Spellcasting. The Bettikus Butterfly is an 8th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 15, +3 to hit with spell attacks)
Cantrips (at will): Dancing Lights, Friends, Minor Illusion, Sapping Sting
1st level (4 slots): Animal Friendship, Charm Person, Disguise Self, Sleep
2nd level (3 slots): Invisibility, Mirror Image, Silence
3rd level (3 slots): Catnap, Hypnotic Pattern, Major Image
4th level (2 slots): Hallucinatory Terrain, Phantasmal Killer
Blood Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 5 (1d4+3) piercing damage, and the Bettikus Butterfly attaches to the target. While attached, the butterfly doesn't attack. Instead, at the start of each of the butterfly's turns, the target loses 5 (1d4+3) hit points due to blood loss.
The Bettikus Butterfly can detach itself by spending 5 feet of its movement. It does so after it drains 10 hit points of blood from the target or the target dies. A creature, including the target, can use its action to detach the butterfly.
Description
This fey creature is more popularly known by its colloquial name "Betty the Butterfly". Originally thought to be a story to frighten children, the Bettikus Butterfly is actually a giant moth discovered and so named by Jerron Bettikus, an apprentice wizard who was writing a report on the insects of the Feywild.
The Bettikus Butterfly will appear on the prime material plane in order to feed on its favorite cuisine -- children. Using Illusion and Enchantment-based spells, it lures children to a secluded area after which it will attach itself to the child and drain his or her blood until they are completely dry. It has been said that this Fey Moth will make itself appear as a large and beautiful butterfly with big, beautiful eyes and a charming smile-- an appearance that most children would find wondrous and appealing. This feeding will satiate the butterfly for one lunar cycle. In the absence of children, the Bettikus Butterfly will target small livestock, such as goats, sheep, or poultry.
Typically, this butterfly will not revisit the same place more than once, however, there have been rare instances that it has. The community that becomes plagued with a Bettikus Butterfly can rid itself of this creature by filling a sheep's bladder with a mixture of blood and honey and dosing it with an ingestible poison. Hanging this lure on a tree branch at the edge of town nearly always attracts the butterfly away from children or livestock, as it prefers the easiest source of nutrients it can find.
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