Lava Keeper
Huge Elemental · Lawful Neutral · CR 18
- Elemental
- Huge
- Tier 4
- Neutral
CR 18 huge elemental, lawful neutral — that's Lava Keeper. Native to hill and mountain. Sourced from Tome of Beasts 2.
Stat Block
- Challenge Rating
- 18
- Type
- Elemental
- Size
- Huge
- Alignment
- Lawful Neutral
- Speed
- 40, burrow 40
- Habitats
- Hill, Mountain
- Sources
- Tome of Beasts 2
Ecology
Lava Keeper is a being of one of the inner planes, summoned, escaped, or birthed where planar boundaries thin. It is most often found in hill regions. It is huge-sized, which shapes how it hunts, hides, or fights.
Behaviour
Lava Keeper is simple in motivation but immense in reach — fire wants to burn, water wants to flow. Its Lawful Neutral alignment shapes how it engages with the world — predictable in tendency, even when unpredictable in detail. It is largely instinct-driven; complex strategy is the work of whoever (or whatever) commands it. Spellcasting expands its repertoire well beyond what its physical stat block alone suggests.
Origin
Lava Keeper is introduced in Kobold Press's Tome of Beasts 2 (2020). Elementals come from the inner planes — the Plane of Fire, Water, Earth, Air, or the para-elemental borders. Within a campaign, its existence anchors a region with the kind of weight only an old, named species carries.
Related Monsters
Frequently Asked Questions about Lava Keeper
- What is the challenge rating of Lava Keeper?
- Listed CR for Lava Keeper: 18. Match it to a party that fits the very top of the level ladder.
- What type of creature is Lava Keeper?
- The bestiary type for Lava Keeper is elemental, huge size, lawful neutral alignment.
- Where does Lava Keeper live?
- Lava Keeper is typically encountered in Hill, Mountain.