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Soil Snake

Size
Huge
Type
Construct
Challenge Rating
4
Source
Tome of Beasts 3
Alignment
Unaligned
Armor Class
14
Speeds
40, burrow 40
Walking Speed
40
Burrowing Speed
40
Strength Score
21
Dexterity Score
10
Constitution Score
18
Intelligence Score
6
Wisdom Score
12
Charisma Score
5
Skill Proficiencies
Perception
Languages Ref
understands creator's languages but can't speak
Hit Points
115
Condition Immunities
Charmed, Exhaustion 1, Frightened, Paralyzed, Petrified, Poisoned, Prone
Resistances
Resistant to Fire Damage, Immune to Poison Damage, Immune to Psychic Damage

Huge construct, unaligned


Armor Class 14 (natural armor)

Hit Points 115 (11d12+44)

Speed 40 ft., burrow 40 ft.


STR
21 (+5)
DEX
10 (+0)
CON
18 (+4)
INT
6 (−2)
WIS
12 (+1)
CHA
5 (−3)

Skills Perception +1

Damage Resistances fire

Damage Immunities poison, psychic

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

Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)

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).

Stat block from Tome of Beasts 3 (Kobold Press), Open Game Content used under the Open Game License 1.0a. Tome of Beasts 3. ©2022 Open Design LLC. All rights reserved. It is not Geminaea material. See Legal.