monster

Purple Worm

CR 15

Gargantuan Monstrosity, Unaligned

Reveal Stat Block

Armor Class

Hit Points

247 (15d20 + 90)

Speed

50 ft., burrow 50 ft.

str

dex

-2

con

int

-5

wis

-1

cha

-3

Traits

Tunneler.The worm can burrow through solid rock at half its Burrow Speed|XPHB and leaves a 10-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.

Actions

Multiattack.The worm makes one Bite attack and one Tail Stinger attack.

Bite.m 14, reach 10 ft. ({@damage 3d8 + 9) Piercing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it has the Grappled|XPHB condition (escape 19), and it has the Restrained|XPHB condition until the grapple ends.

Tail Stinger.m 14, reach 10 ft. ({@damage 2d6 + 9) Piercing damage plus 35 (10d6) Poison damage.

Purple Worm

What Gnaws the Roots of the World

Titanic purple worms burrow through the earth and sand. Ever ravenous, they devour smaller creatures and ravage entire communities in their aimless burrowing.

Purple worms alone are bad enough, but the blasted monsters have a knack for unearthing things that are even worse!