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Volume III · Monster ManualBuild 25

Gloam Grifflet

Creatures of the Crooked Mile

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Gloam Grifflet
Implemented development through Build 25Reviewed 28 October 2026

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Forest flier · Physical

A small silhouette with the confidence of something much larger. The air above the battlefield belongs to it until persuaded otherwise.

Reference statistics

Basic difficulty · ordinary profile before temporary states and encounter adjustments

HP
14
Armor class
12
Attack
+4
Damage
d4+1
Initiative
18
Strikes
1

Weaknesses Wind

Resistances None listed

Polymorph immunity No authored immunity

Traits and special behavior

Starts grounded. Take Flight consumes action for +5 AC. Next active turn Raking Swoop strikes up to two distinct living heroes with half tier-adjusted damage (floor/minimum 1 before element), then lands. Freeze delays without landing. 25% Off Balance magnitude1 on damaging hit.

See the condition reference for the shared effects, and enemy tuning for difficulty-wide chance adjustments.

Flying form

Statistics by difficulty

DifficultyHPACAttackDamageStrikes
Basic1412+4d4+11
Advanced2717+7d4+51
Expert4023+10d4+91
Master5425+12d4+111
Master+7227+13d4+151

Includes explicit tier overrides and the final maximum-HP multiplier. Damage is the ordinary die and bonus, before final outgoing multipliers. Rage, growth, buffs, encounter adjustments and special action damage are not baked into this table.

Current appearances

AdventureLocationEncounter roster
The Heart of the ForestThe Sycamore ApproachGloam Grifflet × 2
The Heart of the ForestHeartwood ClearingGloam Grifflet × 1

Arena: Cold Wings

Detailed reference

These panels retain the exact authored configuration, including unscaled base values. For tier overrides, −1 Attack or damage bonus and zero HP or strikes mean “inherit”; tier indices run from 0 (Basic) to 4 (Master+). Field values and message templates are shown as reference data, not additional rules.

Creature configuration
Stable identifier
gloamGrifflet
Attack Text
{actor} rakes at {target} with hooked talons.
Name
Gloam Grifflet
Plate Name
Grifflet
HP
12
Armor class
12
Attack
3
Damage die
4
Damage bonus
1
Initiative
18
Artwork registry index
17
Role
Forest flier
Visual Scale
0.55
Weaknesses
  1. Wind
Resistances
None
On Hit Debuff
Kind
offBalance
Chance
25
Amount
1
Flight Height
0.3
Preserve Aspect
Yes
Flight
Armor
5
Targets
2
Damage Multiplier
0.5
Name
Raking Swoop
Flying Artwork
JournalArt/Core/Shared/Creatures/GloamGrifflet_Flying
Tier Adjustments
  1. Tier index (0–4)
    0
    Attack
    4
    Damage bonus
    1
    HP
    14
Attack Sound
combat.griffletRake
Encounter configurations (2)

Whole encounter rewards and modifiers are shown here; they are not rewards for defeating this creature alone. Legacy fields remain visible for configuration audits.

  1. Stable identifier
    gloam-wings
    Enemies
    1. gloamGrifflet
    2. gloamGrifflet
    Opening
    Two Gloam Grifflets swoop down. Their hooked wings can knock heroes off balance.
    Gold
    16
    Xp
    22
  2. Stable identifier
    cc-04-root-and-wing
    Enemies
    1. stumpCrawler
    2. gloamGrifflet
    Opening
    A Grifflet circles a Crawler among the broken roots. On <b>round 2</b>, the pair will strike the first living hero. <b>Defeat or disable either first</b>, or <b>Defend</b> to halve the blow.
    Gold
    16
    Xp
    16
    Effects
    1. Stable identifier
      root-wing-followup
      Kind
      cooperation
      Round
      2
      Interval
      0
      Limit
      1
      Damage
      3
      Participants
      1. stumpCrawler
      2. gloamGrifflet
      Warning
      Root and Wing: round 2, first living hero takes 3 base damage. Defeat or disable either partner to prevent it; Defend halves it.
      Result
      The Crawler heaves a root up. The Grifflet dives through the opening!
      Prevented
      Root and Wing breaks apart. The pair cannot follow through.
      Sound
      combat.griffletRake
      Icon
      enemy.faultline
Artwork and presentation
Resource
JournalArt/Core/Shared/Creatures/GloamGrifflet
Registrations
  1. Resource
    JournalArt/Core/Shared/Creatures/GloamGrifflet
    Height Units
    0.65
    Body Height
    0.8898756660746003
    Ground Y
    0.0541740674955595
    Center X
    0.5161059413027917
    Elevation
    0

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