Cordyceps Centurion

Armor Class 14 Plate

Hit Points 24 (3d8 + 8)

Speed 20 ft.

STR

16 (+3)

DEX

6 (-2)

CON

13 (+1)

INT

4 (-3)

WIS

2 (-4)

CHA

2 (-4)

Saving Throws STR +6, CON +4

Damage Vulnerabilities Bludgeoning, Fire

Damage Immunities Cold, Poison

Condition Immunities , , ,

Senses 30 ft. Cannot use Blindsight while deafened., 30 ft., Passive Perception 2

Languages Understands the languages it knew in life but cannot speak.

Challenge 8 (3,900 XP)

Proficiency Bonus +3

Traits

Fungal Infection. If damage reduces the Cordyceps Centurion to 0 it releases a cloud of spores in a 10 ft. radius around its body that can infect any living creature.

Any living creature that travels through the spore cloud must make a CON saving throw DC 16 and if it fails it becomes infected with the fungus. If the fungus isn't cured in 3 days the creature transforms into a Cordyceps Centurion.

When the creature fully transforms, the Cordyceps Centurions stat block replaces its previous one.

Actions

Unarmed Attacks:

Clobber: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., 1 target. Hit: 10 (1d12 + 6) [Bludgeoning] damage.

Claw: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., 1 target. Hit: 8 (1d20 + 10) [Slashing] damage.

Armed Attacks:

Sword Slash: +14 to hit, reach 5 ft., 1 target. Hit: 12 (1d20 + 10) [Slashing] damage.

Gladius Stab: +14 to hit, reach 5 ft., 1 target. Hit: 14 (1d20 + 10) [Piercing] damage.

Bonus Actions

Lunge. As a bonus action this creature can run 5 ft. and lunge another 5ft. in any available direction, attempting to grapple a creature.

If a creature is standing in the block that the Cordyceps Centurion Lunged to, that creature becomes grappled by the Centurion.

Ravage. As a bonus action this creature can bite a creature that it is currently grappling. Do 6d8 Necrotic Damage. Additionally the creature that was bitten becomes infected with the Cordyceps Fungus and could become a Cordyceps Centurion unless the disease is cured.

Muscle Memory. As a bonus action this creature remembers how to use a weapon that it was proficient with in life, such as a shortsword, and equips it as its weapon.

Description

The Cordyceps Centurion is a dead warrior donning full plate armor and adorned by the smell of utter rot. The Cordyceps fungus which infects the host controls the body to travel to areas suitable for fungal growth. Once in a suitably wet and dark habitat, the fungus proceeds to grow out of the hosts head, making them effectively blind.

Once the fungus has fully grown after 2-3 weeks in damp and dark conditions, the transformation into a Cordyceps Centurion is complete and the creature will seek out living flesh for sustenance. The creatures bite is infectious and carries a parasite that is the basis for the Cordyceps fungus.

Previous Versions

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