Quick Decomposition. If killed, the bracken will rot into black dust very quickly, leaving very little behind.
Snap. Melee Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., 1 target. On hit, the target has their neck broken if there isn't something strong covering it- this would essentially kill them. If it doesn't, it will do 20 (2d20) bludgeoning damage, due to the immense force applied to their neck. If the bracken couldn't physically reach their neck, it will not attack.
Hidden. If the bracken is glanced at, it will retreat about 60 ft. to where it was before being seen, after a brief moment. It will go back to hunting them down after retreating and waiting shortly in that area. If the target gazing upon it continues to stare, or moves towards the bracken while in it's line of sight, it will charge at them and attempt to break their neck.
Description
The bracken is a large, dark red, almost humanoid creature, with immense strength in the arms, which it uses to twist the necks of any creature it sees fit to kill- typically humans or small animals. It will not usually rush at them, like most other monsters would, as it will instead try sneaking up on the target from the sides or from behind, moving in quick bursts. It has large, pointy leaf-like structures protruding from it's back, and white, glowing eyes, making it easily noticeable in the darkness. Other than these inhuman traits, it does look fairly humanoid- having two arms and legs, being bipedal, and being a vertebrate. It is unknown if it eats the prey it kills, though it does drag away their bodies away, usually far from where it kills them.
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