Hongaek
Large Elemental · Neutral Evil · CR 8
- Elemental
- Large
- Tier 2
- Evil
Hongaek at CR 8 is logged as a large elemental; alignment neutral evil. Habitat: planar. Sourced from Tome of Beasts 2.
Stat Block
- Challenge Rating
- 8
- Type
- Elemental
- Size
- Large
- Alignment
- Neutral Evil
- Speed
- 0, fly 40
- Habitats
- Planar
- Sources
- Tome of Beasts 2
Ecology
Hongaek is a being of one of the inner planes, summoned, escaped, or birthed where planar boundaries thin. It is most often found in planar regions. It is large-sized, which shapes how it hunts, hides, or fights.
Behaviour
Hongaek is simple in motivation but immense in reach — fire wants to burn, water wants to flow. Its Neutral Evil alignment shapes how it engages with the world — predictable in tendency, even when unpredictable in detail. It is largely instinct-driven; complex strategy is the work of whoever (or whatever) commands it. Spellcasting expands its repertoire well beyond what its physical stat block alone suggests.
Origin
Hongaek is introduced in Kobold Press's Tome of Beasts 2 (2020). Elementals come from the inner planes — the Plane of Fire, Water, Earth, Air, or the para-elemental borders. Within a campaign, its existence anchors a region with the kind of weight only an old, named species carries.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Hongaek
- What is the challenge rating of Hongaek?
- Hongaek is rated CR 8. The rating matches tier-2 to early-tier-3 encounter math.
- What type of creature is Hongaek?
- By creature type, Hongaek is a elemental, large size, neutral evil alignment.
- Where does Hongaek live?
- The published habitats for Hongaek: Planar.