Lamprey, Normal
- Armor Class
- 7 [12]
- Hit Dice
- 1+2
- Attacks
- Bite (1d6-1)
- Special
- latch/blood loss (2 hp/HD/round)
- Move
- Swim 18
- HDE/XP
- 1/15
Description
A Lamprey is an eel-like jawless fish with a funnel- shaped sucking mouth lined with many sharp teeth. A lamprey attacks by boring into its prey with these teeth and latching on, dealing 1d6-1 points of damage on the initial attack and causing 2 points of damage per hit die of blood loss damage each round thereafter, until the victim or the lamprey is dead. Pulling a lamprey loose without first killing it requires a standard roll to open doors, and if successful the victim suffers damage equal to being bitten again due to the tearing loose of the lamprey's many teeth. This does not substantially harm the lamprey, which will immediately attack whoever pulled it loose.
The giant lamprey is a much larger version of the common variety; these monsters are found in areas populated with particularly huge or prehistoric sea life.
See Also
Other creatures grouped under Lamprey: Lamprey, Giant.
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.