Shoggoth
Pathfinder Remaster. Stats use the Pathfinder Remaster rules from Pathfinder Monster Core 2.
The Shoggoth is a Level 18 creature, with Armor Class 39 and 275 hit points. A shoggoth is a massive, amorphous mountain of protoplasmic sludge that functions as a self-aware biological engine of destruction.
Stat Block
- Edition: Pathfinder Remaster
- Size: Huge
- Type: aberration
- Level: 18
- Armor Class: 39
- Hit Points: 275
- Speed: 40 ft., climb 25 ft., swim 50 ft.
- STR: 10
- DEX: 6
- CON: 9
- INT: -3
- WIS: 6
- CHA: 1
- Fortitude Save: +33
- Reflex Save: +30
- Will Save: +30
- Perception: +34
- Senses: darkvision, scent (imprecise) 60 feet, tremorsense (imprecise) 60 feet
- Skills: Athletics +36, Intimidation +29
- Traits: rare, aberration, amphibious
- Immunities: blinded, controlled, critical hits, deafened, precision, sleep
- Resistances: acid 20, cold 20, sonic 20
Abilities & Attacks
Hit Points: 275 (fast healing 20) Armor Class: 39 (all-around vision) Saving Throws: +1 status to all saves vs. magic Tremorsense (Imprecise) 60 feet. Tremorsense allows a monster to feel the vibrations through a solid surface caused by movement. It is an imprecise sense with a limited range (listed in the ability). Tremorsense functions only if the monster is on the same surface as the subject, and only if the subject is moving along (or burrowing through) the surface. All-Around Vision. This monster can see in all directions simultaneously and therefore can't be flanked. +1 Status to All Saves vs. Magic Fast Healing 20. A monster with this ability regains the given number of Hit Points each round at the beginning of its turn. Maddening Cacophony (auditory, aura, incapacitation, mental). 60 feet. A shoggoth constantly voices syllables and mutterings that mortals were not meant to hear. A creature entering the aura or starting its turn in the aura must succeed at a DC 38 Will save or become Confused for 1 round (2d4 rounds on a critical failure). A creature that successfully saves is temporarily immune for 24 hours. Constrict (1 action). 2d10+15 bludgeoning, DC 40 basic Fortitude save. The monster deals the listed amount of damage to any number of creatures Grabbed or Restrained by it. Each of those creatures can attempt a basic Fortitude save with the listed DC. Eat Away. A creature that begins its turn inside the shoggoth takes 9d6 acid damage. Engulf (2 actions). DC 40 Reflex save, 6d6 acid damage, Escape, Rupture 40. The monster Strides up to double its Speed and can move through the spaces of any creatures in its path. Any creature of the monster's size or smaller whose space the monster moves through can attempt a Reflex save with the listed DC to avoid being engulfed. A creature unable to act automatically critically fails this save. If a creature succeeds at its save, it can choose to be either pushed aside (out of the monster's path) or pushed in front of the monster to the end of the monster's movement. The monster can attempt to Engulf the same creature only once in a single use of Engulf. The monster can contain as many creatures as can fit in its space. A creature that fails its save is pulled into the monster's body. It is Grabbed, is Slowed 1, and has to hold its breath or start suffocating. The creature takes the listed amount of damage when first engulfed and at the end of each of its turns while it's engulfed. An engulfed creature can get free by Escaping against the listed escape DC. An engulfed creature can attack the monster engulfing it, but only with unarmed attacks or with weapons of light Bulk or less. The engulfing 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 engulfed creature cuts itself free. A creature that gets free by either method can immediately breathe and exits the swallowing monster's space. If the monster dies, all creatures it has engulfed are automatically released as the monster's form loses cohesion. 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 Shoggoth have?
275 hit points.
What level is a Shoggoth?
Level 18.
What is a Shoggoth's Armor Class?
AC 39.
How fast can a Shoggoth move?
Speed 40 ft., climb 25 ft., swim 50 ft.
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