Giant Antlion Hatchling
The Griffon's Saddlebag: Book Two p. 372 (Third Party)
- Size
- Medium
- Type
- monstrosity
- Alignment
- unaligned
- AC
- 12 (natural armor)
- Hit Points
- 16 (3d8+3)
- Speed
- walk 10 ft., burrow 20 ft.
- Skills
- Perception +3, Stealth +5
- Condition Immunities
- prone
- Senses
- blindsight 5 ft., tremorsense 30 ft. (blind beyond this radius)
- Passive Perception
- 13
- Challenge
- 1
- Lineage
- Giant Antlion
Traits
Proficiency Bonus
+2
Ambusher
The antlion has advantage on attack rolls against any creature it has surprised.
Burrowed Camouflage
While it is at least partially burrowed, the antlion has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide in sand or loose earth.
Actions
Bite
Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d8+2) piercing damage and the target is grappled (escape DC 12). Until this grapple ends the antlion can't bite another target.
Reactions
Snapping Jaws
While the antlion is benefitting from its Burrowed Camouflage and not grappling a creature, when a creature the antlion can sense moves into the antlion's space, it can make a bite attack against that creature.
Other data
description
Giant antlions are the kinds of creatures that inspire nightmares. Like their smaller relatives, giant antlions hide in sand or other loose earth, and wait to ambush hapless passersby with their deadly jaws, which resemble a massive, chitinous bear trap.
Desert Trappers. Once it has found a suitable location, an antlion will then set its trap. Juvenile and adult antlions will even dig a steep, conical pit lined with loose sand, creating a hazard that prey can easily slip and tumble down, rolling directly into the beast's waiting jaws.
H'rethi Specimens. In stark contrast to other regions, giant antlions of the H'rethi Desert seem to roam the dunes and dig their traps by night, resulting in occasional night ambushes and making it impossible to track their ever-changing territory.