---
title: "Snapping Turtle"
obsidianUIMode: preview
noteType: pf2eMonster
cssClasses: pf2e
aliases: "Actor.Wjh63GVaopT9719b" 
tags:
  - pf2e/creature/type/animal
  - pf2eMonster
  - pf2e/creature/level/-1
statblock: inline
name: "Snapping Turtle"
level: -1
license: OGL
---

```statblock
columns: 2
forcecolumns: true
layout: Basic Pathfinder 2e Layout
source: "Pathfinder Bestiary 2"
name: "Snapping Turtle"
level: "Creature -1"

alignment: ""
size: "tiny"
trait_01: [[animal]]
modifier: 3
perception:
  - name: "Perception"
    desc: "+3; Low-Light Vision, Scent (Imprecise) 30 Feet"
languages: ""
skills:
  - name: "Skills"
    desc: "Athletics: +5, Stealth: +3"
abilityMods: [1, -1, 4, -4, 1, -2]
speed: 10 feet,  swim 20 feet
sourcebook: "_Pathfinder Bestiary 2_"
ac: 16
armorclass:
  - name: AC
    desc: "16; __Fort__ +8, __Ref__ +1, __Will__ +3"
hp: 9
health:
  - name: ""
  - name: HP
    desc: "9"
abilities_top:
  - name: ""

  - name: "Deep Breath"
    desc: "  The snapping turtle can hold its breath for 30 minutes."

abilities_mid:
  - name: ""
attacks:
  - name: ""

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Jaws"
    desc: "+6 ()\n__Damage__  1d4 + 2 piercing"

  - name: "Clench Jaws"
    desc: "`pf2:1`  **Requirements** The snapping turtle damaged a creature with a jaws Strike in its previous action\n* * *\n\n**Effect** The snapping turtle clenches its jaws down and automatically deals an additional 1d4 bludgeoning damage to the creature it just bit."

  - name: "Shell Defense"
    desc: "`pf2:1`  The snapping turtle retracts its limbs and head into its shell and ends its turn. This increases its AC to 18, but it can't act except to reemerge, which it can do as a single action."
 
```

```encounter-table
name: Snapping Turtle
creatures:
  - 1: Snapping Turtle
```



Snapping turtles are freshwater reptiles with a long flexible neck, a sharp piercing beak, and a confrontational temperament that doesn't prevent some spellcasters from choosing these creatures as familiars. They weigh about 20 pounds and have shells around 18 inches in length.
