Reef SharkCR 1/2 · Medium Beast · Stat Block & Encounter Builder

Medium beast, Challenge 1/2. AC 12, 22 hit points.

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Armour Class

Hit Points

Speed

swim 40 ft.

Challenge

1/2 · 100 XP

Alignment

Unaligned

The card

Stat Block

Medium Beast · Unaligned

Reef Shark

1/2

4d8 + 4 · swim 40 ft. · AC from natural armor

Blindsight 30 ft., passive Perception 12

Languages: —

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
14 (+2)	13 (+1)	13 (+1)	1 (-5)	10 (+0)	4 (-3)

Traits

Pack TacticsThe shark has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the shark's allies is within 5 ft. of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.

Water BreathingThe shark can breathe only underwater.

Actions

BiteMelee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage.

How to actually run it

Tactics

The stat block tells you what it can do. This tells you what to do with it.

1Pack Tactics — it rolls with advantage whenever an ally is within 5 feet of the target, so it always fights in numbers.

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Encounter Difficulty

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How bad is this fight?

Real DMG maths — XP thresholds by level, and the group multiplier that makes crowds so much worse than the raw total suggests.

Reef Sharks4Party size4Party level3

A real fight. Someone will use a resource they wanted to keep.

Difficulty

Medium

800 adj. XP · ×2

deadly at 1,600

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Reef Shark, Answered

What is Reef Shark's challenge rating in D&D 5e?

Reef Shark is Challenge 1/2, worth 100 XP. Encounter maths multiplies XP by the number of monsters, so a group is deadlier than the raw total — use the calculator on this page.

What are Reef Shark's stats?

AC 12 (natural armor), 22 hit points (4d8 + 4), speed swim 40 ft.. Ability scores: STR 14, DEX 13, CON 13, INT 1, WIS 10, CHA 4.

Where does Reef Shark fit in an encounter?

As a beast of Challenge 1/2, it suits a party whose level is in the same range. Adjust party size and level in the builder above to see the difficulty shift live.

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