A creepy, vaguely humanoid monster about twice the size of an adult human. It has translucent skin through which you can see acid blood coursing over its organs. It sort of wobbles and lurches with an oversized head that dips forward as if asleep.
Glass mandras terrifying to behold, but not super aggressive -- you usually have to go out of your way to get into a fight with one. Its primary mode of attack when threatened is its claws, but the real threat of this monster is that when its skin is punctured, it releases a pressurized stream of powerful acid. The prescribed way of defeating one is to freeze it solid and destroy it before it thaws, but other creative methods can be used as well.
Both the acid and the glass mandra's skin are valuable alchemical components.
Gloomfang This creature has the snapping jaws of a wolf and the dexterity of a monkey -- it can go on two legs for brief periods and can cling to trees and climb them. They are fast and aggressive and tend to attack and retreat in a flash, since they can skitter up and down nearby tree trunks.
Their name seems to come from their giant, mournful eyes and the jarringly sad noises they make while they're trying to eat you. Although they have no obvious magical attributes, the powder made from grinding their teeth is a versatile alchemical dampening agent due to its latent shadow elemental qualities.
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A creepy, vaguely humanoid monster about twice the size of an adult human. It has translucent skin through which you can see acid blood coursing over its organs. It sort of wobbles and lurches with an oversized head that dips forward as if asleep.
Glass mandras terrifying to behold, but not super aggressive -- you usually have to go out of your way to get into a fight with one. Its primary mode of attack when threatened is its claws, but the real threat of this monster is that when its skin is punctured, it releases a pressurized stream of powerful acid. The prescribed way of defeating one is to freeze it solid and destroy it before it thaws, but other creative methods can be used as well.
Both the acid and the glass mandra's skin are valuable alchemical components.
Gloomfang
This creature has the snapping jaws of a wolf and the dexterity of a monkey -- it can go on two legs for brief periods and can cling to trees and climb them. They are fast and aggressive and tend to attack and retreat in a flash, since they can skitter up and down nearby tree trunks.
Their name seems to come from their giant, mournful eyes and the jarringly sad noises they make while they're trying to eat you. Although they have no obvious magical attributes, the powder made from grinding their teeth is a versatile alchemical dampening agent due to its latent shadow elemental qualities.