Primal Fury
When the Brute Monkey is reduced to half its hit points or fewer, it enters a frenzied state. In this rage, its attacks become even more brutal, and it gains resistance to all damage except psychic. This frenzy lasts until it is knocked unconscious or incapacitated, making it a dangerous opponent even as it nears death.
Ape King's Strength
The Brute Monkey’s immense strength allows it to grapple creatures up to Gargantuan size. With an iron grip that can crush bones, it has advantage on all Strength-based checks and saving throws related to grappling, shoving, or restraining its foes. It can also lift and throw massive boulders with ease, using the environment to its advantage.
Mount of Chaos
Although untamable, the Brute Monkey has an instinctual ability to mount and control enormous creatures like dragons or Tarrasques. When it leaps onto a Huge or larger creature, it can latch onto its body and use its immense strength to direct or steer the creature, often to devastating effect. The mounted creature is usually thrown into a chaotic rampage under the Brute Monkey's guidance.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day)
If the Brute Monkey fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. This reflects its sheer survival instincts and refusal to be brought down easily, even by powerful magical effects.
Multiattack
The Brute Monkey can unleash a flurry of brutal attacks in quick succession. It makes two attacks during its turn: one with its powerful bite and another with its crushing fist. Each strike carries tremendous force, capable of smashing through defenses and stunning its prey.
Bite
Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target.
The Brute Monkey's sharp, bone-crushing jaws snap with terrifying power. On a hit, it deals 25 (3d10 + 8) piercing damage. Additionally, the target must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the end of the Brute Monkey's next turn. This ability represents the creature's sheer primal ferocity, leaving enemies vulnerable and unable to act after being bitten.
Fist
Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target.
With a single mighty swing of its enormous fists, the Brute Monkey delivers devastating blows. A hit deals 33 (4d10 + 8) bludgeoning damage, and if the target is a creature, it must make a DC 20 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. The sheer force of these attacks is capable of sending even the sturdiest of opponents sprawling to the ground..
Savage Leap
The Brute Monkey can use its bonus action to make a massive leap up to 40 feet in any direction. If the Brute Monkey lands within 5 feet of a creature, it can use its reaction to make a Fist attack against that creature. This ability reflects the Brute Monkey’s immense power and agility, allowing it to close distances quickly and bring devastation to its targets.
Frenzied Assault
While in its primal frenzy (triggered when its hit points are reduced to half), the Brute Monkey can use a bonus action to make one additional Fist attack. The sheer ferocity of the Brute Monkey's rage allows it to strike faster and harder, overwhelming its enemies with relentless brutality.
Bestial Roar
As a bonus action, the Brute Monkey can unleash a thunderous roar. Each creature of the Brute Monkey's choice within 30 feet that can hear it must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened until the end of the Brute Monkey’s next turn. This roar instills pure terror in its enemies, giving the Brute Monkey a brief advantage in battle.ctions work for your monster here.
Instinctive Retaliation
When a creature within 10 feet of the Brute Monkey hits it with a melee attack, the Brute Monkey can use its reaction to make one Fist attack against that creature. Its instincts are so finely honed that even when it's under assault, it lashes out with overwhelming force. This reaction showcases the Brute Monkey’s constant awareness and ability to immediately punish those who dare to attack it.
Deflecting Blow
When an enemy attempts to strike the Brute Monkey with a ranged weapon attack or spell that requires a ranged attack roll, the Brute Monkey can use its reaction to attempt to swat the projectile away. The Brute Monkey gains +5 to its AC against the triggering attack, potentially causing the attack to miss. This reflects the creature’s immense strength and agility, even allowing it to deflect or dodge incoming threats.
Move
The Brute Monkey moves up to half its speed without provoking opportunity attacks. This reflects its surprising agility despite its massive size, allowing it to reposition and pursue its prey with unrelenting determination.
Brute Fist (Costs 1 Action)
The Brute Monkey makes one Fist attack. This quick, devastating strike can be unleashed at a moment's notice, delivering additional damage to foes caught off guard during their own turn.
