Twigmen are cursed wooden puppets found in the Utesspire Mountains.
Description[]
The twigmen encountered by the Re-Slayer's Take looked like simple puppets made with sticks and twigs. Most were small, measuring around a foot tall, but others were surprisingly large, and with more complex and monstrous features, such as two faces or multiple legs.[2][3]
History[]
The twigmen were part of a spell cast by a certain night hag, by which he cursed nature itself in the Utesspire Mountains if it ever disobeyed her. Her magic animated the puppets, who tormented the local flora by stealing their sap, and attacking intruders. In one of these attacks one of the larger twigmen confronted Professor Alexander Parade and his mechanical dog, Douglas, and stole the piece that acted as the latter's heart (although losing a wooden leg in the process).[4] This caused Alexander to trap the area surrounded his cabin, since the twigmen kept trying to attack him and sneaking inside.[5]
Around 839 PD, after the Re-Slayer's Take visited the area and helped the dwarven professor fight the twigmen, they visited the creatures' lair (a dead willow tree) and attacked it with black powder. Although this caused a battle between the adventurers and the many twigmen, the former prevailed, and defeated the cursed puppets.[6][7]
Abilities[]
The smaller twigmen presented the following abilities:
- AC ≥16[8]
- Attack that causes slashing damage
The bigger twigmen were stronger, had multiattack that dealed bludgeoning damage, and at least one of them (with two faces) was able to copy the fighting style of its enemies. They were also immuned to the blinded, deafened, and charmed conditions.[9] All twigmen were vulnerable to fire damage and tried to avoid it.[10]
Appearances and mentions[]
- The Re-Slayer's Take
- "The Hermit's Hill" (RT2x10) (first appearance)
- "The Terrible Twigmen" (RT2x11)
- "The Timberblight of Dead Man's Table" (RTx12)
Trivia[]
- These monsters might be a modified version of the twig blights.[11]
- Their understanding of the Primordial language might be tied to the person who created them.[12]
- Xella Blacktongue's old room had some inanimated twigmen holding toy weapons. The way they were presented suggests they might had been either the prototypes for the twigmen or toys the hexblood made himself imitating Agatha's creations.
References[]
- ↑ See "The Terrible Twigmen" (RT2x11).
- ↑ See "The Hermit's Hill" (RT2x10).
- ↑ See "The Terrible Twigmen" (RT2x11).
- ↑ See "The Terrible Twigmen" (RT2x11).
- ↑ See "The Hermit's Hill" (RT2x10).
- ↑ See "The Terrible Twigmen" (RT2x11).
- ↑ See "The Hexed Hive" (RT2x12).
- ↑ See "The Hexed Hive" (RT2x12). A 15 doesn't hit.
- ↑ See "The Hexed Hive" (RT2x12).
- ↑ See "The Hermit's Hill" (RT2x10).
- ↑ See D&D: Monster Manual (2014), 5th ed., p. 32.
- ↑ See "The Terrible Twigmen" (RT2x11).
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