Actions/Abilities/Traits: D&D 5e
Action
Bite
Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (2d12 + 5) piercing damage.
Action
Claws
Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5) slashing damage. If the target is a creature, the target is grappled (escape DC 17). The grendel has two claws. While a claw grapples a target, the claw can attack only that target. When the grendel moves, any Medium or smaller target it is grappling moves with it.
Action
Multiattack
The grendel makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws.
Action
Swallow
The grendel makes one bite attack against a Medium or smaller target it is grappling. If the attack hits, the target is swallowed, and the grapple ends. The swallowed target is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the grendel, and it takes 10 (3d6) acid damage at the start of each of the grendel's turns. The grendel can have only one target swallowed at a time. If the grendel dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse using 5 feet of movement, exiting prone.
Reaction
Bloody Rampage
When the grendel takes damage, it makes one attack with its claws against a random creature within its reach.
Special
Ambusher
In the first round of a combat, the grendel has advantage on attack rolls against any creature it surprised.
Special
Bloodthirsty Frenzy
The grendel has advantage on attack rolls against frightened creatures.
Special
Horrific Appearance
Any humanoid that starts its turn within 30 feet of the grendel and can see it form must make a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, with disadvantage if the grendel is within line of sight, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the grendel's Horrific Appearance for the next 24 hours. Unless the target is surprised, the target can avert its eyes and avoid making the initial saving throw. Until the start of its next turn, a creature that averts its eyes has disadvantage on attack rolls against the grendel.
Special
Shadow Stealth
While in dim light or darkness, the grendel can take the Hide action as a bonus action.
This horrific, hulking beast is only barely humanoid, with large claws, warty skin, and a terrifying visage.
A whirlwind of teeth and claws, grendels are spawned by ketta and used by them to exact revenge upon all that is good. As fiends, they have an innate hatred of song and revelry; the grendel particularly so. It strikes in the dead of night, murdering as many humanoids as it can, greedily gulping down those it can eat quickly and carrying off any others for devouring later. These victims are shared with the ketta that spawned it, and in this regard the grendel regards the ketta as its “mother.”
5e SRD
Actions/Abilities/Traits: D&D 5e
Actions/Abilities/Traits: Pathfinder 2e
Ability
Attack of Opportunity [Reaction]
Grendel gains an extra reaction at the start of each of his turns that he can use only to make an Attack of Opportunity with his claw. He can't use more than one Attack of Opportunity triggered by the same action.
Ability
Ferocity
Ability
Frightful Presence
(aura, emotion, fear, mental) 60 feet, DC 38.
Ability
Hands of the Murderer
Grendel's fist Strikes deal 18 bludgeoning damage on a failure (but no damage on a critical failure).
Ability
Keen Hearing
Grendel's hearing is a precise sense to a range of 120 feet.
Ability
Throw Rock
Ability
Tooth Grind
Circumstance: Grendel is grabbing a creature;
Grendel makes a bludgeoning jaws Strike against the creature he's grabbing. On a hit, the creature also takes 2d6 persistent bleed damage and becomes wounded 1, or increases its wounded value by 1 if already wounded. On a critical hit, the creature instead becomes wounded 2, or increases its wounded value by 2 if already wounded. If a creature dies from Tooth Grind, Grendel regains 40 HP; this is a healing effect.
Ability
Unstoppable [Reaction]
Circumstance: Trigger: Grendel would take persistent damage or gain one of the
The persistent damage or condition from the triggering effect doesn't affect Grendel.
Offense
Melee
Circumstance: combat round (melee)
fist +37 [+33/+29] (agile, magical, reach 10 feet), Damage 4d8+18 bludgeoning plus Improved Grab
Offense
Ranged
Circumstance: combat round (ranged)
rock +37 [+32/+27] (brutal, range increment 150 feet), Damage 2d12+18 bludgeoning
Trait
Humanoid
Humanoid creatures reason and act much like humans. They typically stand upright and have two arms and two legs.
Language
Common
Perception
darkvision
keen hearing 120 feet
Resistance
all 15 (except unarmed attacks)
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