Lizard, Monitor
Medium Animal — CR 2
- Hit Dice
- 3d8+9 (22 hp)
- Initiative
- +2
- Speed
- Land 30 ft
- Armor Class
- 15, touch 12, flat-footed 13
- Base Attack / Grapple
- +2/+5
- Attack
- Bite +5 melee (1d8+4)
- Full Attack
- Bite +5 melee (1d8+4)
- STR
- 17
- DEX
- 15
- CON
- 17
- INT
- 1
- WIS
- 12
- CHA
- 2
- Fort / Ref / Will
- +8 / +5 / +2
- Challenge Rating
- 2
- Alignment
- Always Neutral
- Organization
- Solitary
- Treasure
- None
- Environment
- Forests
- Level Adjustment
- —
Special Abilities
Feats
This category includes fairly large, carnivorous lizards from 3 to 5 feet long.
Description
This category includes fairly large, carnivorous lizards from 3 to 5 feet long.
Combat
Monitor lizards can be aggressive, using their powerful jaws to tear at prey or enemies.
Skills: A monitor lizard has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard. It can always choose to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted or endangered. It can use the run action while swimming, provided it swims in a straight line.
Monitor lizards have a +4 racial bonus on Hide and Move Silently checks. *In forested or overgrown areas, the Hide bonus improves to +8.