| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| STR | 17 | +3 | +3 |
| DEX | 12 | +1 | +1 |
| CON | 15 | +2 | +2 |
| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | 8 | −1 | −1 |
| WIS | 13 | +1 | +1 |
| CHA | 8 | −1 | −1 |
Shapechanger. The mimic can use its action to polymorph into an object or back into its true, amorphous form. Its statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
Adhesive (Object Form Only). The mimic adheres to anything that touches it. A Huge or smaller creature adhered to the mimic is also grappled by it (escape DC 13). Ability checks made to escape this grapple have disadvantage.
False Appearance (Object Form Only). While the mimic remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from an ordinary object.
Grappler. The mimic has advantage on attack rolls against any creature grappled by it.
Pseudopod. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) bludgeoning damage. If the mimic is in object form, the target is subjected to its Adhesive trait.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage plus 4 (1d8) acid damage.
Description
Beware garments that cling too fondly.
What some markets peddle as a “Cloak of Grappling” is no enchantment of restraint at all, but a patient and cunning aberration — a mimic adapted not to chests or doors, but to attire.
These creatures are clever. They choose hosts of violent habit and feed only upon those who strike at the wearer. Thus do they remain undetected for months, even years. The host, pleased by their apparent good fortune in battle, rarely questions the disappearance of a bandit dragged screaming into folds of black leather.
The interior of the garment is not cloth, but a distensible maw concealed in shadow. When fully engorged, the creature lies docile and heavy. When starved, it tightens around the throat of its bearer in subtle warning.
It is unknown whether these cloak-mimics feel loyalty — or merely practice long-term hunting strategy.
I advise against wearing one long enough to discover the answer.
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