[MW Nightreign] Stonemaw - CR 8 Huge Monstrosity - $10 Reward (Patreon)

“Let’s try over there! That circle of pointed stones looks like the perfect spot to set up camp.” — Carnus Gusto, Well-Marbled The stonemaw

“Let’s try over there! That circle of pointed stones looks like the perfect spot to set up camp.”

— Carnus Gusto, Well-Marbled

The stonemaw is a simple creature that, if it could talk, would swear by its own perfected technique: open your mouth in the place where the food is walking and wait for your dinner.

Lurker in the Ground. Stonemaws, being ambush predators, are exceptionally patient hunters. A stonemaw starts tunneling up to a mile away from a road, animal path, water hole—any area that might be frequented by its prey. After burrowing with adroit stealth beneath its chosen spot, it extends its jaw, pushing the tips of its teeth above the surface. The moment a potential meal crosses the waiting mouth, SNAP!

Gravity Field. To hide both their tunnels and their massive bulk, stonemaws have developed a unique relationship with gravity. The area within a couple inches of a stonemaw has a strong gravitational repulsion. This force not only serves to keep the stonemaw light on its feet but also assists in burrowing. Rather than ripping stone and soil away with its claws, the earth is simply pushed and compressed out of the way, falling back into place as the stonemaw passes, leaving little trace that it was there at all.

Mineral Supplements. Though zoologists would definitively classify the stonemaw as a carnivorous beast, it relies on more than meat to survive. Each time it feeds, it ingests large amounts of sediment, which its body refines to reinforce its teeth, scales, and other protrusions that cover its body. Some arcanists posit that this makes it a demi-elemental, and the Council of Original Zoological Ideas and Etymological Stipulations has wallowed in indecision for years.

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