Monsters / Scorpion, Giant
Scorpion, Giant
CR 3 - 800 XP - N Large Vermin
Stat block
AC16 (touch 9, flat-footed 16)HP37 (5d8+15)SavesFort +7, Ref +1, Will +1Melee2 claws +6 (1d6+4 plus grab), sting +6 (1d6+4 plus poison)Speed50 ft.AbilitiesStr 19, Dex 10, Con 16, Int -, Wis 10, Cha 2BAB / CMB / CMD+3 / +8 / 18Sensesdarkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 60 ft.; Perception +4Environmentwarm or temperate deserts, forests, plains, or underground
immune mind-affecting effects
Combat brain - every behavior cites its line (4 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.
mindless (from intelligence)
Int - (no Intelligence score)
Int - (no Intelligence score)
constrict (from special_attacks)
special attacks: constrict 1d6+4 each round it holds
special attacks: constrict 1d6+4 each round it holds
grapple-grab (from melee)
melee: 2 claws +6 (1d6+4 plus grab), sting +6 (1d6+4 plus poison) - grab rides the hit
melee: 2 claws +6 (1d6+4 plus grab), sting +6 (1d6+4 plus poison) - grab rides the hit
bruiser (from abilities)
abilities: Str 19 over Dex 10 - plant and full-attack, soak the hits
abilities: Str 19 over Dex 10 - plant and full-attack, soak the hits
On-hit riders and breath
constrict1d6+4
From the entry
The save DC is Constitution-based and includes a +2 racial bonus. Sting:
Giant scorpions are monstrous versions of the more common desert scorpion. They are likely to attack any creature that approaches. Giant scorpions usually charge when attacking, grabbing prey in their pincers, then lashing their segmented tails forward to kill their victim with injected venom.
Giant scorpions are just over 8 feet long from head to the base of the tail; the tail adds an additional 8 feet or so, although it is usually curled up over the scorpion's back. Giant scorpions weigh between 2,000 and 6,000 pounds.
Giant scorpions normally feed on other giant vermin, as well as large mammals that they paralyze with their venom, but they will attack and eat any living creature that ventures too close. In turn, giant scorpions are preyed upon by purple worms and other large predators.
Giant scorpions engage i...