Monsters / Eel, Giant Moray
Eel, Giant Moray
CR 5 - 1,600 XP - N Large Animal
Stat block
AC19 (touch 11, flat-footed 17)HP52 (7d8+21)SavesFort +8, Ref +9, Will +3Meleebite +11 (2d6+9 plus grab)Speedswim 30 ft.AbilitiesStr 22, Dex 14, Con 16, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 8BAB / CMB / CMD+5 / +12 / 24Senseslow-light vision, scent; Perception +7Environmentwarm oceans
Combat brain - every behavior cites its line (3 rules)
Built only from this entry: stat-block special attacks, the printed Int score, the creature type, its feats and senses, and the behavioral prose of its own description. Nothing invented - an uncited behavior is a test failure.
grapple-grab (from melee)
melee: bite +11 (2d6+9 plus grab) - grab rides the hit
melee: bite +11 (2d6+9 plus grab) - grab rides the hit
bruiser (from abilities)
abilities: Str 22 over Dex 14 - plant and full-attack, soak the hits
abilities: Str 22 over Dex 14 - plant and full-attack, soak the hits
strikes-first (from feats)
feats: Improved Initiative - it moves before you do
feats: Improved Initiative - it moves before you do
On-hit riders and breath
gnaw
From the entry
If a giant moray begins a round with a grabbed foe, it inflicts automatic bite damage (2d6+9 points of damage). A giant moray eel possesses a second set of jaws in its throat that aid in swallowing-it can make a second bite attack (+11 attack, 1d6+3) against a foe it has already grabbed.
The moray eel is a ferocious predator, capable of holding prey in its primary jaws while a smaller set of jaws inside its throat chews away bite-sized portions.