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Relentlessly curious, flithidirs often take the form of a bird when they encounter strangers, quietly following and studying the creatures. If the strangers are deemed safe and intriguing, the flithidir approaches in a humanoid form to get better acquainted.  \n**Easily Bored.** Flithidirs tirelessly seek out new things. Some desire new experiences—songs and stories, unusual foods, and sudden discoveries—while others are more covetous, ceaselessly collecting objects they find interesting. Sometimes this greed manifests as a magpie-like desire for shiny things, but a flithidir is also just as likely to be fascinated by items of a certain shape, texture, or color. When a flithidir encounters someone who possesses a thing it wants, it may offer something in exchange— usually a splendid song or acrobatic display—or it may simply request the item with great charm, reacting with frustration or rage if the object is denied to it.","name":"Flithidir","size":"Small","type":"Fey","subtype":"shapechanger","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic neutral","armor_class":13,"armor_desc":null,"hit_points":27,"hit_dice":"6d6+6","speed":{"walk":30,"fly":60},"strength":10,"dexterity":16,"constitution":12,"intelligence":12,"wisdom":13,"charisma":15,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":3,"skills":{"acrobatics":5,"perception":3,"performance":6},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13","languages":"Auran, Common, Sylvan","challenge_rating":"1","cr":1.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The flithidir makes two melee attacks."},{"name":"Dagger (Humanoid or Fey Form Only)","desc":"Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. 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To join or maintain an existing cacophony, a flithidir must use its bonus action on its turn and end its turn within 15 feet of another flithidir participating in the cacophony. The cacophony ends when less than three flithidir maintain it. A flithidir can still speak and cast spells with verbal components while participating in a cacophony."},{"name":"Shapechanger","desc":"The flithidir can use its action to polymorph into a Small humanoid, into a Small or smaller bird, or back into its true fey form. Its statistics, other than its size and speed, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. No matter the form, it always has bright or multicolored hair, fur, scales, or feathers. It reverts to its true form if it dies."},{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"The flithidir's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 12). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components.\nAt will: minor illusion (auditory only), vicious mockery\n1/day each: charm person, enthrall"}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":154,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_flithidir/"},{"slug":"forest-emperor","desc":"The smell of freshly turned soil and bubbling sulfur accompanies this terrible monster, an amalgam of wood and flesh vaguely reminiscent of a giant centaur with bony wooden limbs. Vast draconic wings sprout from the creature’s back, and it bears a serpentine tail ending in a cone-shaped rattle._  \n**Born of Dragons.** When a particularly hardy Open Game License","name":"Forest Emperor","size":"Huge","type":"Aberration","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"neutral evil","armor_class":18,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":161,"hit_dice":"14d12+70","speed":{"walk":30,"climb":30,"fly":60},"strength":23,"dexterity":12,"constitution":21,"intelligence":12,"wisdom":20,"charisma":8,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":10,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":10,"charisma_save":null,"perception":10,"skills":{"nature":6,"perception":10,"stealth":6},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"","damage_immunities":"acid, cold; bludgeoning from nonmagical attacks","condition_immunities":"","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 20","languages":"Common, Giant","challenge_rating":"15","cr":15.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The forest emperor makes two claw attacks and one tail attack. If both claws hit the same target, the target must succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw or its hp maximum is reduced by 7 (2d6) and the forest emperor regains hp equal to this amount. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hp maximum to 0."},{"name":"Acidic Claw","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d6 + 6) slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) acid damage.","attack_bonus":11,"damage_dice":"3d6+6"},{"name":"Tail","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (2d10 + 6) bludgeoning damage.","attack_bonus":11,"damage_dice":"2d10+6"},{"name":"Toxic Nectar Spray (Recharge 5-6)","desc":"The forest emperor sprays a 60-foot cone of acid from its flower-ringed eye pits. Creatures in the path of this cone must make a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw, taking 42 (12d6) acid damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Forest Camouflage","desc":"The forest emperor has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide in forest terrain."},{"name":"Keen Smell","desc":"The forest emperor has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell."},{"name":"Rattle","desc":"The forest emperor constantly rattles its tail when in combat. Each creature that starts its turn within 60 feet of the forest emperor and that can hear it must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened until the start of its next turn. A creature that succeeds on two saving throws is unaffected by the forest emperor's rattle for the next 24 hours."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":155,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_forest-emperor/"},{"slug":"garlicle","desc":"The leafy creature chants as it interprets a portent in a column of roiling, acrid smoke. The little creature shouts “Woe!” while pointing a gnarled finger, signaling the other leafy creatures to rise with readied weapons._  \n**Trusted Seers.