Re: Let's Read: The Dungeons and Dragons 5e Monster Manual!
Originally Posted by Stavrost
I'd thought they were supposed to be a Piercer replacement, but they are remarkably similar to the Executioner's Hood that I'm surprised I hadn't made the connection before.
Darkmantle is certainly less stupid version. It's the same as the Cloaker turning from evil living cloak to evil flying manta ray. Also, we've got Piercer back in 5e!
It's Eberron, not ebberon.
It's not high magic, it's wide magic.
And it's definitely not steampunk. The only time steam gets involved is when the fire and water elementals break loose.