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{{edition|Kraken}}
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[[File:Giant octopus attacks ship.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Kraken.<br />Giant_octopus_attacks_ship.jpg<br />By Mary Evans Picture Library/Alamy [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons<br />''Image not part of the SRD'']]  {{5e Monster
|name=Kraken 
|sorttext=Kraken AAA Common
|refs={{SRD5ref}} <ref name="mm5.196197">also published in &mdash; {{Cite Pub|Monster Manual (5e)|pages=196-197}}</ref> <ref name="hab">Habitat &mdash; Not part of the [[SRD5]].</ref> <ref name="dmg5hab">habitat - {{pub|Dungeon Master's Guide (5e)}} p.302-305</ref>
|size=Gargantuan 
|type=Monstrosity 
|swarm= <!--If swarm, size of individual creature in swarm-->
|subtype=Titan, Kraken 
|align=Chaotic Evil 
|ac=18 
|acfluff=natural armor 
|hp=472 
|hd=27d20+189 
|speed=20 ft., {{srd5lc|Swim}} 60 ft.
|str=30
|dex=11
|con=25
|int=22
|wis=18
|cha=20
|saves={{5eStr}} +17, {{5eDex}} +7, {{5eCon}} +14, {{5eInt}} +13, {{5eWis}} +11 
|skills=
|damageresistances=
|damageimmunity={{srd5lc|Lightning}}; {{bps}}
|conditionimmunity={{srd5lc|Frightened}}, {{srd5lc|Paralyzed}}
|senses={{srd5lc|Truesight}} 120 ft.
|perception=14 <!--Passive-->
|languages=understands {{5elang|Abyssal}}, {{5elang|Celestial}}, {{5elang|Infernal}}, and {{5elang|Primordial}} but can't speak, {{srd5lc|Telepathy}} 120 ft.
|habitat=Underwater
|cr=23 <!--Challenge Rating-->
|xp= <!--Experience points for destroying-->
|canon=true
|summary= <!-- 1-2 line unofficial, UNPLAGIRIZED, description --> 

|feature1=Amphibious
|flimit1=
|fdesc1=The kraken can breathe air and water.

|feature2=Freedom of Movement
|flimit2=
|fdesc2=The kraken ignores {{srd5lc|Difficult Terrain}}, and magical effects can’t reduce its {{srd5lc|Speed}} or cause it to be {{srd5lc|Restrained}}. It can spend 5 feet of movement to escape from nonmagical restraints or being {{srd5lc|Grappled}}.

|feature3=Siege Monster
|flimit3=
|fdesc3=The kraken deals double damage to objects and structures.

|action1=Multiattack
|alimit1=
|adesc1=The kraken makes three tentacle attacks, each of which it can replace with one use of Fling.

|action2=Bite
|alimit2=
|adesc2=''{{SRD5|Melee Weapon Attack}}:'' +17 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. ''Hit:'' 23 (3d8+10) {{srd5lc|Piercing}} damage. If the target is a {{SRD5|Large}} or smaller creature {{srd5lc|Grappled}} by the kraken, that creature is swallowed and the grapple ends. While swallowed, the creature is {{srd5lc|Blinded}} and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the kraken, and it takes 42 (12d6) {{srd5lc|Acid}} damage at the start of each of the kraken’s {{srd5lc|Turn}}s. 

If the kraken takes 50 damage or more on a single turn from a creature inside it, the kraken must succeed on a {{SRD5|DC}} 25 {{SRD5|Constitution}} {{srd5lc|Saving Throw}} at the end of that turn or regurgitate all swallowed creatures, which fall prone in a space within 10 feet of the kraken. If the kraken dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse using 15 feet of movement, exiting prone.

|action3=Tentacle
|alimit3=
|adesc3=''Melee Weapon Attack:'' +17 to hit, {{srd5lc|Reach}} 30 ft., one target. ''Hit:'' 20 (3d6+10) {{srd5lc|Bludgeoning}} damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 18). Until this grapple ends, the target is {{srd5lc|Restrained}}. The kraken has ten tentacles, each of which can grapple one target.

|action4=Fling
|alimit4=
|adesc4=One Large or smaller object held or creature grappled by the kraken is thrown up to 60 feet in a random direction and knocked {{srd5lc|Prone}}. If a thrown target strikes a solid surface, the target takes 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage for every 10 feet it was thrown. If the target is thrown at another creature, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 {{SRD5|Dexterity}} saving throw or take the same damage and be knocked prone.

|action5=Lightning Storm
|alimit5=
|adesc5=The kraken magically creates three bolts of lightning, each of which can strike a target the kraken can see within 120 feet of it. A target must make a DC 23 Dexterity saving throw, taking 22 (4d10) {{srd5lc|Lightning}} damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

|legend1=Tentacle Attack or Fling
|lgdlimit1=
|lgddesc1=The kraken makes one tentacle attack or use its Fling.

|legend2=Lightning Storm
|lgdlimit2=Costs 2 Actions
|lgddesc2=The kraken uses Lightning Storm.

|legend3=Ink Cloud
|lgdlimit3=Costs 3 Actions
|lgddesc3=While underwater, the kraken expels an ink cloud in a 60-foot radius. The cloud spreads around corners, and that area is {{srd5lc|Heavily Obscured}} to creatures other than the kraken. Each creature other than the kraken that ends its turn there must succeed on a DC 23 {{SRD5|Constitution}} saving throw, taking 16 (3d10) {{srd5lc|Poison}} damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A strong current disperses the cloud, which otherwise disappears at the end of the kraken’s next turn.

|haslair=true<!--blank, true is has lair-->
}}
{{SRD5end}}
''see {{5ep|Kraken}} for full description.''

{{:Kraken (5e)/Lair}}

==Sources and Notes==
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