The trapper is the relative of the lurker above. It creeps along the floor and grabs people the walk over it, instead of falling on victims from the ceiling. For some reason it lacks the various senses of its ceiling-dwelling cousin, but is resistant to cold and fire. Probably no less obnoxious than the lurker above.
One of those weird classic D&D monsters. An oversized cloaker/darkmantle that drops from the ceiling, engulfs and smothers the prey. A lone adventurer doesn't really have a chance unless he has specific countermeasures. Dragon Magazine #150 lists the lurker above and the trapper as related to mind flayers, but I did not manage to find any connection.
The mind flayers are present even in the Dragonlance setting, although with some differences. First, they are called the yaggol, also known as akitu-shai or crawling maws. Their array of abilities is slightly different, and they are split into two castes - elites and savages. Also, they live in the jungles, not underground.
The uchuulon is a partially ceremorphed chuul. It is weaker physically, slower, but smarter and coated in protective slime. Also, has magic resistance out of nowhere.
The larval flayer is a slightly grown up illithid tadpole that will eventually transform into a fearsome neothelid. It's basically a mind-draining octopus.
Voidmind creatures are servants of the mind flayers that had almost all of their brain removed and replaced with slime that can form a tentacle. They can transmit everything they see to their mind flayer masters. |
| No burrow speed btw. |
