Juvenile Giant Antlion
The Griffon's Saddlebag: Book Two p. 373 (Third Party)
- Size
- Large
- Type
- monstrosity
- Alignment
- unaligned
- AC
- 15 (natural armor)
- Hit Points
- 90 (12d10+24)
- Speed
- walk 15 ft., burrow 30 ft.
- Skills
- Perception +5, Stealth +8
- Condition Immunities
- prone
- Senses
- blindsight 10 ft., tremorsense 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius)
- Passive Perception
- 15
- Challenge
- 5
- Lineage
- Giant Antlion
Traits
Proficiency Bonus
+3
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.
Surprise Attack
If the antlion surprises a creature and hits it with an attack during the first round of combat, the target takes an extra 16 (3d10) damage from the attack.
Antlion Cone
The antlion can spend 10 minutes digging a cone-shaped pit in the sand, or some other loose earth. The cone is 20 feet deep and 40 feet across, and the sides are steep enough that the loose earth they are made with is a falling hazard. a standing creature that moves within the cone (even if by forced movement) for the first time on a turn must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or fall prone. A creature that falls prone while within the cone rolls to the bottom.
Actions
Bite
Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d10+4) piercing damage and the target is grappled (escape DC 15). Until this grapple ends the antlion can't bite another target or use its sand throw, and if the target is a creature, it is restrained.
Sand Throw
One creature the antlion can sense within 30 feet of it must succeed on a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw or be knocked prone.
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.