monster

Borthak

CR 15

Huge Monstrosity, Chaotic Evil

Reveal Stat Block

Armor Class

16 (natural armor)

Hit Points

200 (16d12 + 96)

Speed

30 ft.

str

dex

con

int

-3

wis

cha

Traits

Glacial Aura.At the end of the borthak's turn, slippery ice covers surfaces within 10 feet of the borthak. This ice is difficult terrain. When a creature other than the borthak enters the ice's area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, it must succeed on a 16 Dexterity saving throw or have the prone condition. The ice disappears at the start of the borthak's next turn.

Webbed Feet.The borthak can move across icy surfaces without needing to make an ability check. Additionally, difficult terrain composed of ice or snow doesn't cost it extra movement.

Actions

Multiattack.The borthak makes one Bite attack or uses Noxious Regurgitation if available, and it makes two Stomp attacks.

Bite.mw 12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. ({@damage 2d8 + 7) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) acid damage.

Stomp.mw 12 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. ({@damage 1d8 + 7) bludgeoning damage.

Noxious Regurgitation 5.The borthak spews acid at a creature it can see within 120 feet of itself. The target must make a 21 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 24 (7d6) acid damage and has the poisoned condition until the start of the borthak's next turn. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage only.

Legendary Actions.The creature can take 3 legendary actions...

Move.The borthak moves up to its speed without provoking opportunity attacks.

Bite (Costs 2 Actions).The borthak makes one Bite attack.

Reactions.Reactions the creature can take:

Reactive Tail.When a creature within 10 feet of the borthak hits the borthak with an attack roll, the borthak swings its tail in retaliation. The triggering creature and any creature within 5 feet of it must succeed on a 16 Dexterity saving throw or take 16 (2d8 + 7) bludgeoning damage.

Borthak

Borthaks are irascible, wolflike behemoths that ravage northern wetlands and alpine fens on Krynn. Few mountain animals can challenge a borthak physically. Its powerful jaws, acidic spittle, and lightning-quick tail make the borthak an apex predator in its home territory.

Luckily for most wetland dwellers, borthaks rarely congregate. Unluckily, a single borthak can wreak havoc on an entire ecosystem with its supernatural ability to siphon heat from the ground. A borthak's body is so efficient at pulling the heat from its surroundings that it can transform a small, temperate glen into a frigid, slushy bog. Native plants and animals rarely survive long in a region a borthak claims as its hunting ground. Once a borthak has depleted an area of flora and fauna, it moves and begins its pillaging anew.