** In the gardens of the Open Game License","name":"Garlicle","size":"Small","type":"Plant","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic neutral","armor_class":12,"armor_desc":null,"hit_points":31,"hit_dice":"7d6+7","speed":{"walk":20,"burrow":20},"strength":6,"dexterity":14,"constitution":12,"intelligence":12,"wisdom":18,"charisma":12,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":6,"skills":{"insight":6,"perception":6,"persuasion":3,"stealth":4},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 16","languages":"Sylvan","challenge_rating":"1","cr":1.0,"actions":[{"name":"Walking Staff","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +0 to hit (+6 to hit with shillelagh), reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 (1d6 - 2) bludgeoning damage, 2 (1d8 - 2) bludgeoning damage if wielded with two hands, or 8 (1d8 + 4) bludgeoning damage with shillelagh.","attack_bonus":0,"damage_dice":"1d6-2"},{"name":"Cloves of Fate (Recharge 4-6)","desc":"The garlicle plucks cloves from its head and throws them at up to three creatures it can see within 30 feet of it. Roll a d4 for each creature. The garlicles allies have +1 on the roll while its enemies have a -1 on the roll. Determine the result and consult the following table. \n| d4 | Fate |\n|----|------|\n| 0 | Worst Fortune. Whatever the target is holding slips from its grasp into a random space within 5 feet of the target, and the target falls prone as it trips over a rock, rain-dampened grass, its shoelaces, or similar. |\n| 1 | Bad Fortune. The target takes 10 (3d6) poison damage and must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the end of its next turn. |\n| 2 | Adverse Fortune. The target has disadvantage on its next attack roll. |\n| 3 | Favorable Fortune. The target has advantage on its next attack roll. |\n| 4 | Good Fortune. The target regains 5 (2d4) hp. |\n| 5 | Best Fortune. The target's next successful hit is critical. |"}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Plant Camouflage","desc":"The garlicle has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks it makes in any terrain with ample obscuring plant life."},{"name":"Tearful Stench","desc":"Each creature other than an alliumite or garlicle within 5 feet of the garlicle when it takes damage must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be blinded until the start of the creature's next turn. On a successful saving throw, the creature is immune to the Tearful Stench of all alliumites and garlicles for 1 minute."},{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"The garlicle's innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 14). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\nAt will: guidance, shillelagh\n3/day: augury, comprehend languages\n1/day: divination, entangle"}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":162,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_garlicle/"},{"slug":"ghillie-dubh","desc":"This bipedal creature seems to be a humanoid-shaped mound of leaves and moss given life. Dark pits in its head resemble empty eye sockets._  \n**Protectors of the Lost.** Ghillie dubhs hail from good-aligned arboreal planes. There, they guide visitors through the sometimes-confounding landscape. They often rescue those who incidentally succumb to the peaceful nature of planar woodlands and might otherwise perish. However, they find their services more useful on the Material Plane where nature is generally more unforgiving. Their desire to help mortals leads them to more extreme climates, with a strong preference for colder weather. Ghillie dubhs find lost travelers and guide these unfortunates to safe places. If a traveler impresses a ghillie dubh with knowledge or a desire for knowledge about the forest, the ghillie dubh gifts the traveler with some of its knowledge.  \n**Punishment of Transgression.** Likewise, a ghillie dubh expects visitors to the area it oversees to be respectful of the land. Ghillie dubhs lecture mild violators and briefly use nature to inconvenience them, such as by covering paths or removing tracks. More heinous acts—like wantonly slaughtering animals or setting trees ablaze—are met with physical retaliation.  \n**Part of the Forest.** Ghillie dubhs take on characteristics of the forests they call home to blend in seamlessly with the trees and other plants. They can listen to subtle variations in the trees’ movements to receive early warning about attacks, and they can turn their attention to any part of the forest to ensure no harm is coming to an area.","name":"Ghillie Dubh","size":"Medium","type":"Celestial","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"lawful good","armor_class":13,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":52,"hit_dice":"8d8+16","speed":{"walk":30,"climb":20,"swim":20},"strength":15,"dexterity":13,"constitution":14,"intelligence":12,"wisdom":19,"charisma":16,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":6,"charisma_save":5,"perception":6,"skills":{"nature":3,"perception":6,"stealth":3,"survival":8},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"cold, radiant","damage_immunities":"poison","condition_immunities":"poisoned","senses":"passive Perception 16","languages":"Celestial, Common, Sylvan, telepathy 60 ft.","challenge_rating":"1","cr":1.0,"actions":[{"name":"Slam","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d6 + 2) bludgeoning damage.","attack_bonus":4,"damage_dice":"2d6+2"},{"name":"Forest Knowledge (Recharge 6)","desc":"The ghillie dubh can alter nearby creatures' knowledge of the forest, choosing one of the following. An effect lasts for 24 hours, until the creature leaves the ghillie dubh's forest, or until the ghillie dubh dismisses it as a bonus action. \n* Remove Knowledge. Each creature within 30 feet of the ghillie dubh must succeed on a DC 13 Charisma saving throw or become hopelessly lost in the ghillie dubh's forest. The creature has disadvantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks and takes 50 percent more time on overland travel, even delaying clearheaded companions. \n* Share Knowledge. Each creature within 30 feet of the ghillie dubh has advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks. The creature can move at a fast pace through forest terrain, and difficult terrain composed of nonmagical plants doesn't cost it extra movement."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Forest Camouflage","desc":"The ghillie dubh has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide in forest terrain."},{"name":"One with the Trees","desc":"If the ghillie dubh has spent at least 24 hours in a forest, it has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks while in that forest. In addition, it can spend 10 minutes focusing its attention on the forest and an invisible, sapling-shaped sensor anywhere in its forest within 1 mile of it. It can see and hear everything within 60 feet of this sensor, but it is deaf and blind with regard to its own senses while doing so. The sensor lasts for 1 minute or until the ghillie dubh dismisses it (no action required)."},{"name":"Speak with Beasts and Plants","desc":"The ghillie dubh can communicate with beasts and plants as if they shared a language."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":165,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_ghillie-dubh/"},{"slug":"greater-ghast-of-leng","desc":"The creature has a maddened expression on its almost featureless face. Its vaguely humanoid body is covered in lumpy, grayish-green skin, and its head sits on a long neck. Its long arms end in vicious claws, and it stands on sharp hooves._  \n**Leaders of Carnivores.