Eel, Weed
- Armor Class
- 7 [12]
- Hit Dice
- 1
- Attacks
- Bite (1d3 + poison)
- Special
- poison bite (save or die), camouflage, surprise 1-5
- Move
- Swim 18
- HDE/XP
- 1/15
Description
Weed Eels are a venomous variety of eel with excellent natural camouflage; a group of weed eels looks very much like a bunch of seaweed due to their shaggy scales and coloration. An individual weed eel is around 5 feet long and weighs about 300 pounds.
Weed eels surprise on 1-5 on 1d6 due to their camouflage, and will lie in wait for potential victims to move close enough to attack. The bite of a weed eel will kill any living creature that fails a saving throw against poison. Colonies of weed eels live in chaotic networks of tunnels with multiple holes or entrances arranged in clusters, and by extending themselves from these holes they complete the illusion of being just a patch of weeds.
Eel Notes
The Eel category now includes common, electric, giant, and weed eels as separate White Box creature entries converted from the Field Guide Omnibus.
Common eels are territorial reef and crevice ambush predators. Electric eels can release a stunning burst of electricity in water. Giant eels are larger aquatic predators, with one in six able to emit an electrical shock. Weed eels are venomous ambushers whose camouflage lets them surprise prey among seaweed-like colonies.
See Also
Other creatures in the Eel category: Eel, Common, Eel, Electric, Eel, Giant.
Source note: This creature is converted from The Basic Fantasy Field Guide of Creatures Malevolent and Benign – Omnibus Edition, 1st Edition Release 4, © 2010–2025 Chris Gonnerman, R. Kevin Smoot, James Lemon, Matt Sluis, and Contributors. The Basic Fantasy Field Guide textual material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International; this page adapts that creature to White Box.