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1.8 KiB

Mortifera

Large Aberration chaotic neutral

  • Armor Class: 16 (natural armor)
  • Hit Points: 135 (18d10+36)
  • Speed: walk 30 ft. swim 30 ft.
  • Challenge Rating: 6 (2,300 XP)
  • Source: Tome of Beasts 3, page 278
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
18 (+4) 16 (+3) 15 (+2) 8 (-1) 10 (+0) 5 (-3)
  • Skills: perception +0
  • Condition Immunities: blinded, deafened, exhaustion, poisoned
  • Senses: blindsight 60' (blind beyond), passive Perception 13
  • Languages:

Special Abilities

  • Amphibious: Can breathe air and water.
  • False Appearance: While motionless indistinguishable from bed of lotus flowers.
  • Magic Resistance: Advantage: spell/magic effect saves.
  • Poisonous Tendrils: A creature that starts its turn grappled by the mortifera must make DC 15 Con save or be poisoned for 1 min. A poisoned creature can re-save at end of each of its turns success ends effect on itself.

Actions

  • Multiattack: One Fanged Tentacles and two Slams or it makes three Slams. It can replace two Slams with Chomp.
  • Fanged Tentacles: Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, 10 ft., one target, 9 (2d4+4) piercing damage + 9 (2d8) poison and target is grappled (escape DC 15). Until the grapple ends the target is restrained and mortifera can't use its Fanged Tentacles on another.
  • Slam: Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, 5 ft., one target, 10 (1d12+4) bludgeoning damage.
  • Chomp: One creature grappled by mortifera is pulled up to 5 ft. to mortifera's central maw which chomps on creature. Target: 10 (3d6) piercing damage and 13 (3d8) poison (DC 15 Str half).
  • Poison Spray (Recharge 5-6): Sprays poison from its central maw in a 30' cone. Each creature in that area: 27 (6d8) poison (DC 15 Dex half).