Wandering Monsters: Couerl (Black Displacer)

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Couerl (Black Displacer)

Freq.	Very rare
Num.	d4+1
Lair%	30%
Horde	4
Move	15"
Int.	Animal
Align.	NE
Size	L (7' long)
L/XP	475+8
AC	4
HD	6d8+1
Attk.	5
Dmg.	d6/d6/d8/2d4/2d4
S.A.	See below
S.D.	See below
N.A.	See below
R.M.	0%

Combat: A couerl attacks with a claw/claw/bite every round for d6/d6/d8 points of damage. They also attack with each tentacle for 2d4 points. A couerl is able to teleport every round and attack immediately thereafter, causing opponents to always strike at them with a -2 attack penalty. Couerls make saving throws as though they were 13th level fighters, at +1 to the die, and never check morale. If a couerl strikes the same target with both of its front paws, they rake automatically with their other four claws as well, each dealing d6 points of damage.

Description: A couerl, or black displacer, is a monster alien to the mortal world, coming from beyond the space and time of the natural universe. They hunt in packs and consider all living beings their prey, particularly hating blink dogs (qv.) and other creatures that are capable of teleportation. They are hexadrupedal in form, and the head of these creatures resembles that of a raccoon or weasel. A mouth filled with sharp fangs and blank yellow eyes adorn a face that has no nose. The body of a couerl is hairless, but jet black, and along each flank are gills for respiration. Six powerfully muscled legs allow fast locomotion, each ending in a paw with sharp claws. Tentacles tipped with a sharply hooked claw jut from the shoulders of a couerl, two in number. No young have ever been encountered, and the nature of couerl reproduction and their offspring are completely unknown.