Monster - The Beast of Vileveil [CR 7 Monstrosity]

Monster - The Beast of vileveil

“Its fur is like a mantle of pure, foaming darkness. Its eyes two red incandescent coals burning bright in the deepest of nights. Fear the roar that shatters the light. Fear the night it prawls in.” – Brokvar

Born from the dark. Beasts of Vileveil are of magical nature, either born from failed experiments or ungodly curses. They are exceptionnaly difficult to track down due to their ability to manifest and demanifest in any heavily obscured area, travelling by darkness. The making of a beast of Vileveil requires the corpse of a werewolf and a six hour long ritual during the new moon. These creatures are formidable weapons in the wrong hands, used to terrorize whole cities. No magus can control them but some already unleashed their ravenous hunger on unsuspected citizens and political opponents with great success. The most skilled wizards may be able to keep a semblance of consciousness in the creature, memories and habits from its past werewolf self, in order to exploit its bitterness towards some particular individuals or communities.

Predatory instincts. Beasts of Vileveil are apex predators. They are a cunning but unintelligent species. They hunt for pleasure, killing in gruesome ways without consuming the flesh of their victims. They are resentful and vindictive. They will track down any creature that wronged them somehow or tried to impose their power on them. Hunters, city guards or monster slayers are thusly prime targets for the beasts vicious attacks. The beast does not know fear nor self-preservation. Once locked in combat, it will attack relentlessly until everything in its path succumbed or it was slain.

Strategies. The beast will try to ambush any pursuers by manifesting in a close by obscured space. If no obscurity is available, it will use its Tenebrous Howl to put out nearby lights, then attack. It will then manifest itself as close as possible from the weakest target and relentlessly attack with its claws, retreating in a dark spot when needed. The Beast acts in combat as a wolf would : picking weaker targets firest. Light carriers or creatures capable of creating their own light such as the Light spell are its main targets, since it is heavily advantaged by darkness. Clerics are also a prime target choice due to their ability to use radiant damage, which the Beast hates. If it cannot extinguish the nearby lights, it will retreat and use its Darkness action to create a dense magical fog to fight in and retreat to. Being driven by blood and unsatiable hunger, the Beast won’t flee from combat, unleashing all it has if cornered.

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