# Beach Weird

*Large* *Elemental* *neutral*

- **Armor Class:** 14 (natural armor)
- **Hit Points:** 65 (10d10+10)
- **Speed:** walk 20 ft. swim 40 ft.
- **Challenge Rating:** 3 (700 XP)
- **Source:** [Tome of Beasts 3](https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-3-for-5th-edition/) page 52

| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17 (+3) | 13 (+1) | 13 (+1) | 13 (+1) | 14 (+2) | 10 (+0) |

- **Skills:** perception +2
- **Damage Immunities:** poison
- **Damage Resistances:** acid, fire; nonmagic B/P/S attacks
- **Condition Immunities:** exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, unconscious
- **Senses:** blindsight 30', passive Perception 12
- **Languages:** Aquan

### Special Abilities

- **Elemental Nature:** Doesn't require air food drink or sleep.
- **Invisible in Water:** Is invisible while fully immersed in water.
- **Swim in Sand:** Can burrow through sand at half its swim speed. It can't make attacks while immersed in sand.
- **Tidepool Bound:** Dies if it moves more than 100' from the tide pools to which it is bound or if those tide pools remain waterless for more than 24 hrs.

### Actions

- **Slam:** Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, 10 ft., one target, 16 (3d8+3) bludgeoning damage and target: DC 13 Str save or be pushed up to 10 ft. away from the beach weird.
- **Create Quicksand (3/Day):** Creates a 10 ft. radius 5 ft. deep area of quicksand centered on a point it can see within 30' of it. A creature that starts its turn in the quicksand or enters area for the first time on a turn: DC 13 Str save or be grappled by it. Grappled creature must make DC 13 Str save at start of each of its turns or sink 1 foot into the quicksand. A Small creature that sinks 2'+ or a Med creature that sinks 3'+ is restrained instead.


