Armor Class
18
Purple Worm
Gargantuan Monstrosity · Unaligned
Hit Points
247 (15d20 + 90)
Speed
Walk 50 ft., Burrow 50 ft.
CR
15
Traits
Tunneler
The worm can burrow through solid rock at half its Burrow Speed and leaves a 10-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.
Actions
Multiattack
The worm makes one Bite attack and one Tail Stinger attack.
Bite
Melee Attack +14, reach 10 ft. 22 () Piercing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it has the condition (escape DC 19), and it has the condition until the grapple ends.
PiercingTail Stinger
Melee Attack +14, reach 10 ft. 16 () Piercing damage plus 35 () Poison damage.
PoisonBonus Actions
Swallow
STR Save DC 19, one Large or smaller creature by the worm (it can have up to three creatures swallowed at a time).
Failure: The target is swallowed by the worm, and the condition ends. A swallowed creature has the and conditions, has Cover against attacks and other effects outside the worm, and takes 17 () Acid damage at the start of each of the worm's turns.
If the worm takes 30 damage or more on a single turn from a creature inside it, the worm must succeed on a DC 21 Constitution saving throw at the end of that turn or regurgitate all swallowed creatures, each of which falls in a space within 5 feet of the worm and has the condition. If the worm dies, any swallowed creature no longer has the condition and can escape from the corpse using 20 feet of movement, exiting .
Failure: The target is swallowed by the worm, and the condition ends. A swallowed creature has the and conditions, has Cover against attacks and other effects outside the worm, and takes 17 () Acid damage at the start of each of the worm's turns.
AcidIf the worm takes 30 damage or more on a single turn from a creature inside it, the worm must succeed on a DC 21 Constitution saving throw at the end of that turn or regurgitate all swallowed creatures, each of which falls in a space within 5 feet of the worm and has the condition. If the worm dies, any swallowed creature no longer has the condition and can escape from the corpse using 20 feet of movement, exiting .