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Bungisngis

Bungisngis (Boongis-ngis)
Gluttonous Giants. The bungisngis is an exceedingly rapacious
Distantly related to both the cyclops and troll, the bungisngis is
creature. When hungry, the bungisngis will shamble about in the
a 14-foot tall giant with a squat, heavyset body. Moss, rocks, and
woods, foraging for anything edible-looking it can eat. This means
petrified wood stick like barnacles on the skin of the bungisngis,
the bungisngis will eat any creature smaller than itself that it
running from the back of its large, talon-like claws to its entire
can beat into submission. A single bungisngis can lay waste to a
upper back, which enables it to blend in its surroundings
forest's ecosystem in a matter of weeks. When starving, it is not
effortlessly. A singular eye lies at the center of its noseless head,
above raiding even well-defended settlements if it can steal a few
and two large sharp tusks protrude from the side of its mouth,
cattle before getting seriously injured.
which is full of jagged, yellowish teeth. Because of the size of its
Woodland Lurkers. The bungisngis is native to the Feywild and
tusks and teeth and its inability to breathe through its nostrills, the
found in areas with the most tangled forests and peaty bogs. In
bungisngis' mouth is never fully closed, as if stuck in a permanent,
the Material Plane, the bungisngis tends to live in gloomy forest-
obnoxious-looking grin. The bungisngis lumbers about like a
covered mountains, dense jungles, and dismal swamps where
quadruped, not unlike a gorilla, leading with its knuckles.
it has no competition. The bungisngis seldom makes a lair, as it
Cowardly Brutes. The bungisngis is incredibly strong, offset
merely rests in the first secluded spot it can find anywhere in its
only by its limited vision, rudimentary intellect, and cowardice. A
territory, where it simply curls itself up in a ball, ending up looking
bungisngis is a bully and enjoys toying with its food but will flee
just like any other huge moss-covered boulder. A bungisngis is
combat when it realizes it cannot overpower its prey. There are
rarely found with its kind, as they tend to compete with each
many tales of how dimwitted a bungisngis is and how a single cut
other for resources. Instead, it tends to share the company of
from a dagger has sent a bungisngis scampering away. Stories of
unintelligent beasts such as bears, tigers, and wolves which it
crafty adventurers able to outwit or even bluff a bungisngis are
treats as pets as long as the food isn't scarce. If it is with a group
common in forest-edge taverns. However, these stories are very
of its kind, it is likely with its mate and siblings, often led by a
few compared to the ones about those who were foolish enough
shaman. Due to its cowardly nature, it is not uncommon for a
to think they could take on a bungisngis head-on and ended up as
bungisngis to be bullied into submission and become enslaved
a meal.
guards and servants to more powerful or intelligent beings such
Horrid Giggling. What makes the bungisngis dangerous
as other giants, dragons, hags, or oni that live in the same gloomy
is not just because of its ferocious ability to butcher its prey
woodland areas the bungisngis prefers.
with its vicious tusks and claws, but rather for its other unique
characteristic. When agitated or hungry, especially during combat,
the bungisngis emits a noise from its throat that resembles a
vulgar giggling or snickering sound. In fact, this is where the giant
gets its name from because that is what it sounds like to those
who have heard it and were lucky enough to escape
and tell about it. The absurd and maddening giggling
has a magical effect, causing anyone close enough
to hear it to collapse into fits of uncontrollable
laughter, enabling the bungisngis to easily maul
the incapacitated victim.

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