Giant Crawling Hand

Level 5 / Medium / undead

Level5
Armor Class22
Hit Points75
Perception+12
Speed20 feet
STR+4modifier
DEX+2modifier
CON+4modifier
INT-4modifier
WIS+3modifier
CHA+0modifier
Saving Throws

Fortitude +13, Reflex +11, Will +10

Skills

Athletics +13, Stealth +11, Survival +12

Senses

Lifesense 30 feet Precise, Tremorsense 30 feet Imprecise

Languages

Common

Immunities

Death Effects, Disease, Paralyzed, Poison, Unconscious, Visual, Bleed

Actions & Abilities

Claw

Attack +15

Damage: 2d6+7 Slashing

Tremorsense (Imprecise) 30 feet

Passive

Lifesense 30 feet

Passive

Pus Burst

Reaction

Trigger The giant crawling hand takes piercing or slashing damage

Effect A random creature adjacent to the giant crawling hand is sprayed with vile pus that deals 4d6[void] damage. The affected creature must attempt a save.

Critical Success The creature takes no damage.

Success The creature takes half damage and becomes Sickened 1.

Failure The creature takes full damage and becomes Sickened 2.

Critical Failure The creature takes double damage and becomes Sickened 3.

Void Healing

Passive

Mark Quarry

Passive

A crawling hand can be assigned a quarry by anointing the hand with a drop of the intended quarry's blood. If the hand ever has no quarry, it automatically gains the next creature it damages as its quarry. The hand gains a +1 circumstance bonus to Perception checks when it Seeks its quarry, to Survival checks when it Tracks its quarry, and damage rolls when it Strikes its quarry.

Grab

1 action

Creature Abilities

Pus Burst. Trigger The giant crawling hand takes piercing or slashing damage

Effect A random creature adjacent to the giant crawling hand is sprayed with vile pus that deals 4d6[void] damage. The affected creature must attempt a save.

Critical Success The creature takes no damage.

Success The creature takes half damage and becomes Sickened 1.

Failure The creature takes full damage and becomes Sickened 2.

Critical Failure The creature takes double damage and becomes Sickened 3.

Mark Quarry. A crawling hand can be assigned a quarry by anointing the hand with a drop of the intended quarry's blood. If the hand ever has no quarry, it automatically gains the next creature it damages as its quarry. The hand gains a +1 circumstance bonus to Perception checks when it Seeks its quarry, to Survival checks when it Tracks its quarry, and damage rolls when it Strikes its quarry.

Source, license, and attribution

Source: Pathfinder Monster Core (remaster-core-2026-08-10)

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