** Open Game License","name":"Greater Ghast of Leng","size":"Large","type":"Aberration","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic evil","armor_class":17,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":153,"hit_dice":"18d10+54","speed":{"walk":40},"strength":17,"dexterity":19,"constitution":16,"intelligence":12,"wisdom":10,"charisma":8,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":6,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":3,"charisma_save":null,"perception":null,"skills":{},"damage_vulnerabilities":"radiant","damage_resistances":"bludgeoning, cold","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10","languages":"Void Speech","challenge_rating":"8","cr":8.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The greater ghast of Leng makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws. If both claw attacks hit a Medium or smaller target, the target is grappled (escape DC 15). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, the greater ghast can automatically hit the target with its claws, and the greater ghast can't make claw attacks against other targets."},{"name":"Bite","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) necrotic damage.","attack_bonus":7,"damage_dice":"1d8+4"},{"name":"Claws","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) slashing damage.","attack_bonus":7,"damage_dice":"2d6+4"}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Blood Frenzy","desc":"The greater ghast of Leng has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn't have all its hp."},{"name":"Command Ghasts of Leng","desc":"As a bonus action, the greater ghast of Leng commands a ghast of Leng within 30 feet of it to make one attack as a reaction against a creature the greater ghast attacked this round."},{"name":"Keen Smell","desc":"The greater ghast of Leng has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell."},{"name":"Sunlight Hypersensitivity","desc":"The greater ghast of Leng takes 20 radiant damage when it starts its turn in sunlight. While in sunlight, it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":52,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_greater-ghast-of-leng/"},{"slug":"greater-lunarchidna","desc":"A four-armed, four-legged creature in the vague shape of a human—but seemingly made of fine spider silk—moves down a tree, slowly chanting the incantation of a spell in the pale light of the full moon._  \n**Made in Corrupt Forests.** Lunarchidnas are beings of moonlight and spider silk created in forests permeated by residual dark magic. When this magic coalesces on a spider web touched by the light of a full moon, the web animates. The web gains life and flies through the forest, gathering other webs until it collects enough silk to form a faceless, humanoid body, with four legs and four arms.  \n**Hatred of Elves.** Lunarchidnas hate elves and love to make the creatures suffer. They poison water sources, set fire to villages, and bait monsters into stampeding through elf communities. These aberrations especially enjoy stealing away elf children to use as bait to trap the adults that come to the rescue.  \n**Cyclical Power.** The lunarchidna’s power is tied to the moon. When the skies are dark during a new moon, the lunarchidna becomes more shadow than living web. Its mental ability dulls, and it becomes barely more than a savage animal. When a full moon brightens the night, however, the lunarchidna becomes a conduit of lunar light and can channel that power through its body. Using its heightened intellect, it makes plans, writes notes, and plots from the safety of the trees where it makes its home. In the intermittent phases of the moon, the lunarchidna is a more than capable hunter, trapping and devouring prey it encounters while retaining enough knowledge of its plans and magic to further its goals in minor ways. The lunarchidna’s statistics change cyclically as shown on the Lunarchidna Moon Phase table.  \n\n#### Lunarchidna Moon Phase\n\nMoon Phase\n\nStatistics\n\nDaytime, new, or crescent moon\n\nOpen Game License","name":"Greater Lunarchidna","size":"Medium","type":"Aberration","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"neutral evil","armor_class":16,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":58,"hit_dice":"9d8+18","speed":{"climb":30,"walk":30},"strength":10,"dexterity":16,"constitution":14,"intelligence":12,"wisdom":12,"charisma":15,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":4,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":3,"charisma_save":null,"perception":3,"skills":{"perception":3,"stealth":7},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"","damage_immunities":"poison","condition_immunities":"poisoned, restrained","senses":"blindsight 10 ft., darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13","languages":"Deep Speech, Elvish","challenge_rating":"4","cr":4.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The lunarchidna makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its claws. If the lunarchidna hits a Medium or smaller target with both attacks on the same turn, the target is restrained by webbing and the lunarchidna uses Wrap Up."},{"name":"Bite","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) necrotic damage. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or its hp maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hp maximum to 0.","attack_bonus":5,"damage_dice":"2d6+3"},{"name":"Claw","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (2d4 + 3) slashing damage.","attack_bonus":5,"damage_dice":"2d4+3"},{"name":"Web (Recharge 5-6)","desc":"Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, ranged 30/60 ft., one creature. Hit: The target is restrained by webbing. As an action the restrained target can make a DC 13 Strength check, bursting the webbing on a success. The webbing can also be attacked and destroyed (AC 10; hp 5; vulnerability to fire damage; immunity to bludgeoning, poison, and psychic damage)."},{"name":"Wrap Up","desc":"The lunarchidna wraps up a Medium or smaller creature restrained by webbing. The wrapped target is blinded, restrained, and unable to breathe, and it must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw at the start of each of the lunarchidna's turns or take 5 (1d4 + 3) bludgeoning damage. The webbing can be attacked and destroyed (AC 10; hp 15; vulnerability to fire damage; immunity to bludgeoning, poison, and psychic damage). 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The lunarchidna has the following wizard spells prepared:\nCantrips (at will): minor illusion, mage hand, poison spray, ray of frost\n1st level (4 slots): detect magic, magic missile, shield\n2nd level (3 slots): alter self, suggestion"}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":242,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_greater-lunarchidna/"},{"slug":"heggarna","desc":"The foul abomination wriggles about on multiple caterpillar-like claspers. It has the jagged, circular maw and slippery body of an oversized leech and the head and coloration of a fierce tiger._  \n**Night Terrors.