their masters, the Thoon hulks gain neither pleasure nor
sustenance from the brains they consume.
Construct Nature. A Thoon hulk doesn't require air,
food, drink, or sleep.
Thoon Hulk
Mind flayers have long explored the cosmos beyond their
underground lairs, traveling the Inner Planes and Outer
Planes aboard vessels they call nautiloids. One such vessel,
traveled farther than others. Setting a course for the
uncharted reaches of the Astral Plane, the mind flayers
crossed over into the Far Realm, a place of madness and
disorder.
The mindflayers encountered Thoon. Whether Thoon
was a god, a philosophy or something so inexplicable to
describe that encountering it is the only way to understand
it, they were irrevocably changed by the experience.
Outcast by mind flayer society, but now capable of great
feats of construct crafting and selective breeding they were
able to achieve heights not seen before.
Though the physical changes were dramatic, the more
profound change was to the very consciousness of those
illithids. Speaking of this presence called Thoon, and able
to commune with it, or to receive instructions from it.
With their new mindset, and new abilities, avenues of
experimentation that were not previously considered were
now practiced. Illithids had always experimented upon
other beings, but now they would experiment on others of
their race, creating twisted new forms capable of abilities
others of their race could not perform, as well as constructs
such as the Thoon hulk.
The Thoon hulk, sometimes referred to as a muscle
flayer, is a ten foot tall construct, with huge axes
permanently affixed to its body, and a single third arm for
manipulating objects. These pitiless brutes, fleshcrafted
within the depths of the mind flayers nautiloid vessels,
Immune to the effects of the mind flayers mind blast,
they follow their masters telepathic instructions, acting as a
vanguard to protect them, repelling assailants while
grappling others in their tentacles, extracting the brains of
their captives in the same manner as their masters. Unlike
Thoon Hulk
Large construct, neutral evil
Armor Class 18 (natural armour)
Hit Points 187 (15d10 + 105)
Speed 40 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
27 (+8) 13 (+1) 24 (+7) 5 (-3) 18 (+4) 10 (+0)
Saving Throws Con +12, Wis +9, Cha +5
Skills Perception +9
Damage Resistances acid, cold, lightning, fire,
thunder
Damage Immunities poison, psychic
Condition Immunities charmed, poisoned,
stunned
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 19
Languages Deep Speech, Undercommon,
telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 16 (15,000 XP)
Magic Resistance. The Thoon hulk has advantage
on saving throws against spells and other magical
effects.
Actions
Multiattack. The Thoon hulk makes two arm axe
attacks and one tentacles attack.
Arm Axe. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach
5ft., one target. Hit 34 (4d12 + 8) slashing
damage. If the Thoon hulk scores a critical hit and
the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC
21 Strength saving throw or be pushed back up
to 20 feet away and knocked prone.
Tentacles. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit,
reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 19 (2d10 + 8)
bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Large or
smaller creature, it is grappled (escape DC 21).
Extract Brain. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit,
reach 5 ft., one incapacitated humanoid grappled
by the Thoon hulk. Hit: The target takes 55
(10d10) piercing damage. If this damage reduces
the target to 0 hit points, the Thoon hulk kills the
target by extracting and devouring its brain.
Reactions
Psychic Shield. The Thoon hulk adds 5 to its AC
against any weapon attack that would hit it. To do
so, the Thoon hulk must be able to see the
attacker.
Created by
u/1d6Adventurers for
/r/MonsteraDay
Artwork: "Thoon Hulk" by Dave Allsop