Kraken

Physiology

Monster, Beast

Size

Colossal

Speed

20 ft., swim 80 ft.

Armor class

20 (ancient hide)

Hit points

297 (17d20 + 119)

Proficiency

+6

• STR 30 +10 save +16
• DEX 11 +0 save +6
• CON 25 +7 save +13
• INT 20 +5 save +11
• WIS 18 +4 save +4
• CHA 20 +5 save +5

Skills

Perception +10 , Insight +10

Passive Perception

20

Senses

truesight 120 ft., blindsight 120 ft., telepathy 120 ft.

Languages

understands Primordial

Damage resistances

cold, bludgeoning, piercing, slashing

Damage immunities

lightning, poison

Condition immunities

frightened , paralyzed , poisoned , prone

Found in

Oceanic Trench , Open Ocean

Spells

Channels with CHA. Save DC 19, spell attack +11 .

Casts innately, with no components and no gestures. Its control of water and weather is not learned behavior.

• At will Control Water , Detect Thoughts , Gust of Wind
• 3/day each Dominate Beast , Breaker
• 1/day each Nimbus , Undertow

Traits

• Legendary Resistance

  Three times per day, when it fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

• Amphibious

  Breathes air and water.

• Siege Frame

  Deals double damage to vessels and structures.

Actions

• Tentacle

  +16 to hit · reach 30 ft.

  3d10 + 10 bludgeoning damage

  Three attacks. A Huge or smaller creature hit is Grappled. The kraken can hold up to ten Grappled creatures at once, and maintaining them costs it no action.

• Drag Under

  DC 24 Strength save

  Each creature Grappled by the kraken is pulled underwater and takes 12d8 bludgeoning damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success.

• Lightning Storm

  DC 19 Dexterity save

  Three bolts, each to a point within 120 feet. Each creature within 10 feet of a bolt takes 6d8 lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success. Recharges on a 5 or 6.

• Ink Cloud Reaction

  When the kraken takes damage while underwater, it fills a 60-foot radius around itself with ink. The area is heavily obscured until the end of the kraken's next turn, the kraken can see through it, and it can immediately swim up to half its speed. Creatures Grappled by it are carried with it.

• Tentacle Sweep Legendary

  The kraken attacks one creature it can see with a tentacle.

• Hull Strike Legendary

  DC 24 Dexterity save

  The kraken strikes a vessel or structure it can reach. The vessel takes 4d10 bludgeoning damage, doubled by Siege Frame, and every creature aboard must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or be knocked Prone.

• Haul In Legendary

  This action costs two legendary actions. Every creature Grappled by the kraken is pulled 30 feet toward it and, if that puts it underwater, begins suffocating.