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volume two • vilden of the grasslands

creature is in combat or takes damage, they may remake the saving throw with advantage. INFECTIOUS MIMICRY. If a sentient creature fails its Constitution Saving Throw against the Whispering Blood Leapers’s Bite Attack, its voice takes on a strange scratchy reverberance that mimics the Haunting Mimicry ability. This effect lasts until the infected creature takes a short or long rest. actions BITE. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 5 (1d6+2) piercing damage. If the target is a living creature, it must make a Constitution Saving Throw DC 11 or lose 1 hit point at the start of each of its turns due to blood loss. This blood loss continues until a successful Medicine Check DC 14 is made, or the target is healed by magical means. The bleeding continues until the target finishes a short or long rest, or their hit points are reduced to 0 by this effect. If a target’s hit points are reduced to 0 by this effect, they die. DESCRIPTION A Whispering Blood Leaper is a two foot long parasitic insect with a flattened segmented body, long spindly segmented legs, and sunflower seed-shaped crimson eyes. When these blood-draining beasts feed upon the blood of the living, their abdomens expand into a hivework of semitransparent crimson pockets that slosh and shake with the drained blood of their prey. ABOUT Whispering Blood Leapers are worrying ambush predators that prowl the rolling hills of the Grasslands. The Vilden who call the Grasslands home tell horrifying tales of the Whispering Blood Leapers, which chitter and squeak with the voices of their dead ancestors and things far more sinister. The saliva of the Whispering Blood Leapers is a favorite among assassins, who coat their blades with it and a mixture of roots and herbs, producing a potent poison that inflicts bleeding upon those who fall under the sting of their blades and bows.

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