With a jolt, this severed hand springs to life, its fingers propelling it forth at great speed like a deformed spider.
Crawling Hand CR 1/2
XP 200
NE Diminutive undead
Init +0; Senses blindsense 30 ft., darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +4
AC 14, touch 14, flat-footed 14 (+4 size)
hp 9 (1d8+5)
Fort +2, Ref +0, Will +2
Immune undead traits
Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft.
Melee claw +5 (1d1+1 plus grab)
Space 1 ft.; Reach 0 ft.
Special Attacks mark quarry, strangle
Str 13, Dex 11, Con –, Int 2, Wis 11, Cha 14
Base Atk +0; CMB â4 (+0 grapple); CMD 7
Feats Toughness
Skills Climb +9, Perception +4, Stealth +12, Survival +4; Racial Modifiers +4 Survival
Languages Common (canât speak)
A crawling hand can use its grab ability on a creature of up to Medium size.
A crawling hand is assigned a quarry by anointing the hand with a drop of the intended quarryâs blood. If the hand has no current quarry, it automatically gains the next creature it damages as its quarry. Once attuned to a target, it becomes aware of the targetâs location as if under the effect of a continuous locate creature spell. The hand gains a +1 bonus on all attack rolls, damage rolls, and skill checks made to seek out and destroy the marked quarry. The mark quarry ability lasts until the quarry or the hand is slain.
3rd Party Publisher Options (
NwP)
When captured by a monster trainer, crawling hands grant the trainer access to crawling claw spells.
Environment any land
Organization solitary or gang (2â5)
Treasure none
Some say the origins of the crawling hand lie in the experiments of demented necromancers contracted to construct tiny assassins. Other tales tell of gruesome prosthetics sparked to life by evil magic, which then developed primitive sentience and vengefully strangled their hosts. Regardless, the crawling hand is an efficient killing tool.
Section 15: Copyright Notice
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary 2, © 2010, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Authors Wolfgang Baur, Jason Bulmahn, Adam Daigle, Graeme Davis, Crystal Frasier, Joshua J. Frost, Tim Hitchcock, Brandon Hodge, James Jacobs, Steve Kenson, Hal MacLean, Martin Mason, Rob McCreary, Erik Mona, Jason Nelson, Patrick Renie, Sean K Reynolds, F. Wesley Schneider, Owen K.C. Stephens, James L. Sutter, Russ Taylor, and Greg A. Vaughan, based on material by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, and Skip Williams.