Deathly Sense. The Corpse Eater has a unique ability to sense any and all corpses and undead with in 1 mile of it. The Corpse Eater with then slowly make its way to the corpse or Undead to consume of its negative emotions.
Necrotic Flow. The Corpse Eater lives off of death. It primarily feeds on the negative emotions of corpses it finds. With all the negative energy it consumes, the Corpse Eater heals hit points from the number of Necrotic damage that it would've been dealt. However normal healing spells, such as Healing Word, hurt the Corpse Eater the number of hit points it would've normally healed.
Protective Aura. The Corpse Eater gives off an aura that attracts plants and animals to it, making them feel safe and make home on the Corpse Eater. This grants the Corpse Eater a small but good supply of food whenever the animals die as well as camouflage for the Corpse Eater, whilst providing a safe home for the plants and animals living on it.
Strangely Footed. The Corpse Eater has a unique pairs of feet, that resemble that of a parrot's and or a Chameleon's foot, this allows The Corpse Eater to ignore all forms of difficult terrain and grant them advantage against being forcefully moved.
Sunken Camo. The Corpse Eater when its not moving resembles that of a small pong with a head creature's skull next to it. Making it unidentifiable as a Corpse Eater.
Undead Bodied. The Corpse Eater isn't technically alive, but is not undead. No matter how confusing it is, the Corpse Eater doesn't need to drink or breath.
Undead Consumption. The Corpse Eater's only "living" prey are Undead, this gives the Corpse Eater a known talent for dealing with such creatures. If the Corpse Eater hits an undead, that is of equal or lower Cr than its self, the undead dies and is consumed by the Corpse Eater.
Draining Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) Piercing and 4 (1d4 + 2) psychic damage, and the target's Constitution score is reduced by 1d4. The target dies if this reduces its Constitution to 0. Otherwise, the reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest.
Lash Out. If the Corpse Eater gets hit by a healing spell, such as Healing Word, it can make a Draining Bite attack at the nearest creature. Prioritizing the person who used the spell.
Description
The Corpse Eater is a terrifying creature of swamps and temperate forest regions, that has had a swing in reputation throughout it's history. At first it was just a creepy mythical beast that hung around dead creature, whilst homing live flora and fauna on its back. To then people recoding how the creature feeds on corpses, then granting the creature its name, and giving it a negative reputation causing. This reputation led to people actively hunting the Corpse eater, all the way until a wizardly hunter was stalking one, to where it noticed what the Corpse Eater was truly doing. It engulfs the corpses and removes all the negative emotions the spirit of the corpse had during its death, imprinting the corpse's face on the stomach sack of the creature. To then later be regurgitated in the same spot, leaving the body alone and the spirit to be in a happier state of being in the afterlife.
The Nature of a Corpse Eater is a simple one. Its calm unless you try to use a healing spell at it or if there is an Undead creature that it can sense. The Undead creature it will hunt to the best of its abilities, and it will lash out if you use a healing spell against it. Otherwise its a slow and calm creature that allows other creatures and plants to live on it, creating its own protected ecosystem on its back.
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