** Many sleepers have experienced nightmares in which a shadowy creature was sitting on them, draining them of their vital essence. While most of these experiences are because of some underlying psychological trauma, some are the result of visitations by terrifying creatures of the night. One such creature is the heggarna, a vile aberration that feeds on a creature’s mental energy as it sleeps and infuses the victim’s subconscious with terrible nightmares for its own vile amusement.  \n**Hidden Fear.** During the day, the heggarna disguises itself as a stray cat, lurking near the homes of potential prey and fleeing with feline-like caution when anyone comes near. Most humanoids overlook simple animals like cats when dealing with a heggarna infestation, but magic can detect the creature’s true appearance. 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Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage plus 3 (1d6) psychic damage.","attack_bonus":5,"damage_dice":"1d4+3"},{"name":"Dream Rift (Recharge 5-6)","desc":"The heggarna unleashes a barrage of psychic energy in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, a creature takes 7 (2d6) psychic damage and is incapacitated until the end of its next turn as it is bombarded with nightmarish images. On a success, a creature takes half the damage and isn't incapacitated."},{"name":"Illusory Appearance","desc":"The heggarna covers itself with a magical illusion that makes it look like a Tiny cat. The illusion ends if the heggarna takes a bonus action to end it or if the heggarna dies. The illusion ends immediately if the heggarna attacks or takes damage, but it doesn't end when the heggarna uses Dream Eating.\n\nThe changes wrought by this effect fail to hold up to physical inspection. For example, the heggarna could appear to have fur, but someone touching it would feel its slippery flesh. Otherwise, a creature must take an action to visually inspect the illusion and succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern the heggarna is disguised."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Cat Sneak","desc":"While in dim light or darkness, the heggarna has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide. It can use this trait only while it is disguised as a cat."},{"name":"Dream Eating","desc":"As a bonus action, the heggarna can attach its lamprey-like maw to a sleeping creature. The target's Charisma score is reduced by 1d4 when the heggarna first attaches to it. The target's Charisma score is then reduced by 1 for each hour the heggarna stays attached. The target dies if this reduces its Charisma to 0. Otherwise, the reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest at least 24 hours after the heggarna reduced its Charisma.\n\nWhile attached, the heggarna fills the target's dreams with nightmares. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or it doesn't gain any benefit from its current rest. If the target succeeds on the saving throw by 5 or more, it immediately awakens.\n\nThe heggarna can detach itself by spending 5 feet of its movement. It does so after it reduces the target's Charisma by 8 or if the target dies."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":196,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_heggarna/"},{"slug":"herald-of-slaughter","desc":"The butcher strides down the lane, preaching of threshing the chaff from the wheat. Around it, people tear into each other, blind with rage. All the while, the butcher grows in stature and sprouts wicked horns as it revels in the massacre._  \nHeralds of slaughter are sent by dark gods to foment unrest and agitate mortals into committing barbaric atrocities.  \n**Provokers of Wrath.** Disguised as a trusted craftsman, a herald of slaughter finds a source of anger in a community and feeds it until it grows, all while pretending to understand and offer solutions to the source. A herald of slaughter fuels the anger of the people by instigating mass culling, revolts, and blood sacrifices. As problems escalate, a herald of slaughter reveals its fiendish form to culminate the savagery in a final, chaotic exaltation of the dark gods.  \n**Brutality and Blood.** Once a herald of slaughter has been revealed, it assumes its fiendish appearance and wades fanatically into combat. Wielding a massive meat cleaver and rage-inducing magic, a herald of slaughter seeks to destabilize its opponents by inciting blinding fury and pitting comrades against each other.","name":"Herald of Slaughter","size":"Large","type":"Fiend","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic evil","armor_class":15,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":133,"hit_dice":"14d10+56","speed":{"walk":40},"strength":18,"dexterity":10,"constitution":19,"intelligence":12,"wisdom":12,"charisma":18,"strength_save":8,"dexterity_save":4,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":5,"charisma_save":8,"perception":5,"skills":{"athletics":8,"deception":8,"perception":5,"persuasion":8},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"cold, fire, lightning, slashing","damage_immunities":"necrotic, poison, psychic","condition_immunities":"charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned","senses":"darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 15","languages":"Abyssal, Common, Infernal","challenge_rating":"11","cr":11.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The herald of slaughter makes three attacks: one with its gore and two with its cleaver. Alternatively, it can use Enkindle Hate twice. If it hits one target with Enkindle Hate twice using this action, the target must succeed on a DC 16 Charisma saving throw or use its reaction to immediately move up to half its speed and make one melee attack against a random target within range."},{"name":"Enkindle Hate","desc":"Ranged Spell Attack: +8 to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (4d8) fire damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be blinded until the end of its next turn.","attack_bonus":8,"damage_dice":"4d8"},{"name":"Gore","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d10 + 4) piercing damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 16 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.","attack_bonus":8,"damage_dice":"2d10+4"},{"name":"Cleaver","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d10 + 4) slashing damage plus 9 (2d8) necrotic damage.","attack_bonus":8,"damage_dice":"2d10+4"}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Corrupting Aura","desc":"The calm emotions spell instantly fails when cast within 60 feet of the herald. In addition, any creature that starts its turn within 30 feet of the herald must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or grow hostile. On its turn, a hostile creature must move to and make one attack against the nearest creature other than the herald. If no other creature is near enough to move to and attack, the hostile creature stalks off in a random direction, seeking a target for its hostility. At the start of each of the herald's turn, it chooses whether this aura is active."