The Pokemon franchise is designed around single-player experiences and PVP multiplayer battles. It’s not built for the group party dynamics of a game like Dungeons & Dragons, but the monsters from Pokemon can still be used as enemies for parties to face. To this end, we have statted out the Krabby line for use in D&D adventures.
The original generation of Pokemon games is notorious for a few lazy designs and names, like Seel. The Krabby line is definitely up there in laziness, as it’s just a crab. The line was given a publicity boost in the Pokemon anime when a Krabby became Ash’s seventh Pokemon. The Krabby later evolved into Kingler, where it saved his bacon during the first battle of the Indigo Conference.
Krabby Stats
There are quaint fishing villages all over the D&D multiverse and they survive on all kinds of sea life. The monstrous creatures that reside in the depths of the oceans mean that fishermen are careful about what kinds of creatures they pull up in their nets, and many are quick to cut the line if a Krabby is tugged out of the water. Krabby are vicious creatures when provoked, and their massive claws will crush anything that tries to engage it in melee combat. Krabby can also fire jets of water from their mouth to try and incapacitate foes from a distance.
Kingler Stats
There are some mutated Krabby that grow to a massive size. These creatures are referred to as Kingler by those fortunate enough to have survived an encounter with one of them. Many a tall tale has been told about the one massive claw that a Kingler has, which people will laugh at when heard in the relative safety of the tavern. They certainly don’t laugh when they go out to sea and witness the Kingler’s massive claw with their own eyes, as it crunches the wood of the ship into fragments. The only benefit to taking on a Kingler when out at sea is that the crew will feast like kings for days to come, which is said to be the origin of their name.
