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    Monster Trove: Old Fears and Hungry Things

    Namazu

    Gargantuan - Impartial Impartial (Wanderer)
    HP
    218
    AC
    17
    DR
    4
    Attacks
    1
    Attack
    3d8+5
    Size
    Gargantuan
    Alignment
    Impartial Impartial (Wanderer)
    Intelligence
    Animal (1)
    Magic Resistance
    Magic that stills earth suppresses Earth-Thrashing Tail for 1 round but cannot move Namazu from beneath the battlefield.
    Saves
    Quick 0 / Tough 7 / Mind 0

    Namazu is an immense catfish beneath the earth whose movement becomes earthquake. A restraining stone or divine guardian normally keeps the creature still, but neglect, distraction, or deliberate sabotage allows the tail to thrash. Responsibility for the ruin lies with failed restraint, ignored warnings, and builders who treated living ground as inert stone.

    Special Attack

    Earth-Thrashing Tail: every creature within 120 ft makes a Quick save. A failure takes 5d10 bludgeoning damage, falls down, and drops one held object.

    Special Defense

    The Pressing Stone: restoring the sacred stone suppresses Earth-Thrashing Tail. Each creature maintaining the stone reduces Namazu's movement and attack bonus by 1, to a maximum of 4.