Crawling Claw
- Armor Class
- 8 [11]
- Hit Dice
- ½
- Attacks
- Attack (1d3)
- Special
- spells, hold/grab, undead, immune to sleep/charm/hold
- Move
- 12
- HDE/XP
- <1/10
Description
A Crawling Claw (or Animated Hand) is a type of undead creature created from a severed hand. They are used for many tasks, from menial chores to discrete killings. Crawling claws are a popular tool used by necromancers. Due to their size and quickness, they are able to hide effectively, with only a 30% chance of detection.
A crawling claw deals 1d3 points of damage as it grabs its target and continues to deal 1d3 points of damage each round by strangling. Because it seizes its victim by the neck, a creature in the crawling claw's grasp cannot speak or cast spells. A crawling claw is supernaturally quick and always acts first in a combat round. As with all undead, it can be Turned by a Cleric (as a zombie), and is immune to Sleep, charm, or hold spells.
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.