PURPLE WORM
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| creature=
| style=
| size=Gargantuan | type= Magical Beast
| hd= 16d10+112 | hp=200
| init= –2
| speed= 20 ft. (4 squares), burrow 20 ft., swim 10 ft.
| ac= 19 (–4 size, –2 Dex, +15 natural) | touch= 4 | flat= 19
| bab= +16 | grapple=+40
| at= Bite +25 melee (2d8+12)
| full_at= Bite +25 melee (2d8+12) and sting +20 melee (2d6+6 plus poison)
| space= 20 ft. | reach=15ft.
| sa= Improved grab, swallow whole, poison
| sq= Tremorsense 60 ft.
| fort= +17 | ref= +8 | will= +4
| | str=35| dex=6| con=25| int=1| wis=8| cha=8
| skills= Listen +18, Swim +20
| feats= Awesome Blow, Cleave, Improved Bull Rush, Power Attack, Weapon Focus (bite), Weapon Focus (sting)
| env= Underground
| org= Solitary
| cr= 12
| treas= No coins, 50% goods (stone only), no items
| align= Always neutral
| adv= 16–32 HD (Gargantuan); 33–48 HD (Colossal)
| la= —
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The body of a mature purple worm is 5 feet in diameter and 80 feet long, weighing about 40,000 pounds. The creature has a poisonous stinger in its tail.
COMBAT
In battle, a purple worm forms into a coil 20 feet in diameter, biting and stinging anything within reach.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a purple worm must hit with its bite attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. If it wins the grapple check, it establishes a hold and can attempt to swallow the foe the following round. Poison (Ex): Injury, Fortitude DC 25, initial damage 1d6 Str, secondary damage 2d6 Str. The save DC is Consitution-based. Swallow Whole (Ex): A purple worm can try to swallow a grabbed opponent of a smaller size than itself by making a successful grapple check. Once inside, the opponent takes 2d8+12 points of crushing damage plus 8 points of acid damage per round from the worm’s gizzard. A swallowed creature can cut its way out by using a light slashing or piercing weapon to deal 25 points of damage to the gizzard (AC 17). Once the creature exits, muscular action closes the hole; another swallowed opponent must cut its own way out. A Gargantuan worm’s interior can hold 2 Large, 8 Medium, 32 Small, 128 Tiny, or 512 Diminutive or smaller opponents. Skills: A purple worm has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard. It can always choose to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted or endangered. It can use the run action while swimming, provided it swims in a straight line.- System Reference Document -> List of Creatures (SRD)
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Category:SRD Category:Creature Category:CR12 Category:Gargantuan Size Category:Magical Beast Type Category:Neutral (Law-Chaos) Alignment Category:Neutral (Good-Evil) Alignment Category:Underground Terrain Category:LA-{{OGL Bottom|the System 3.5 Reference Document|SRD}}