Giant Leech

Name	Giant Leech
Sorted Name	Giant Leech
Family	Leech
Size and Type	Medium Vermin (aquatic)
Hit Dice Count	3
Hit Dice	3d8+6 (19 hp)
Random Hit Points	3d8+6 - 6
Initiative	+1
Speed	5 ft., swim 20 ft.
Armor Class	11, touch 11, flat-footed 10 (+1 Dex)
Base Attack/Grapple	+2/+CMB: +2 (+10 when attached)CMD: 13 (can't be tripped)
Attack	bite +2 (1d6 plus attach)
Space/Reach	5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks	blood drain
Special Qualities	amphibious, blindsight 30 ft., scent;
Saves	Fort +4, Ref +2, Will +1
Abilities	Str 11, Dex 12, Con 14, Int -, Wis 10, Cha 1
Skills	Stealth +1 (+9 in swamps), Swim +8, Perception +0
Environment	temperate or warm marshes
Challenge Rating	2
Organization	cluster, pair, or brood (3-6)
Treasure	none
Alignment	N
Version	PRPG-O
Sources	Pathfinder RPG (Open)

Leech, Giant

A parasite ballooned to monstrous proportions undulates in the muck, its circular maw a spiral of teeth.

Giant Leech

CR 2

XP 600

N Medium vermin (aquatic)

Init +1; Senses blindsight 30 ft., scent; Perception +0

DEFENSE

AC 11, touch 11, flat-footed 10 (+1 Dex)

hp 19 (3d8+6)

Fort +4, Ref +2, Will +1

Immune mind-affecting effects

Weaknesses susceptible to salt

OFFENSE

Spd 5 ft., swim 20 ft.

Melee bite +2 (1d6 plus attach)

Special Attacks blood drain

STATISTICS

Str 11, Dex 12, Con 14, Int -, Wis 10, Cha 1

Base Atk +2; CMB +2 (+10 when attached); CMD 13 (can't be tripped)

Skills Stealth +1 (+9 in swamps), Swim +8; Racial Modifiers +8 Stealth in swamps

SQ amphibious

ECOLOGY

Environment temperate or warm marshes

Organization cluster, pair, or brood (3-6)

Treasure none

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Attach (Ex) When a giant leech hits with a bite attack, it latches onto its target and automatically grapplies. The giant leech loses its Dexterity bonus to AC and has an AC of 10, but holds on with great tenacity and automatically inflicts bite damage each round. A giant leech has a +8 racial bonus to maintain its grapple on a foe once it is attached. An attached giant leech can be struck with a weapon or grappled itself-if its prey manages to win a grapple check or Escape Artist check against it, the giant leech is removed.

Blood Drain (Ex) A giant leech drains blood at the end of each turn it is attached, inflicting 1 point of Strength and Constitution damage.

Susceptible to Salt (Ex) A handful of salt burns a giant leech as if it were a flask of acid, causing 1d6 points of damage per use.

These invertebrate parasitic relatives of the worm lurk in stagnant or slow-moving water, waiting for a suitable host.

Tome of Horrors. Copyright 2002, Necromancer Games, Inc.; Authors: Scott Greene, with Clark Peterson, Erica Balsley, Kevin Baase, Casey Christofferson, Lance Hawvermale, Travis Hawvermale, Patrick Lawinger, and Bill Webb; Based on original content from TSR.

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