Chest (monster)

Type: Aberration (List)

Race: Mimic (List)

Monster Manual classification: Mimic

Alignment: Neutral

Rare: Yes

CR:  ♠28Elite ●♥38Epic Hard

Attack: 

• Mimic Slobber (You are taking acid damage from mimic slobber. This damage over time effect can stack with itself if you are licked multiple times, dealing 3d8 acid damage every 2 seconds per application; no known limit on the number of times it can stack, blocking prevents)
• Sticky (-75% movement speed, -20% attack speed, -4 AC penalty, -2 penalty to attack and reflex, -25% fortification, cannot jump or tumble)

Habitats: 

• A Stay at the Inn — Substitutes any Inn chest. CR  ♦20Normal
• The Riddle — CR  ♠30Elite
• Through a Mirror Darkly — CR  ●♥35Epic Hard
• The Tracker's Trap — Possible spawn up to twice.
• Underdark Arena: Fight to the Finish — Three spawn disguised as MotU chests during the wizard's riddle. And for some reason, they're quoting Daffy Duck. — CR: Challenge Level
• Underdark Arena: Ring of Fire — As Fight to the Finish above. — CR: Challenge Level

Description: You can identify them from normal chests by selecting it. If it is a disguised mimic, the focus will create a circle under the chest. Sometimes, they will also show up a health bar in the focus orb.

It can't be attacked until someone tries to open it. Defeating it may or may not spawn the real chest.