Hadal Nokk

Ocean

Urban

Tentacle (True Form Only)

Unarmed Strike (Humanoid Form Only)

On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the 

 takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects.

 lair within subsurface caves at the bottom of lakes or along oceanic coasts. Their lairs are often filled with items of sentimental value stolen from the surface, along with the drowned corpses of those that they dragged into the depths.

Hadal nokks are miserable, solitary creatures who hate the world and rightly believe that the world hates them in turn. These amphibious shapeshifting menaces used to be humans, or dwarves, or elves, or similar, but have been transformed into monsters by a foul combination of dark magic and their own hatred. They emerge from their aquatic lairs at night to hunt those that they believe are loved. 

The hadal nokk is motivated by its own self-hatred and loathing to collect, and in some cases extinguish, objects and individuals that are loved and desired by others. Since the hadal nokk cannot experience love itself, it attempts to bring itself satisfaction by destroying it. During the day, the hadal nokk uses its shapeshifting to hide in plain sight among civilization, identifying its next targets. At night, in its true form, it hunts its prey and brings it back to its lair. The hadal nokk may steal items of great sentimental value, abduct children loved unconditionally, or abduct a young romantic absorbed in the lustful ecstasy of new love.

In its true form, where applicable, the hadal nokk leaves footprints coated in a thin layer of translucent blue slime. It emanates a strong earthy odor. While shapeshifting, though the hadal nokk can create a perfect visual illusion, it cannot conceal its odor, cannot speak or produce any sound, and its disguised form does not hold up to close physical inspection.  

The hadal nokk cannot bear to confront the love and beauty lost in its past. Every hadal nokk has a personal vulnerability that it avoids — it may be a bedtime story that was told to it when it was a child, a song sung by a lost lover or family member, or a piece of art it once held dear. 

The hadal nokk will do everything it can to force combat in its lair, where it is likely to have the underwater advantage. It attempts to prioritise its Tentacle attack on targets with lower Dexterity or Strength scores so that its grapple attempt is more likely to be successful. It uses Siphon Life as often as it can on any grappled creatures. 

The hadal nokks lair within subsurface caves at the bottom of lakes or along oceanic coasts. Their lairs are often filled with items of sentimental value stolen from the surface, along with the drowned corpses of those that they dragged into the depths.

Though hadal nokks collect items that are primarily sentimental in purpose, some of the items in their lairs may well hold coincidental monetary value. The heart of a hadal nokk is a key component in various necromantic rituals. Its tentacles, when ingested, are effective at suppressing emotions and shielding the mind from unwanted advances. The following table provides specific mechanics for harvesting and reward.  A PC can make a 

 Wisdom (Survival) check, or other check the GM deems appropriate, to obtain loot from the 

. On a successful check, the GM chooses one piece of loot, or has the PC roll a d4 to determine what they get. On a failed check, the PC gets a 

. A PC can choose to have another make their skill check if they so choose.

Hadal Nokk

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