Bestiary · Monster

PR 5

Manticore

A manticore has a lion's body, a human-like face, and a voice like a pipe and a trumpet sounding together. Its tail throws spines the length of a forearm. It eats a kill whole, bones and belt buckles included, so its hunting range shows as an absence of remains.

Manticore, drawn at Large scale
Physiology
Monster, Beast
Size
Large
Speed
40 ft., fly 50 ft.
Armor class
15
Hit points
102 (12d10 + 36)
Proficiency
+3
  • STR 17 +3 save +3
  • DEX 16 +3 save +3
  • CON 17 +3 save +3
  • INT 7 -2 save -2
  • WIS 12 +1 save +1
  • CHA 8 -1 save -1
Skills
Perception +4
Passive Perception
14
Senses
darkvision 60 ft.
Languages
Common; understands Common
Found in
Desert , Highland

Traits

  • Keen Bite

    Its bite scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.

  • Consumes Kills

    A creature it kills is consumed whole within a minute and cannot be recovered.

Actions

  • Multiattack

    Makes one bite attack and two claw attacks, or fires three tail spines.

  • Bite

    +6 to hit · reach 5 ft.

    2d8 + 3 piercing damage

  • Claw

    +6 to hit · reach 5 ft.

    1d10 + 3 slashing damage

  • Tail Spine

    +6 to hit · medium range

    1d8 + 3 piercing damage