Graveshell

Adapted from Amanda Hamon. (2019). Hellknight Hill. Hellknight Hill, p. 5. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-64078-173-3

The graveshell is a dangerous predator that draws scavengers and explorers into its grasp using a morbid lure: the corpse of a former victim impaled upon the spikes that protrude from its large, turtle-like shell. Aside from its shell, the monster resembles no known animal. Small but bright yellow eyes watch from the sagging flesh of its head, the most prominent feature of which is a curiously shaped, toothy maw twisted into a perpetual grin. Its stubby arms and legs are impractical for both walking and swimming, though the algae-caked claws tipping each limb are deadly weapons.

Basic Information

Dietary Needs and Habits

Ambush Hunters

Due to its size and ungainliness, a graveshell must employ an unusual hunting strategy if it hopes to catch a meal. A young graveshell usually scavenges its first lure from among the animals slain by swifter and more ferocious members of its kind. The graveshell carefully positions its chosen corpse atop its shell to cover the spikes that keep it in place. Then, the creature sinks down into a pool of water, leaving only the corpse visible above the surface. When an ignorant passerby wades into the water to inspect the seemingly floating cadaver, the graveshell fully extends its spikes to impale its latest victim before using tooth and claw to rend its fresh catch.

Additional Information

Social Structure

Graveshells travel in packs of two to four.

Uses, Products & Exploitation

To Harvest materials from a slain Grauladon conduct a survival check against the listed DC

• Graveshell Meat
• Graveshell Shell- DC 17
• Graveshell Spines- DC 11

Average Intelligence

Graveshells are intelligent—a fact that surprises many who encounter them—and surrender rather than fight to the death. These monsters have little to offer in exchange for their lives, though the waterlogged treasures on their collection of corpses may entice opportunists.

Genetic Ancestor(s)

• Saurid

Scientific Name

Draco Chelydra

Graveshell Heritage - Heritage

TRAIT

Requirements Drake Ancestry,

Description The graveshell is a dangerous predator that draws scavengers and explorers into its grasp using a morbid lure: the corpse of a former victim impaled upon the spikes that protrude from its large, turtle-like shell.
Applications

• Swim speed- 20 feet
• Wavesense
• Shell- Graveshells have thick bone shells covered in spikes. 
  • Natural Armor- +5
  • Natural Weapon spikes- P
  • Shell Game- +2 to AC while inside shell