# [Brown Scavver](3-Mechanics\CLI\bestiary\monstrosity/brown-scavver-bam.md)
*Source: Boo's Astral Menagerie p. 49, Light of Xaryxis*
Brown scavvers are 10 feet long and range in color from sun-dappled brownish gold to dark umber. It takes them days to digest a meal, during which time they attack only in self-defense.
A brown scavver likes to swallow its prey whole. The creature's stomach is filled with poisonous gas, which kills off anything that survives being swallowed.
```statblock
"name": "Brown Scavver (BAM)"
"size": "Large"
"type": "monstrosity"
"alignment": "Unaligned"
"ac": !!int "13"
"ac_class": "natural armor"
"hp": !!int "51"
"hit_dice": "6d10 + 18"
"stats":
- !!int "18"
- !!int "15"
- !!int "17"
- !!int "1"
- !!int "10"
- !!int "1"
"speed": "0 ft., fly 40 ft."
"senses": "darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10"
"languages": ""
"cr": "4"
"traits":
- "desc": "The scavver doesn't require air."
"name": "Unusual Nature"
"actions":
- "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11\
\ (2d6 + 4) piercing damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature,\
\ it must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or be swallowed by the scavver.\
\ The scavver can have one creature swallowed at a time.\n\nA swallowed creature\
\ is [blinded](3-Mechanics/CLI/rules/conditions.md#Blinded) and [restrained](3-Mechanics/CLI/rules/conditions.md#Restrained),\
\ has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the scavver, and takes\
\ 13 (3d8) poison damage at the start of each of the scavver's turns from the\
\ poisonous gas in the scavver's gullet.\n\nIf the scavver takes 15 damage or\
\ more on a single turn from a creature inside it, the scavver must succeed on\
\ a DC 20 Constitution saving throw at the end of that turn or regurgitate the\
\ swallowed creature, which falls [prone](3-Mechanics/CLI/rules/conditions.md#Prone)\
\ in a space within 10 feet of the scavver. If the scavver dies, a swallowed creature\
\ is no longer [restrained](3-Mechanics/CLI/rules/conditions.md#Restrained) by\
\ it and can escape from the corpse by using 10 feet of movement, exiting [prone](3-Mechanics/CLI/rules/conditions.md#Prone)."
"name": "Swallowing Bite"
"source":
- "BAM"
- "LoX"
"image": "3-Mechanics/CLI/bestiary/monstrosity/token/brown-scavver-bam.webp"
```
^statblock