[MW Batch X-4] Hydrat Queen - CR 8 Large Monstrosity - $5 Reward

“Many here at this academy have accused the ethics committee of impeding scientific progress, limiting the potential of the arcane, and being ‘party poopers.’ I am here today to present an abomination that serves as evidence of our necessity.”

— Gertrude Cauti, Head of the Biomantic Ethics Committee

Floating lazily about in sewer tunnels and dank caves, these balloon-like rodents would almost seem whimsical if it weren’t for the constant noise and malodorous whirlwinds they create. The proposed idea of tying several of them to a harness has won “worst method of flight” six years in a row.

Mangled “Evolution.” While there’s technically no definitive proof that hydrats evolved from escaped biomantic experiments, it’s clear that natural selection wasn’t the driving force behind them—neither the multiple heads nor the multiple methods of flight provide an evolutionary advantage within the sewers where the abominations are found. The widely accepted theory is that both winged and inflatable rats, common solutions to the classic “make this rat fly” assignment before it was banned by the Biomantic Ethics Committee, got tangled up into a rat king. One drop of Mut-X later, a brand new species was born.

Family Dinner. The various heads of a hydrat are largely unaware that they share a body, and they fight viciously over every scrap of food despite the fact that it all ends up in the same stomach. The most aggressive head at any given moment will usually win the morsel, and evidence suggests that the heads may have different dietary preferences, as indicated by the uniquely rancid smell carried by each head’s wind blast.

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