# Drowned >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] *This animated corpse is sopping wet, as if it just crawled from the water. The air around it is thick and cloying, exuding the essences of the corpse’s watery grave.* <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Drowned</div> <div class="CR">CR 9 (6,400 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Monster Manual 3</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> CE Medium Undead **Init** +5 **Senses** darkvision 60 ft.; **Perception** +20 **Aura** drowning (30 ft.) #### defense **AC** 19, 11 touch, 18 flat-footed (+1 Dex, +8 natural) **hp** 85 (13d8+26); fast healing 5, unholy toughness **Fort** +5, **Refl** +7, **Will** +8 **Feint** 19, **Demoralize** 23 **Immune** undead traits #### offense **Speed** 30 ft., swim 30 ft. **Melee** 2 slams +17 (1d4+7) **Space** 5 ft., **Reach** 5 ft. #### statistics **Str** 25, **Dex** 13, **Con** —, **Int** 9, **Wis** 10, **Cha** 12 **BAB** +9, **CMB** +16, **CMD** 27, **TA** +16, **RTA** +10 **Feats** [[Alertness]], [[Cleave]], [[Great Cleave]], [[Improved Initiative]], [[Improved Natural Attack]] (slam), [[Lightning Reflexes]], [[Power Attack]] **Skills** Perception +20, Stealth +17, Swim +28 **Languages** Abyssal, Common #### special abilities ### Drowning Aura (Su) A drowned gives off a 30-foot-radius emanation of suffocation and drowning. All breathing creatures within 30 feet of a drowned are treated as if beneath water in terms of being able to breathe. The drowning aura accelerates the process of drowning, a creature can only hold its breath if it makes a DC 10 Constitution check every round. Each round, the DC increases by 1. When the character finally fails its Constitution check, it begins to drown. ### Unholy Toughness (Ex) A drowned gains bonus hit points equal to its Charisma modifier × its Hit Dice. #### tactics A drowned slams its foes with sodden limbs, but more worrisome is its terrible drowning aura. #### ecology **Terrain** Any **Organization** Solitary or pair **Treasure** None **Advancement** By character class The drowned lost their lives in the watery deep. The evidence of their gasping death always saturates their clothing and fl esh, and fi lls the air around them. Many drowned came to their current circumstances when their ships went down at sea with all hands. Others, more ancient, fi rst arose when their island homes sank beneath the waves ages ago, drowning all. A drowned stands between 5-1/2 and 6-1/2 feet tall and weighs between 120 and 210 pounds.