Sabosan

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Sabosan

(Creature)

Common

NE

Medium

Humanoid

Level

5

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Images of sabosans

Source: Cult of Cinders, pg(s). 91

Type

Monstrous humanoid

CR

5

Environment

Warm forests or underground

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Images of sabosans

Source: Vaults of Madness, pg(s). 86

Sabosans are humanoids who resemble bats and live in the Mwangi Expanse. They are nocturnal carnivores often mistaken for vampires by the region's other peoples. Hated and feared, they have been hunted nearly to extinction.

Appearance

A sabosan rides a giant scorpion.

A sabosan resembles an emaciated humanoid with elongated ears, arms, and legs; long clawed fingers and talon-like toes; and a pair of bat-like wings that grow from their back and can span up to 20 feet. They have thick brown or red fur that covers their head like hair and extends to their shoulders and upper torso, covering their long neck.

Abilities

Like bats, sabosans can echolocate. However, they also have an acute sense of smell and functional vision capable of seeing clearly in dim light. They can fly on their wings, charge with powerful bursts of speed, and emit a deafening shriek. They can bite with piercing teeth, claw, or wield spears; when they grab a creature, they can feed by draining it of its blood.

Sabosans are sapient beings who can speak Chthonian and Mwangi languages.

Ecology

Sabosans hunt indiscriminately during the dusk and night, requiring almost 20 pounds of flesh or fruit per day to sustain their active metabolisms.

History

They once lived in the city of Jaytirian deep in the Mwangi Jungle, but when the city fell to the forces of the Gorilla King its people fled to the jungle's most remote reaches.

Culture

Other peoples of the Mwangi Expanse tell tales of sabosans to frighten their children.

Some sabosans worship the dead demon lord Vyriavaxus and the little-known sun deity Easivra. They have since sought a new deity with the strength to help them repel Angazhan and the charau-ka who worship him.

Known sabosans

• Syckar, druid leader of the Sultur Mill Outpost

Variants

A giant-sized type of sabosan, capable of reaching 12 feet in height, is known within sabosan culture as a night giant. A mummified night giant guards the reception hall of the Blood Lord Xharduun in Geb.