Boulder Toss (Costs 2 Actions)
The Brute Monkey hurls a large boulder at a target within 60 feet. This deals 38 (6d10 + 8) bludgeoning damage on a hit, giving the Brute Monkey an option to strike from range even outside of its turn, demonstrating its prowess in both melee and ranged combat.
Roar of Fury (Costs 3 Actions)
The Brute Monkey lets out a deafening roar, shaking the battlefield. Each creature of the Brute Monkey's choice within 60 feet that can hear it must succeed on a DC 20 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A frightened creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. This action represents the sheer terror the Brute Monkey can inspire, even in the bravest of opponents.
Description
Size and Presence
The Brute Monkey is a Huge monstrosity, towering at 15 feet tall with an imposing, muscular frame covered in thick, matted fur. Its sheer size alone can strike terror into the hearts of those who encounter it. Despite its massive bulk, the Brute Monkey moves with an unsettling agility, scaling trees or mountains and leaping great distances with ease.
Behavior and Temperament
The Brute Monkey is fiercely territorial and unpredictable. It tends to roam its territory alone, attacking anything that dares intrude. Known for its uncontrollable rage, the Brute Monkey is often seen rampaging through jungles and wilderness, driven by primal instinct rather than reason. It doesn’t seek to dominate others but acts purely on the chaotic impulses of survival and rage, making it a creature of destruction. Even the ape-folk fear it, as they are often the targets of its unrelenting aggression.
Mount of Destruction
Though it cannot tame colossal creatures like the Tarrasque, the Brute Monkey is known for leaping onto the backs of enormous beasts and riding them into battle or chaos. It latches onto the heads or shoulders of these titans, guiding their movements through sheer physical force and reckless abandon, leading to chaotic destruction wherever they go. This behavior has cemented its reputation as a harbinger of disaster.
Appearance
Its eyes burn with an intense, almost animalistic hatred, and its mouth is lined with sharp, bone-crushing teeth. Long, powerful limbs end in massive hands with sharp claws, capable of both climbing and delivering devastating strikes. Its body is covered in scars and tufts of fur, evidence of countless battles fought. The Brute Monkey’s savage visage is enough to send weaker creatures fleeing in fear.
Diet and Habitat
The Brute Monkey is omnivorous but prefers meat, hunting large prey to satisfy its enormous appetite. It roams dense jungles, tropical forests, or mountainous regions where it can use its climbing abilities and massive strength to ambush creatures below. It typically lives in isolation, and few creatures dare challenge its dominance within its territory.
Lair and Lair Actions
The Brute Monkey typically resides in an area deep within dense, dangerous jungles or high in the mountains, areas that are difficult for most creatures to traverse. Its lair reflects its primal and chaotic nature, filled with the remains of past battles, boulders, and large trees that it uses to its advantage. The lair’s environment is wild, overgrown, and dangerous, amplifying the Brute Monkey’s strengths.When the Brute Monkey is in its lair, it can take lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the Brute Monkey can use one of the following lair actions:
Tremor Stomp
The Brute Monkey stomps the ground with incredible force, causing a localized tremor in its lair. Each creature standing on the ground within 60 feet of the Brute Monkey must succeed on a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw or be knocked prone as the ground shakes violently beneath them. This action takes advantage of the Brute Monkey’s connection to its environment, using the lair’s terrain as a weapon.
Falling Debris
The Brute Monkey causes large branches, stones, or boulders to fall from above. Each creature within 30 feet of the Brute Monkey must succeed on a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw or take 18 (4d8) bludgeoning damage and be restrained by the debris. A restrained creature can use its action to make a DC 18 Strength check, freeing itself on a success. This action reflects the chaotic and dangerous environment of the Brute Monkey’s lair.
Jungle Madness
The Brute Monkey’s presence agitates the plants and animals within its lair. Thick vines suddenly whip out at enemies within 30 feet, or small but dangerous creatures (like venomous snakes or spiders) emerge to harass intruders. Each creature of the Brute Monkey’s choice must succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw or take 14 (4d6) poison damage and be poisoned for 1 minute. This action showcases how the very environment itself reacts to the Brute Monkey’s presence.
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