Keen Hearing and Smell. The Tatzelwurm has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing or smell.
Pack Tactics. The Tatzelwurm has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the Tatzelwurm's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.
Multiattack. The Tatzelwurm makes two attacks, one with its bite and one with its claws.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) slashing damage plus 4 (1d8) cold damage.
Frost Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d8 + 4) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take 6 (1d12) cold damage and has disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.
Paralyzing Breath (Recharge 5-6). The Tatzelwurm exhales paralyzing gas in a 25-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Night Slash (Recharge 4-6). Ranged Spell Attack: +6 to hit, range 80 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d8 + 3) necrotic damage plus 10 (3d6) radiant damage. If the target is evil-aligned, they take an additional 5 (1d10) radiant damage.
Description
Herein is the unfortunate circumstance of the Absolodian Tatzelwurm, a creature with gleaming dark scales, deep sanguine-red eyes, hooked talons, and a tender heart. These draconic shadowcats reside in frigid tundras close to human settlements, and often form a mutual bond with its inhabitants. The Absolodian Tatzelwurm, acting like an oversized St. Bernard, protects travelers from the dangers of the frozen wastes, while the town, in turn, provides food offerings and small shelters for the guardian beast.
Adventurers may find on their path toward a Tatzel-warded town, rudimentary shrines that are mildly indicative of enlarged dog-houses and flayed game dangling from hooks hung on trees. Should a party find itself overwhelmed deep in the coldlands, a Tatzelwurm might carry them to the warmth of its den, but let’s hold out hope that the group does not judge a beast by its dark scales.
Arcanetalons are Absoldian Tatzelwurms that have lived long lives and have sharpened their arcane abilities to allow them to unleash sickle-shaped bolts of violet energy that take the form of rifts between the Positive and Negative Planes. This allows them to sense the presence of disasters and similar things coming from a temporal mile away, and strike down dangerous foes.
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