Thaskor
Art by Trevor Harsine, © Wizards of the Coast. Accessed at the D&D Miniatures Handbook Art Gallery here
[The last Furtober 2020 entry from Miniatures Handbook, this is one of three “shadow fiends”, all of which are anthro animals and none of which ever reappeared in any D&D products. Which I think is a shame. It’d be hilarious to me if the Shadow Plane was full of rejected TMNT villains. The thaskor is my favorite of the three, because my friend Joe had a mini of it when we were in high school. It was one of the few Large minis he had, so it pulled a lot of duty playing miscellaneous monsters.]
Thaskor
CR 9 LE Outsider (extraplanar)
This hulking brute appears like a vaguely humanoid elephant, with small ears and a cruel sneer on its face. Its hide looks thick and impenetrable, and its form seems to be blurred.
Thaskors are elephant-like kin of shadow mastiffs. They rarely talk to interlopers, and may be mistaken for animalistic brutes by mortals. Thaskors are capable of subtlety and craft, however, and those that underestimate their intelligence do so at their own peril. A thaskor’s front limbs are inflexible clubs, but their can use their trunks with as much dexterity as a human hand. Like the elephants they physically resemble, thaskors are social creatures. They often work together in their favorite occupation—causing pain and suffering.
Most thaskors live as planar mercenaries, and work readily for any lawful, non-good force. They get along especially well with kytons. Thaskor society puts great stock in physical strength, and the creatures blow off steam and settle disputes with contests of strength. Thaskors are proud of their tusks, and never deign to sully them by using them in combat. Many thaskors decorate their tusks. Colors of dyes, carving patterns or rings on the tusks may indicate affiliations, alliances or rank. If there is any relationship between thaskors and the physically similar maelphants, neither species discusses it.
A thaskor is 16 feet long and weighs a solid 2 tons.
Thaskor CR 9
XP 6,400
LE Large outsider (evil, extraplanar, lawful)
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft., Perception +15, see in darkness, scent
Defense
AC 22, touch 9, flat-footed 22 (-1 size, +13 natural)
hp 114 (11d10+55)
Fort +12, Ref +9, Will +6
DR 5/-; Immune poison; Resist cold 10, electricity 10; SR 20
Defensive Abilities lesser shadow blend
Offense
Speed 40 ft.
Melee 2 slams +16 (2d8+10)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Special Attacks powerful blows (slam), trumpeting blast
Statistics
Str 25, Dex 10, Con 21, Int 12, Wis 13, Cha 16
Base Atk +11; CMB +19 (+21 sunder); CMD 29 (31 vs. sunder)
Feats Cleave, Improved Initiative, Improved Sunder, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Power Attack
Skills Bluff +17, Diplomacy +17, Intimidate +17, Knowledge (planes) +15, Perception +15, Sense Motive +15, Survival +15
Languages Infernal, Shadowtongue
SQ feat of strength (+5. 8/day)
Ecology
Environment any land (Shadow Plane)
Organization solitary, team (2-5) or company (6-20)
Treasure standard
Special Abilities
Feat of Strength (Su) A thaskor can add ½ its Hit Dice as an enhancement bonus to Strength checks, combat maneuvers and Strength-based skill checks for a number of rounds a day equal to 3+its Constitution modifier. These rounds do not need to be continuous.
Lesser Shadow Blend (Su) In any condition of illumination other than full daylight, a thaskor disappears into the shadows, giving it concealment (20% miss chance). Artificial illumination, even a light or continual flame spell, does not negate this ability; a daylight spell, however, does. A thaskor can suspend or resume this ability as a free action.
Trumpeting Blast (Su) Once every 1d4 rounds as a swift action, a thaskor can create a 10 foot cone of stunning energy with its trunk. All creatures in the area must succeed a DC 18 Fortitude save or be stunned for 1 round. This is a sonic effect, and the save DC is Charisma based.
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Hi there! I'm just starting up my art sites but you can find more of my art on Instagram at ArtemWolfe! Here is my first piece for Furtober 2020, shhhhhh I know I am late😅 I'm following the prompts posted by @fluorescent-floof this year! This is my boi Mushroom finding the perfect pumpkin! 🍄🌿✨ Do not trace, redraw, repost, or copy this artwork or character design✨🌿🍄
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combo of sanderstober and @fluorescent-floof ‘s furtober for day 1!
these work together since thomas sanders’ prompt was to make a spooky version of your profile pic and fluorescent-floof’s prompt was fursona, and my fursona is my profile pic...
here is spooktober chaos! being just a headshot it was actually kind of hard to come up with how to make it halloween themed. in the end though, i changed his hair color from rainbow to halloween colors, gave him bat and jack-o-lantern hair clips, changed his mesh shirt into a spider web pattern, gave him vampire fangs, put a witch cat on his gauges, changed his cyan piercings to lime green ones, gave him a skeleton-themed collar, and changed the lighting from yellow and cyan to violet and lime green. i also put little ghost shines in his eyes, since i made this big enough to add details like that (the original is cropped off a fullbody piece, which i’ll put below the cut). overall i really like this and i’m totally going to use it!
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@fluorescent-floof ‘s furtober day 29
prompt: cryptid
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