Cloaker
- Armor Class
- 1 [18]
- Hit Dice
- 6
- Attacks
- Bite or Tail (1d6)
- Special
- ambush surprise, envelop/crush, shared damage while enveloping
- Move
- 3 Fly 12
- HDE/XP
- 8/800
Description
When resting or lying in wait, a Cloaker is almost impossible to distinguish from dark surroundings. A cloaker has glowing eyes, needle-sharp fangs, and a whip-like tail. It has an 8-foot wingspan and weighs about 100 pounds. Cloakers are generally found in dark places.
A cloaker lies in wait, surprising on a roll of 1-4 on 1d6. It will bite and wrap itself around the target, causing damage equal to 19 minus the victim's unadjusted ascending AC (ignore shield and Dexterity); creatures with ascending AC 19 or higher suffer no damage. Dexterity offers no protection against this attack, but magical armor bonuses do. The cloaker's tail attack cannot be used on an enveloped victim, but will be applied to those attempting to assist. Attacks against a cloaker that has enveloped a victim will do half-damage to the cloaker and half to the trapped victim.
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.