Cloaker
Large Aberration · · CR 8
- Aberration
- Large
- Tier 2
Cloaker is a large aberration of chaotic neutral alignment, CR 8. Found in underground. Sourced from Monster Manual (5e 2014) and Monster Manual (5.5e 2024).
Stat Block
- Challenge Rating
- 8
- Type
- Aberration
- Size
- Large
- Alignment
- —
- Speed
- —
- Habitats
- Underground
- Sources
- Monster Manual (5e 2014), Monster Manual (5.5e 2024)
Ecology
Cloakers are Underdark predators that hunt through dungeon halls, mimicking heavy fabric to ambush prey. They feed on warm-blooded creatures, draining body heat as much as flesh, often draping over corpses to consume them slowly. Their flat bodies allow them to pass through narrow gaps. They reproduce by dropping eggs onto cave floors in dark corners, where larvae mature in stagnant moisture before swimming into lower caverns.
Behaviour
Patient and intelligent, Cloakers wait days for prey to grow accustomed to their disguise. They communicate in subsonic moans audible only to other Cloakers and certain aberrations. Solitary by nature, they sometimes congregate in hunting flocks to attack groups too large for one to handle. They distrust other aberrations, especially mind flayers, but tolerate beholders as fellow apex predators.
Origin
Some scholars claim Cloakers descend from cloaks of intellect-stealing aberrations from the Far Realm, gradually devolved into ambush predators. Others argue they evolved from ordinary cave-dwelling rays driven into the Underdark by ancient cataclysms. They speak a strange tongue in their moans, hinting at ancient civilization, but no Cloaker civilization has ever been found, leaving their origin a mystery.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Cloaker
- What is the challenge rating of Cloaker?
- Cloaker's challenge rating is 8. A party in this band works against tier-2 parties.
- What type of creature is Cloaker?
- The bestiary type for Cloaker is aberration, large size.
- Where does Cloaker live?
- Cloaker is at home in Underground.