| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| STR | 28 | +9 | +9 |
| DEX | 7 | -2 | -2 |
| CON | 22 | +6 | +11 |
| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | 1 | -5 | -5 |
| WIS | 8 | -1 | +4 |
| CHA | 4 | -3 | -3 |
Tunneler. The worm can burrow through solid rock at half its Burrow Speed and leaves a 10-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.
Multiattack. The worm makes one Bite attack and one Tail Stinger attack.
Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +14, reach 10 ft. Hit: 22 (3d8 + 9) Piercing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it has the Grappled condition (escape DC 19), and it has the Restrained condition until the grapple ends.
Tail Stinger. Melee Attack Roll: +14, reach 10 ft. Hit: 16 (2d6 + 9) Piercing damage plus 35 (10d6) Poison damage.
Swallow. Strength Saving Throw: DC 19, one Large or smaller creature Grappled by the worm (it can have up to three creatures swallowed at a time). Failure: The target is swallowed by the worm, and the Grappled condition ends. A swallowed creature has the Blinded and Restrained conditions, has Total Cover against attacks and other effects outside the worm, and takes 17 (5d6) Acid damage at the start of each of the worm’s turns.
If the worm takes 30 damage or more on a single turn from a creature inside it, the worm must succeed on a DC 21 Constitution saving throw at the end of that turn or regurgitate all swallowed creatures, each of which falls in a space within 5 feet of the worm and has the Prone condition. If the worm dies, any swallowed creature no longer has the Restrained condition and can escape from the corpse using 20 feet of movement, exiting Prone.
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Posted Feb 5, 2025So if the player succeeds on the DC 19 saving throw for the Bonus Action Swallow is the player still Grappled and Restrained? And if so, can the purple worm in it's next round attack and grapple another creature? Must he use it's bonus action before the attack and reattempt to swallow or let go of the player before attempting to attack again?
Also, the purple worm can now:
1. Bite and Grapple a player
2. use Tail Stinger with advantage on the grappled and restrained player
3. attempt to swallow the player
Edit - When reading the grappled condition it seems the purple worm needs to either successfully swallow whatever it's grappled or let go of it before even attacking again with it's bite.
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Posted Feb 14, 2025You do not need to leave the stat block to resolve this question. The Bite attack reads:
The Swallow bonus action does not have a part labelled "Success," and the text after "Failure" applies only on a failed saving throw. So, if a target succeeds on its saving throw, then it is as if the Swallow bonus action never happened. The creature therefore still has the Grappled and Restrained conditions as described under the Bite attack. There is nothing in the Bite attack that prevents the Worm from making a Bite attack while a creature is Grappled and Restrained as a result of a prior Bite attack.
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Posted May 31, 2025Adding the person for scale into the artwork was a great idea, it seems a lot more terrifying now.
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Posted Jul 21, 2025Man, with its -3 CHA save, this thing is begging to be Banished.
No legendary or magic resistances don't give it much of a chance vs. Polymorph, either.
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Posted Aug 4, 2025Even with only a +4 to Wisdom saves, Charm Monster could be pretty effective. I would certainly prefer to Charm this than send it away!