Gray Render Large monstrosity, neutral Armor Class 16 (natural armor)

16 (natural armor) Hit Points 189 (18d10 + 90)

189 (18d10 + 90) Speed 30 ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 19 (+4) 10 (+0) 20 (+5) 3 (-4) 12 (+1) 8 (-1) Skills Perception +4

Perception +4 Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14

darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14 Languages —

— Challenge 8 (3,900 XP) Keen Sight and Smell. The render has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight or smell. Actions Multiattack. The render makes two claw attacks.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (4d8 + 4) slashing damage. If the target has already been hit by a claw attack this round, the target is grappled (escape DC 16). Until this grapple ends, the render can't use its claws on another target.

Rend. The gray render tears a creature it has grappled, dealing 56 (8d12 + 4) slashing damage. The target must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target receives healing magic of 6th level or higher, such as heal or regenerate. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0.

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Losing a Limb The gray render earns its name from its dismembering bite. At your option, a character whose hit point maximum is reduced in this way could lose an arm or a leg, or suffer one of the other lingering injuries described on DMG pg. 272. A creature whose hit point maximum is reduced to 0 suffers a more grisly fate of being decapitated or ripped in half. These victims can't be raised back to life by revivify or raise dead.

Art Credit: Wizards of the Coast 2003

Adapted from Monster Manual (3.5)

and Pathfinder Bestiary 2

5e conversion by Peter "Galemp" Oliver

Gray Render

Standing over 9 feet tall and weighing in excess of 4,000 pounds, a gray render is a solitary and savage predator. Renders are gifted with immense strength, and some reports claim to have witnessed a gray render uprooting a fully grown tree and tearing it to splinters in order to catch prey hiding within. However renders are generally not malicious, and only attack if hungry or if they or their pets are threatened. A render protecting its pets fights to the death.

Solitary Existence. Gray renders actively avoid forming groups or communities with their own kind, and perhaps only tolerate the presence of other renders when it is time to mate. Some sages claim they are asexual, but it is more likely they are hermaphrodites able to self-fertilize, and reproduce only rarely.

Affectionate Guardians. Despite its solitary existence, a gray render often develops an affectionate bond with other creatures, typically a herd of herbivores or a small tribe of humanoids, but in some cases a solitary denizen of its swamp. The render acts as a guardian for this creature or creatures, never straying more than a mile away, running to protect them if they are attacked, and providing an offering of meat once each day, as might a domesticated cat. A gray render never harms its protected creatures, and retreats in confusion if they attack it. Most animal “pets” grow to accept its presence, and primitive humanoid “pets” often believe their guardian is a sign of favor from the gods. A render’s bond may last from a few months to as long as 10 years, after which it wanders to a new territory and ignores its former favorites.