AC 13 (10 while attached)
HP 2 (1d4; bloodied 1)
Speed 5 ft., climb 5 ft.
Initiative Dex +3 (13), Insight -1 (9), Perception -1 (9)
Proficiency +2; Maneuver DC 13
Saving Throws Str -3, Dex +3, Con +0, Int -4, Wis -1, Cha -3
Senses tremorsense 60 ft., passive Perception 9
Languages —
Amphibious. The leech creeper can breathe both air and water
Fire Fear. When the leech creeper comes within 3 feet of an open flame, it detaches if attached to a host.
ACTIONS
Latch On. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 1 piercing damage, and the leech creeper attaches to the target. A creature can use an action to detach it by making a DC 13 Strength check, causing 1 piercing damage to the victim, and it can detach itself as a bonus action.
Blood Drain. The leech creeper drains blood from the creature it is attached to. The creature loses 4 (1d8) hit points. After the creeper has drained 8 hit points, it detaches itself and can’t use Blood Drain again until it finishes a rest.
Legends and Lore
With a Medicine or Nature check, characters can learn the following:
DC 10 A leech creeper attaches itself to its victim and then drains their blood.
DC 15 Leech creepers are often found in pools of stagnant water.
DC 20 Some giant leech creepers have been known to kill a human single-handed.
Leech creepers are foot-long leeches which feed on mammals. Stealthy, they lie in wait for days at a time, and attack by surprise. Once a leech creeper attaches itself to its victim, it sucks its blood until the remaining corpse is dry.
1-3 Hiding in wait for a new victim
4 Greedily draining a recently killed victim of blood
1-2 A stagnant pool of water
3-4 An exsanguinated corpse
Leech creepers are usually found in moist natural areas, such as jungles or near bodies of still water.
CR 0–1 3 or 4 leech creepers
Treasure corpse with 80 credits and a ruby ring worth 25 credits
CR 1–2 Swarm of leech creepers
Treasure two corpses with 200 credits, a personal communicator, and one dose of medical gel
CR 3 Giant leech creeper
Treasure the desiccated remains of a corpse inside a suit of carbide plate
Beasts are natural animals whose existence and abilities are nonmagical. A bear and a tyrannosaurus rex are both beasts.