The Grabber

What — A "beast with too many hands": a creature built from ~100 grafted human hands fused into one blind, writhing mass (locally "the Grabbler" / Grappler), lurking in Gray Veil Cave. Bounty target (100 gold) the party hunted Session 22.

Threat — Moderate, spiking to deadly. Ordinary specimens are clumsy; the intelligent "Angry Grabber" was deadly — it grappled, flung a PC down the pit, and nearly redirected attacks back onto allies Session 24.

Observed abilities

• Grabble (grapple) — melee attack to grapple a target; on a hit, can fling the victim across the battlefield. The intelligent one grappled Thalia and hurled her ~50 ft into the pit Session 24.
• Multiattack (intelligent specimen) — surged for 4 attacks on one target; two hits dealt 7 + 9 = 16 bludgeoning Session 24.
• "Point" / redirect — designates a target (Magra); attacks and even spells aimed nearby risk being pulled toward the pointed ally. Nearly redirected Spirit Guardians Session 24.
• Crush — hands crush a tossed boulder to dust Session 23.
• "Deep tissue massage" — signature strike, 3d20+20 piercing, Con save to halve. (Not seen rolled in play — verify.)

Resistances / immunities / weaknesses

• Blind, no visible eyes; detects prey by air vibration — silence is the best defense (in play it tracked thrown pebbles by sound/movement Session 23).
• Cannot climb ladders and dislikes swimming — terrain denies it Session 24.
• Took caltrop damage walking on its hand-feet (1 piercing each) Session 24; shredded by Spirit Guardians Session 24.
• Can itself be restrained/Entangled, shutting it down Session 24.
• No resistances or immunities observed.

Tactics & behavior — Skitters and climbs along cave walls; the intelligent one ascends to high ground, grapples, then flings victims into the pit and "points" to make the party fear hitting allies — it "outplayed" them. Mindless specimens just close and grab. They drag the dead to the Queen's bone-piled boulder; victims' hands are stripped to build new Grabblers. No fleeing or surrender observed. (No fear of Fenric/spellbreakers seen.)

Disposition to the party — Hostile. Pure predators; the party hunted them for bounty.

Status — Dead. Three specimens (including the intelligent "Angry Grabber") killed in Gray Veil Cave Session 24. Note: the singular bounty "Grabber" proved to be the Grappler Queen (Caressa) — "100 hands make a Grabber, 100 Grabbers make a queen" — defeated and re-imprisoned Session 31.

SUMMARY: Blind hand-monster; grapples and flings; three killed Session 24, Queen defeated Session 31.