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2.0 KiB

Soil Snake

Huge Construct unaligned

  • Armor Class: 14 (natural armor)
  • Hit Points: 115 (11d12+44)
  • Speed: walk 40 ft. burrow 40 ft.
  • Challenge Rating: 4 (1,100 XP)
  • Source: Tome of Beasts 3, page 351
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
21 (+5) 10 (+0) 18 (+4) 6 (-2) 12 (+1) 5 (-3)
  • Skills: perception +1
  • Damage Immunities: poison, psychic
  • Damage Resistances: fire
  • Condition Immunities: charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone
  • Senses: darkvision 60', tremorsense 60', passive Perception 12
  • Languages: understands creator's languages but can't speak

Special Abilities

  • Construct Nature: Doesn't require air food drink or sleep.
  • Grassland Camouflage: Has advantage on Dex (Stealth) checks made to hide in grassland terrain.

Actions

  • Multiattack: One Bite attack and one Tail Whip attack.
  • Bite: Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, 10 ft., one target, 14 (2d8+5) piercing damage.
  • Tail Whip: Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, 10 ft., one target, 16 (2d10+5) bludgeoning damage.
  • Charging Swallow: Partially submerges in the ground and slithers forward scooping up soil and creatures as it goes. The soil snake moves up to 30' in a straight line and can move through the space of any Med or smaller creature. The first time it enters a creature's space during this move that creature: 14 (4d6) bludgeoning damage and is buried as it is swallowed bounced through the hollow inside of the soil snake and deposited back in its space under a pile of soil (DC 14 Dex half damage and isn't buried). A buried creature is restrained and unable to breathe or stand up. A creature including the buried creature can take its action to free the buried creature by succeeding on a DC 14 Str check.
  • Soil Blast (Recharge 5-6): Expels soil in a 30' cone. Each creature in that area: 18 (4d8) bludgeoning damage and is knocked prone (DC 14 Dex half damage not prone).