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rashtusk

The rashtusk willingly accepted injections of dragon turtle DNA, believing the transformation would grant strength and permanence. The injections overwhelmed its body and mind. What remains is an enormous, nearly senseless animal driven by stimulus and appetite. Its scalding water beam is a biological mutation created by the transformation, not a spell.

Monsters
Large beast · CR 20 , Hard · Unique

rashtusk

A rashtusk that deliberately injected itself with an unholy quantity of dragon turtle DNA, becoming a colossal, addled reptilian brute that scalds its prey with beams of heated water.
AC20
HP310/310
CR20 , Hard
Init
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA
ConditionsNone

Combat

AC 20 · HP 310 · CR 20 , Hard

rashtusk

Large beast (mutated reptile), unaligned
Armor Class20 (natural armor)
Hit Points310 (20d10 + 200)
Speed
Walk 30 ft.,
Swim 40 ft.
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA
Saving ThrowsStrengthConstitutionWisdomCharisma
SkillsPerception
Damage Resistances
Bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks
Immunities
Fire,
Poison,
Poisoned
Weaknesses
Its inability to distinguish threats from harmless movement makes it easy to lure away from objectives.
It has no ranged options when its Scalding Water Beam is unavailable.
Its Intelligence is extremely low, and it cannot be reasoned with or make deliberate plans.
Senses
Darkvision 60 ft.,
Passive Perception 15
Challenge20 , Hard
Hit Dice20d10 + 200
Proficiency Bonus+6
Passive Perception15
Spell Save DCNot applicable
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). The rashtusk has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Stimulus-Driven Mind. The rashtusk cannot be surprised. It has disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing, and it cannot understand language or communicate meaningfully.
Amphibious. The rashtusk can breathe air and water.
Swamp-Born Bulk. The rashtusk's movement is not impeded by nonmagical difficult terrain made of mud, shallow water, or dense vegetation.

Actions

Multiattack. The rashtusk makes two Bite attacks and one Slam attack.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 32 () piercing damage. If the target is Large or smaller, it is grappled (escape ). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the rashtusk cannot Bite another target.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 27 () bludgeoning damage. If the target is Huge or smaller, it must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
Scalding Water Beam (Recharge 5–6). The rashtusk exhales a focused beam of superheated water in a line 90 feet long and 10 feet wide. Each creature in the line must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 66 () fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a success. The beam ignites flammable objects that are not being worn or carried. The rashtusk cannot use this action again until it recharges at the start of one of its turns on a roll of 5 or 6.
Kaiju Surge (Recharge 5–6). The rashtusk surges up to 30 feet in a straight line through water or difficult terrain without provoking opportunity attacks, then crashes down. Each creature in a 15-foot-radius area centered on a point it passes through must make a Dexterity saving throw, taking 31 () bludgeoning damage and falling prone on a failed save, or taking half damage without falling prone on a success. The area becomes difficult terrain until cleared.

Reactions

Blundering Retaliation. When a creature the rashtusk can see moves within 10 feet of it, the rashtusk makes one Slam attack against that creature. The movement need not be voluntary.

Legendary Actions

Lumbering Advance. The rashtusk moves up to half its speed. This movement does not provoke opportunity attacks.
Heavy Slam. The rashtusk makes one Slam attack.
Crushing Bite (costs 2 actions). The rashtusk makes one Bite attack. If it hits a target it is already grappling, the attack deals an extra 11 () piercing damage.
Role
Brute
Built for
Level 20 party; designed as a hard solo encounter for four or five characters

Augmentations

Voluntary injections of an extreme quantity of dragon turtle genetic material, a fictional transformation rather than a conventional cybernetic augmentation.

Notes for the game master

Custom D&D 5E monster. The rashtusk is a Beast and is not a canonical published monster.
Although it stands about 16 feet tall, its game size is Large as requested.
Scalding Water Beam is a custom biological ability. Its damage is fire damage because it represents severe heat, not magical water damage.
The rashtusk is mindless in behavior, but Intelligence 2 allows it to retain the minimum mental capacity needed for basic sensory response.
Legendary Resistance is included to support a solo CR 20 encounter, not to imply intelligence.

Tactics

  1. Opening

    The rashtusk attacks the first moving creature it notices, whether or not it is armed. If it spots several targets, it opens with its Scalding Water Beam, then charges into the closest survivors.

  2. Mid-fight

    It hammers the nearest targets with its bite and slams, paying no heed to hazards or incoming attacks. It uses Kaiju Surge to reach targets that flee or cluster together, and its beam against the largest group it can see.

  3. End of the fight

    When wounded, it becomes no more cautious. It continues to bite and slam at the nearest moving target, using its beam as soon as it recharges. If surrounded, Kaiju Surge can break through the formation and scatter several opponents.

