Carrion crawlers strongly resemble a cross between a giant green cutworm and a huge cephalopod. They are usually found only in subterranean areas. The carrion crawler is, as its name implies, a scavenger, but this does not preclude aggressive attacks upon living creatures, for that insures a constant supply of corpses upon which to feed or for deposit of eggs. The armored head of the monster is well protected, but its body is somewhat softer. A carrion crawler moves quite rapidly on its multiple legs despite its bulk, and a wall or ceiling is as easily traveled as a floor, for each of the beast's feet are equipped with sharp claws which hold it fast. The head is equipped with 8 tentacles which flail at prey and wiggle into armor; each 2' long tentacle exudes a gummy secretion which when fresh, will paralyze opponents (lasting for a few seconds, or removed by curative magic). Instinct: Eat flesh

• Paralyze with its face tentacles
• Messily chew on helpless prey