A first sight a kind of arboreal ape or monkey, a closer look shows the strange, boneless seeming arms and legs of this beast. Agropelters are named for their habit of throwing branches and sharp sticks at anyone or anything they come across.
Their arms and legs look more like flexible tubes than limbs, and are capable of flinging projectiles at significant speed with a snapping motion.
Agropelters are somewhat intelligent and can indeed speak, however they speak only their own language. This combined with their aggressive habits lead most to prefer killing or driving them out over diplomacy.
This is easier said than done, as agropelters life among the leaves of talol trees and are skilled at hiding. When an attacker approaches them agropelters respond with a burst of speed to either run away. The same speed is used to evade ranged attacks.
CR 3
CN Medium Magical Beast
Combat Role: Ranged Damage, Ambush
When a forest fire swept through the outlying area the villagers took comfort in knowing the agropelters would at least be gone. The first to to take a look at the burned forest got an unwelcome surprise, a group of the pests had somehow become infused with the fire. Now the new half-fire elemental [Bloodforge] agropelters are a greater danger than ever.
Trade caravans crossing the Tree-mountains have been harassed by agropelters recently. Capable arboraleers are needed to track the branch flinging menaces down to their nests in the peaks of the trees.
Hairy Jack has won the chicken flinging competition every year since he settled in town four years ago. This, along with his habit of wearing over-sized coats and floppy hat has made him a popular local nutter.
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