Snow Beetle, Giant

Large beast, unaligned

Armor Class 12 (natural armor)
Hit Points 45 (6d10 + 12)
Speed 30 ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
17 (+3) 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 1 (–5) 10 (+0) 4 (–3)

Skills Athletics +5, Stealth +2
Damage Resistances cold
Senses tremorsense 30 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages
Challenge 1 (200 XP)

SPECIAL TRAITS

  • Snowball Concealment. The giant snow beetle has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks to hide if it is within 10 feet of a Large or larger snowball. It can attempt to hide even if another creature can see it clearly.
  • Snowball Roll. The giant snow beetle can spend 1 minute to roll up a ball of snow equal to its size.

ACTIONS

  • Pincer. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) bludgeoning damage.
  • Rotten Snowball Shove (Recharge 6). The giant snow beetle tosses one of its carrion-filled snowballs at a point it can see within 20 feet of it. Each creature within 5 feet of that point must make a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, a target takes 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage and becomes poisoned for 1 minute. On a success, a target takes half the damage and isn’t poisoned. A poisoned creature can make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the poisoned condition on itself on a success.
  • Snowball Shove. The giant snow beetle tosses one of its rolled snowballs at a point it can see within 20 feet of it. Each creature within 5 feet of that point must make a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, a target takes 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage and is knocked prone. On a success, a target takes half the damage and isn’t knocked prone.
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