Editing Dusanu

[[File:Dusanu MC Mystara.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''RETURN THE SLAB'']]
The '''Dusanu''' is an old and obscure [[Gotcha Monster]] from [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. Whilst it at first appears to be a humble [[skeleton]], it is actually a parasitic [[fungus]] that feeds on dead flesh and which can, somehow, infest bones and then animate them to use them as a way to find new sources of food to eat and germinate spores on. As a result it's actually not hurt by anything specifically focused on the [[Undead]], it's actually impervious to the trusty bludgeoning weapons you would normally rely on to destroy a skeleton (the bones have been left all rubbery, so they just sort of bounce back into shape), and it can deliver a very nasty rotting disease slash mold infestation with its claws.

The Dusanu appeared in the adventure module [[Desert Nomads series|X5: The Temple of Death]], although - like the [[geonid]] - didn't join its buddies the [[Malfera]] or the [[Hengeyokai|Mujina]] for the Companion Set. The BXCMI Creature Catalogue collected them all, belatedly.

As for fungus-controlled zombies, of course the 1984 Dusanu far precedes ''The Last Of Us'' so: maybe this shouldn't be as obscure as it is.

The Dusanu was updated to [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 2nd edition in the [[Mystara]] appendix for the Monstrous Compendium. Creature Catalog IV in ''Dragon'' #339 brought it to 3.5. It got into [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]] via an article in plant-and-fungus-themed [[Dungeon Magazine]] #195.

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Dusanu AC9.png|This one apparently infested the skeleton of an Australopithecus. 
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[[Category: Monsters]] [[Category: Dungeons & Dragons]] [[Category: Mystara]]