Giant Moray Eel

Creature 5
  • Large
  • animal
  • aquatic
Perception
+11; low light vision, scent (imprecise) 30 feet
Skills
Acrobatics +9, Athletics +13, Stealth +13
Str +6, Dex +2, Con +3, Int −4, Wis +2, Cha −1
AC
21; Fort +14, Ref +13, Will +9
HP
65; Resistances bludgeoning 5, piercing 5

Ambush ⟲ Trigger A target creature passes within 20 feet of the giant moray eel's hiding place and has not detected the giant moray eel

Effect The giant moray eel lunges out of its hiding place, Swims directly toward the triggering creature, and makes a jaws Strike against it. The target creature is Off-Guard to this attack.

Speed
10 feet, swim 40 feet

Melee ◆ jaws +15 (reach 10 feet, unarmed), Damage 2d6+8 piercing plus Grab

Pharyngeal Jaws ◆◆ Requirements The giant moray eel has a creature Grabbed in its jaws

Effect The giant moray eel uses its second set of jaws to pull the prey into its gullet. The eel deals 1d6+4 piercing damage to the grabbed creature and gains a +2 circumstance bonus to its Swallow Whole attempts and to the DC for the creature to Escape. This effect ends if the target Escapes or the giant moray eel Swallows it Whole.

Swallow Whole ◆ (attack) Small, 1d6+6 bludgeoning, Rupture 12

Grab ◆

Source: Pathfinder Monster Core

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