Where did the Otyugh come from?

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Another one of my annoying questions about the de'Arnise Hold. Where the hell did the Otyugh in between the gate and the castle come from? The trolls and Yaun-ti came in through the "cellars" as Nalia insists the are called now? Are you going to try and tell me it came with them? Lol.
I'm sure that Nalia doesn't have one for a pet
Seriously though, anyone have an idea?

 

You can always explain it with a yuan-ti priest having summoned it there.

Seriously though, an othyugh weighs around 500 lbs, and a yuan-ti up to 300, so they're not that much bigger - considering that umber hulks are around 800 lbs and made their way into the keep dungeons, anything is possible.

 

Why not? Otyughs are not mindless creatures; They often make deals or uneasy partnerships with other creatures.

If you mean physically: Otyughs are aberrations, I'm sure they can squeeze through narrow spots.

 

I just can't see the Otyugh going up the stairs from the "cellars". and making it's way through the Keep down the stairs and through the front door. Lol.
The Yaun-ti summoning it might work I suppose but it should have eaten the dogs regardless of how it got there. I guess the Yuan-ti told it not to. Lol

 

Otyughs walk on legs, and they're not particularly short or stubby, so they shouldn't have any trouble ascending or descending stairs.

Dogs are barely a snack for an otyugh. They have neither much meat on them nor a whole lot of body waste. Maybe it just decided they weren't worth chasing around.

 

The local garbage disposal wizard hired it to eliminate the waste in the hold for a fee. Otyughs can speak common...
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/otyugh.htm

 

If it can fit through narrow spaces, that would explain how one of them got in chateau Irenicus.

 

The waste generally is the fee as far as otyughs are concerned.

 

I'm not saying they CAN'T go up and down stairs, I just don't see it happening.
Being able to speak common is pretty cool though
I'm going to have to go with the summoning option. That explains how the one there got there and also the one in Jon's dungeon. (Forgot about that one).

 

I don't see what your problem with otyughs and stairs is. A set of stairs wouldn't bother them in the least.

 

It's a blubbery, tentacly, scaly thingamabob though, so I'm sure it can squeeze through a door.

Or, you know, burst through.

 

Hell, for all we know one of the yuan-ti polymorphed it into a squirrel, took it with him to the roof in it's pockets and turned it back to normal

 

Pureblood yuan-ti (i.e. the ones most likely to cast spells) are more or less humanoid and wear clothing.

 

I don't have a problem with stairs except I find it hilarious when I try to picture the thing squeezing up them/down them.

 

LMAO!!!

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They should have programed in some dialog with the poor Otyugh. That would have been sweet. Especially for the one in Irenicus's starting dungeon. Kinda like that poor creature (Rielev) he "forgot" and left to die in the container

 

except for the fact that the otyugh is probably content being left to it's own devices - as long as there is refuse for it to hoard and eat and a place to make it's lair (which is the central chamber you find it in i guess)