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Portrait of the Giant Crocodile
Creature · Built-in

Giant Crocodile

Huge Beast, unaligned

  • High difficulty
  • CR 5
  • Melee
  • Ambusher

An ancient crocodile as long as a riverboat; fishermen leave it an offering and still lose a man every year.

Statistics

Armor Class
14 (armored hide)
Hit Points
85 (9d12 + 27)
Speed
Walk 20 ft, Swim 30 ft
Challenge
CR 5 · 1800 XP
Size
Huge — Takes a 3-by-3 block of map cells.
Skills
Stealth +2
STR21+5
DEX9−1
CON17+3
INT2−4
WIS10+0
CHA7−2

Attacks

Multiattack

Bite, Tail

Bite Melee

+8 to hit · Reach 5 ft (1 map cell)

Damage: 3d10 + 5 piercing

Grapples the target.

Tail Melee

+8 to hit · Reach 10 ft (2 map cells)

Damage: 2d8 + 5 bludgeoning

Abilities

Death Roll At will

GM guidance: a grappled victim is pulled underwater and cannot breathe.

Defenses

No special resistances, immunities or vulnerabilities.

Environment & tags

Environments
Swamp, Coastal
Groups
Giant Animals, Aquatic, Swamp
Tags
beast, water, giant-animal, ambush