Mimic race

Overview
Mimics were originally created by wizards to protect themselves from treasure hunters.

Mimics are Aberration type monsters.

Description
Mimics most often appear in the form of a treasure chest, although their natural color is a speckled grey that resembles granite. A mimic can alter its pigmentation to resemble varieties of stone (including marble), and various metals (including gold, silver, and copper).

Combat

 * Mimic Slobber (You are taking acid damage from mimic slobber. This damage over time effect can stack with itself if you are licked multiple times, dealing 3d8 acid damage every 2 seconds per application; no known limit on the number of times it can stack, blocking prevents)
 * Sticky (-70% movement speed, -20% attack speed, -4 AC penalty, -2 penalty to reflex saves, -25% fortification, cannot jump or tumble)

Mimic Hunt
Multiple times during the year, there is a special event called the Mimic Hunt. During this event, any and all chests in a dungeon can become mimics, and have higher CRs than normal monsters in the quest. Mimics that appear normally in quests are not part of the reward system for this event, and their CR is not changed.

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