Arakyetti

Arctic

Mountain

Bite

Claw

Arakyettis are gruesome creatures that resemble a cross between a yeti and a giant spider. These carnivorous creatures make their homes in frozen tundras and snow-capped mountain ranges, feeding on creatures that range in size from hares to bison. 

Arakyettis are food-motivated beasts, though they are intelligent enough to adapt their hunting strategies to better suit their prey and environment. Arakyettis hunt by digging pits and burrows into the frozen ground, and filling the bottom of the pits with a layer of their corrosive saliva. They then conceal these burrows with a thin layer of ice and snow that they secrete from their abdomen, and wait for unsuspecting creatures to fall through the ice and become trapped. Any prey that does not perish to the arakyetti’s saliva is swiftly finished off when the beast returns to collect its meal.  

Pit traps left by the arakyetti are nearly invisible to those not looking specifically for them. Closer examination and physical inspection of slightly elevated mounds of snow, however, will reveal thin layers of ice, and below that, a pit coated in a layer of greyish slime. Arakyettis do not consume the bones of their victims — they are prone to leaving them scattered around their traps and lairs, marked by their identifiable claws and incisors. 

Peppermint is highly toxic to arakyettis. Weapons coated in peppermint oil or bait bathed in peppermint oil and left in one of their pit traps will prove effective against the creatures. Those who ritually burn diatomaceous earth and inhale the vapors will have resistance against the arakyetti’s attacks. 

Arakyetti’s dwell in labyrinthine caverns that they carve out of earth, rock, and ice, underground and into the sides of cliffs and mountains. Their lairs may be filled with half-eaten prey, the eggs of their young, and any other creatures that share a symbiotic relationship with the arakyetti. 

The arakyetti is aggressive and reckless in combat. If confronted in its lair, the area is likely to be filled with concealed pits dug by the arakyetti. It attempts to use its Icy Web to hit as many creatures as possible as often as it recharges, and then follow up with its Claw and Bite attacks on restrained targets so that it has advantage.  

Saliva harvested from an arakyetti’s salivary glands may be mixed with salt to create a paste that can melt through materials such as metal and stone. Armor crafted from pieces of arakyetti exoskeleton grants the wearer resistance to slashing and piercing damage. A PC can make a 

 Wisdom (Survival) check, or other check the GM deems appropriate, to obtain loot from the 

. On a successful check, the GM chooses one piece of loot, or has the PC roll a d4 to determine what they get. On a failed check, the PC gets a Arakyetti Salivary Gland. A PC can choose to have another make their skill check if they so choose.

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