Yara-ma-yha-who

The fingertip of a yara-ma-yha-who, with the retractable hooks exiting the suction cups.

                     

   The yara-ma-yha-who are a type of nefilim found around the Unquiet Lands, ambushing whoever passes the woods where they prefer to hide. Humanoids covered in red fur and a disproportional head. The toothless mouth, throat and belly can expand, allowing a yara-ma-yha-who to swallow a grown man. People which suffer this go through a transformation, being eventually regurgitated as a new yara-ma-yha-who. the creature also has suction cups on its fingertips, being capable of climbing walls and ceilings, as well as sucking blood through them.

 

Yara-ma-yha-who

Medium monstrosity, chaotic evil

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Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 72 (13d8 + 13)
Speed 20 ft., climb 40 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
14 (+2)	13 (+1)	13 (+1)	6 (-2)	10 (+0)	3 (-4)

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Skills Stealth +4
Senses darkvision 30 ft., passive Perception 10
Challenge 2

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• Engorged. When it has swallowed a creature, the yara-ma-yha-who takes only half the damage dealt to it (rounded down), and that creature takes the other half.
• Shielded Mind. The yara-ma-yha-who is immune to scrying and to any effect that would sense its emotions, read its thoughts, or detect its location.
• Standing Leap. The yara-ma-yha-who's long jump is up to 20 feet and its high jump is up to 10 feet, with or without a running start.
• Suction cups. The yara-ma-yha-who can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.

ACTIONS

1. Multiattack. The yara-ma-yha-who makes two drain blood attacks.
2. Drain blood.  Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d12 + 2) piercing damage. The target's hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the piercing damage taken, and the yara-ma-yha-who regains hit points equal to that amount. The reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0. 
3. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: the target is grappled (escape DC 13). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the yara-ma-yha-who can't bite another target.
4. Swallow. The yara-ma-yha-who makes one bite attack against a Medium or smaller target it is grappling. If the attack hits, the target is swallowed, and the grapple ends. The swallowed target is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the yara-ma-yha-who. It can have only one target swallowed at a time. If the yara-ma-yha-who dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse using 5 feet of movement, exiting prone.