Mimic

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Mimic
Harper Field Dossier
Combat reference
Type Monstrosity — a shapeshifter that apes a chest, a door, a feast
Vulnerabilities None discovered
Resistances None known
Immunities None known
Condition Immunities None known
Strong Saves Hardy of body
Senses Sees in the dark
Movement Creeps once revealed; otherwise lies in wait
Notable Abilities Adhesive — grips fast whatever touches it; acid bite; flawless disguise as an object
Provenance
Knowledge Partial
First Encountered Session 46
Filed by Agent Wren, of the Tellstone circle

The Harpers' Read

A mimic is an ambush wearing the shape of treasure. It sits as a chest, a door, a table — until something touches it, and then it sticks fast and bites with an acid maw. The surprise is the whole weapon; a mimic that has shown itself is merely a sticky brute. Test suspicious loot with a pole, not a hand, and beware the lonely chest in an empty room.

Encounters of Record

Lurked as bait in the works beneath Garmok's Mine (46).

Harvest Profile

CR 2 — Uncommon ceiling. Rules: Monster Harvesting. Search all components by effect: Find Components.

Component Tool Rarity Effect Primary for Contributor to
Mimic Adhesive Glands (signature) Alchemist's Uncommon The grip that holds a grown warrior fast — glue beyond any tanner's pot
Afflict: Restrain
Wondrous Weapon, Bomb
Mimic Shape-Flesh Mass Alchemist's Uncommon Protean flesh that remembers every form it wore
Utility: DisguiseUtility: Illusion
Wondrous Potion
Mimic Acid Maw-Sacs Alchemist's Uncommon The bite's dissolving spittle
Damage: Acid
Potion, Bomb Poison
Mimic Grain-False Hide Leatherworker's Uncommon Hide that passes flawlessly for wood, stone, or leather
Skill: StealthUtility: Disguise
Armor Wondrous
Mimic Pseudopod Sinew Leatherworker's Uncommon The clubbing pseudopod-cores — flail and grip stock
Damage: BludgeoningSkill: Athletics
Weapon Wondrous
Mimic Ichor Alchemist's Common Structure only Potion, Poison
Mimic Tooth Rows Woodcarver's (or Thieves' fine work) Common Structure only Weapon
Mimic Hide Scraps Leatherworker's Common Structure only Armor, Wondrous
Mimic Glue Residue Alchemist's Common Structure only Wondrous, Bomb
Mimic Wood-Grain Plates Woodcarver's Common Structure only Armor, Wondrous
Mimic Swallowed Loot Scavenge Common Structure only'(it played at being a chest — some of the treasure was real; scavenge)

See also