Hertilod

D&D 2024 monster: Hertilod. Source: Vecna: Eve of Ruin. challenge rating 17, creature type Monstrosity, Huge size, speed 50 ft., climb 50 ft. They ain't dragons. They ain't lizards. Oh no, they're much worse." When a dead god is left adrift in the Astral Sea, its corpse sometimes spawns a parasitic monster known as a hertilod. Voracious and terrifying, a hertilod resembles a skinless, serpentine lizard, with sharp claws and a gaping maw that drips venom. A hertilod's gruesomely exposed muscle renders it susceptible to lightning. Monstrosity Huge 50 ft., climb 50 ft.