  4. Retreat

    It has no morale, self-preservation, or capacity to retreat. It fights until dead, incapacitated, or unable to detect movement.

How it fights

The rashtusk has no tactical judgment. It always attacks the nearest moving creature it can reach.
If it can see multiple moving creatures, it tends to unleash its beam across the densest group.
It does not deliberately focus on healers, avoid hazards, or protect itself from opportunity attacks.
If a target is grappled, it continues attacking that target unless another creature's movement draws its attention.

Who it attacks first

The nearest moving creature within reach.
If several targets are equally near, the largest moving creature.
Any creature that moves within its reach, even if it is already attacking another target.

Works well with

Moving hazards, swarms, or panicked crowds give it abundant targets and make its indiscriminate attacks especially dangerous.
Its beam is most effective when allies or terrain features funnel characters into a straight line.

How to beat it

Exploit its low Intelligence and lack of judgment with decoys, illusions that include convincing movement, or deliberately placed moving objects.
Spread out to reduce the number of creatures caught in its beam and Kaiju Surge.
Use control effects that target its poor mental defenses, while accounting for its Legendary Resistance.
Attack its weaker saving throws with effects that do not depend on fire or poison.

Ways to avoid a fight

Its fixation on movement can be exploited to draw it away from a settlement or a trapped group.
A party can redirect it with moving decoys, though the decoys must remain convincing and its attention may shift abruptly.
It cannot be negotiated with or reasoned out of an attack.

Ecology

A hulking, semi-bipedal reptilian brute that stands roughly 16 feet tall in its kaiju-like stance. Its thick, ridged shell rides high across its back, while swollen limbs, a heavy tail, and a blunt, tooth-packed jaw give it the proportions of a dragon turtle forced into a land-bound body. Its enormous pale-white eyes stare without focus. Steam leaks from the seams in its shell, and its mouth glows faintly before it unleashes a beam of heated water.

Behavior

Completely mindless and unable to distinguish prey, allies, or threats. It attacks anything that moves, turning toward even small motions and pursuing them with relentless, reckless force. Loud sounds alone do not distract it unless they are accompanied by movement.

How it lives

The rashtusk is an engineered accident rather than a natural species. It needs vast quantities of food and water, and its heat-warped body leaves hot, muddy pools wherever it rests. It may survive for years in a swamp, but cannot meaningfully reproduce or care for offspring.

Lair

It wedges itself into deep pools or flooded sinkholes where the water helps support its weight. Its lair is marked by crushed trees, scalded mud, and steaming pools. The rashtusk does not defend territory deliberately; it simply attacks intruders that move within reach.

Habitat
Swamp

Signs that it is near

Reeds and young trees crushed in a broad, erratic path.
Patches of boiled mud and steaming pools.
Oversized clawprints filled with hot, cloudy water.
Scattered carcasses with deep punctures and patches of scalded flesh.

Tags

Beast,
Brute,
Swamp,
Mutant,
Solo

Lore

The rashtusk willingly accepted injections of dragon turtle DNA, believing the transformation would grant strength and permanence. The injections overwhelmed its body and mind. What remains is an enormous, nearly senseless animal driven by stimulus and appetite. Its scalding water beam is a biological mutation created by the transformation, not a spell.

What drives it

Attack movement, crush whatever is close, and consume anything it can reach. It has no other discernible desire.

After the fight

The ground shudders with each fading heartbeat. Its plated hide may be harvested, but the tissues around the injection sites continue to twitch and burn for hours, and the pools where its blood collects remain dangerously hot.

“What remains is an enormous, nearly senseless animal driven by stimulus and appetite.”
From its lore

Variants

An ash-scarred rashtusk has a cracked shell and a shorter beam, but can discharge it more frequently.
A deepwater rashtusk has a reduced walking speed and a faster swim speed, and lurks in flooded ruins.

Hooks

Plot hooks

A swamp village hires the party to lure the rashtusk away before its next rampage reaches their homes.
The people who performed the injections have disappeared, leaving behind records that suggest other subjects may still be alive.
A researcher wants a sample of the rashtusk's altered tissue, but retrieving one risks exposing the party to its blood and the creatures drawn to the heat.

How to use it

Present its rampage as an environmental disaster: the party must evacuate people or divert the creature before trying to kill it.
Use it as a solo boss in open terrain with scattered cover and enough room to maneuver.
Add clear warnings before its beam, such as its eyes whitening further, its throat swelling, and the water around its jaws beginning to boil.
For a hard encounter, use one rashtusk against a well-rested party of four or five characters around level 20. For lower-level parties, treat it as a set-piece threat and provide objectives other than defeating it.

Treasure

Its thick plates may be sold to armorers or alchemists, but transporting them requires heavy equipment.
The injection tools and research notes that caused its transformation may be valuable evidence.
Scavengers may already be gathering around its lair, drawn by the heat and remains.

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