Choker
- Armor Class
- 3 [16]
- Hit Dice
- 3+3
- Attacks
- Grab/choke (1d6-1)
- Special
- grab/choke, prevents speech/spells, acts first
- Move
- 6
- HDE/XP
- 3/60
Description
A Choker is a vicious little predator lurking underground, grabbing whatever prey happens by. Its hands and feet have spiny pads that help it grip almost any surface. It weighs about 35 pounds, is brown or mottled gray in color, and vaguely humanoid in shape. A choker likes to perch high, often at intersections, archways, wells, or staircases, reaching down to attack. It generally prefers to attack lone prey.
A choker deals 1d3 points of damage as it grabs its target, and continues to deal 1d3 points of damage each round by choking and tearing at its prey until its victim is dead or it is forced to release. Because it seizes its victim by the neck, a creature in the choker's grasp cannot speak or cast spells. A choker is supernaturally quick, and always acts first in a combat round.
Source note: This creature is converted from The Basic Fantasy Field Guide of Creatures Malevolent and Benign – Omnibus Edition, 1st Edition Release 4, © 2010–2025 Chris Gonnerman, R. Kevin Smoot, James Lemon, Matt Sluis, and Contributors. The Basic Fantasy Field Guide textual material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International; this page adapts that creature to White Box.