Crimson Shambler

Crimson Shambler is a medium plant (Challenge Rating 1/2).

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AC: 12

HP: 32

Speed: walk 20 ft.

STR: 12

DEX: 10

CON: 14

INT: 1

WIS: 11

CHA: 5

The bloody corpse stands up, dripping a red slime. As each drop hits the ground, it splatters into little red spores._
The crimson shambler is an intermediary form of a hazardous slime mold found in deep caverns. It wanders the dark passageways, attacking any creatures it encounters to infect them with its spores.
Gruesome Appearance. The crimson shambler is a mobile plant, feeding off the remains of an infected creature. The overlay of red slime atop an ambulatory decomposing corpse is often mistaken as some type of undead creature. In actuality, the remains are animated by a slime mold, allowing it to hunt and infect other creatures until it finds a suitable place to spawn. Then it falls and becomes a new colony of crimson slime.

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Last updated 7/27/2026·Tags: monster, plant, medium