Giant Moray Eel

Pathfinder Remaster. Stats use the Pathfinder Remaster rules from Pathfinder Monster Core.

The Giant Moray Eel is a Level 5 creature, with Armor Class 21 and 65 hit points. A massive predatory fish that launches devastating ambushes from narrow underwater crevices.

Giant Moray Eel, original Pathfinder 2e monster artwork by ZapGM

Stat Block

Abilities & Attacks

Ambush (reaction). Trigger A target creature passes within 20 feet of the giant moray eel's hiding place and has not detected the giant moray eel. Effect The giant moray eel lunges out of its hiding place, Swims directly toward the triggering creature, and makes a jaws Strike against it. The target creature is Off-Guard to this attack. Pharyngeal Jaws (2 actions). Requirements The giant moray eel has a creature Grabbed in its jaws. Effect The giant moray eel uses its second set of jaws to pull the prey into its gullet. The eel deals 1d6+4 piercing damage to the grabbed creature and gains a +2 circumstance bonus to its Swallow Whole attempts and to the DC for the creature to Escape. This effect ends if the target Escapes or the giant moray eel Swallows it Whole. Swallow Whole (1 action) (attack). Small, 1d6+6 bludgeoning, Rupture 12. The monster attempts to swallow a creature of the listed size or smaller that it has grabbed or restrained in its jaws or mouth. If a swallowed creature is of the maximum size listed, the monster can't use Swallow Whole again. If the creature is smaller than the maximum, the monster can usually swallow more creatures; the GM determines the maximum. The monster attempts an Athletics check opposed by the grabbed creature's Reflex DC. If it succeeds, it swallows the creature. The monster's mouth or jaws no longer grab a creature it has swallowed, so the monster is free to use them to Strike or Grab once again. The monster can't attack creatures it has swallowed. A swallowed creature is Grabbed, is Slowed 1, and has to hold its breath or start suffocating. The swallowed creature takes the listed amount of damage when first swallowed and at the end of each of its turns while it's swallowed. If the victim Escapes this ability's grabbed condition, it exits through the monster's mouth. This frees any other creature grabbed in the monster's mouth or jaws. A swallowed creature can attack the monster that has swallowed it, but only with unarmed attacks or with weapons of light Bulk or less. The swallowing creature is Off-Guard against the attack. If the monster takes piercing or slashing damage equaling or exceeding the listed Rupture value from a single attack or spell, the swallowed creature cuts itself free. A creature that gets free by either Escaping or cutting itself free can immediately breathe and exits the swallowing monster's space. If the monster dies, a swallowed creature can be freed by creatures adjacent to the corpse if they spend a combined total of 3 actions cutting the monster open with a weapon or unarmed attack that deals piercing or slashing damage. Grab (1 action). Requirements The monster's last action was a successful Strike that lists Grab in its damage entry, or the monster has a creature Grabbed or Restrained. Effect If used after a Strike, the monster attempts to Grapple the creature using the body part it attacked with. This attempt neither applies nor counts toward the creature's multiple attack penalty. The monster can instead use Grab and choose one creature it's grabbing or restraining with an appendage that has Grab to automatically extend that condition to the end of the monster's next turn.

Common Questions

How much HP does a Giant Moray Eel have?

65 hit points.

What level is a Giant Moray Eel?

Level 5.

What is a Giant Moray Eel's Armor Class?

AC 21.

How fast can a Giant Moray Eel move?

Speed 10 ft., swim 40 ft.

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