Criaturas

The Creepy Crawler embodies everything unsettling about necromantic craft. It scuttles low to the ground on four limbs, its horned skull thrust forward, its maw bristling with jagged teeth. The way it moves, sudden, raking bursts of speed followed by unnerving stillness, unsettles even hardened adventurers. Unusually for undead, they are impulsive, prone to break free of control, and roam the world untethered, perhaps as a consequence of their generally unstable nature.
Usually encountered alone, the stealthy Crawlers are the stuff of folktales and nightmares. It is hard to tell if they were the origin of such tales or if existing myths were merely attributed to them, but villagers whisper of solitary shadows stalking the roads at night or of travellers torn apart without warning. In truth, only the most skilled necromancers can create, stabilise, and control more than a handful of them at once. Their inherent instability ensures that most disintegrate back into bones within days, leaving behind nothing but bloodied earth and the lingering terror of their fleeting presence.