Giant Crab

Beast · Medium

Giant Crab
A giant crustacean seizing a man off the Hebrides, detail of Olaus Magnus' Carta Marina, 1539 · Olaus Magnus, Carta Marina (detail), woodcut map, 1539, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Giant crabs scuttle along beaches and tide pools, often half buried in sand. Their claws can grip and crush a leg. Coastal folk hunt them for their meat and their shells.

Danger
A threat to the unwary
How it is met
In colonies, by night
Challenge
1/8
SRD 5.2.1 stat blocks
Giant Crab

Where it is met

Rocky Shore, Sandy Shore, Estuary, Sea Cave

Stat blocks (D&D 5e)

Giant Crab

Medium Beast, Unaligned

AC 15 · Initiative +1 (11)

HP 13 (3d8)

Speed 30 ft., Swim 30 ft.

StrDexConIntWisCha
13 (+1), save +113 (+1), save +111 (+0), save +01 (−5), save −59 (−1), save −13 (−4), save −4

Skills Stealth +3

Senses Blindsight 30 ft.; Passive Perception 9

Languages None

CR 1/8 (XP 25; PB +2)

Traits

Amphibious. The crab can breathe air and water.

Actions

Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +3, reach 5 ft. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1) Bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it has the Grappled condition (escape DC 11) from one of two claws.

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