Yeti

Description

A Yeti is a bipedal ape-like creature averaging 7-9 feet in height and weighing around 300 pounds. Yeti are covered in shaggy white fur and have prominent, sharp canine teeth. They are fond of the taste of human and demi-human flesh, and are very aggressive.

If a yeti rolls a 20 on a d20 for a claw attack, it is able to subject the victim to a hug attack (similar to bears) which does an additional automatic 1d6+2 points of damage. Only man-sized or smaller opponents can be hugged in this way.

Yeti are very well camouflaged in snowy areas, surprising on a roll of 1-5 on 1d6; in addition, their appearance is so frightful that any character surprised by one must make a saving throw or be frozen in fright for 1d4 rounds, allowing the yeti to hit automatically. Their adaptation to cold is such that they suffer half-damage from any cold-based attack, but on the other hand are subject to an additional 50% damage from attacks based on fire (i.e. a fireball doing 15 points of damage normally would inflict 24 points of damage to a yeti).

Any group of yeti encountered in their lair has a chance equal to 1-3 on 1d10 of including females (equal in number to the roll of the d10, i.e. 1, 2, or 3 of them). Females are equal to males in combat. If females are present, there is a further 1-2 on 1d10 chance of 1d4+1 young having from 1+1 to 3+3 hit dice and doing 1d6-1 points of damage with their claw attacks. Juveniles having 1+1 or 2+2 hit dice cannot hug, but those having 3+3 hit dice may do 1d6+1 points of hugging damage if they roll a 20 on a d20 for a claw attack.

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.

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