Octobat
- Armor Class
- 4 [15]
- Hit Dice
- 8
- Attacks
- Tentacle (1d6+2)
- Special
- breath weapon, web, fear, entangle/crush (2d6/round), acid (3d6), immunity
- Move
- Fly 18
- HDE/XP
- 9/1,100
Description
An Octobat is an intelligent subterranean creature that will often work for powerful evil individuals such as a wizard or warlord. It can measure 9 to 12 feet across, and each tentacle spanning 10 feet. This dangerous creature tends to bludgeon victims with its four tentacles. For fear of losing a tentacle, an octobat will not entangle larger or seemingly strong opponents, but against smaller or less powerful prey it will wrap itself about its target if it rolls a 20 on a d20 for a tentacle attack. The entangled individual is crushed and strangled, receiving 2d6 points of damage automatically each round (instead of regular tentacle attacks). The entangled individual must successfully roll an open doors attempt to break free, but may be entangled again in subsequent rounds.
The octobat can squirt an acidic ink at a single opponent up to 20 feet away, causing 3d6 points of damage (saving throw for half-damage). The octobat can also employ this attack against an entangled opponent. This attack is usable 4 times per day and not more than once every 1d4 rounds. This acidic ink can dissolve a Web (such as the spell) in one full round. The octobat is immune to this acid ink (whether its own or from other octobats).
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.