bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
Senses
darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12
Languages
—
Traits
Stone Camouflage. The grick has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide in rocky terrain.
Actions
Multiattack. The grick makes one attack with its tentacles. If that attack hits, the grick can make one beak attack against the same target.
Tentacles. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d6 + 2) slashing damage.
Beak. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage.
How many gricks for a fight?
A grick is worth 450 XP. Using the 2024 encounter budgets (SRD 5.2), this is how many gricks fit each difficulty for a party of four characters of the same level. A dash means even one would be over the budget.
Party level
Low
Moderate
High
2nd
—
1
1
3rd
1
2
3
4th
2
3
4
5th
4
6
9
6th
5
8
12
7th
6
11
12+
8th
8
12+
12+
9th
11
12+
12+
Budgets add up every monster’s XP, so you can swap some for other creatures of the same total. Try other party sizes and mixes in the encounter calculator.
How the grick compares at CR 2
Against the 42 other challenge 2 monsters in the SRD 5.1, the grick has more hit points than 1 of them, which makes it one of the frailest at its CR. See every CR 2 monster.
Statistic
Grick
CR 2 average
Armor Class
14
12.9
Hit points
27
47
Best attack bonus
+4
+5
Grick 2024 stat block
The 2024 Monster Manual revised the grick, and the SRD 5.2 carries the new stat block. What changed:
Its creature type changed from monstrosity to aberration.
Hit points: 27 → 54.
Gone from it: Stone Camouflage.
Armor Class
14
Hit Points
54 (12d8)
Speed
30 ft., climb 30 ft.
Challenge
2 (450 XP)
STR
DEX
CON
INT
WIS
CHA
14 (+2)
14 (+2)
11 (+0)
3 (-4)
14 (+2)
5 (-3)
Senses
darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12
Languages
None
Actions
Multiattack. The grick makes one Beak attack and one Tentacles attack.
Tentacles. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 7 (1d10 + 2) Slashing damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it has the Grappled condition (escape DC 12) from all four tentacles.
