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Hydra D&D 2024

Revised for 2024 The D&D 2014 version differs. Read the D&D 2014 version.

Challenge
8
XP
3900
Size
Huge
Type
Monstrosity
Alignment
Unaligned
Armour Class
15
Hit Points
184
Hit Dice
16d12 + 80
STR
20
DEX
12
CON
20
INT
2
WIS
10
CHA
7
Condition immunities
blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, unconscious

Traits

Hold Breath. The hydra can hold its breath for 1 hour.

Multiple Heads. The hydra has five heads. Whenever the hydra takes 25 damage or more on a single turn, one of its heads dies. The hydra dies if all its heads are dead. At the end of each of its turns when it has at least one living head, the hydra grows two heads for each of its heads that died since its last turn, unless it has taken

Fire damage since its last turn. The hydra regains 20 Hit Points when it grows new heads.

Reactive Heads. For each head the hydra has beyond one, it gets an extra Reaction that can be used only for Opportunity Attacks.

Actions

Multiattack. The hydra makes as many Bite attacks as it has heads.

Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +8, reach 10 ft. Hit: 10 (1d10 + 5) Piercing damage.

Condition immunities: blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, unconscious. Senses: Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 16. Languages: None. Skills: Perception +6. Speed: 40 ft., Swim 40 ft..

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