Pit Snatcher

''A vaguely humanoid shape rises up out of the boiling tar pit. Its hands drip tar all about, and its large mouth opens into a silent scream of pain from which thick black smoke escapes.''

Combat
A pit snatcher attacks any living creature that approaches its tar pit.

Description
Pit snatchers are twisted, evil creatures that prey upon any living being that ventures too close to their pit. They resemble earth elementals, but their form is made of dripping, molten tar. They have three openings in their head: two eyes and a wide, gapping mouth, twisted with pain and torture, from which black smoke escapes. Rumors say these creatures were once earth elementals whose life-force was drained by intense defiling magic. These elementals are now unable to return to their home plane and suffer a tortured existence living in the tar pits.