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volume two • vilden of the grasslands

the Blood Eye Tick, the Blood Eye Tick must be reduced to 0 hit points or the creature must succeed on a Strength Check DC 12. The Blood Latch ability remains active until the sentient creature reaches 0 hit points or the Blood Eye Tick is removed. SENTIENT SIGHT. If a Blood Eye Tick is latched onto a sentient creature, that creature gains Blindsight up to 20 feet and access to the Countless Eyes ability, in addition to any senses they may already have. actions BITE. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d4+1) piercing damage. DESCRIPTION Blood Eye Ticks are 3-foot arachnid creatures with rounded bodies, small multi-jointed, needle-like legs, and tiny rounded heads with a thick, pincer-like mouth. Upon the bulbous back of these parasitic crea tures is a crimson and black pattern that resembles an unblinking eye. As the Blood Eye Tick feeds and grows fat, the eye seems to dart about, as if an actual eyeball is present under the creature’s fibrous carapace. ABOUT The Blood Eye Tick is a parasitic predator native to the Grasslands. These skittering creatures typically latch onto the Great Shaggy Beasts and feed upon them for weeks at a time. The Vliden spend a great deal of their time scouring the Great Shaggy Beasts’ bodies, removing these invasive arachnids for fear that if too many of them latch onto one of the gentle giants, they could invoke the hidden wrath present within their towering bodies. Some of the Vilden Lore Keepers believe that the Blood Eye Ticks are the last remnants of the will of the dead god who slumbers beneath the Grassland. These bloodsucking creatures are seen as eyes from beyond the realm of life and death, and while no one is wholly sure, there are stories whispered of Blood Eye Ticks whose victims with arcane powers have found themselves building strange devices and performing strange rituals in half-asleep states.

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