Bestiary · Monster

PR 1

Throttler

A throttler is a small ambusher with long, rubbery gray arms, and it can fold into a space no wider than a forearm. It waits above a doorway, reaches down with an arm four feet long and seizes the last creature in a line. A creature it seizes cannot breathe or speak, so the attack is silent.

Throttler, drawn at Small scale
Physiology
Monster
Size
Small
Speed
30 ft., climb 30 ft.
Armor class
15
Hit points
31 (7d6 + 7)
Proficiency
+2
  • STR 16 +3 save +3
  • DEX 14 +2 save +2
  • CON 13 +1 save +1
  • INT 4 -3 save -3
  • WIS 12 +1 save +1
  • CHA 7 -2 save -2
Skills
Stealth +4
Passive Perception
11
Senses
darkvision 60 ft.
Languages
None
Found in
Subterranean , Station Interior

Traits

  • Aberrant Reach

    The throttler's reach is 10 feet, and it can squeeze through a gap wide enough for its head.

  • Quickness

    The throttler takes the Dash or Hide action as a bonus action on each of its turns.

Actions

  • Tentacle

    +5 to hit · reach 10 ft.

    1d6 + 3 bludgeoning damage

    The target is Grappled (escape DC 13). A creature Grappled this way cannot breathe or speak and is Restrained.