},{"name":"Magic Weapons","desc":"The herald's weapon attacks are magical."},{"name":"Shapechanger","desc":"The herald can use its action to polymorph into a Small or Medium humanoid it has seen, or back into its true form. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies."},{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"The herald's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 16). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\nAt will: detect thoughts\n3/day: charm person, fear, suggestion\n1/day: modify memory, seeming"}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":198,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_herald-of-slaughter/"},{"slug":"hongaek","desc":"A faint disturbance signifies the presence of something terrible and evil—an unnatural miasma. Suddenly, the hazy air coalesces into a mass of greenish fog with multiple red eyes and a dozen vaporous tentacles._  \n**Harbingers of Pestilence.** The hongaek is an elemental creature from the most stagnant and fouled regions of the Elemental Plane of Air. Its mere presence serves to strengthen and empower diseases and poisons in its proximity. Hongaeks typically arrive on the Material Plane through planar portals in areas where pestilence and famine are rampant, but they are occasionally summoned by death cults or by those who venerate gods of plague or poison.  \n**Elemental Hatred.** Hongaeks are thoroughly evil and hate land-dwelling lifeforms like humans and elves. They detest other elemental creatures just as much, and battles between them are not uncommon where their territories on the planes meet.  \n**Elemental Nature.** The hongaek doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.","name":"Hongaek","size":"Large","type":"Elemental","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"neutral evil","armor_class":15,"armor_desc":null,"hit_points":105,"hit_dice":"14d10+28","speed":{"fly":40,"walk":0,"hover":true},"strength":5,"dexterity":20,"constitution":14,"intelligence":12,"wisdom":15,"charisma":13,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":5,"skills":{"medicine":5,"perception":5,"stealth":8},"damage_vulnerabilities":"fire","damage_resistances":"lightning, thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks","damage_immunities":"poison","condition_immunities":"blinded, exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, unconscious","senses":"blindsight 90 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 15","languages":"Auran, Common, Deep Speech","challenge_rating":"8","cr":8.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The hongaek makes two attacks with its vaporous tentacles."},{"name":"Vaporous Tentacle","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (4d8) poison damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.","attack_bonus":8,"damage_dice":"4d8"},{"name":"Invisibility","desc":"The hongaek magically turns invisible until it attacks or casts a spell, or until its concentration ends (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the hongaek wears or carries is invisible with it."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Exacerbate Affliction","desc":"The hongaek has advantage on attack rolls against a creature that is suffering from a disease or that has the poisoned condition."},{"name":"Gas Form","desc":"The hongaek can enter a hostile creature's space and stop there. It can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing, but it can't move through water or other liquids."},{"name":"Prolong Affliction","desc":"Each creature within 30 feet of the hongaek that is suffering a disease or that has the poisoned condition has disadvantage on saving throws against the disease or poison afflicting it. In addition, the hongaek can pinpoint the location of such creatures within 30 feet of it."},{"name":"Innate Spellcasting (1/Day)","desc":"The hongaek can innately cast contagion, requiring no material components. Its innate spellcasting ability is Charisma."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":201,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_hongaek/"},{"slug":"hooden-horse","desc":"The creature stands amid a baying crowd, swathed in rags topped by a horse’s skull. It brandishes a halberd made of shadow and hisses, “Come forth and be judged!”_  \n**Strange Great Sins.** In small villages on a festival eve, one villager plays the village’s “sin eater.” Bearing a horse’s skull on a pole and covered by a draping of tattered skins, the sin eater goes door to door with its crew, seeking payment for the householders’ wrongs. The payment usually takes the form of alcohol. As the evening wanes, a drunken procession staggers toward the tavern behind the sin eater. Dark tales relate how, where a terrible wrong has gone unpunished and unpaid, such folk rituals can go awry. The unfortunate sin eater, overwhelmed by a spirit of vengeance, melds with the skull to become a ghastly undead being bent on retribution, a hooden horse.  \n**The Madness of The Crowd.** If the sin eater has drunken hangers-on when it is transformed, the mob also becomes filled with vengeful spite and swarms around the hooden horse, assaulting any who interfere. 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(blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 15","languages":"the languages spoken in the village where it was created","challenge_rating":"6","cr":6.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The hooden horse makes two blade of retribution attacks."},{"name":"Blade of Retribution","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d10 + 4) necrotic damage. The target must make a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw, taking 14 (4d6) psychic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the target is a perpetrator of the crime that provoked the hooden horse's creation, it has disadvantage on this saving throw.","attack_bonus":7,"damage_dice":"1d10+4"},{"name":"Call to Judgment","desc":"The hooden horse points at a being it can see and demands that the creature submit to justice. The target must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma saving throw or be charmed for 1 minute. If the charmed target is more than 5 feet away from the hooden horse, the target must take the Dash action on its turn to move toward the hooden horse by the most direct route. It doesn't avoid opportunity attacks, but, before moving into damaging terrain, such as lava or a pit, the target can repeat the saving throw. The creature can also repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns or whenever it takes damage from the hooden horse. If a creature's saving throw is successful, the effect ends on it.