Megalodon
Ancient Abyssal, Huge Biological Underling (Tier 3, CR 3)
Core Numerics
| Stat | Value | Stat | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier | 3 | Hit Points | 228 HP |
| Initiative | +0 | Speed | 50 ft., 50 ft. burrow, 50 ft. swim |
| Damage (base) | 30 | Damage (mod) | +12 |
Base Stats
| Attribute | STR | CON | DEX | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modifier | +7 | +0 | +0 | +0 | +7 | +9 |
Defenses
| Defense | Value | Defense | Value | Defense | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC | 13 | Aegis | 12 | Fort | 17 |
| Ref | 11 | Will | 16 | DC | 20 |
Anatomy
Head (+4): +50% damage to headshots. Jaws (+2): Required to use items, grapple, and perform actions. Has disadvantage to grapple for 1 round if hit, or forces immediate grapple check against attack roll to maintain it if one is active. Dorsal Fin (+4): Crippled (half) for 1 round when damaged or grappled.. Artery (Secret: DC) (+4): Has 40 HP. If destroyed, target has DoT (40, until healed with psionics) Opening (Secret: DC) (+0): Attacks against this have +2 to hit.
Traits
Ambush Predator: Has advantage to hit during a surprise round.
Actions
Bite: Major action - Melee weapon attack, 5 ft. range, single-target, 30 damage, Rot (1), grapples on hit. Burrow: Minor action - Martial ability, the Megalodon burrows or unburrows. While burrowed, it cannot attack, but can go underground and can go through cover and thin walls freely. Miasma: Reaction - Ranged psionic attack, 30 ft. radius, all targets, targets Fortitude, 18 damage, Rot (1). Crush: Minor action - Melee weapon attack, 0 ft. range, single-target, auto-hits, 18 damage, Rot (1), grappled targets only. Biofeedback: Special - When the Teratoma Rot deals damage with an Aimed attack, it also inflicts Fade or Sunder (1, stacks to 3). Rot: Special - When the Teratoma Rot deals damage, it also inflicts Rot (1). Rot is a unique condition; any creature that reaches Rot (8) immediately takes 42 damage, and the Teratoma Rot heals for the same amount.
Tactics
Same tactics as the Landshark, with the addition of Rot creating a sense of urgency in players.
Drops
870 EXP, 30 T3 Grist, 60 T2 Grist, 180 T1 Grist, 870 BG
Description
These landsharks, instead of dying to their parasitic cancer, survived into symbiosis with the disease. Sadly for everyone else, no one told them medicine doesn’t work that way, and now they are all the stronger for it.