (+3)|8 (-1)|18 (+4)|13 (+1)| >___ > - **Skills** Perception +7, Stealth +4 > - **Damage Resistances** thunder > - **Condition Immunities** blinded > - **Senses** blindsight 100 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 17 > - **Languages** understands Undercommon but doesn't speak > - **Challenge** 8 (3,900 XP) > ___ > ***Echolocation.*** The destrachan can't use its blindsight while deafened. > ___ > ### Actions > ***Multiattack.*** The destrachan makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws. > > ***Bite.*** *Melee Weapon Attack:* +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. *Hit:* 15 (2d10 + 4) piercing damage. > > ***Claw.*** *Melee Weapon Attack:* +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. *Hit:* 11 (2d6 + 4) slashing damage. > > ***Painful Harmonics.*** The destrachan emits a high pitched shriek. Each creature within 20 feet of the destrachan that can hear the shriek must make a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be incapacitated and deafened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. This ability has no effect on undead, constructs, or creatures with resistance or immunity to thunder damage. > > ***Disruptive Harmonics.*** The destrachan projects a blast of sonic energy in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 14 Constitution saving throw, taking 14 (4d6) thunder damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Creatures reduced to 0 hit points by this damage are stablilized and unconscious. \page

## Yrthak Swift, cunning, and perpetually ravenous, the yrthak terrorizes the barren wastelands in which it makes its home, swooping down from on high to blast prey with bursts of pure sound. Completely blind, the yrthak senses its surroundings via acute hearing and echolocation. While its powerful jaws and claws are equally capable of taking down opponents, the yrthak generally prefers to wheel through the sky on its membranous wings, firing bolt after bolt of sound from its horn into its prey, and exulting in the thrill of the hunt. An adult yrthak is 20 feet long with a wingspan twice as wide. Yrthaks spend most of their time aloft—a yrthak hunt often lasts several days, with the yrthak skimming roughly one hundred feet over the ground in its wide-ranging search for live prey, only resorting to grazing on carrion in direst need. They are intelligent enough to refrain from attacking creatures obviously too powerful for them, such as rocs and dragons. ***Curious listeners.*** Yrthaks typically roost in areas that thrum with regular noise, such as near waterfalls, seaside cliffs, or near brewing thunderheads. They are attracted to unusual sounds, such as the music of a wandering minstrel, the clamor of a pitched battle, or a raucous city faire. Like destrachan, yrthak are soothed by noise and stimulated by music. ***Metamorphosis.*** What appear to be yrthak eggs are in fact cocooned destrachan in a state of transformation. Mature yrthak will guard these nests until they emerge, then lead a new pack to hunt above ground. ___ Art Credit: Wizards of the Coast 2003 Adapted from *Monster Manual (3.5)*, *Pathfinder Bestiary,* and *Dragon* *Magazine #352: Ecology of the Yrthak* 5e conversion by Peter "Galemp" Oliver ``` ``` ___ > ## Yrthak >*Huge monstrosity, neutral evil* > ___ > - **Armor Class** 18 (natural armor) > - **Hit Points** 152 (16d10 + 64) > - **Speed** 20 ft., fly 80 ft. >___ >|STR|DEX|CON|INT|WIS|CHA| >|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| >|20 (+5)|13 (+1)|18 (+4)|8 (-1)|18 (+4)|13 (+1)| >___ > - **Skills** Perception +7, Survival +4 > - **Damage Resistances** thunder > - **Condition Immunities** blinded > - **Senses** blindsight 120 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 17 > - **Languages** understands Undercommon but doesn't speak > - **Challenge** 9 (5,000 XP) > ___ > ***Echolocation.*** The yrthak can't use its blindsight while deafened. > > ___ > ### Actions > ***Multiattack.*** The yrthak makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws. > > ***Bite.*** *Melee Weapon Attack:* +9 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. *Hit:* 16 (2d10 + 5) piercing damage. > > ***Claw.*** *Melee Weapon Attack:* +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. *Hit:* 12 (2d6 + 5) slashing damage. > > ***Sonic Lance.*** *Ranged Weapon Attack:* +9 to hit, range 60/120 ft., one target. *Hit:* 45 (10d8) thunder damage. *Miss:* The yrthak's explosion takes effect if a valid target is within 5 feet of the original target. > > ***Explosion.*** The yrthak targets a point on the ground or a stone wall, boulder, statue, or similar object within 120 feet with its sonic lance. The resulting explosion forces each creature within 10 feet of the point or object to make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw, taking 14 (4d6) bludgeoning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

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