Monster Trove: Old Fears and Hungry Things
Taotie
Huge
About
The taotie is hunger given a face and no body beyond what it has consumed. It enters storehouses, palaces and temples through carved images of itself, then devours food, treasure and finally memory.
Stats
HP
205
AC
18
DR
4
Attacks
1
Attack:
4d10+6
Save Rolls
Quick
4
Tough
6
Mind
5
Default Save TN (based on HP): 6
Traits
Alignment:
Impartial Vile (Schemer)
Intelligence:
High (13-14)
Magic Resistance:
+3 to saves against spells
Special Attack
Devour Possession: one carried object within 30 ft vanishes into its mouth unless the holder succeeds on a Quick save. If the object is magical, the taotie recovers 3d10 HP. Bottomless Bite: piercing, melee 10 ft, +6 to hit, 4d10+6.
Special Defense
The Face Without a Body: attacks from directly behind ignore DR because the taotie has no true rear body. An empty bowl freely placed before it forces a Mind save; on a failed save it must spend its next turn staring into the bowl and remembering that hunger cannot be filled.