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It can use the run action while swimming, provided it swims in a straight line.īack to Main Page → 3.5e Open Game Content → System Reference Document → Creatures Open Game Content ( place problems on the discussion page). It can always choose to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted or endangered. Skills: A purple worm has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard.
A Gargantuan worm’s interior can hold 2 Large, 8 Medium, 32 Small, 128 Tiny, or 512 Diminutive or smaller opponents. Once the creature exits, muscular action closes the hole another swallowed opponent must cut its own way out. A swallowed creature can cut its way out by using a light slashing or piercing weapon to deal 25 points of damage to the gizzard ( AC 17).
Once inside, the opponent takes 2d8+12 points of crushing damage plus 8 points of acid damage per round from the worm’s gizzard. Swallow Whole ( Ex): A purple worm can try to swallow a grabbed opponent of a smaller size than itself by making a successful grapple check. Poison ( Ex): Injury, Fortitude DC 25, initial damage 1d6 Str, secondary damage 2d6 Str. If it wins the grapple check, it establishes a hold and can attempt to swallow the foe the following round. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity. Improved Grab ( Ex): To use this ability, a purple worm must hit with its bite attack. In battle, a purple worm forms into a coil 20 feet in diameter, biting and stinging anything within reach. The creature has a poisonous stinger in its tail. The body of a mature purple worm is 5 feet in diameter and 80 feet long, weighing about 40,000 pounds. No coins, 50% goods (stone only), no itemsġ6–32 HD (Gargantuan) 33–48 HD (Colossal) Str 35, Dex 6, Con 25, Int 1, Wis 8, Cha 8Īwesome Blow, Cleave, Improved Bull Rush, Power Attack, Weapon Focus (bite), Weapon Focus (sting)