Ferrous Butterfly (BB)
Creature 1 — elemental, metal
FlankerLANDAERIALelementalmetal
Beautiful but deadly, the ferrous butterfly is a turkey-sized insectile creature bristling with dozens of gleaming, razor-edged blades. Considered harmless by most denizens of the Plane of Metal, they nonetheless pose a significant threat to organic creatures, whose iron-rich blood they find irresistible. The wing blades of these butterflies tend to break off during feeding and regrow naturally. These scales are reminiscent of jagged scraps of metal and can serve as surprisingly effective makesh
Source: menace-under-otari-bestiary
Perception +7; darkvision
Skills acrobatics +9
Str
+2
Dex
+4
Con
+3
Int
-4
Wis
+0
Cha
+0
AC 15
Fort +6
Ref +9
Will +5
HP 20
Immunities bleed, poison, sleep
Resistances electricity 3
Speed 5 feet, fly 40 feet
Offense
Melee Wing (finesse) +9, Damage 1 bleed plus 1d4+2 slashing plus A Thousand Cuts
Abilities
A Thousand Cuts — A ferrous butterfly's knifelike wings cause terrible lacerations that continue to bleed. Any creature with persistent bleed damage from a ferrous butterfly's wing attack has weakness 2 to slashing damage until the bleeding is stopped.
Swoop — The ferrous butterfly Flies up to its Speed and makes a wing Strike at any point during that movement.
WORKS WELL WITH
AnvilLAND / AERIALA durable frontliner draws attention while this skirmisher swoops through for bleed-inflicting passes.
SnareLAND / AERIALImmobilized prey cannot reposition to avoid Swoop strike vectors.
WeaverLAND / AERIALPerception debuffs mask approach paths and make Swoop timing harder to anticipate.
PUNISHES
✖ standing still✖ low Fortitude
Works well with · Punishes · Pairing advice
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