Remorhaz

Overview

From beneath the snow and ice bursts a remorhaz in a cloud of steam, its body pulsing with an internal fire. Winglike fins flare from the back of the creature’s head, and its wide mouth brims with jagged teeth.

Arctic Predators

Remorhazes live in arctic climes, preying on elk, polar bears, and other creatures sharing their territory. They can’t tolerate warm weather, having adapted to the cold by generating a furnace-like heat within their bodies. When hunting, a remorhaz burrows deep below the snow and ice and lies in wait for the faint vibrations created by a creature moving above it. While hidden under the ice and snow, it can lower its body temperature so that it doesn’t melt its cover.

Young Ones

Frost giant hunters scour the icy wastes for remorhaz nests and eggs. The giants prize young remorhazes, which can be trained from hatching to obey commands and guard the giants’ icy citadels. Unlike fully grown specimens, young remorhazes gnaw on their victims instead of swallowing them whole.

Young Remorhaz CR: 5 (1,800 XP)

Large monstrosity, unaligned

Armor Class: 14

Hit Points: 93 (11d10 + 33)

Speed: 30 ft , burrow: 20 ft

STR

18 +4

DEX

13 +1

CON

17 +3

INT

3 -4

WIS

10 +0

CHA

4 -3

Damage Immunities: Cold, Fire

Senses: Darkvision 60 feet, Tremorsense 60 feet, Passive Perception 10

Languages: None

Challenge Rating: 5 (1,800 XP)

Heated Body. A creature that touches the remorhaz or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 2d6 fire damage.

Actions

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 feet, one target. Hit: 3d10 + 4 piercing damage plus 2d6 fire damage.

Remorhaz CR: 11 (7,200 XP)

Huge monstrosity, unaligned

Armor Class: 17

Hit Points: 195 (17d12 + 85)

Speed: 30 ft , burrow: 20 ft

STR

24 +7

DEX

13 +1

CON

21 +5

INT

4 -3

WIS

10 +0

CHA

5 -3

Damage Immunities: Cold, Fire

Senses: Darkvision 60 feet, Tremorsense 60 feet, Passive Perception 10

Languages: None

Challenge Rating: 11 (7,200 XP)

Heated Body. A creature that touches the remorhaz or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 3d6 fire damage.

Actions

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 10 feet, one target. Hit: 6d10 + 7 piercing damage plus 3d6 fire damage. If the target is a creature, it is grappled (escape DC 17). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the remorhaz can’t bite another target.
Swallow. The remorhaz makes one bite attack against a Medium or smaller creature it is grappling. If the attack hits, that creature takes the bite’s damage and is swallowed, and the grapple ends. While swallowed, the creature is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the remorhaz, and it takes 6d6 acid damage at the start of each of the remorhaz’s turns. If the remorhaz takes 30 damage or more on a single turn from a creature inside it, the remorhaz must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw at the end of that turn or regurgitate all swallowed creatures, which fall prone in a space within 10 feet of the remorhaz. If the remorhaz dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse using 15 feet of movement, exiting prone.

Lifespan

30 years

Average Weight

10,000 pounds

Average Length

25 to 40 feet