Ye Olde Shoppe of Magicks – Living Bear Skin Rug

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Living Bearskin Rug
Large Construct, Unaligned

Armor Class 15 (tough hide)
Hit Points 136 (16d10 + 48)
Speed 20 ft., climb 10 ft. (it shuffles and drags itself)

STR 20 (+5) DEX 8 (−1) CON 16 (+3)
INT 3 (−4) WIS 12 (+1) CHA 7 (−2)

Saving Throws Str +8, Con +6
Skills Perception +4
Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
Damage Immunities poison, psychic
Condition Immunities charmed, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14
Languages —
Challenge 6 (2,300 XP)
Proficiency Bonus +3

Traits

  • False Appearance. While prone and motionless, the Living Bearskin Rug is indistinguishable from a mundane rug.
  • Crushing Pelt. The rug can attempt to smother creatures. When it hits with a Pelt Slam, it can grapple the target (escape DC 16). While grappled, the creature is restrained, blinded, and unable to breathe as the rug wraps around them. Only one creature can be smothered at a time.
  • Shuffle. The rug’s movement is slow and clumsy. It can’t take the Dash action, and its movement speed is halved in difficult terrain.

Actions

  • Multiattack. The rug makes two attacks: one with its Pelt Slam and one with either its Claw Fringe or Bite.
  • Pelt Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (2d10 + 5) bludgeoning damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 16 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
  • Claw Fringe. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d8 + 5) slashing damage.
  • Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
    Hit: 2d6 + 4 piercing damage (average 11 damage) plus 1d6 psychic damage (average 3) as the victim feels the rug’s cursed fangs sink into both flesh and mind.
  • Rug Roll (Recharge 5–6). The rug lurches forward and rolls onto creatures. Each creature within a 10-foot line must succeed on a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw or take 27 (6d8) bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. On a success, they take half damage and remain standing.

Legendary Actions (Optional, for boss fight)

  • The Living Bearskin Rug can take 2 legendary actions, choosing from the options below:
  • Shuffle Forward. The rug moves up to an additional 10 feet.
  • Claw Drag. The rug makes one Claw Fringe attack.
  • Smother (Costs 2 Actions). The rug attempts a grapple against a creature within 5 feet.

Description

The Living Bearskin Rug is a cursed trophy, a hunter’s prize twisted by foul magic. Its flattened body drags across the ground in jerking shuffles, its claws scraping like knives across wood or stone. Once still and silent, it springs to life when intruders approach, seeking to wrap them in suffocating hide and crush them beneath its cursed weight.

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