Beards Bane

Material:

Monster

Material Category

Monster/Untameable 

Location to find it

While unfortunate to the many snow beard travelers, these creatures can be found in almost every water source around the world. 

Price (include parts, living and dead price)

Few are willing to buy these creatures alive due to there dangerous nature. However, poisoners and healers alike seem to value the creatures at nearly one emerald plain per healthy specimen. 

Harvesting DC's

Blood

The blood inside a Beards Bane is said to be highly intoxicating as its mixed with the strongest alcohol content you can ask for that these creatures naturally produce within there stomach. However, the harvesting of this can be quite difficult to avoid being bitten as the material becomes useless if the creature is dead for more then six seconds. Thus a DC 22 is expected when harvesting these horrid creatures. 

Shelf life per part

While the creatures body would normally only last about two days outside of the water, it is said that when killed they can last naturally for up to five days without magical preservation.

Blood

Roughly a single week if not preserves properly.

Common Uses

Jotun Shot

An alcohol that is said to be so potent that a full grown storm giant can be knocked unconcious from a sip. This drink is made from extracting Beards Bane that have feasted upon a fresh snow beard who had consumed his weight in fine alcohol. Once the snow beard has, the creatures are unleashed until they drain the host of its blood. Then one by one they are harvested and poured within a barrel to age for roughly twenty years. Then once the drink has mixed and aged, the barrels are cracked and the drinks are poured for a DC 35 health save. Though few will buy the creatures blood for this reason as it can be seen as a barbaric practice.

Description

A creature that typically hunts within the shallows of any major water way. Latching onto boats, they tend to find there way up the sides or through the hull and begin there hunt. Small legs seem to pull these creatures within jumping distance, at which point they leap at there drunk target. Draining the unfortunate sailor of blood. If left alone, the leach will continue to drink until exploding after injesting near fourteen pints of blood.

Once ballooned up, the creatures bright snow white scales truly gleam. With there pattern underneath the chin showing an almost beard like design. As well as two bright blue eye like scales that dot the top of the creatures head, as if it where looking at you while it drained the blood from your body. Granting it the name of Beard's Bane both in its mockery of the snow dwarves. But as well in the stereotype of snow dwarves prefering strong alcohols and drinking heavily while sailing.

It is said when they latch on, the creature thins the blood by giving victim a stronger alcoholic venom injection that allows for its host to get drunker. With time, the creature will cause the poor target to fall over intoxicated beyond belief. 

Discoverer

Lord Harbager "The Flame Waroen" of clan Frost Bark