WLD MH

Fisher of Men/Headhunter - this monstrosity, when seen in full, looks like a huge (12' to 18', SM 2 to 3) lobsterlike thing with a eight scuttling legs, a large grinding maw on the bottom of its steel-like carapace, softly glowing eyes on antenna stalks, and at least a dozen many-jointed appendages rising from the top of the body. That's not all, though - at any given time 1d6+1 of these nasty clawed arms will be tipped with the heads of humanoids (humans, elves, goblinoids, any type that has been in the dungeon) that the creature has killed and eaten. What's worse, the heads appear to be alive, with open, staring eyes, and garbled, unintelligible, whispering voices. The Headhunter consumes the rest of the body, then inserts the ends of its claws into the base of the brain and is able to manipulate the head until it decays too greatly. With great effort, the horrible beast can even make its captive heads mimic the speech patterns used while alive, in an effort to draw more prey closer to where they can be snatched and eaten as well.

It is conceivable that a severed head could, with a Will roll at at least -10, 'awaken' with the personality of the person it came from, and even be able to cast spells that don't require gestures or speech (the Headhunter controls the flow of air into the larynx, making independent speech impossible). Of course, as soon as the beast realizes that one of its grisly trophies won't puppet properly, it is likely to make a tasty snack out of it.

Creator: Vitruvian