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WIPWednesday - The Claustrophage

Added 2025-09-24 11:48:49 +0000 UTC

Hey Critical Crew!

Here's your latest midweek check-in of what's to come next month. For October's "Things That Go Bump in the Night" release, we're bringing real world phobias into 5e D&D with some new takes on monsters, and this week we've got the Claustrophage for WIPWednesday! Check out it's lore down below:

Claustrophages are massive, crab-like creatures that feed on a very particular source... the fear a creature experiences when being crushed to death or confined in a tight space, claustrophobia their dining delight.
Claustrophages are able to magically induce fear of tight spaces into their prey, and will often lurk in a large area such as an open space in a bog or swamp able to house their massive form, but hedged in by rocky outcroppings, trees tangled tightly together, small cave tunnels that create claustrophobic spaces etc.

Let us know who's bringing this to their table next month!

-Cameron