Water Breathing. The ammonite can breathe only underwater.
Tentacles. Melee Weapon Attack: +0 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 6). Until this grapple ends, the ammonite can't use its tentacles on another target.
Ink Cloud (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). A cloud of ink extends in a 5-foot diameter sphere all around the ammonite if it is underwater, filling its space. The area is heavily obscured for 1 round, although a moderate current can disperse the ink. After releasing the ink, the ammonite can use the Dash action as a bonus action.
Aptychus. The ammonite withdraws into its shell and seals itself in with a shelly plate known as an aptychus. While sealed in its shell, the ammonite gains a +2 bonus to AC but its speed becomes 0 and it can't take any actions or reactions. It can emerge from its shell to end this effect as a bonus action.
Description
An ammonite is an ancient armored cephalopod with a spiral shell, similar in appearance to a nautilus, though its tentacles are better developed but fewer in number. Its shell is segmented, with each segment bearing a notable ridge. Externally their shells range in coloration from dark and dull to iridescent, opalescent, or pearlescent; while internally all ammonite shells bear a pearly coating. They were once widespread in ages past when a greater percentage of the world was covered by sea, and their fossils can be found in abundance almost anywhere.
In modern times they are mostly thought of as extinct; however there are remote locations that still boast sizeable sustained populations, traveling in large shoals. With their shells ranging from 2 to 9 inches in diameter, and a total length of 3 to 12 inches, ammonites are too small to pose much threat. They prey on small marine invertebrates, such as shrimp and krill, and plankton.
Humanoids native to the remote regions where ammonites survive hunt and gather them as both food and treasure; their flesh tasting of calamari, and their shells often being used in jewelry and decoration.
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