Part 4 · Monsters & Creatures
Drüvask
Although they have dark, curly fur covering their bulging musculature, their coat is mostly white to better adapt to Freljord’s snowy environment. They resemble a wild boar crossed with a hairy rhinoceros, with horn-like tusks projecting from the zygomatic bone and upper jaw, capable of goring and impaling enemies to the ground.
Young drüvasks are used for their meat, but if trained and left to mature into adulthood, they can be used as battle mounts. An adult drüvask is large enough to carry an adult Iceborn. The Winter’s Claw are known for using drüvasks as war mounts.
Their bodies are able to withstand true ice; some drüvasks used as mounts have several pieces of true ice fitted onto their shoulders, letting the drüvask make small true-ice attacks.
Rewards
Certain body parts of a Drüvask can be obtained after it’s dissected and used for various purposes, especially its Tusks and Fur.
Item Crafting
Materials obtained from a Drüvask’s body can be used to craft items:
- The Tusks of a Drüvask can be used by a creature with the Weaponsmith Craft to craft weapons that deal Piercing damage.
- Drüvask tusks can be used to craft the grip of a weapon made of true ice, reducing the negative effects of using it, making it equivalent to a true-ice object with a lower Potency and allowing its use for up to 1 hour by creatures that don’t have resistance to it (the saving throw still must be made).
- The Fur of a Drüvask can be used by a creature with the Fashionista Craft to craft different pieces of clothing and fabric. Garments and fabrics made from Drüvask fur grant advantage on checks against Extreme Cold.
Drüvask Sheets
Drüvask
Beast, Large
- Senses
- Keen Smell. Passive perception 11
- Speed
- 50 feet walking
- Skills
- Athletics +3, Stealth -1, Survival +2
- Languages
- Sylvan
Defenses
Saving Throws: Constitution +4
Characteristics
Winter Adaptation. The Drüvask is a creature accustomed to Freljord's extreme climate, having immunity to the effects of Extreme Cold.
Keen Smell. The Drüvask has advantage on Perception checks related to smell.
Tireless (Recharges after a Long Rest). If the Drüvask takes 10 damage or less that would reduce it to 0 hit points, it's reduced to 1 hit point instead.
Charge. If the Drüvask moves at least 20 feet in a straight line toward a target and then hits it with its Tusks, the target takes 2 (1d4) additional Piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 11 Strength saving throw or fall Prone.
Attacks
Stomp. Melee Natural Weapon Attack, +3 to hit, 5 ft. reach, one target. On a hit, deals 5 (1d8+1) Bludgeoning damage.
Tusks. Melee Natural Weapon Attack, +3 to hit, 5 ft. reach, one target. On a hit, deals 6 (1d10+1) Piercing damage.
Equipment and Loot
A creature with the Collector: Biologist Craft can Dissect the following parts of the Drüvask:
Tusks: It's possible to collect 1d2 tusks from the Drüvask. Drüvask tusks can be used as raw material to craft Piercing weapons for Large or smaller creatures.
Fur: It's possible to collect a Drüvask's fur. Drüvask fur can be used to craft cold-resistant garments or fabrics.
Runes
Runic Pulse: Jade Pulse (1d4 Bludgeoning and Cold damage)
Iceborn Drüvask
Beast - Elemental, Large
- Senses
- Keen Smell. Passive perception 11
- Speed
- 50 feet walking
- Skills
- Athletics +3, Stealth -1, Survival +3
- Languages
- Sylvan
Defenses
Saving Throws: Constitution +4.
Damage resistance. Cold damage.
Characteristics
Winter Adaptation. The Iceborn Drüvask is a creature accustomed to Freljord's extreme climate, having immunity to the effects of Extreme Cold.
Cold Essence. Critical hits with the Iceborn Drüvask's Tusks attacks deal its Pulse Die (1d4) as additional Cold damage.
Keen Smell. The Iceborn Drüvask has advantage on Perception checks related to smell.
Tireless (Recharges after a Long Rest). If the Iceborn Drüvask takes 10 damage or less that would reduce it to 0 hit points, it's reduced to 1 hit point instead.
Charge. If the Iceborn Drüvask moves at least 20 feet in a straight line toward a target and then hits it with its Tusks, the target takes 2 (1d4) additional Piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 11 Strength saving throw or fall Prone.
Attacks
Stomp. Melee Natural Weapon Attack, +3 to hit, 5 ft. reach, one target. On a hit, deals 5 (1d8+1) Bludgeoning damage.
Tusks. Melee Natural Weapon Attack, +3 to hit, 5 ft. reach, one target. On a hit, deals 6 (1d10+1) Piercing damage.
Epic Actions
The Iceborn Drüvask has 2 epic action charges, and can spend one of these charges to act. Only one action can be used at a time, at the end of another creature's turn. At the start of the Iceborn Drüvask's turn, the number of charges resets to 2
The Iceborn Drüvask can take an action and restore its reaction (if spent)
The Iceborn Drüvask can spend all or the rest of its movement
The Iceborn Drüvask can repeat a saving throw against an effect affecting it
Cost. When the Iceborn Drüvask redoes the saving throw this way, it loses 1 hit point.
Equipment and Loot
A creature with the Collector: Biologist Craft can Dissect the following parts of the Iceborn Drüvask:
Tusks: It's possible to collect 1d2 tusks from the Iceborn Drüvask. Drüvask tusks can be used as raw material to craft Piercing weapons for Large or smaller creatures.
Fur: It's possible to collect a Iceborn Drüvask's fur. Drüvask fur can be used to craft cold-resistant garments or fabrics.
Runes
Runic Pulse: Jade Pulse (1d4 Bludgeoning, Cold)