Miremal

Small fey, chaotic evil

Armor Class 12
Hit Points 22 (5d6 + 5)
Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
10 (+0) 15 (+2) 12 (+1) 10 (+0) 12 (+1) 8 (-1)

Skills Perception +3, Stealth +6, Survival +3
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages Sylvan, Umbral
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)
Proficiency Bonus +2

SPECIAL TRAITS

  • Amphibious. The miremal can breathe air and water.
  • Muddled Escape (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the miremal takes 7 damage or less that would reduce it to 0 hp, it is reduced to 1 hp instead and becomes a puddle of filthy swamp water. At the start of the miremal’s next turn, it can move up to 15 feet as a puddle. Then it returns to its normal form.
  • Swamp Camouflage. The miremal has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide in swampy terrain.

ACTIONS

  • Multiattack. The miremal makes one Bite attack and one Claw attack.
  • Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage.
  • Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) slashing damage.
  • Bog Spew (Recharge 5–6). The miremal spews a noxious stream of bog filth mixed with stomach acid at one creature it can see within 20 feet of it. The target must make a DC 11 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, the target takes 7 (2d6) acid damage and is blinded until the end of its next turn. On a success, the target takes half the damage and isn’t blinded.

ABOUT

A short, lean, biped emerges from the shadows. Fungi and mosses cover its pale-skinned body, growing into its flesh. Its green eyes weep bloody tears.

Miremals are savage, degenerate fey who delight in crafting paths through treacherous swamps. These seemingly safe paths are riddled with traps and ambush points.

  • Unreliable Guides. Miremals hunt in packs of three to six and often serve a more powerful creature, especially one that commands potent magic. As a result, many of their paths lead travelers into the grove of a green hag coven or into the lair of a black dragon.
  • Swamp Dwellers. Miremals have adapted from sylvan forests to the swamps: patches of red and green fungus sprout from their skin, mushrooms and branches grow haphazardly out of their bodies, and moss hangs from beneath their arms. They can even take on a puddle-like form when close to death, escaping from whatever seeks to harm them. Their eyes are forest green and perpetually wet with bloody tears. Their legends say their tears come from rage over the banishment from their forest homes and agony from knowing they can never return.
  • Hate Moss Lurkers. Miremals are occasionally confused with moss lurkers, but the two despise one another and both consider the comparison odious.
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