.. _Salamander:

Salamander
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*Large elemental, neutral evil*

**Armor Class** 15 (natural armor)

**Hit Points** 90 (12d10 + 24)

**Speed** 30 ft.

+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| STR       | DEX       | CON       | INT       | WIS       | CHA       |
+===========+===========+===========+===========+===========+===========+
| 18 (+4)   | 14 (+2)   | 15 (+2)   | 11 (+0)   | 10 (+0)   | 12 (+1)   |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

**Damage Vulnerabilities** cold

**Damage Resistances** bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from
nonmagical attacks

**Damage Immunities** fire

**Sense**\ s darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10

**Languages** Ignan

**Challenge** 5 (1,800 XP)

:bi:`Heated Body`. A creature that touches the salamander or hits it
with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 7 (2d6) fire damage.

:bi:`Heated Weapons`. Any metal melee weapon the salamander wields deals
an extra 3 (1d6) fire damage on a hit (included in the attack).


Actions
^^^^^^^

:bi:`Multiattack`. The salamander makes two attacks: one with its spear
and one with its tail.

:bi:`Spear`. *Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack:* +7 to hit, reach 5 ft. or
range 20 ft./60 ft., one target. *Hit:* 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage, or
13 (2d8 + 4) piercing damage if used with two hands to make a melee
attack, plus 3 (1d6) fire damage.

.. index::
   single: grappled; by salamander tail
   single: restrained; by salamander tail

:bi:`Tail`. *Melee Weapon Attack:* +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target.
*Hit:* 11 (2d6 + 4) bludgeoning damage plus 7 (2d6) fire damage, and the
target is :ref:`grappled` (escape DC 14). Until this grapple ends, the target
is :ref:`restrained`, the salamander can automatically hit the target with its
tail, and the salamander can't make tail attacks against other targets.