monster

Giant Tick

CR 2

Medium Monstrosity, Unaligned

Reveal Stat Block

Armor Class

14 (natural armor)

Hit Points

52 (7d8 + 21)

Speed

30 ft.

str

dex

con

int

-4

wis

cha

-4

Actions

Proboscis.mw 5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. ({@damage 2d6 + 3) piercing damage, and the tick attaches to the target. While attached, the tick can't make Proboscis attacks. The tick can detach itself by spending 5 feet of its movement. As an action, a creature within reach of the tick can try to detach the tick, doing so with a successful 13 Strength check.

Blood Drain.The tick deals 10 (2d6 + 3) necrotic damage to one creature it is physically attached to, provided that creature isn't a Construct or an Undead, or 17 (4d6 + 3) necrotic damage if the creature is a Giant. The tick regains hit points equal to the damage dealt.

Giant Tick

Ticks the size of boars have feasted on the blood of giants for countless ages. Though these parasites are painful nuisances to giants, they can be terrible threats to smaller folk, since a hungry tick will consume the blood of any creature it can catch.