Wood Crawler

Arboreal reptilian predator that mimics dead or living trees; bark-plated body and sealed wooden face.

• Age: Unspecified
• Origin: TBD
• Species: Wood Crawler (arboreal reptile)
• Occupation/Role: Creature / ambush predator
• Height/Weight: Not recorded
• Bloodline/Elements: TBD
• Learned: Patient camouflage; tree-mimic locomotion
• Role (Main/Side/Antagonist): Encounter / ambient threat
• Faction: Unaffiliated / wild
• Classification: Creature
• Tag: arboreal predator
• Source: docbase/creatures.txt (Creatures section); docbase/kb/wood_crawler.md
• Biome/Region: Forest canopies; deadwood groves

Baseline

• Level / XP: 1 / 1
• HP max / MP max: 10 / 5
• Core stats: STR 3, DEF 1, AGI 2, INT 2, LUCK 1
• Combat skills: Unarmed 1, Armed 1, Ranged 1, Finesse 1, Stealth 1
• Elemental power/def: Fire 0/0, Water 0/0, Earth 0/0, Wind 0/0, Light 0/0, Dark 0/0, Thunder 0/0, Gaea 0/0, Time-Space 0/0
• Elemental absorption: HP absorb: all listed elements; MP absorb: none

Innate Abilities

• Innate passives: TBD (pending canonical content).
• Elemental traits: TBD.

Latent Abilities

• Unlocks/conditional: TBD.

• Camouflages as fallen or standing timber, remaining motionless until prey nears; first strike is a crushing pounce followed by constricting coils.
• Wooden faceplate hides sensory pits; bludgeoning or fire can crack it, reducing accuracy and aggression.
• Territorial and self-sustaining—may remain in an area for years, slowly overgrowing paths unless culled.
• Legendary elder variant exists: tougher bark, can overgrow entire clearings, described as “inverse of Kodomaru.”

• Confirm exact biomes (haunted forests vs. normal groves) and whether elders are unique spawns.
• Decide if fire is a hard counter or just a phase break; specify drops (bark plates, sensory pits?).
• Establish encounter triggers: disturbed deadwood, loud chopping, or night-only?