b'Myling \n'b'  Small   undead ,  chaotic evil  \n'b'  Armor Class  13 (natural armor)  Hit Points  45 (10d6 + 10)  Speed  30 ft., burrow 10 ft.\n'b' STATS STR: 10 (+0) DEX:  16 (+3)  CON:  12 (+1)  INT:  10 (+0)  WIS:  12 (+1)  CHA:  10 (+0)  \n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'  Skills   Stealth  +5  Damage Resistances  bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with silvered weapons  Damage Immunities  necrotic, poison  Condition Immunities   charmed ,  frightened ,  poisoned ,  stunned ,  unconscious   Senses   darkvision  60 ft., passive  Perception  11  Languages  the languages it knew in life  Challenge  2 (450 XP)  Proficiency Bonus  +2 \n'b' SPECIAL TRAITS \n'b'\n'b'  Enfeebling Attacks . Each time the myling deals necrotic damage to a creature that is below half its  hp  maximum, the target\xe2\x80\x99s  Strength  score is reduced by 1d4. The target dies if this reduces its  Strength  to 0. Otherwise, the reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest. \n'b'  Undead Nature . The myling doesn\xe2\x80\x99t require air, food, drink, or sleep. \n'b'\n'b' ACTIONS \n'b'\n'b'  Claw .  Melee Weapon Attack : +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.  Hit : 10 (2d6 + 3) slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) necrotic damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 13  Dexterity  saving throw or the myling attaches to it. While attached, the myling sinks its teeth into the target and can\xe2\x80\x99t attack, and at the start of each of the myling\xe2\x80\x99s turns, the target takes 17 (5d6) necrotic damage. The attached myling moves with the target whenever the target moves, requiring none of the myling\xe2\x80\x99s movement. It can detach itself by spending 5 feet of its movement on its turn. A creature, including the target, can use its action to detach the myling by succeeding on a DC 13  Strength  check. \n'b'\n'b' BONUS ACTIONS \n'b'\n'b'  Bury Alive (Recharge 6) . The creature to which the myling is attached is forced  prone , dragged into the ground, and buried just below the surface, ending the attachment. The buried creature is  restrained  and unable to breathe or stand up. A creature, including the buried creature, can take its action to free the buried creature by succeeding on a DC 13  Strength  check. \n'b'\n'b' ABOUT \n'b' Dressed in rags, this small humanoid has cold, blue skin and large, black eyes. \n'b' Mylings are the souls of the unburied, those who died in the forest from abandonment or exposure and can find no peace until their bodies are properly interred. \n'b' Given the circumstances around their deaths, mylings tend to be solitary, haunting the places where they died. When some tragedy ended in multiple deaths, the resulting mylings stay together and hunt as a pack. \n'b'  Attack in a Rage . Mylings prefer to attack lone wanderers. They target a group when desperate or when there\xe2\x80\x99s more than one myling in the pack. They shadow a target until after dark, then jump onto the target\xe2\x80\x99s back and demand to be carried to their chosen burial ground. They cling tightly to a victim with arms and legs locked around the victim\xe2\x80\x99s shoulders and midsection, begging, threatening, and biting until the victim gives in to their demands. Mylings bite victims to death if the victim is unable or unwilling to carry them, or if a victim moves too slowly. \n'b'  Ungrateful Rest . While all mylings seek a creature to carry them to their final resting place, even when a \xe2\x80\x9cmount\xe2\x80\x9d is willing, the creature\xe2\x80\x99s body grows immensely heavy as it nears its burial place. Once there, the myling sinks into the earth, taking its bearer with it. \n'b'  Urchin Rhymes and Songs . Some mylings maintain traces of the personalities they had while alive\xe2\x80\x94 charming, sullen, or sadistic\xe2\x80\x94and can speak touchingly and piteously. Dressed in ragged clothing, their skin blue with cold, they sometimes reach victims who believe they are helping an injured child or young adult. They hide their faces and sing innocent rhymes when they aren\xe2\x80\x99t screeching in fury, for they know that their dead eyes and cold blue skin cause fright and alarm.'