Othruni

Medium fey, chaotic neutral

Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 135 (18d8 + 54)
Speed 25 ft.

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
18 (+4)	15 (+2)	17 (+3)	16 (+3)	15 (+2)	14 (+2)

Skills Nature +6, Perception +5, Survival +5
Damage Vulnerabilities fire
Condition Immunities charmed, frightened
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15
Languages Sylvan, Terran, Undercommon
Challenge 7 (2,900 XP)
Proficiency Bonus +3

SPECIAL TRAITS

• Photosensitive Moss. The moss that covers the othruni’s body and equipment wilts in intense light. Whenever an othruni enters an area of bright light, it loses its weakness to fire but is unable to use Spore Cloud, Spore Burst, or its moss pellet attack, and its attacks do not deal additional poison damage. This effect persists until the othruni is no longer in bright light.

ACTIONS

• Multiattack. The othruni attacks twice with its warhammer.
• Warhammer. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) bludgeoning damage, or 9 (1d10 + 4) bludgeoning damage is used with two hands, plus 7 (2d6) poison damage.
• Moss Pellet. Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, range 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) bludgeoning damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage.
• Spore Cloud. The othruni ejects a cloud of spores from its symbiotic moss. Each creature within 5 feet of the othruni must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or take 7 (2d6) poison damage.
• Crystal Beam (Recharge 5-6). The othruni releases the light stored within the crystals of its body. Each creature in a 50-foot-long, 5-foot-wide line must make a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw, taking 21 (6d6) radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

REACTIONS

• Spore Burst. When the othruni takes 10 or more piercing or slashing damage from a single attack or effect, it uses Spore Cloud.

ABOUT

The cavernous spaces that exist beneath the tumultuous frenzy of the realm of the fey are no less dangerous than the primal lands above. More than one explorer has stumbled upon a particularly shiny moss-covered gemstone, only to discover a moment later that what they took at first for a simple pretty rock was, in fact, a fey creature made of living stone, crystal armor, and brilliant moss-an othruni.

In size and stature, othruni superficially resemble dwarves of the Material Plane. They also share dwarves’ love of caves and other underground places. It is unsurprising, then, that dwarven adventurers traveling through the fey realm tend to get along with othruni.

An othruni’s body not only resembles stone and crystal and moss-it is stone and crystal and moss. This symbiotic relationship between rock, mineral, and fungus is the othruni itself; if any of these three aspects of its being is destroyed, the othruni is likewise destroyed.

Despite their shared promise to keep the nature of their physiologies secret, othruni are fiercely individualistic and stubborn-minded, even when teamwork is obviously the most practical solution. Othruni caravans, which gather to excavate large deposits of orus crystals, are chaotic and rambunctious affairs.

Many othruni forego caravans entirely and prefer the company of non-othruni to their own kinfolk, though othruni’s unusual physiology makes it difficult for these fey to establish longterm traveling partners outside the winding warrens of the fey’s world.

Othruni are covered in photosensitive moss called othruni moss, which crumbles quickly when exposed to direct sunlight.

The moss covers an othruni’s entire body and even its equipment, and it plays an important role in reinforcing the othruni’s crystal-embedded stone armor. Like othruni moss, these rare crystals are native to the realm of fey; where to find orus crystals and how to craft with them are the greatest secrets of othruni people.