Silt Horror, Black

''The silt swells as something swims beneath the surface. You catch a brief glimpse of a large, bulbous body with a writhing nest of tentacles sprouting from one end, and then it sinks back into the dust, leaving you wondering where it will next surface.''

Combat
Black silt horrors attack with their lashing tentacles, trying to entangle a victim. It will flee if it loses five or more tentacles.

A character with a slashing weapon can make a sunder attempt to sever a silt horror's tentacles. Each tentacle has 5 hp, and severing a tentacle deals 2 damage to the silt horror. Tentacles grow back at a rate of one per month.

Description
The black silt horror is the smallest of the silt horrors. It resembles a black, dusty squid with a writhing mass of eight barbed tentacles. It is much smaller than other silt horrors and roams in groups called clutches, and attacks its prey by using pack tactics.

Black silt horrors have a matriarchal society, where the larger females develop rudimentary psionic abilities that aid in capturing prey. They're found in the Sea of Silt and many smaller silt basins.