Hook Horror

Hook Horror

Harper Field Dossier
Combat reference
Type	Monstrosity — a hulking, beaked Underdark predator with hooks for hands
Vulnerabilities	None discovered
Resistances	None known
Immunities	None known; but it does not rely on sight, so blinding it accomplishes nothing
Condition Immunities	None known
Strong Saves	None marked
Senses	Blindsight by echolocation — it "sees" by sound in pitch dark, and is not hindered by darkness or invisibility nearby
Movement	Climbs sheer stone as fast as it runs — expect it on walls and ceilings
Notable Abilities	A multiattack with two great hooks that gouge and shove; a hard exoskeleton that turns glancing blows; communicates only in sharp clacks ("Hook"), untranslatable even by magic
Provenance
Knowledge	One encounter — three of them, in the natural caves beneath Garmok's Mine
First Encountered	Session 45, the Underdark tunnels
Filed by	The company's own account

The Harpers' Read

A big armored brute of the deep tunnels, all beak and hooks, that climbs the walls as easily as it walks the floor — so do not assume the ceiling is safe. It is not clever and speaks only in clacking ("Hook," over and over, meaning nothing the company could parse), but it hits hard and shrugs lesser blows off its shell. Two things matter in a fight: it hears more than it sees, navigating by echo, so darkness and invisibility buy you nothing against it; and it comes at you from odd angles along the stone. Meet it with solid blows and watch your flanks and overhead. Three together fell readily enough to a prepared party.

Encounters of Record

Session 45 — The Underdark beneath the mine

As Deez Nuts pushed through the natural caverns below Garmok's Mine toward the Mind Gobbler's lair, three hook horrors set upon them in the dark. The company cut all three down without serious loss.

Harvest Profile

CR 3 — Uncommon ceiling. Rules: Monster Harvesting. Search all components by effect: Find Components.

Component	Tool	Rarity	Effect	Primary for	Contributor to
Hook Horror Great Hooks (signature)	Smith's	Uncommon	The paired hook-hands entire — gouging weapon stock ready-shaped Damage: Piercing • Damage: Slashing	Weapon	Armor
Hook Horror Echo-Chamber Skull	Navigator's	Uncommon	The vaulted skull it sounds the dark with Sense: Blindsight	Wondrous	—
Hook Horror Exoskeleton Plates	Smith's (or Mason's)	Uncommon	Keratin shell-plates that turn glancing blows Boost: Armor Class	Armor	Wondrous
Hook Horror Climber Tendons	Leatherworker's	Uncommon	The tendons that run it up sheer stone Move: Climbing	Potion	Wondrous
Hook Horror Beak	Woodcarver's (or Thieves' fine work)	Uncommon	The vulture-hook beak — fine hard stock for points and picks Damage: Piercing	Weapon	Wondrous
Hook Horror Chitin Chips	Smith's / Mason's	Common	Structure only	—	Armor
Hook Horror Ichor	Alchemist's	Common	Structure only	—	Potion, Poison
Hook Horror Sinew	Leatherworker's	Common	Structure only	—	Armor, Weapon
Hook Horror Meat	Cook's	Common	Structure only'(crab-sweet; good eating)	—	Rations
Hook Horror Shell Bristles	Weaver's	Common	Structure only	—	Wondrous
Hook Horror Gizzard Grit	Scavenge	Common	Structure only'(swallowed stone and lost oddments — scavenge)	—	—

See also

• Bestiary — the company's field bestiary
• Monster Harvesting · Harvested Materials · Find Components