\n\nThe hooden horse can have only one target charmed at a time. If it charms another, the effect on the previous target ends."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Harvest Life","desc":"When the hooden horse reduces a creature to 0 hp, the hooden horse regains 10 (3d6) hp."},{"name":"Seek Wrongdoer","desc":"The hooden horse automatically knows the general direction to the nearest surviving perpetrator of the crime that provoked its creation."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":202,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_hooden-horse/"},{"slug":"incarnate-gloom","desc":"This inky black cloud exudes a terrible chill and seems to tear at the soul, inducing a feeling of despondency and loneliness._  \n**Despair Given Form.** Incarnate glooms result when a group of at least a dozen people suffer from hopelessness and die without receiving any relief from the feeling. This collective negative emotion coalesces into a nebulous form that seeks out more despair.  \n**Whispers in the Darkness.** An incarnate gloom takes perverse pleasure in picking off members of a large group one at a time. It surrounds a chosen victim and telepathically imparts a sense of isolation on its quarry.  \n**Will-o’-Wisp Symbiosis.** Incarnate glooms work with Open Game License","name":"Incarnate Gloom","size":"Gargantuan","type":"Undead","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"neutral evil","armor_class":16,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":184,"hit_dice":"16d20+16","speed":{"walk":0,"hover":true,"fly":40},"strength":4,"dexterity":19,"constitution":13,"intelligence":12,"wisdom":15,"charisma":20,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":7,"charisma_save":null,"perception":null,"skills":{"intimidation":10,"stealth":9},"damage_vulnerabilities":"radiant","damage_resistances":"acid, cold, fire, lightning, thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks","damage_immunities":"necrotic, poison","condition_immunities":"exhaustion, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained","senses":"truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 12","languages":"Common, telepathy 120 ft.","challenge_rating":"13","cr":13.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The incarnate gloom makes three attacks with its despairing touch."},{"name":"Despairing Touch","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 19 (4d6 + 5) psychic damage.","attack_bonus":9,"damage_dice":"4d6+5"},{"name":"Engulf in Shadow","desc":"The incarnate gloom moves up to its speed. While doing so, it can enter Huge or smaller creatures' spaces. Whenever the gloom enters a creature's space, the creature must make a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw.\n\nOn a successful save, the creature can choose to sidestep to just outside the gloom's space. A creature that chooses not to sidestep suffers the consequences of a failed saving throw.\n\nOn a failed save, the gloom enters the creature's space, the creature takes 18 (4d8) necrotic damage, suffers one level of exhaustion, and is engulfed in shadow. The engulfed creature is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the gloom, and it takes 18 (4d8) necrotic damage at the start of each of the gloom's turns. When the gloom moves, the engulfed creature doesn't move with it.\n\nAn engulfed creature can try to escape by taking an action to make a DC 18 Wisdom check. On a success, the creature escapes the gloom and enters a space of its choice within 5 feet of the gloom."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Calm Vulnerability","desc":"The incarnate gloom can be targeted by the calm emotions spell. If it fails the saving throw, it takes 11 (2d10) psychic damage at the start of each of its turns, as long as the spellcaster maintains concentration on the spell. If it succeeds on the saving throw, it takes 11 (2d10) psychic damage but isn't further affected by that casting of the spell."},{"name":"Deepening Gloom","desc":"A 30-foot radius of magical darkness extends out from the incarnate gloom at all times, moving with it and spreading around corners. Darkvision can't penetrate this darkness, and no natural light can illuminate it. If any of the darkness overlaps with an area of light created by a spell of 3rd level or lower, the spell creating the light is dispelled. A successful dispel magic (DC 16) cast on the gloom suppresses this aura for 1 minute or until the incarnate gloom reduces a creature to 0 hp."},{"name":"Incorporeal Movement","desc":"The incarnate gloom can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":213,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_incarnate-gloom/"},{"slug":"irid","desc":"The tiny winged humanoid zipped by in a flurry of ever-changing colors, eager to deliver its message._  \nIrids are said to be born of celestial light filtered through earthly rain. These small manifestations of rainbows bear similarities in appearance and mission to their elevated cousins, but they take little interest in angelic ideals.  \n**Mischievous Messengers.** While angels are known for bringing messages and truth to mortals from the gods, irids prefer to bring gossip and embellished truths. They follow their own ideals of beauty and excitement, disregarding their angelic cousins’ insistence on goodness and truth. Irids delight in sneaking around, listening for gossip or revealed secrets, then invisibly whispering exaggerations of in the ears of those who will help spread such gossip.  \n**Colorful and Shallow.** Irids are iridescent, changing the color of the light they shed throughout the day. They are drawn to the brightest colors the world has to offer. To them, evil is synonymous with ugliness, and they resist fighting or hurting anything they find beautiful.","name":"Irid","size":"Tiny","type":"Celestial","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic neutral","armor_class":13,"armor_desc":null,"hit_points":20,"hit_dice":"8d4","speed":{"fly":40,"walk":10},"strength":4,"dexterity":17,"constitution":10,"intelligence":12,"wisdom":10,"charisma":16,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":2,"charisma_save":5,"perception":2,"skills":{"deception":7,"perception":2,"persuasion":7,"stealth":5},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"radiant","damage_immunities":"poison","condition_immunities":"charmed, exhaustion, frightened, poisoned","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12","languages":"Celestial, Common, telepathy 60 ft.","challenge_rating":"1","cr":1.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The irid uses its Gossip. It then uses its Iridescent Blast once."