Mimic (Basic Lore)

Mimic (Legend; CR 1)
Pure Evil - Medium - Aberration
This creature possesses the Legend role, and therefore counts as 5 monsters for purposes of encounter size, XP award, and treasure. This monster frequently has the Legend role, but may be set to other roles if desired. The Mimic is a horrible aberrant thing, a shapeshifting mass of deadly hunger and vile intentions. Mimics are ambush predators of incredibly capable means, using their ability to change shape and textures and colors to make themselves look like desirable objects, to attract their preferred prey. The most common appearance of a Mimic is as a large treasure chest, often with a prominently displayed key in the lock just to make the lure even more irresistible. But Mimics, as their name suggests, can look like...many things. Their favorite form seems to be a valuable chest, but they are also known to appear frequently as closed doorways, usually with a large, shiny knob, or as a piece of fine furniture with a few coins scattered across the top. Mimics are awful things, and seem to greatly prefer the flesh of sentient creatures. Mimics are a well-known hazard for adventurers, and often can be found in dungeons, labyrinths, ruins, and the like. Mimics have also been known to prey upon civilian populations, and disappearances of merchants, traders, burghers, local officials, and the like have been frequently traced (eventually) to a mimic which has managed to infiltrate its way into a community. Given their tendency to prey upon only sentient beings, and their ability to lure in the well-heeled among those sentients, mimics are targeted for destruction as soon as they are suspected. Unfortunately, mimics are very mighty foes indeed. Assuming you can even find one...before it finds you.