Primal Spirit of Waves and Tides
Habitat: Coastal, Planar (Elemental Plane of Water), Swamp, Underwater; Treasure: None
Spirits of the Elemental Plane of Water form shapeless liquids into water elementals, aqueous beings with the might of surging waves. Water elementals are as mutable as liquid, allowing them to crash into foes and seep through narrow cracks. They can crush foes with limb-like geysers, or they might flood over creatures, submerging and drowning foes within their whirling forms. Water elementals often appear near nexuses of elemental power, such as aquatic abysses, magical springs, and whirlpools.
Water elementals’ shapes are influenced by the liquid bodies in which they form. Roll on or choose a result from the Water Elemental Compositions table to inspire a water elemental’s features.
| 1d4 |
The Water Elemental's Body Features ... |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Chilling or near-boiling temperatures. |
| 2 |
Energetic effervescence. |
| 3 |
Muddy, polluted, or crystal-clear water. |
| 4 |
Seaweed, tiny fish, or other sea life. |
Water: greatest of the elements in might and form. A tsunami’s torrent. A blizzard’s claws. A parent’s tears. What is not moved by water?
—Kalbari, Mother of Foam, ruler of marids
Freeze. If the elemental takes Cold damage, its Speed decreases by 20 feet until the end of its next turn.
Water Form. The elemental can enter an enemy’s space and stop there. It can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch without expending extra movement to do so.
Multiattack. The elemental makes two Slam attacks.
Slam. Melee Attack Roll: +7, reach 5 ft. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) Bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it has the Prone condition.
Whelm (Recharge 4–6). Strength Saving Throw: DC 15, each creature in the elemental’s space. Failure: 22 (4d8 + 4) Bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it has the Grappled condition (escape DC 14). Until the grapple ends, the target has the Restrained condition, is suffocating unless it can breathe water, and takes 9 (2d8) Bludgeoning damage at the start of each of the elemental’s turns. The elemental can grapple one Large creature or up to two Medium or smaller creatures at a time with Whelm. As an action, a creature within 5 feet of the elemental can pull a creature out of it by succeeding on a DC 14 Strength (Athletics) check. Success: Half damage only.
