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Volume III · Monster ManualBuild 25

Stump Crawler

Creatures of the Crooked Mile

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Stump Crawler
Implemented development through Build 25Reviewed 28 October 2026

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Woodland creature · Physical

The old stump has moved. This is the moment to revise any assumptions made about the rest of the forest.

Reference statistics

Basic difficulty · ordinary profile before temporary states and encounter adjustments

HP
16
Armor class
15
Attack
+4
Damage
d6+1
Initiative
4
Strikes
1

Weaknesses Fire

Resistances Earth

Polymorph immunity No authored immunity

Traits and special behavior

Unsteady footing. A damaging hit against a surviving target has a 25% base chance to inflict Off Balance with magnitude 2. The shared difficulty bonus for these effects applies.

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

Statistics by difficulty

DifficultyHPACAttackDamageStrikes
Basic1615+4d6+11
Advanced3620+8d6+51
Expert5326+11d6+91
Master7228+13d6+111
Master+9630+14d6+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 Forsaken WoodsThe Old RoadStump Crawler × 1
The Forsaken WoodsThe Broken CartStump Crawler × 1
The Heart of the ForestHeartwood ClearingStump Crawler × 1

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
stumpCrawler
Attack Text
{actor} lunges at {target} with snapping jaws.
Name
Stump Crawler
Plate Name
Crawler
Role
Woodland creature
HP
16
Armor class
15
Attack
4
Damage die
6
Damage bonus
1
Initiative
4
Artwork registry index
13
Visual Scale
1.25
Weaknesses
  1. Fire
Resistances
  1. Earth
On Hit Debuff
Kind
offBalance
Chance
25
Amount
2
Attack Sound
combat.stumpSnap
Encounter configurations (3)

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
    roadBriars
    Enemies
    1. stumpCrawler
    2. brambling
    3. brambling
    Gold
    10
    Xp
    15
    Opening
    A rotten stump lurches upright. Two bramblings tear free of the hedge.
  2. Stable identifier
    cc-01-under-axle
    Enemies
    1. stumpCrawler
    2. goblin
    Opening
    A <b>stolen boot</b> rolls from under the cart. A Briar Sneak dives after it. The stump beside him opens its jaws.
    Gold
    12
    Xp
    12
  3. 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/StumpCrawler
Registrations
  1. Resource
    JournalArt/Core/Shared/Creatures/StumpCrawler
    Height Units
    1.25
    Body Height
    0.9585253456221198
    Ground Y
    0.019749835418038184
    Center X
    0.49420289855072463

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