Purple Worm
Huge natural beast
Level 16 Solo Soldier XP 7000
Initiative +13 Senses Perception +10; blindsight 10, tremorsense 20
HP 780; Bloodied 390
AC 33 (26 against swallowed creatures); Fortitude 34, Reflex 30, Will 29
Immune gaze, illusion
Saving Throws +5
Speed 6, burrow 3 (tunneling)
Action Points 2
(⚔) Bite (standard, at-will)
Reach 3; +21 vs Reflex; 2d8+7 damage plus the target is grabbed (until escape). The purple worm cannot make bite attacks while grabbing a creature, but it can use clamping jaws.
⚔ Clamping Jaws (standard, at-will)
If a purple worm begins its turn with a target grabbed in its jaws, it makes an attack against the grabbed creature: ; +21 vs Reflex; 2d8+7 damage. Miss: Half damage.
⚔ Swallow (standard, at-will)
The purple worm tries to swallow a bloodied Medium or smaller creature it is grabbing; +21 vs Fortitude; the target is swallowed. The swallowed target is inside the purple worm and is dazed and restrained until it is no longer swallowed. The swallowed target has line of sight and line of effect only to the purple worm, and no creature has line of sight or line of effect to the swallowed target. The only attacks the swallowed target can make are basic attacks. At the start of each of the purple worm's turns, the swallowed target takes 10 damage plus 10 acid damage. When the purple worm dies, the target is no longer swallowed and can escape as a move action, appearing in the purple worm's former space.
Alignment Unaligned Languages -
Str 24 (+15) Dex 16 (+11) Wis 14 (+10)
Con 20 (+13) Int 2 (+4) Cha 4 (+5)
Revision (1/8/2009)
Replace the swallow attack text with the following:
The purple worm tries to swallow a bloodied Medium or smaller creature it is grabbing: +21 vs. Fortitude; the target is swallowed. The swallowed target is inside the purple worm and is dazed and restrained until it is no longer swallowed. The swallowed target has line of sight and line of effect only to the purple worm, and no creature has line of sight or line of effect to the swallowed target. The only attacks the swallowed target can make are basic attacks. At the start of each of the purple worm's turns, the swallowed target takes 10 damage plus 10 acid damage. When the purple worm dies, the target is no longer swallowed and can escape as a move action, appearing in the purple worm's former space.
Published in Monster Manual, page(s) 214.