ability_mods:
  cha_mod: -1
  con_mod: 4
  dex_mod: 3
  int_mod: 0
  str_mod: 6
  wis_mod: 2
ac: 28
ac_special: null
automatic_abilities: null
description: Also known as chu'ulothis, these large, armor-plated, crustacean predators
  lurk beneath the surface of pools, mires, and ponds, waiting to snatch up prey with
  their massive claws before paralyzing them with their tentacles. At that point,
  they begin to feed, eating their quarry alive.
divine_spells: null
hp: 100
immunities:
- poison
innate_spells: null
items: null
languages:
- Aklo
- Common
level: 7
melee:
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 2d8+9 plus Grab
    type: bludgeoning
  name: claws
  to_hit: 19
  traits:
  - reach 10 feet
name: Chuul
perception: 15
proactive_abilities:
- action_cost: One Action
  description: ''
  name: Constrict
  traits:
  - grabbed by claws only
- action_cost: One Action
  description: The creature takes 3d6 piercing damage.
  name: Mandibles
  traits: null
- description: '**Saving Throw** DC 25 Fortitude; **Maximum Duration** 6 rounds; **Stage
    1** paralyzed (1 round).'
  name: Paralytic Venom
  traits:
  - incapacitation
  - poison
- action_cost: One Action
  description: The chuul transfers the grabbed creature from its claws to its tentacles,
    or vice versa. A creature is exposed to the chuul's paralytic venom when transferred
    into the tentacles and at the start of each of the chuul's turns if it remains
    grabbed by the tentacles.
  name: Tentacle Transfer
  traits: null
ranged: null
resistances: null
saves:
  fort: 18
  ref: 15
  will: 12
saves_special:
  fort: null
  ref: null
  will: null
senses:
- darkvision
- tremorsense (imprecise) 30 feet
skills:
  Athletics: 17
  Nature: 13
  Stealth: 14
  Survival: 13
skills_special: null
speed:
- amount: 30
  type: Land
spell_attack_to_hit: null
spell_dc: null
traits:
- CE
- Large
- Aberration
- Amphibious
type: Creature