Sea SerpentCreature 12

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Source Pathfinder Bestiary
Perception +22 (darkvision)
Languages none
Skills Acrobatics +18, Athletics +26, Stealth +28
Str +8, Dex +4, Con +6, Int -4, Wis +2, Cha +0

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AC 35; Fort +25; Reflex +21; Will +21;
HP 210
Speed 20 feet (swim 60 feet)

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Jaws +27 (+22, +17) to hit (reach 20) 3d10+14 Piercing
Tail +27 (+23, +19) to hit (agile, reach 30) 2d10+14 Bludgeoning
Water Spout +25 (+20, +15) to hit (brutal, range increment 100, water) 2d6+12 Bludgeoning

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Darkvision

A monster with darkvision can see perfectly well in areas of darkness and dim light, though such vision is in black and white only. Some forms of magical darkness, such as a 4th-level Darkness spell, block normal darkvision. A monster with Greater Darkvision, however, can see through even these forms of magical darkness.

Undetectable (abjuration, primal)

A sea serpent automatically tries to counteract any detection, revelation, or scrying divination attempted against it, using its Stealth modifler for its counteract modifier.

Capsize (attack)

The sea serpent attempts to capsize an aquatic vessel of its size or smaller that it's adjacent to. It must succeed at an Athletics check with a DC of 35 or the pilot's Sailing Lore DC, whichever is higher.

Constrict

1d10+14 bludgeoning, DC 32 basic fortitude

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Note: A DC was not provided for this ability by Paizo. The DC present here is a moderate DC for the creature level according to the Gamemastery Guide creature building Tables.

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The monster deals the listed amount of damage to any number of creatures Grabbed or Restrained by it. Each of those creatures can attempt a basic Fortitude save with the listed DC.

Sea Serpent Algae (incapacitation, poison)

The water in the ballast organs around the sea serpent's neck is full of psychotropic algae.

Saving Throw DC 34 fortitude

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Maximum Duration 6 rounds

Stage 1 Confused and, if flying, spends its first action each turn to descend 20 feet (1 round)

Stage 2 confused and, if flying, descends until reaching the ground or water below (1 round)

Spine Rake (attack, move)

The sea serpent extends the spines along its back and Swims or Strides. Each creature the serpent is adjacent to at any point during its movement takes 4d6+8 slashing damage (DC 32 basic reflex save).

Swallow Whole (attack)

Huge, 2d10+6 bludgeoning damage, Rupture 20

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The monster attempts to swallow a creature of the listed size or smaller that it has grabbed in its jaws or mouth. If a swallowed creature is of the maximum size listed, the monster can't use Swallow Whole again. If the creature is smaller than the maximum, the monster can usually swallow more creatures; the GM determines the maximum. The monster attempts an Athletics check opposed by the grabbed creature's Reflex DC. If it succeeds, it swallows the creature. The monster's mouth or jaws no longer grab a creature it has swallowed, so the monster is free to use them to Strike or Grab once again. The monster can't attack creatures it has swallowed.

A swallowed creature is Grabbed, is Slowed 1, and has to hold its breath or start suffocating. The swallowed creature takes the listed amount of damage when first swallowed and at the end of each of its turns while it's swallowed. If the victim Escapes this ability's grabbed condition, it exits through the monster's mouth. This frees any other creature grabbed in the monster's mouth or jaws. A swallowed creature can attack the monster that has swallowed it, but only with unarmed attacks or with weapons of light Bulk or less. The swallowing creature is Flat-Footed against the attack. If the monster takes piercing or slashing damage equaling or exceeding the listed Rupture value from a single attack or spell, the swallowed creature cuts itself free. A creature that gets free by either Escaping or cutting itself free can immediately breathe and exits the swallowing monster's space.

If the monster dies, a swallowed creature can be freed by creatures adjacent to the corpse if they spend a combined total of 3 actions cutting the monster open with a weapon or unarmed attack that deals piercing or slashing damage.

Grab

Requirements The monster's last action was a success with a Strike that lists Grab in its damage entry, or it has a creature grabbed using this action.

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Effect The monster automatically Grabs the target until the end of the monster's next turn. The creature is Grabbed by whichever body part the monster attacked with, and that body part can't be used to Strike creatures until the grab is ended. Using Grab extends the duration of the monster's Grab until the end of its next turn for all creatures grabbed by it. A grabbed creature can use the Escape action to get out of the grab, and the Grab ends for a grabbed creatures if the monster moves away from it.

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These fabled beasts resemble massive snakes with long rows of finned spines down their back. Temperamental and territorial, sea serpents can capsize a boat with ease, and most won't hesitate to do so when hungry or threatened. Stories abound of aggrieved captains who spend their entire lives hunting down the elusive monster that sunk their ships and took their livelihoods. These hunts rely on rumors and glimpses of the beasts, as few survive the catastrophes wrought by sea serpents.

While many fishermen's tales paint sea serpents as divinely appointed guardians of the ocean or, alternately, as evil and demonic agents, the truth is that most sea serpents are simply very large beasts with a knack for avoiding magical detection.

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Traits