Muckish Creep
Level 8Attacks
Abilities
A muckish creep can move through a gap at least 6 inches wide without Squeezing and can Squeeze through any gap at least 1 inch wide.
When a muckish creep Strides or Steps, it leaves behind a slimy mud trail that coats the traversed area. All traversed squares are covered in Grease (DC 26 reflex or DC 26 acrobatics) until the start of the muckish creep's next turn.
A muckish creep's body allows it to slip away from most restraints. It gains a +4 status bonus to checks to Escape. On a success, it gets a critical success instead. On a critical failure, it gets a failure instead.
Trigger A creature succeeds at an attempt to Grapple the muckish creep. Effect The muckish creep attempts an Athletics check to Escape.
When a muckish creep hits a creature with a mud ball Strike, that creature becomes Dazzled (or Blinded on a critical hit). The creature can use an Interact action to wipe away the mud and remove the dazzled or blinded condition.
Requirements The muckish creep has a creature Grabbed.
The muckish creep fills the grabbed creature's mouth and nose with mud. The creature begins to suffocate unless it succeeds at a DC 23 fortitude save. The suffocating creature or any adjacent creatures can clear the suffocating creature's airway with an Interact action.
Requirements The monster's last action was a successful Strike that lists Grab in its damage entry, or the monster has a creature Grabbed or Restrained Effect If used after a Strike, the monster attempts to Grapple the creature using the body part it attacked with. This attempt neither applies nor counts toward the creature's multiple attack penalty. The monster can instead use Grab and choose one creature it's grabbing or restraining with an appendage that has Grab to automatically extend that condition to the end of the monster's next turn.
Description
Legends say that the first muckish creeps were born at the site of a mass grave where the souls of murdered prisoners coalesced into the surrounding soil. Another myth tells that muckish creeps were elementals so vile that their kin banished them from the Plane of Earth. Regardless of their true origins, muckish creeps are wicked creatures that resemble mud given a humanoid shape. The mud is no ordinary mixture of earth and water, however, for muckish creeps feed on the blood of the living, and they use this blood to keep their own forms moist and malleable.
Muckish creeps are particularly tenacious and single-minded when it comes to choosing prey. Once a muckish creep selects its next victim, there is little one can do to stop it, since it can seep through even the smallest cracks between doors, walls, and windows. A muckish creep typically waits until its target falls asleep before pressing itself into the creature's home, intent to kill. For all its tenacity during the hunt, the muckish creep is pragmatic when it comes to the actual kill, using its body to fill the victim's airways with mud and suffocate them.