Remorhaz
Huge Monstrosity · · CR 11
- Monstrosity
- Huge
- Tier 3
Remorhaz is a huge monstrosity of unaligned alignment, CR 11. Found in arctic. Sourced from Monster Manual (5e 2014) and Monster Manual (5.5e 2024).
Stat Block
- Challenge Rating
- 11
- Type
- Monstrosity
- Size
- Huge
- Alignment
- —
- Speed
- —
- Habitats
- Arctic
- Sources
- Monster Manual (5e 2014), Monster Manual (5.5e 2024)
Ecology
Remorhazes are arctic apex predators that burrow through ice and frozen earth, hunting megafauna, frost giants, and the occasional caravan. Their bodies generate intense internal heat, allowing them to live in extreme cold without freezing and to digest prey at lethal speed. They lay eggs in geothermal vents, and the chicks emerge already capable of melting through ice. A mature remorhaz can be forty feet long and live two centuries.
Behaviour
Remorhazes are solitary, territorial, and silent. They communicate through tremor-pulses through stone and ice, used only in mating and territorial disputes. They hunt by ambush, sensing footsteps from a half-mile through tremorsense, and they prefer isolated single targets to group combat. They have rudimentary intelligence, recognizing patterns and learning to avoid traps. Frost giants sometimes domesticate young remorhazes as war-mounts, with mixed results.
Origin
Remorhazes appear in folklore long before they appear in scholarship, suggesting they have always been the secret terror beneath northern ice. One legend claims they are punishments left by a forgotten arctic god; another claims they were brought to the material plane by frost giants from the elemental plane of fire as a contradictory weapon. The geothermal origin theory is most accepted, but the creatures themselves seem older than most coherent traditions.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Remorhaz
- What is the challenge rating of Remorhaz?
- The CR on Remorhaz is 11. That CR suits high-tier groups.
- What type of creature is Remorhaz?
- By creature type, Remorhaz is a monstrosity, huge size.
- Where does Remorhaz live?
- The bestiary places Remorhaz in Arctic.