Large Monstrous Scorpion

Type: Vermin (List)

Race: Scorpion (List)

Monster Manual classification: Scorpion

Alignment: True Neutral

Rare: No

Organization: Solitary or hive (4+)

CR:  ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite

Attack: Claw (Slashing), Sting (Piercing + natural poison: scorpion)

Special Qualities: Sneak, Burrow

Habitats: 

• Ruined Halls — May spawn from smashed crates
• Sorrowdusk Isle — A hive of Large Monstrous Scorpions, Night Scorpions and possibly the rare Rhath in the scorpion swarm explorer area. — CR:  ♦3Normal
• Tangleroot Gorge — A hive in the bone-strewn lair explorer area. — CR:  ♦3Normal
• The Scoundrel's Run — Spawn with a pair of Night Scorpions afer you open a chest in the northwest corner.
• Venn's Trail: Venn's Fate — 5 will spawn after you talk to an isolated prisoner. Awards an optional.
• White Plume Mountain — In the Trident path — CR:  ♦9Normal ♥11Hard ♠14Elite ●♦32Epic Normal ●♥36Epic Hard ●♠40Epic Elite
• Lava Caves: Colossal Crystals — CR: Challenge Level
• Lava Caves: Time is Money — CR: Challenge Level
• Lava Caves: Colossal Crystals - EPIC — CR: Challenge Level
• Lava Caves: Time is Money - EPIC — CR: Challenge Level
• Redwillow's Ruins
• Steal the Healing Elixir — (historic)

Description: Scorpions are voracious predators that pose a danger even to large and well-armored parties. Their pincers and lashing tail allow them to inflict both slashing and piercing damage.