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Giant Snow Beetle

Size
Large
Type
Beast
Challenge Rating
1
Source
Tome of Beasts 2
Alignment
Unaligned
Armor Class
12
Speeds
30
Walking Speed
30
Strength Score
17
Dexterity Score
10
Constitution Score
14
Intelligence Score
1
Wisdom Score
10
Charisma Score
4
Skill Proficiencies
Athletics, Stealth
Vision
Tremorsense (30ft)
Languages Ref
—
Hit Points
45
Resistances
Resistant to Cold Damage

Large beast, unaligned


Armor Class 12 (natural armor)

Hit Points 45 (6d10+12)

Speed 30 ft.


STR
17 (+3)
DEX
10 (+0)
CON
14 (+2)
INT
1 (−5)
WIS
10 (+0)
CHA
4 (−3)

Skills Athletics +5, Stealth +2

Damage Resistances cold

Senses tremorsense 30 ft., passive Perception 10

Languages —

Challenge 1 (200 XP)

Snowball Concealment. The giant snow beetle has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks to hide if it is within 10 feet of a Large or larger snowball. It can attempt to hide even if another creature can see it clearly.

Snowball Roll. The giant snow beetle can spend 1 minute to roll up a ball of snow equal to its size.

Actions

Pincer. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) bludgeoning damage.

Rotten Snowball Shove (Recharge 6). The giant snow beetle tosses one of its carrion-filled snowballs at a point it can see within 20 feet of it. Each creature within 5 feet of that point must make a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, a target takes 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage and becomes poisoned for 1 minute. On a success, a target takes half the damage and isn't poisoned. A poisoned creature can make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the poisoned condition on itself on a success.

Snowball Shove. The giant snow beetle tosses one of its rolled snowballs at a point it can see within 20 feet of it. Each creature within 5 feet of that point must make a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, a target takes 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage and is knocked prone. On a success, a target takes half the damage and isn't knocked prone.

Description

Many types of beetles inhabit the world, and, depending on the location and culture, they are used as food, companions, or beasts of burden by its people._
Forest Beetles. Open Game License

Stat block from Tome of Beasts 2 (Kobold Press), Open Game Content used under the Open Game License 1.0a. Tome of Beasts 2. Copyright 2020 Open Design LLC; Authors Wolfgang Baur, Celeste Conowitch, Darrin Drader, James Introcaso, Philip Larwood, Jeff Lee, Kelly Pawlik, Brian Suskind, Mike Welham. It is not Geminaea material. See Legal.