Tempest Leviathan
- Monster
- monstrosity
- CR 13
- Coastal
- Ocean
Appears in: Storms and Weather, Boss Fights
Tempest Leviathan
AC 18 / HP 230 (20d20 + 80) / CR 13
- STR
- 26
- DEX
- 12
- CON
- 20
- INT
- 6
- WIS
- 14
- CHA
- 12
Siege Monster. The leviathan deals double damage to objects and structures.
Multiattack. The leviathan makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its tail.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (3d10 + 6) piercing damage.
Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (3d8 + 6) bludgeoning damage.
Maelstrom Pull (Recharge 5-6). The leviathan creates a whirlpool in a 30-foot radius within 120 ft. Each creature in the area must succeed on a DC 17 Strength saving throw or be pulled 20 ft. toward the center and knocked prone.
Lightning Storm (Recharge 6). Lightning strikes three points the leviathan can see within 120 ft. Each creature within 10 ft. of a point must make a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw, taking 27 (6d8) lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
How to run Tempest Leviathan
Tempest Leviathan is a cr 13 monstrosity for Dungeons & Dragons. Drop it into any coastal scene; the statblock above is free to add to your compendium in the app, and the one-shot below gives you somewhere to run it.
Where it begins
- 1
A fleet vanishes in clear skies, then the storm arrives hours later.
- 2
Fisherfolk return with netted lightning and a new fear of open water.
- 3
A lighthouse keeper swears a shadow climbed the tower during a squall.
Stormwake
A storm follows the path of a missing ship. The party must reach the wreck, survive the rising waves, and confront the leviathan that drags vessels into its maelstrom.
The Vanished Fleet
The sea is strangely calm, yet the horizon is bruised with distant thunder. Wreckage drifts in a slow circle, and a cracked lifeboat bobs among the boards with survivors clinging to it.
Set up the mystery and an immediate rescue. The party can pull survivors aboard, recover the ship's log, and spot signs of a massive creature below before the storm hits.
