Gibbering Mouther
- Armor Class
- 1 [18]
- Hit Dice
- 9
- Attacks
- Bite (1d6)
- Special
- poison, paralysis, swallow, acid, fire
- Move
- 3
- HDE/XP
- 11/1,700
Description
A Gibbering Mouther is a horrible creature seemingly drawn from a lunatic's nightmares. It has the fluid body of an amoeba, with eyes and toothy mouths constantly appearing and disappearing all over its body.
As soon as a mouther spots something edible, it begins a constant gibbering. All creatures (other than mouthers) within 60 feet must make a saving throw or be affected as though by a Confusion spell for 1d2 rounds. A gibbering mouther may fire a stream of spittle at one opponent within 30 feet. The mouther makes an attack against ascending AC 9 + Dexterity bonus of the target; if it hits, it deals 1d4 points of acid damage, and the target must make a saving throw against poison or be blinded for 1d4 rounds. Any creature bit by 3 or more of its mouths will be engulfed on the next round. The mouther will be able to make 12 subsequent bite attacks on the engulfed creature. A swallowed creature can cut its way out by dealing 5 points of damage with a small edged weapon such as a dagger.
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.