Kraken

D&D 2024 monster: Kraken. Source: Plane Shift: Zendikar. challenge rating 13, creature type Monstrosity, Huge size, speed 30 ft., swim 50 ft. Lurking in the deepest reaches of Zendikar's seas, krakens are mysterious monsters of unpredictable wrath and terrible destruction. Though they take the form of rampaging brutes when they appear on the surface, the truth of their existence is more complex. Krakens embody force of will and the drive for self-determination shared by all thinking beings. When their will is turned to destruction, they are capable of wreaking terrible havoc upon ships at sea or coastal settlements. But they live most of their adult lives in utter isolation in the deeps, focused on their own probing of the seas' mysteries. A kraken has a roughly humanoid shape, with two strong arms and a broad chest. Its head is encased in a rough shell that sprouts two large horns, and one of its hands is a bony claw. It has dozens of tentacles-a writhing mass below its toothy mouth, another mass at the end of one arm, and several long tentacles in place of legs. On its back is a huge conch-like shell. Though the Monster Manual has its own version of the kraken, Zendikar's krakens are actually more similar to storm giants. Monstrosity Huge 30 ft., swim 50 ft.