Bucket Crab
Small beast, unaligned
AC
14
HP
44
Speed
20
CR
1/4
Bucket crabs squeeze into discarded pails, boots, and bait tins along the mudflats and wear them as shells. They clamp whatever pries at the bucket and drag it sideways toward the nearest pool.
Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
Hit Points 44 (8d6 + 16)
Speed 20 ft., swim 20 ft.
- STR
- 14 (+2)
- DEX
- 12 (+1)
- CON
- 14 (+2)
- INT
- 1 (-5)
- WIS
- 10 (+0)
- CHA
- 3 (-4)
Senses passive Perception 10
Languages —
Challenge 1/4
Traits
Bucket Shell. While the crab is inside a bucket, tin, or similar container, it has a +1 bonus to its Armor Class, already included above.
Actions
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 12) if it is Small or smaller. The crab can grapple only one creature at a time.
