Species: Bonepit

Family: Undead

Risk level: Low

Weaknesses: None

Description: They are a representation of what happens if we neglect our dead. If enough time passes inside of a crypt the bodies begin fall apart, and when given enough time they turn into fine dust. The said dust is what is used in creation of this monster. Slowly it takes every single remnant remaining in that place and absorbs it into its body. When it gathers enough of it, it then engulfs the entire floor of the crypt and waits for any creture that comes into its new layer. It works very similar to quicksand, but quicker and more selectively. It can wait for its prey to go deep onto its body, far enough for it to not be able to catch anything, and then start to sink them. When a creature finally dies it then grinds the entirety of the carcas and uses the bones as another addition to its mass. They are fortunately rather easy to spot among the floor of the crypt, so they are ease to avoid if you know they are there. The main victims of it are usually small animals or cemetery hyenas that ignore obvious signs of their presence. They are unfortunately almost impossible to get rid of due to their body structure, so the best course of action when you see one is just to avoid it. They aren't very mobile, so keeping away from it is stupidly easy, as long as you don't step on it, because if it think it can catch you there is almost nothing you can do to survive.

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Personal notes: "Paradoxically their presence makes it somewhat easier to research ancient ruins and graveyards. They clean every body on the site, get rid on nasty vermins and gather it in a single location. They may destroy any biodata we could gather from those old corpses, but being fair we wouldn't be able to gather much, even with them intact and any remnants that matter are preserved and stored in location unaccessible for Bonepits, so eve with that they do more good than harm." Egnic Falvor, member of Diseased Order