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=FROST WORM=

{{3.5e Monster Classic
|creature=
|style=
|size=Huge |type=Magical Beast |subtypes=Cold
|hd=14d10+70  |hp=147 
|init=+4
|speed=30 ft. (6 squares), burrow 10 ft.
|ac=18 (–2 size, +10 natural) |touch=8  |flat=18 
|bab=+14 |grapple=+30
|at=Bite +21 melee (2d8+12 plus 1d8 cold)
|full_at=Bite +21 melee (2d8+12 plus 1d8 cold)
|space=15 ft. |reach=10 ft.
|sa=Trill, cold, [[SRD:Breath Weapon|breath weapon]]
|sq=[[SRD:Darkvision|Darkvision]] 60 ft., death throes, immunity to cold, [[SRD:Low-Light Vision|low-light vision]], [[SRD:Vulnerability to Energy|vulnerability]] to fire
|fort=+14 |ref=+9 |will=+6
|str=26|dex=10|con=20|int=2|wis=11 |cha=11
|skills=[[SRD:Hide Skill|Hide]] +3*, [[SRD:Listen Skill|Listen]] +5, [[SRD:Spot Skill|Spot]] +5
|feats=[[SRD:Alertness|Alertness]], [[SRD:Improved Initiative|Improved Initiative]], [[SRD:Improved Natural Attack|Improved Natural Attack]] (bite), [[SRD:Iron Will|Iron Will]], [[SRD:Weapon Focus|Weapon Focus]] (bite)
|env=Cold plains
|org=Solitary
|cr=12
|treas=None
|align=[[SRD:Neutral|Usually neutral]]
|adv=15–21 [[SRD:Hit Dice|HD]] (Huge); 22–42 [[SRD:Hit Dice|HD]] (Gargantuan)
|la=—
}}
A frost worn cannot burrow through stone, but can manage ice and frozen earth. When moving through such hard materials it leaves behind a usable tunnel about 5 feet in diameter.

A frost worm is about 40 feet long, 5 feet in diameter, and weighs about 8,000 pounds.

===Combat===

Frost worms lurk under the snow, waiting for prey to come near.

They begin an attack with a trill and then set upon [[SRD:Helpless|helpless]] prey with their bite.

'''Trill ([[SRD:Su|Su]]):''' A frost worm can emit a noise that forces its prey to stand motionless. This sonic mind-affecting compulsion affects all creatures other than frost worms within a 100-foot radius. Creatures must succeed on a [[SRD:DC|DC]] 17 [[SRD:Saving Throw|Will save]] or be [[SRD:Stunned|stunned]] for as long as the worm trills and for 1d4 rounds thereafter, even if they are attacked. However, if attacked or violently [[SRD:Shaken|shaken]] (a [[SRD:Full-Round Actions|full-round action]]), a victim is allowed another [[SRD:Saving Throw|saving throw]]. Once a creature has resisted or broken the effect, it cannot be affected again by that same frost worm’s trill for 24 hours. The effect’s [[SRD:Caster Level|caster level]] is 14th. The save [[SRD:DC|DC]] is [[SRD:Charisma|Charisma]]-based.

'''Cold ([[SRD:Ex|Ex]]):''' A frost worm’s body generates intense cold, causing opponents to take an extra 1d8 points of cold damage every time the creature succeeds on a bite attack. Creatures attacking a frost worm unarmed or with [[SRD:Natural Weapons|natural weapons]] take this same cold damage each time one of their attacks hits.

'''[[SRD:Breath Weapon|Breath Weapon]] ([[SRD:Su|Su]]):''' 30-foot cone, once per hour, damage 15d6 cold, [[SRD:Saving Throw|Reflex]] [[SRD:DC|DC]] 22 half. Opponents held motionless by the frost worm’s trill get no [[SRD:Saving Throw|saving throw]]. The save [[SRD:DC|DC]] is [[SRD:Constitution|Constitution]]-based.  

'''Death Throes ([[SRD:Ex|Ex]]):''' When killed, a frost worm turns to ice and [[SRD:Shatter|shatter]]s in an explosion that deals 12d6 points of cold damage and 8d6 points of piercing damage to everything within 100 feet ([[SRD:Saving Throw|Reflex]] half [[SRD:DC|DC]] 22). The save [[SRD:DC|DC]] is [[SRD:Constitution|Constitution]]-based.  

'''[[SRD:Skills (Creature Statistic)|Skills:]]''' *A frost worm, due to its coloration and its affinity for burying itself in the snow, has a +10 racial bonus on [[SRD:Hide Skill|Hide]] checks in its native environment.


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[[Category:SRD]]
[[Category:OGL]]
[[Category:Monster]]
Alignment	Usually neutral +
Challenge Rating	12 +
Environment	Cold plains +
Level Adjustment	— +
Size	Huge +
Subtype	Cold +
Title	Frost Worm +
Type	Magical Beast +