Adult Kruthik

Adult Kruthik

Medium beast
Challenge

STR
2
DEX
3
CON
2
INT
−2
WIS
1
CHA
−1

39
6d8+12
20
Soak
2
Fort
+3
Ref
+3
Will
+0
Defense note natural armor

Speed 8 m., burrow 4 m., climb 8 m.
Skills
Senses darkvision 10 m., tremorsense 10 m.
Languages Kruthik

Keen Smell. The adult kruthik has advantage on Perception checks that rely on smell.

Maneuvers. The adult kruthik uses maneuvers (maneuver save Difficulty 13). It has 5 stamina dice which are d8s, a dice limit of 1, regains all expended stamina dice when it finishes a long rest, and regains half its total stamina dice when it finishes a short rest. It knows the following maneuvers:

1 stamina die: ambush, fountain of blood, lead the attack, pounce, rampage, spring attack, tear flesh

Pack Tactics. The adult kruthik has advantage on attacks made against a creature if at least one of the adult kruthik’s allies is within 1 meter of the creature and the ally isn’t incapacitated.

Tunneler. The adult kruthik can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and leaves a 50-centimeter diameter tunnel in its wake.

Actions (2)

Stab. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) piercing damage.

Spike. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 3/10 m. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage.

Desert, Mountain, Underdarkmtof

Maneuvers

As an action, you can use Stealth without using an action. Additionally, before the end of your next turn, you can add the stamina die to an attack’s damage (add half on a miss by 4 or less) if you have advantage on the attack, or if the creature is within 1 meter of an enemy of the creature that isn’t incapacitated and you don’t have disadvantage on the attack.

Enhance

You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended.

As a reaction, which you use when you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack and reduce it to 0 health, you can rip into your foe as it drops. Each creature of your choice in a sphere twice as big as normal around you must make a Will saving throw.

On a failure, a creature is frightened of you until the end of your next turn.

As an action, make a weapon attack and shout a war cry that victory is at hand, stoking the fires of battle.

On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage and the next attack made against the target by an attacker other than you has advantage if the attack is made before the start of your next turn.

On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.

On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.

Enhance
You can augment this maneuver with the following options, expending stamina dice for each option.
  • You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended.

  • You can expend 3 additional stamina dice to cause all attacks made against the target by an attacker other than you to have advantage.

As an action, make a melee weapon attack against a creature after you move at least 3 meters straight toward it.

On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage and if the creature is your size or smaller, it must succeed on a Reflex saving throw or you knock it prone.

On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.

On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.

Enhance

You can increase the damage and target a creature of a larger size for each additional stamina die expended.

As a reaction, which you use when a hostile creature within 5 meters is reduced to 0 health or a friendly creature within 5 meters is reduced to less than half its health, you can move up to half your speed and attack a creature.

On a hit, the creature takes damage equal to the stamina die, but no additional effects from hitting apply.

On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.

On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.

The damage type is the same as the weapon used.

Enhance

You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended.

As an action, you can use the Dash action. If you move at least 3 meters straight toward a creature, you can make a melee weapon attack against it.

On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage.

On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.

On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.

Enhance

You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended.

As an action, make a melee weapon attack with a natural weapon that deals piercing or slashing damage to cause jagged wounds that bleed.

On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage and the creature is bleeding 1.

On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.

On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.

Enhance

You can increase the damage and bleeding level by 1 for each additional stamina die expended.