ᚷᚱᚢᚾᛞᚹᛃᚱᚷᛖᚾ

“Grundwyrgen.” A creature of the deepest abysses of North Atlantic, the sea wolf hunts the largest, fiercest game of the sea—humans and their boats—just as their land counterparts do. Sea wolves of course have nothing physically in common with the wolves of the land with the exception of hunting for humans in packs; sea wolves come from the depths of the North Atlantic and the North Sea and appear to be nothing so much as living beings made of tentacles, mud, stone, and glutinous water. When desperate, sea wolves will fall upon other creatures to feed, but their food of choice is human meat.

Large monstrosity, any temperament

Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 68 (8d10+24)
Speed 30 ft, swim 60 ft

Str 21 (+5) Dex 15 (+3) Con 16 (+3)
Int 7 (-2) Wis 14 (+2) Cha 8 (-1)

Skills Perception +4, Stealth +5
Senses blindsight 60 ft, passive Perception 14
Damage Immunities cold
Damage Vulnerabilities fire
Languages The Sea, in a primitive fashion
Reaction to fear
Challenge 3 (700 XP)

Amphibious. The sea wolf can breathe both air and water.

Keen Hearing and Sight. The sea wolf rolls with advantage on Perception checks.

Pack Tactics. The sea wolf rolls with advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of the sea wolf’s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn’t incapacitated.

ACTIONS

Multiattack. The sea wolf makes two tentacle attacks each turn.

Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 15 ft, one target. Hit: 9 (1d6+5) piercing damage plus 3 (1d4) poison damage.

MOTIVES

Sea wolves are highly intelligent (for sea monstrosities) and seek to not only feed themselves but to play and hunt communally.

ALLIES

Sea wolves are comparatively intelligent for what they are, and not only act in packs of 4-8 but have a communal culture of sorts. Consequently, the sea wolves are often accompanied by single, less powerful meat-eaters and scavengers hoping to get some of the scraps that the sea wolves miss. But the sea wolves are also targeted by more powerful creatures of the sea and are often compelled to serve them.