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Hydra

Huge Monstrosity, Unaligned

Armor Class 15 (natural)

Hit Points 172 (15d12 + 75)

Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
() () () () () ()
Skills
Senses
darkvision 60 ft., passive perception 16
Challenge
8 (3,900 XP)

Traits

Hold Breath. The hydra can hold its breath for 1 hour.
Multiple Heads. The hydra has five heads. While it has more than one head, the hydra has advantage on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, and knocked unconscious. Whenever the hydra takes 25 or more damage in a single turn, one of its heads dies. If all its heads die, the hydra dies. At the end of its turn, it grows two heads for each of its heads that died since its last turn, unless it has taken fire damage since its last turn. The hydra regains 10 hit points for each head regrown in this way.
Reactive Heads. For each head the hydra has beyond one, it gets an extra reaction that can be used only for opportunity attacks.
Wakeful. While the hydra sleeps, at least one of its heads is awake.

Actions

The hydra makes as many bite attacks as it has heads.
Melee Weapon Attack: to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: .

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The Monsters Know What They're Doing adds Tactics to this creature. View

Monster Loot: Monster Manual adds Loot to this creature. View

Home-Field Advantage adds Lair Actions to this creature. View

Creature Harvest Index: Monstrosities adds Loot to this creature. View

Monster Loot: Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage adds Loot to this creature. View

Monster Loot: Ghosts of Saltmarsh adds Loot to this creature. View

Monster Loot: Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden adds Loot to this creature. View

Monster Loot: Journeys through the Radiant Citadel adds Loot to this creature. View

Monster Loot: Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk adds Loot to this creature. View

Monster Loot: Princes of the Apocalypse adds Loot to this creature. View

Monster Loot: Spelljammer adds Loot to this creature. View

Monster Loot: Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos adds Loot to this creature. View

Monster Loot: Tales from the Yawning Portal adds Loot to this creature. View

Monster Loot: Tomb of Annihilation adds Loot to this creature. View

Monster Loot: Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft adds Loot to this creature. View

Official miniatures

Pre-painted minis of this creature, catalogued from minisgallery.com.

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