Gray render

In the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the Gray render is a Magical Beast born from various terran substances present in swamps and marshes. It is a big, bulky, bulbous creature which stands 9 feet tall, despite a hunched posture, and 4 feet wide and long. It has a short tail, and 6 eyes. It has a clay-like hide which seems to harden and soften to absorb blows.

The creature is aesexual and reproduces by making a smaller version of itself swell up in its chest from leftover substance, and then seperate. It carries the young in its pouch for a time, but then leaves it. Gray renders are never found in groups, and the only times they are not solitary is when parents carry their young. Grey Renders have the interesting habit of picking a group of other creatures native to its own home, and then protecting and serving that group of creatures for no apparent reason. Whether accepted or not, the render attempts to stay near its adopted masters at all times, protects them from attackers, and brings a daily offering of meat. If the creatures attack it, the render runs away. Grey renders attack by grappling, tearing, and then swallowing the corpse whole. The eaten victims eventually become one with the render.

Grey renders cannot speak.

They are regarded as neutral in alignment.