Source: Monster Manual (2024) p. 233. Available in the SRD and the Free Rules (2024)
Otyugh
Garbage-Heap Gourmand
Habitat. Underdark
Treasure. Any
Otyughs live to eat—the more disgusting the meal, the better. They consider all non-otyughs that come within reach dishes in life’s endless buffet. In dumps, sewers, polluted ruins, and similar murky depths, otyughs devour garbage, carcasses, and anything else their tentacles can cram in their expansive maws. Some creatures ply otyughs with trash to recruit them as watchful—if disgusting—guardians.
Otyughs often bury themselves amid trash heaps and observe their surroundings with their eye-studded stalk. They use glittery trash and telepathic urgings to coax creatures close, then burst from hiding, attacking with their spiny tentacles and filthy maws. Roll on or choose a result from the Otyugh Lures table to inspire how an otyugh tempts prey close.
Otyugh Lures
dice: 1d4
To Attract Potential Meals, the Otyugh…
1
Disguises its tentacles with garbage puppets.
2
Sings an enticing song in Otyugh.
3
Telepathically transmits a message like “Happy good stuff here!” or “Help now! I’m too delicious?“
4
Telepathically transmits an image of a large gemstone, crooked weapon, or soggy pastry.
