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Crab, Shipwrecker

CR 13.00 Vermin N Colossal

Claws the size of rowboats dominate the form of this massive crab. Barnacles and sea grass cling to the creature's thick shell.

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Description

A bane to all vessels traveling the seas, shipwrecker crabs can ruin the career of a merchant captain in minutes, destroying her ship, dumping its cargo into the waters below, and plucking her drowning crew from the wreckage for food.

Shipwrecker crabs live most of their lives in shallow seas, coming near the coast or surface to hunt and feed.

A shipwrecker crab measures 50 feet across, with two long arms capable of extending a further 30 feet each, and weighs 6 tons.

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Combat Stats

HP: 189 (14d8+126)
AC: 27, touch 5, flat-footed 24 (+3 Dex, +22 natural, -8 size)
Speed: 30 ft., swim 40 ft.
Init: +3
Melee: 2 claws +16 (2d8+21 plus grab)
Space: 30 ft.
Reach: 30 ft.
BAB: +10
CMB: +32 (+36 grapple)
CMD: 45 (61 vs. trip)
Fort: +18
Ref: +7
Will: +6
Racial Modifiers: +8 Perception

Special Attacks

constrict (2d8+21)

Special Qualities

Powerful Claws — A shipwrecker crab's claw attacks deal damage equal to 1-1/2 times its Strength modifier. In addition, a shipwrecker crab ignores up to 5 points of hardness when damaging objects.

Skills

Perception +10, Swim +22

Details

Type: Vermin
Alignment: N
Size: Colossal
Environment: any water
Organization: solitary or cast (2-12)
Treasure: none
Senses: darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +10
Source: Bestiary 3

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