# Bonedrinker >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] *This gaunt creature is humanoid in shape, except for two long, writhing, pale tentacles that sprout from beneath its arms. Although its features are somewhat goblinoid in appearance, wicked talons cap its long, spindly fingers, and its wide maw opens to reveal many sharp teeth, including six 6-inchlong fangs. Its hairless, grayskinned body is covered in oozing sores that weep a pale white fluid.* <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Bonedrinker</div> <div class="CR">CR 6 (2,400 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Monster Manual 3</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> CE Medium Undead **Init** +3 **Senses** darkvision 60 ft., scent; **Perception** +12 #### defense **AC** 17, 13 touch, 14 flat-footed (+3 Dex, +4 natural) **hp** 60 (7d8+28); unholy toughness **Fort** +4, **Refl** +5, **Will** +7 **Feint** 22, **Demoralize** 19 **DR** 5/silver or good **Immune** undead traits; **Resist** cold 10, fire 10 #### offense **Speed** 30 ft. **Melee** 2 tentacles +10 melee (1d10+5) and 2 claws +5 melee (1d8+2) **Space** 5 ft., **Reach** 5 ft. (10 ft. with tentacles) **Special Attacks** bonedrink, pounce #### statistics **Str** 21, **Dex** 16, **Con** —, **Int** 8, **Wis** 14, **Cha** 15 **BAB** +5, **CMB** +8, **CMD** 21, **TA** +10, **RTA** +8 **Feats** [[Cleave]], [[Combat Reflexes]], [[Improved Natural Attack]] (claws), [[Power Attack]] **Skills** Perception +12, Sense Motive +12, Stealth +13 **Languages** Common, Goblin #### special abilities ### Bonedrink (Su) The bonedrinker can fasten onto a grappled creature with its horrendous fangs, then secrete a painful toxin into the victim that liquifies its bones. If a bonedrinker ends its turn with a creature grappled, it deals 1d6 points of Constitution damage. Creatures reduced to 0 Constitution die, their bones are mostly removed from their body, leaving their corpse a sack of loose flesh. Such creatures cannot be raised with _raise dead_. Creatures without bones are immune to this effect. ### Unholy Toughness (Ex) A bonedrinker gains a gains bonus hit points equal to its Charisma modifier × its Hit Dice. #### tactics Clever hunters, bonedrinkers prefer to attack lone victims unless hunting in packs. They typically strike from hiding, pouncing on their chosen prey and attempting to establish a grapple as quickly as possible. If especially famished, a bonedrinker might attack more recklessly, grappling a single victim even if part of a group and attempting to drain it dry while ignoring the victim’s companions. #### ecology **Terrain** Any **Organization** Solitary, pair, or pack (3–6) **Treasure** Standard **Advancement** 12–15 HD (Medium); 16–33 HD (Large) A truly repulsive creature, the bonedrinker hunts to feed on the bones of its victims. Terrible undead created in a horrid ritual reminiscent of mummy creation, bonedrinkers wander the dark places of the world, seeking new creatures to feed upon. Hobgoblin wizards originally developed the ritual to create these monstrosities, using the fallen corpses of goblin and bugbear warriors to create the first lesser bonedrinkers and bonedrinkers. The tradition of using bugbears and goblins became habit, and nearly all bonedrinkers previously lived as one of these two goblinoid races. In theory, other humanoid creatures could be converted into bonedrinkers, but this would require twisting and adapting the original ritual. Bonedrinkers resemble ghasts in many ways, leading those who catch only fleeting glimpses of the creatures to erroneously pass on exactly that description. If it weren’t for the two tentacles that grow beneath their arms and the six horribly long fangs in their mouths, the description might even fit. A bonedrinker’s body is covered in weeping sores, the result of its constant need to feed. The longer one goes without liquefying and draining a creature’s bones, the more sores appear. This has no effect on the creature’s abilities, but a bonedrinker certainly grows more reckless and desperate the hungrier it becomes. Bonedrinkers prey on any creature with a skeletal structure. They care nothing for vermin, elementals, constructs, or any other creature lacking their favorite food. Many other carnivores similarly eat bones, but not in the same way that a bonedrinker does. Bonedrinkers secrete a strange chemical in their saliva that breaks down bones into a viscous liquid. As the bones liquefy, the bonedrinker slurps them up through wounds it inflicts with its bite. In essence, a bonedrinker is to bones what a vampire is to blood. A bonedrinker stands about 7 feet tall and weighs roughly 225 pounds. Created from a bugbear, it superficially resembles the goblinoid from which it was created.