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Rift Swine

Large · Aberration · CR 5 · Chaotic Neutral

Source. Tome of Beasts

15 (natural armor)

110 (13d10+39)

Ability Scores

Core attributes and their modifiers.

STR

DEX

CON

INT

-3

WIS

CHA

-3

Overview

Category Monsters

Size Large

Type Aberration

Alignment Chaotic Neutral

XP 1800

Initiative Bonus +0

Movement

Walk 40 ft (12.2 m)

Swim 20 ft (6.1 m)

Climb 20 ft (6.1 m)

Crawl 20 ft (6.1 m)

Senses

Darkvision 60 ft (18.3 m)

Passive Perception 11

Languages

Resistances & Immunities

Damage Resistances

force, poison

Environments

Arctic or Tundra Caves Coast Desert Forest or Jungle Grassland or Plains Hills Laboratory Lake Mountain Ocean Ruins Sewer Shadowfell The Abyss Astral Plane Elysium Ethereal Plane Feywild Hell Material Plane Plane of Air Plane of Earth Plane of Fire Plane of Water Swamp or Marsh Temple Badlands Tomb Underworld Urban

Traits

360-Degree Vision

The rift swine's extra eyes give it advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.

Chaos mutations

50% of rift swine have additional mutant features. Choose or roll on the table below.

1 - Acid Boils: A creature that hits the rift swine with a melee attack must make a successful DC 12 Dexterity saving throw or take 3 (1d6) acid damage.

2 - Tentacular Tongue: Instead of using its tusks, the rift swine can attack with its tongue: Melee weapon attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d4 + 4) bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it is grappled and restrained as with a tentacle attack (escape DC 14).

3 - Covered in Slime:Increase the rift swine's AC by 1.

4 - Acid Saliva: The rift swine's tusk or tongue attack does an additional 3 (1d6) acid damage.

5 - Poison Spit: Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, range 15 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d12) poison damage.

6 - Roll Twice

Actions

Multiattack

The rift swine makes one tusks attack and two tentacle attacks.

Tentacle

+7 to hit, reach 10 ft (3 m). Hit: 2d6 bludgeoning damage.

Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it is grappled (escape DC 14). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the rift swine can't use this tentacle against another target.

Tusks

+7 to hit, reach 5 ft (1.5 m). Hit: 2d8 slashing damage.

Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) slashing damage.

About Rift Swine

Rift Swine is a large aberration with a Challenge Rating of 5. It has a chaotic neutral alignment.

In combat, this creature maintains an Armor Class of 15 and possesses 110 hit points (derived from 13d10+39).

Rift Swine has communication capabilities including -. This allows it to interact verbally with various creatures and characters.

GM Tips: Using Rift Swine

2 tips available

When using Rift Swine in your D&D 5e campaign, consider these tactical approaches:

Significant Threat: Challenging for parties of levels 5-10
Epic Potential: Consider legendary actions for memorable battles

Player Guide: Facing Rift Swine

2 strategies available

When your party encounters this creature, keep these strategies in mind:

Significant Threat: Prepare spells and resources
Team Coordination: Coordinate attacks and defenses

Encounter Building Calculator

Standard Party Encounter (4-5 characters):

This creature is a medium encounter for a party of 4 characters of level 5.

Solo Encounter:

A single character of level 7 (up to level 20) can face this creature in a medium to hard encounter.

Experience Point Thresholds:

Medium: 3,000 XP
Hard: 4,500 XP
Deadly: 6,000 XP

Based on D&D 5e Dungeon Master's Guide encounter building guidelines. CR roughly equals party level for medium encounters.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the challenge rating of Rift Swine?: Rift Swine has a Challenge Rating of 5, making it appropriate for parties of level 5.0.
What type of creature is Rift Swine?: Rift Swine is a Large Aberration, which affects how certain spells and abilities interact with it.
What languages does Rift Swine speak?: Rift Swine can communicate in -.