# Roc

> From the Curse of Strahd game wiki (it covers the whole game, spoilers included): https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/roc.html. Unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy, not approved or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

> [!infobox]
> ![roc](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/portraits/roc.webp)
> **Type:** Gargantuan monstrosity
> **Alignment:** unaligned
> **Challenge:** 11 (7200 XP)
> **Armor Class:** 15
> **Hit Points:** 248 (16d20+80)
> **Speed:** 20 ft, fly 120 ft

## Stat block

A bird the size of a ship: a tearing beak and talons that snatch prey away.

| AC | HP | Speed | CR | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 248 (16d20+80) | 20 ft, fly 120 ft | 11 | 7200 |

| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 (+9) | 10 (+0) | 20 (+5) | 3 (-4) | 10 (+0) | 9 (-1) |

- **Saving throws:** DEX +4, WIS +4
- **Skills:** Perception +8

### Actions

- **Multiattack.** Two Beak attacks; one can be a Talons attack.
- **Beak.** A tearing beak strike with 10 ft reach.
- **Talons.** Seizes a Huge or smaller target in both talons (escape DC 19), Restrained while held.

### Bonus actions

- **Swoop.** Recharge 5-6. With a creature in its talons, climbs half its Fly Speed without Opportunity Attacks and drops it.

## Where you meet it

- [The Tsolenka Pass](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-tsolenka-pass.md): *A shadow the size of a barn roof slides across the bridge. Then the wind comes, and the scream, and the…*