Medium humanoid (quaggoth), chaotic neutral
Armor Class: 13 (natural armour)
Hit Points: 45 6d8+18
Speed:
30 ft
, climb: 30 ft
Skills: Athletics +5
Damage Immunities: Poison
Condition Immunities: Poison
Senses: Darkvision 120 ft, passive Perception 11
Languages: Undercommon
Challenge Rating: 2
Wounded Fury. While it has 10 hit points or fewer, the quaggoth has advantage on attack rolls. In addition, it deals an extra 7 2d6 damage to any target it hits with a melee attack.
Variant: Quaggoth Thonot. A quaggoth thonot is a normal quaggoth with a challenge rating of 3 (700 xp)and the following additional trait: Innate spellcasting (Psionics). The quaggoth's innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 11). The quaggoth can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components: At will - Feather Fall, Magic Hand (the hand is invisible). 1/day each - Cure Wounds, Enlarge / Reduce, Heat Metal, Mirror Image.
Actions
Multiattack. The quaggoth makes two claw attacks.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack +5 to hit, reach 5 ft, one target. Hit 6 1d6+3 slashing damage.
Quaggoth are humanoids covered in pale fur and with animalistic features. Also, they are generally hunched when still, have pointed ears, and sharp teeth. They inhabit the Underdark, though this was not always so.
When Elves came to Midgard from Alfheim in a bygone age, the quaggoths were already living in many regions of the world. They were nocturnal arboreal hunters, with a primitive but distinguished language & culture. For whatever reason, the elves drove them to near extinction, and in the process drove them underground to the Underdark.
There the quaggoths tried to survive in such a hostile environment. Desperation turned them into hunters of the Underdark, raiding Dark Elves, Deep Gnomes and Dwarves to survive, and also feeding on the fungi, mosses & lichen found deep below ground. The former would scour region clear of the quaggoths, while the latter forced their adaption to tolerate higher & higher levels of poisons. After a while, they soon learned to be careful of other intelligent Underdark creatures, and to only take the bare minimum from these dangerous foes. They developed heightened senses to deal with the lack of light, and lost the colouring of their skin & hair. Unfortunately, they also were driven to adapt to a more savage existence due to losing the majority of their language & culture in the process. Also, being cut off from their usual prey species led to a certain amount of cannibalism, which they resort to if food is scarce.
Sometimes dark elves make use of them as basic shock troops & guards, breeding them further to increase aggression. Most dark elf houses have large amounts of quaggoths now due to this, though the latter can still rebel. Mainly this is due to the animosity ingrained towards elves.
In a rare few parts of the Underdark, chaotic magics coalesce and can fill an area. Any quaggoth that enters or is born in one of these areas can be blessed with a few innate spells. When this happens they can become leaders of packs of quaggoths, similar to shamans. They are called Thonots by others of their kind.
Suggested Environments
The Underdark
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