Ruin Grinder

Large Construct, Unaligned

Armor Class 16 (natural armor)

Hit Points 82 (11d10 + 22)

Speed 30 ft., burrow 30 ft.

STR

DEX

CON

INT

-4

WIS

CHA

-5

Damage Immunities fire, poison

Condition Immunities Charmed, Exhaustion, Frightened, Petrified, Poisoned

Senses blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 10

Languages understands the languages of its creator but can't speak

Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)

Traits

Fire Absorption. Whenever the ruin grinder is subjected to fire damage, it regains a number of hit points equal to half the fire damage dealt.

Siege Monster. The ruin grinder deals double damage to objects and structures.

Tunneler. The ruin grinder can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and leaves a 10-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.

Actions

Multiattack. The ruin grinder makes two Excavator attacks.

Excavator. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit:13 (2d6 + 6) force damage. If the target is a Huge or smaller creature, it must succeed on a DC 17 Strength saving throw or be pushed up to 10 feet away and knocked prone.

Lore

Created by the archaeomancers of Lorehold College, ruin grinders are mighty automatons built to excavate ancient ruins and artifacts. The massive toothed shovels attached to a ruin grinder's arms tear through millennia-old bedrock with ease, leading some Lorehold mages to fear that the grinders destroy more history than they unearth.