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Monster Trove: Things Others Swore They Saw

Polong

Tiny

About

A polong is kept. Somebody bled into a bottle, waited the required number of days, and now owns something the size of a fingernail that does exactly what it is told. It flies to whoever the owner names, gets inside, and the victim tears at themselves and speaks in a voice that is not theirs. Fighting the polong is close to pointless. It is a weapon. Somebody is holding it, and that somebody is within a few hours' walk.

Stats

HP 20
AC 12
DR 0
Attacks 1
Attack: 1d6+1

Save Rolls

Quick 2
Tough 0
Mind 1
Default Save TN (based on HP): 15

Traits

Alignment: Orderly Impartial (Arbiter)
Intelligence: Low (2-4)
Magic Resistance: Banishment and exorcism send it back to its bottle rather than destroying it, which buys time and nothing else.
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Special Attack

Enter: melee 5 ft, no attack roll, usable once per target. Save Con Tough, fail save roll 1d6+1 psychic and the target attacks the nearest creature on its next turn. Cooldown 2 rounds. Tear: slashing, melee 5 ft, +2 to hit, 1d6+1, dealt to the host's own body with the host's own hands.

Special Defense

Held on a Leash: it cannot be killed while its owner lives and its bottle is intact. Reduced to 0 HP it reforms in the bottle at dusk. Break the Bottle: destroying the vessel destroys it outright, wherever it is. Confessed: an owner who names the polong and renounces it aloud releases it, and it goes for the owner first.

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