Cunning Cloak
- Armor Class
- 3 [16]
- Hit Dice
- 6
- Attacks
- Claw (1d6-1)
- Special
- engulf, hidden claws, split damage while engulfing, suffocation; fire/cold affect both
- Move
- 1 Fly 6
- HDE/XP
- 6/400
Description
A cunning cloak appears to be a length of fabric. It has natural flexibility to appear circular, semicircular, square, rectangular, or triangular and may assume the appearance of tablecloths, curtains, valances, tapestries, rugs, blankets, or clothes like skirts and cloaks. It is rare, but not unheard of, to find them curled up like a bolt of cloth. They also possess a limited ability to shift in color, but only darker tones.
They may independently choose their own places to hunt, but they are also used as traps by owners of fortresses and strongholds if the structure is to be left uninhabited for some time. Depending on its location relative to prey, it may fly, drop, or wrap itself around the victim, who must make a saving throw or be engulfed. Once engulfed, the captured individuals' limbs cannot move. Present but hidden in the cunning cloak are claws used to stab its prey or defend itself; resolve these as a single claw attack for 1d6-1 damage.
Attacks on this creature will result in damage being split between the cunning cloak and the victim. Fire or cold attacks cause full damage to both. Enveloped persons will suffocate to death in 1d4+1 rounds unless freed.
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.