Fantasy Monster: Creeping Drapery

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Creeping Drapery

A canvas of cloth covers a wall, embroidered with historically significant, if embellished scenes.

CR 4; XP 1,200
N Medium Construct

Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +0

Defense
AC 17, touch 13, flat-footed 14 (+3 Dex, +4 natural)
hp 42 (4d10+20)
Fort +1; Ref +4; Will +1

DR 5/slashing; Immune construct traits

Weakness vulnerable to fire

Offense
Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft.

Melee slam +7 (1d6+4 plus grab)

Special Attacks constrict (1d6+4), smothering, wrap-around

Statistics
Str 16, Dex 16, Con —, Int —, Wis 11, Cha 11
Base Atk +4; CMB +7 (+11 grapple); CMD 20 (can't be tripped)

Skills Climb +11, Perception +0, Stealth +3 (+23 when staying motionless)

Ecology
Environment urban, ruins
Organization solitary, pair or set of decorations (3–12)
Treasure incidental (high quality or exotic threads left after its destruction)

Special Abilities

Smothering (Ex) A creeping drapery inflicts non-lethal damage with its constrict attack. Creatures that are pinned or wrapped-around by creeping drapery can't speak.

Wrap-Around (Ex) A creeping drapery that has pinned a creature of its own size or smaller, can completely wrap itself around its victim with a successful grapple check, tying up the target up with its own body. A creeping draper can only wrap around a single creature at a time and can't make grapple checks against other targets while doing so. It can move at half its speed while carrying a wrapped creature.

Creeping draperies are animate curtains, rugs, tapestries, or blankets, capable of wrapping themselves around people on command. Some creeping draperies might stalk across corridors and chambers of abandoned castles and restricted wings of palaces.

Skulking Shroud (CR 4) is a variant that lacks climb speed or smothering special attack and has Climb skill bonus of +3. After the skulking shroud kills a humanoid being, it wraps around the victim's corpse, preserving it with a constant gentle repose effect. The shroud may also be commanded to cover already dead body for the same benefit.

Constructing Creeping Drapery

The creator has to start with a finely woven canvas worth at least 500 gp.

CL 12th; Price 8,500 gp

Requirements Craft Construct, animate rope, unseen servant, and either spider climb or gentle repose (skulking shroud); Skill Craft (cloth) DC 20; Cost 4,500 gp.