Crocodilian, Marine Crocodile

This fishlike reptile has a thin, streamlined snout filled with needle-like teeth and a long, flat tail that it uses to propel itself through the water.

Marine Crocodile CR 3

XP 800
N Large animal
Init +5; Senses low-light vision; Perception +11

AC 14, touch 10, flat-footed 13 (+1 Dex, +4 natural, â1 size)
hp 30 (4d8+12)
Fort +7, Ref +5, Will +2

Str 20, Dex 13, Con 17, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2
Base Atk +3; CMB +9 (+13 grapple); CMD 20
Feats Improved Initiative, Skill Focus (Perception)
Skills Perception +11, Swim +13
SQ hold breath

Death Dive (Ex)

Hold Breath (Ex)

A marine crocodile can hold its breath a number of rounds equal to 8 times its Constitution score before it risks drowning.

Environment tropical oceans
Organization solitary, pair, or float (3â6)
Treasure none

The marine crocodile resembles its land-based cousins in general body shape and size, though its legs are a hybrid of webbed feet and nascent fins. Its long tail is thinner and flatter than those of traditional crocodilians, allowing the marine crocodile to swim with alarming speed as it whips its tail back and forth.

Marine crocodiles generally remain in warm, shallow oceans and seas. They spend most of their time at sea hunting fish, sea mammals, aquatic humanoids, and monstrous humanoids like merfolk, sahuagin, and locathahs. Only when breeding and laying eggs do marine crocodiles venture onto land (where they are slow and clumsy), before returning to the sea.