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Abomination of the Vats CR: 15 (13,000 XP)

Huge monstrosity, unaligned
Armor Class: 19 (natural armor)
Hit Points: 306 ( 18d12+90 )
Speed: 40 ft , swim: 40 ft

STR

23 +6

DEX

12 +1

CON

21 +5

INT

18 +4

WIS

15 +2

CHA

17 +3

Saving Throws: DEX 1d20+6 , CON 1d20+10 , WIS 1d20+7 , CHA 1d20+8
Skills: Perception +12, Stealth +6
Damage Immunities: fire, poison
Condition Immunities: Poisoned
Senses: passive Perception 22
Languages: Gothic
Challenge Rating: 15 (13,000 XP)

Acidic Blood. When the abomination takes piercing or slashing damage, each creature within 5 feet of the hydra takes 9 ( 2d8 ) acid damage.   Amphibious. The abomination can breathe air and water.   Cold Susceptibility. The abomination has disadvantage on saving throws against attacks that do cold damage. On a natural 1 the abomination is stunned until the end of its next turn.   Cloying Miasma. The abomination is surrounded by a noxious stench. At the start of the abomination’s turn, any creature within 5 feet of it must succeed on a DC 19 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the start of the abomination’s next turn.   Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If the abomination fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.   Multiple Heads. The abomination has nine heads. While it has more than one head, the abomination has advantage on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, or knocked unconscious.   Whenever the abomination takes 35 or more damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die, the hydra dies.   At the end of its turn, it grows two heads for each of its heads that died since its last turn, unless it has taken fire damage since its last turn. The abomination regains 10 hit points for each head regrown in this way.   Reactive Heads. For each head the abomination has beyond one, it gets an extra reaction that can be used only for opportunity attacks.   Wakeful. While the abomination sleeps, at least one of its heads is awake.

Actions

Multiattack. The abomination makes as many bite attacks as it has heads.   Bite. Melee Weapon Attack:  1d20+11 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 17 ( 2d10+6 ) piercing damage plus 7 ( 2d6 ) poison damage.   Acidic Spit. Ranged Weapon Attack: 1d20+11 to hit, range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 10 ( 3d6 ) acid damage.   Constrictor Tail. Melee Weapon Attack:Hit: bludgeoning   Fire Breath (Recharge 6). The abomination exhales fire in a 30-foot sphere centered on itself. Each creature in that area must make a DC 19 Dexterity saving throw, taking 56 ( 16d6 ) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Reactions

Punisher. In response to being hit by an attack the abomination may use its Tail or Acid Spit attack.   Toxic Breath (Bloodied). When the abomination is first reduced to half his starting hit points it exhales poisonous gas in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 18 Constitution saving throw, taking 56 ( 16d6 ) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Either way the target is poisoned for 1 minute. While the creature is poisoned it automatically takes 28 poison damage (or 14 poison damage if it made the save) at the end of its next turn. The target may repeat the saving throw to end the effect as the last action in its turn.   Creatures already poisoned have disadvantage on this saving throw.

Though this creature has the multiheaded form of a hydra, it is more snake than dragon and it has an alien slant to its build.

Suggested Environments

Ruins of the the Ancients


Created by

solomani.

Statblock Type

Monster

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