},{"name":"Iridescent Blast","desc":"Ranged Spell Attack: +5 to hit, range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (2d6) radiant damage.","attack_bonus":5,"damage_dice":"2d6"},{"name":"Gossip","desc":"The irid spouts gossip and exaggerated truths about a target it can see within 30 feet. If the target is hostile, it must succeed on a DC 13 Charisma saving throw or have disadvantage on its next attack roll. If the target is friendly, it has advantage on its next attack roll."},{"name":"Invisibility","desc":"The irid magically turns invisible until it attacks or uses Gossip, or until its concentration ends (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the irid wears or carries is invisible with it."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Iridescence","desc":"The irid sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet. The light can be any color the irid desires. The irid can create or suppress the light as a bonus action."},{"name":"Magic Resistance","desc":"The irid has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects."},{"name":"Photographic Memory","desc":"The irid can perfectly recall anything it has seen or heard in the last month."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":217,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_irid/"},{"slug":"mangrove-treant","desc":"Gnarled roots reaching deep into the muck act as legs for this group of trees conjoined into a sentient being._  \n**Ancient Grove Guardians.** Mangrove treants provide shelter and a resource-rich environment for many creatures. They extend their roots into the water, where several species of fish thrive. Biting and stinging insects, most notably mosquitos, dart about in cloud-like formations near the water’s surface. Arboreal animals nest high among the treants’ boughs mostly removed from the depredations of the insects. Unlike their forest cousins, these swampland treants are more concerned with the safety of those under their protection and less concerned with the overall health of the swamp. They decisively react to direct threats to themselves and the creatures within their boughs and roots, but they may not act if something endangers an area outside their immediate groves.  \nMangrove treants continue to grow throughout their extraordinarily long lives, which can reach millennia if they see no external disruptions. 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Hit: 18 (3d8 + 5) bludgeoning damage.","attack_bonus":8,"damage_dice":"3d8+5"},{"name":"Mangrove Mosquitos","desc":"The mangrove treant calls a swarm of mosquitos from its branches. The swarm of mosquitos uses the statistics of a swarm of insects, except it has a flying speed of 30 feet. The swarm acts an ally of the treant and obeys its spoken commands. The swarm remains for 1 day, until the treant dies, or until the treant dismisses it as a bonus action.\n\nThe treant can have only one swarm of mosquitos at a time. If it calls another, the previous swarm disperses."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"False Appearance","desc":"While the mangrove treant remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from an ordinary mangrove tree."},{"name":"Grasping Roots","desc":"The treant has advantage on Strength and Dexterity saving throws made against effects that would knock it prone."},{"name":"Siege Monster","desc":"The mangrove treant deals double damage to objects and structures."},{"name":"Tiny Spies","desc":"The mangrove treant can communicate with mosquitos as if they shared a language. The mosquitos alert the treant to the presence of intruders, and the treant has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks to notice creatures within 60 feet of it."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":350,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_mangrove-treant/"},{"slug":"rum-lord","desc":"A large gremlin rises from a hollowed-out barrel throne and belches loudly, wielding a wood spigot tap as a scepter in one hand and a broken bottle in the other._  \n**Drunken Kings.** Rum lords attract other Open Game License","name":"Rum Lord","size":"Small","type":"Fey","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic evil","armor_class":15,"armor_desc":null,"hit_points":78,"hit_dice":"12d6+36","speed":{"climb":10,"walk":20,"swim":10},"strength":18,"dexterity":14,"constitution":17,"intelligence":12,"wisdom":9,"charisma":16,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":null,"skills":{"athletics":6,"intimidation":5},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"poisoned","senses":"darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 9","languages":"Common","challenge_rating":"4","cr":4.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The rum lord makes two attacks: one with its ale tap scepter and one with its broken bottle shiv."},{"name":"Ale Tap Scepter","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) bludgeoning damage.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"1d8+4"},{"name":"Broken Bottle Shiv","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4) piercing damage.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"1d4+4"},{"name":"Rotgut Belch (Recharge 6)","desc":"The rum lord vomits green bile in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, a target takes 18 (4d8) poison damage and is covered in green bile for 1 minute. On a success, a target takes half the damage and isn't covered in bile. A creature, including the target, can take an action to wipe off the bile. Rum gremlins have advantage on attack rolls against creatures covered in a rum lord's green bile."},{"name":"Bring Me Another Round! (1/Day)","desc":"The rum lord lets out a thunderous belch, calling 1d4 rum gremlins. The called rum gremlins arrive in 1d4 rounds, acting as allies of the lord and obeying its spoken commands. The rum gremlins remain for 1 hour, until the lord dies, or until the lord dismisses them as a bonus action."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Aura of Drunkenness","desc":"The rum lord radiates an aura of drunkenness to a radius of 20 feet. Each creature that starts its turn in the aura must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 hour. A creature that has consumed alcohol within the past hour has disadvantage on the saving throw. While poisoned, a creature falls prone if it tries to move more than half its speed during a turn. A creature that succeeds on the saving throw is immune to the rum gremlin lord's Aura of Drunkenness for 24 hours."},{"name":"Hearty","desc":"The rum lord adds its Constitution modifier to its AC (included in the Armor Class)."},{"name":"Magic Resistance","desc":"The rum lord has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects."},{"name":"One for the Road","desc":"When the rum lord hits a poisoned enemy with any weapon, the target takes an extra 1d6 poison damage."