Replacement Parts. When a humanoid head is attached, the chimera has an Intelligence score of 7. If severed limbs are replaced with those of a burrowing creature, the chimera gains that creature's burrowing speed until
Multiattack. The chimera makes three attacks: two with its bite, and one with its claws. When its fire breath is available, it can make a third attack using the breath in place of a bite attack.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage.
Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) slashing damage.
Fire Breath (Recharge 4–6). The dragon head exhales fire in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 31 (7d8) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Head Swap. Once per day: If there is a corpse within a 10ft. radius, the chimera may replace any severed parts from the corpse. This reaction fails if the corpse is older than 24 hours AND has NOT been preserved, or if the corpse lacks a reasonably similar body part to the one the chimera is missing.
On a success, the chimera gains 40 temporary hit points.
These replaced parts will rot and fall off after 1d8+6 days.
Description
The chaos-infected chimera was a vile combination of goat, lion, and dragon, and once featured the heads of all three of those creatures. The goat head was severed in a fierce battle, which the chimera narrowly survived. In this fight, the chimera became corrupted by the energies of chaotic beings from outer realms and found that its fallen foe's head was now attached to the stump where it's goat head had been.
The new head rotted and fell off as days went by, and the chimera found itself driven to hunt down fresh prey to claim a new head. This cycle has repeated itself an unknown number of times.
When in possession of a humanoid head, the chimera finds itself haunted by fragments of their memories. This often causes the chimera to be drawn to a settlement or civilization it would normally avoid.
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