Giant Moray Eel

Level 5 / Large / animal

Level5
Armor Class21
Hit Points65
Perception+11
Speed10 feet, Swim 40 feet
STR+6modifier
DEX+2modifier
CON+3modifier
INT-4modifier
WIS+2modifier
CHA-1modifier
Saving Throws

Fortitude +14, Reflex +13, Will +9

Skills

Acrobatics +9, Athletics +13, Stealth +13

Senses

Low Light Vision, Scent 30 feet Imprecise

Resistances

Bludgeoning 5, Piercing 5

Actions & Abilities

Jaws

Attack +15

Damage: 2d6+8 Piercing

Ambush

Reaction

Trigger A target creature passes within 20 feet of the giant moray eel's hiding place and has not detected the giant moray eel

Effect The giant moray eel lunges out of its hiding place, Swims directly toward the triggering creature, and makes a jaws Strike against it. The target creature is to this attack.

Pharyngeal Jaws

2 actions

Requirements The giant moray eel has a creature in its jaws
Effect The giant moray eel uses its second set of jaws to pull the prey into its gullet. The eel deals (1d6+4)[piercing] damage to the grabbed creature and gains a +2 circumstance bonus to its Swallow Whole attempts and to the DC for the creature to . This effect ends if the target Escapes or the giant moray eel Swallows it Whole.

Swallow Whole

1 action

Small, (1d6+6)[bludgeoning], Rupture 12

Grab

1 action

Creature Abilities

Ambush. Trigger A target creature passes within 20 feet of the giant moray eel's hiding place and has not detected the giant moray eel

Effect The giant moray eel lunges out of its hiding place, Swims directly toward the triggering creature, and makes a jaws Strike against it. The target creature is to this attack.

Pharyngeal Jaws. Requirements The giant moray eel has a creature in its jaws
Effect The giant moray eel uses its second set of jaws to pull the prey into its gullet. The eel deals (1d6+4)[piercing] damage to the grabbed creature and gains a +2 circumstance bonus to its Swallow Whole attempts and to the DC for the creature to . This effect ends if the target Escapes or the giant moray eel Swallows it Whole.

Swallow Whole. Small, (1d6+6)[bludgeoning], Rupture 12

Source, license, and attribution

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

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