Monster Trove: Old Fears and Hungry Things
Xiangliu
Gargantuan - Wild Vile (Reaver)
- HP
- 274
- AC
- 18
- DR
- 5
- Attacks
- 4
- Attack
- 2d8+6, 2d8+6, 2d8+6, 2d8+6
- Size
- Gargantuan
- Alignment
- Wild Vile (Reaver)
- Intelligence
- High (13-14)
- Magic Resistance
- Purification magic cleans one poisoned current or one head's wound, never all nine with a single working.
- Saves
- Quick 0 / Tough 8 / Mind 4
Xiangliu is a nine-headed serpent associated with devastating flood and poisoned land. Each head drinks from or disgorges a different current, while the body sprawls across enough ground to redirect rivers. A severed head leaves its contamination behind in water and soil. An encounter must manage water, terrain, and the surviving heads at the same time.
Special Attack
Nine Poisoned Currents: choose up to four different targets within 80 ft. Each makes a Quick save or takes 4d8 poison and bludgeoning damage.
Special Defense
One Head, One Spring: each head has 30 HP and AC 17, and damage to a head also reduces Xiangliu's current HP. Destroying one removes one possible target. Purifying a poisoned spring prevents a destroyed head from regrowing.