Purple Worm

Source: Monster Manual (2024) p. 250. Available in the SRD and the Free Rules (2024)

Purple Worm

What Gnaws the Roots of the World

Habitat. Desert, Underdark
Treasure. None

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

A quote from Morrikan d'Kundarak

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

"name": "Purple Worm (XMM)" "size": "Gargantuan" "type": "monstrosity" "alignment": "Unaligned" "ac": !!int "18" "hp": !!int "247" "hit_dice": "15d20 + 90" "modifier": !!int "3" "stats": - !!int "28" - !!int "7" - !!int "22" - !!int "1" - !!int "8" - !!int "4" "speed": "50 ft., burrow 50 ft." "saves": - "constitution": !!int "11" - "wisdom": !!int "4" "senses": "[Blindsight](../../../Compendium/rules/senses#blindsight) 30 ft., Tremorsense\ \ 60 ft., passive Perception 9" "languages": "" "cr": "15" "traits": - "desc": "The worm can burrow through solid rock at half its [Burrow Speed](../../../Compendium/rules/variant-rules/burrow-speed-xphb)\ \ and leaves a 10-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake." "name": "Tunneler" "actions": - "desc": "The worm makes one Bite attack and one Tail Stinger attack." "name": "Multiattack" - "desc": "*Melee Attack Roll:* +14, reach 10 ft. *Hit:* 22 (3d8 + 9) Piercing\ \ damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it has the [Grappled](../../../Compendium/rules/conditions#grappled)\ \ condition (escape DC 19), and it has the [Restrained](../../../Compendium/rules/conditions#restrained)\ \ condition until the grapple ends." "name": "Bite" - "desc": "*Melee Attack Roll:* +14, reach 10 ft. *Hit:* 16 (2d6 + 9) Piercing\ \ damage plus 35 (10d6) Poison damage." "name": "Tail Stinger" "bonus_actions": - "desc": "*Strength Saving Throw:* DC 19, one Large or smaller creature [Grappled](../../../Compendium/rules/conditions#grappled)\ \ by the worm (it can have up to three creatures swallowed at a time). *Failure:*\ \ The target is swallowed by the worm, and the [Grappled](../../../Compendium/rules/conditions#grappled)\ \ condition ends. A swallowed creature has the [Blinded](../../../Compendium/rules/conditions#blinded)\ \ and [Restrained](../../../Compendium/rules/conditions#restrained) conditions, has\ \ [Total Cover](../../../Compendium/tables/cover-table-xphb) against attacks\ \ and other effects outside the worm, and takes 17 (5d6) Acid damage at the\ \ start of each of the worm's turns.\n\nIf the worm takes 30 damage or more\ \ on a single turn from a creature inside it, the worm must succeed on a DC\ \ 21 Constitution saving throw at the end of that turn or regurgitate all swallowed\ \ creatures, each of which falls in a space within 5 feet of the worm and has\ \ the [Prone](../../../Compendium/rules/conditions#prone) condition. If the worm dies,\ \ any swallowed creature no longer has the [Restrained](../../../Compendium/rules/conditions#restrained)\ \ condition and can escape from the corpse using 20 feet of movement, exiting\ \ [Prone](../../../Compendium/rules/conditions#prone)." "name": "Swallow" "source": - "XMM" "image": "Compendium/bestiary/monstrosity/token/purple-worm-xmm.webp"

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