# Manticore

*Large* *Monstrosity*

- **Armor Class:** 14
- **Hit Points:** 68 (8d10+24)
- **Speed:** walk 30 ft. fly 50 ft.
- **Challenge Rating:** 3 (700 XP)
- **Source:** A5e Monstrous Menagerie, page 320

| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16 (+3) | 14 (+2) | 16 (+3) | 8 (-1) | 12 (+1) | 8 (-1) |

- **Skills:** 
- **Senses:** darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
- **Languages:** Common

### Actions

- **Multiattack:** The manticore attacks with its bite and its claws.
- **Bite:** Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) piercing damage.
- **Claws:** Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (2d4 + 3) slashing damage. If the manticore moves at least 20 feet straight towards the target before the attack  the target makes a DC 13 Strength saving throw  falling prone on a failure.
- **Tail:** Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage.
- **Tail Spike Volley (4/Day):** The manticore fires tail spikes in a 5-foot-wide  60-foot-long line. Each creature in the area makes a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw  taking 14 (4d6) piercing damage on a failure or half damage on a success.

### Reactions

- **Tail Whip:** If a creature the manticore can see hits it with a melee attack, the manticore attacks the attacker with its tail. If it hits, it can fly up to half its fly speed without provoking opportunity attacks from the attacker.