Behir
D&D 5e 2024 rules. Stats use the 2024 rules from the System Reference Document 5.2.1.
The Behir is a Huge monstrosity, with Armor Class 17, 168 hit points, and Challenge Rating 11. The behir is a massive, multi-legged monstrosity that combines the speed of a serpent with the power of a dragon.
Stat Block
- Edition: D&D 5e 2024 rules
- Size: Huge
- Type: monstrosity
- Challenge Rating: 11
- Armor Class: 17
- Hit Points: 168
- Speed: 50 ft., climb 50 ft.
- STR: 23
- DEX: 16
- CON: 18
- INT: 7
- WIS: 14
- CHA: 12
- Resistances: Immune: lightning
Abilities & Attacks
Actions Multiattack. The behir makes one Bite attack and uses Constrict. Constrict. Strength Saving Throw: DC 18, one Large or smaller creature the behir can see within 5 feet. Failure: 28 (5d8 + 6) Bludgeoning damage. The target has the Grappled condition (escape DC 16), and it has the Restrained condition until the grapple ends. Lightning Breath (Recharge 5–6). Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 16, each creature in a 90-foot-long, 5-foot-wide Line. Failure: 66 (12d10) Lightning damage. Success: Half damage. Bonus Actions Swallow. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 18, one Large or smaller creature Grappled by the behir (the behir can have only one creature swallowed at a time). Failure: The behir swallows the target, which is no longer Grappled. While swallowed, a creature has the Blinded and Restrained conditions, has Total Cover against attacks and other effects outside the behir, and takes 21 (6d6) Acid damage at the start of each of the behir's turns. If the behir takes 30 damage or more on a single turn from the swallowed creature, the behir must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw at the end of that turn or regurgitate the creature, which falls in a space within 10 feet of the behir and has the Prone condition. If the behir dies, a swallowed creature is no longer Restrained and can escape from the corpse by using 15 feet of movement, exiting Prone.
Common Questions
How much HP does a Behir have?
168 hit points.
What is a Behir's Challenge Rating?
Challenge Rating 11.
What is a Behir's Armor Class?
AC 17.
How fast can a Behir move?
Speed 50 ft., climb 50 ft.
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