{"id":215,"date":"2022-07-20T21:43:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T21:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sagaborn.com\/starborn\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=215"},"modified":"2026-07-18T22:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T22:28:58","slug":"arthruvuk","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.sagaborn.com\/starborn\/archive\/arthruvuk\/","title":{"rendered":"Arthruvuk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sagaborn.com\/starborn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/sspider-horror1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sagaborn.com\/starborn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/sspider-horror1-960x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9375110604243271;width:293px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sagaborn.com\/starborn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/sspider-horror1-960x1024.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.sagaborn.com\/starborn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/sspider-horror1-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/www.sagaborn.com\/starborn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/sspider-horror1-768x819.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sagaborn.com\/starborn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/sspider-horror1.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Athruvuks are an animal found in dense forests. It is a hard shelled creature with 2 long saw like appendages. They take down trees and eat insects found inside or capture animals with their goo for larger prey. They have a limited intelligence and a hive based organization. They often use words of the local language in limited capacity, though they seem to not understand complex ideas.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many examples of arthruvuk\u2019s cruelty can be seen in their hunting of other animals just for sport or to leave them in their hardening goo to die of starvation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arthruvuk<\/span> (d20)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Challenge Rating: 2<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Size: M<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Type: Animal<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initiative: +2<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Defense<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hit Points: 21 (3d8+6)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Armor Class: 14, touch 12, flat-footed 12 (+2 Dex, +2 natural)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saves: Fort <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+5<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ref <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+2<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-1<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weaknesses: <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Offense<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speed: 30 ft.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Base Attack: +4<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melee: 2 Claw +5 (1d4+2) or Bite +4 (1d8+1)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ranged: Goo +6<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Attacks: &#8211;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Horror: First Encounter 1\/2d4<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Statistics<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abilities: STR +1, DEX +2, CON +2, INT -3, WIS +1, CHA -3<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skills: Acrobatics +2, Athletics +1,\u00a0 Awareness +2, Endurance +2, Knowledge -3, Persuasion -3, Spellcraft -, Survival +1, Thievery +2<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talents: 2 points or recommended: Alert and Weapon Specialty (claw)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morale: 16<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Qualities:<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Languages:\u00a0 Mimicry<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Ecology<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Environment: Any Forest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organization: Single, cluster 2-8, or hive 10+<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Treasure:<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">None<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Goo<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An arthruvuk can shoot a globule of goo from its rear to incapacitate prey. A successful DC 14 Athletics check will break free from the goo. If you can not break free, you lose any movement, though you can still attack.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Athruvuks are an animal found in dense forests. It is a hard shelled creature with 2 long saw like appendages. They take down trees and eat insects found inside or capture animals with their goo for larger prey. They have a limited intelligence and a hive based organization. They often use words of the local &#8230; <a title=\"Arthruvuk\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sagaborn.com\/starborn\/archive\/arthruvuk\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Arthruvuk\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","glossary-cat":[10],"class_list":["post-215","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","glossary-cat-fauna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sagaborn.com\/starborn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sagaborn.com\/starborn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sagaborn.com\/starborn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sagaborn.com\/starborn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sagaborn.com\/starborn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436,"href":"https:\/\/www.sagaborn.com\/starborn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/215\/revisions\/436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sagaborn.com\/starborn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary-cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sagaborn.com\/starborn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-cat?post=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}