},{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"The rum lord's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\nAt will: prestidigitation\n3/day: command"}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":185,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_rum-lord/"},{"slug":"shadow-boxer","desc":"The shadow caught the man’s eye. It looked and moved like a house cat, but there was no animal present to cast it. He followed the shadow as it moved along the wall then transferred to the ground, not noticing the distortion of light behind him. The last thing he heard as the invisible feline tore out his throat was a contented purr._  \n**Finicky Spirits.** Shadow boxers are the physical manifestation of feline collective memory. They are found in urban areas and other places people congregate. Like other fey, they desire to be placated by mortals, and they allow their presence to be detected to induce people to leave them gifts. A shadow boxer develops relationships with one household at a time and protects it. Households that don’t leave sufficient tribute or that cease offering it gifts entirely swiftly find their members targeted by the slighted fey.  \n**Council of Cats.** When they sleep, shadow boxers share dreams with all mundane cats and other shadow boxers within a mile. Within the dream, the cats and the shadow boxer gambol and roughhouse while they share information. Many capers and activities are planned during these dream sessions, and seeing a large clowder of cats getting along is a sign that a shadow boxer in the area has a game afoot. 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Hit: 8 (2d4 + 3) piercing damage.","attack_bonus":5,"damage_dice":"2d4+3"},{"name":"Claw","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) slashing damage.","attack_bonus":5,"damage_dice":"1d6+3"},{"name":"Invisibility","desc":"The shadow boxer magically turns invisible until it attacks or until its concentration ends (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the shadow boxer wears or carries is invisible with it."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Cat Telepathy","desc":"The shadow boxer can magically communicate with cats within 120 feet of it, using a limited telepathy."},{"name":"Pounce","desc":"If the shadow boxer moves at least 20 feet straight toward a creature and then hits it with a claw attack on the same turn, that target must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. If the target is prone, the shadow boxer can make one bite attack against it as a bonus action."},{"name":"Project Silhouette","desc":"As a bonus action, the shadow boxer projects a shadow on a surface within 60 feet of it. The shadow boxer can shape it to resemble the shadow of any Medium or smaller beast, but the shadow can't be larger than a 10-foot cube. Each creature that starts its turn within 60 feet of the shadow and that can see the shadow must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or be incapacitated until the end of its next turn and use its movement on its next turn to follow the shadow. As a bonus action, the shadow boxer can move the shadow up to 30 feet along a solid surface. 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When the giants declined to go to war with the shadow fey, the fey exiled them to the Shadow  \n**Realm.** When they refused to serve the dark fey courts, the queen cursed them into their current form.  \n**Of Two Worlds.** Shadow giants are cursed to exist simultaneously on the Shadow Realm and the Material Plane. Unable to properly live in either world, they have become embittered and indignant. Shadow giants desire to end their cursed existence but lash out against anyone who shows them pity or mercy.  \n**Undying.** When a shadow giant is killed, its spirit roils in the Shadow Realm for a century before it is reborn to its cursed fate.","name":"Shadow Giant","size":"Huge","type":"Giant","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic evil","armor_class":17,"armor_desc":null,"hit_points":209,"hit_dice":"22d20+66","speed":{"walk":40},"strength":18,"dexterity":25,"constitution":17,"intelligence":12,"wisdom":13,"charisma":21,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":6,"charisma_save":null,"perception":6,"skills":{"perception":6},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"cold, necrotic","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"exhaustion","senses":"darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 16","languages":"Common, Elvish, Giant, Umbral","challenge_rating":"15","cr":15.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The shadow giant makes three attacks with its tenebrous talons."},{"name":"Tenebrous Talons","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d6 + 7) slashing damage plus 18 (4d8) necrotic damage.","attack_bonus":12,"damage_dice":"2d6+7"},{"name":"Cold Shadow (Recharge 5-6)","desc":"The shadow giant directs its shadow to stretch out in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 18 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, a creature takes 52 (15d6) cold damage and has disadvantage on attack rolls and saving throws until the end of its next turn. On a success, a creature takes half the damage and doesn't have disadvantage."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Blacklight Strobe","desc":"The visual flicker of the shadow giant moving between the Material Plane and the Shadow Realm has a physical effect on viewers. A creature that starts its turn within 30 feet of the shadow giant and that can see it must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or be unable make more than one melee or ranged attack on its turn and unable to use bonus actions or reactions until the start of its next turn."},{"name":"Distracting Flicker","desc":"A creature that starts its turn within 30 feet of the shadow giant and that is maintaining concentration on a spell must succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw or lose concentration."},{"name":"Shadow Sight","desc":"Magical darkness doesn't impede the shadow giant's darkvision."},{"name":"Umbral Glimmer","desc":"At the end of each of the shadow giant's turns, it must roll a d20. On a roll of 11 or higher, it enters the Plane of"},{"name":"Shadow from the Material Plane","desc":"At the start of its next turn, it returns to the Material Plane in an unoccupied space of its choice that it can see within 40 feet of the space where it vanished. If no unoccupied space is available within that range, it appears in the nearest unoccupied space.\n\nWhile in the Plane of Shadow, the shadow giant can see and hear 120 feet into the Material"},{"name":"Plane","desc":"It can't affect or be affected by anything on the Material Plane while in the Plane of Shadow."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":173,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_shadow-giant/"},{"slug":"shurale","desc":"At first glance this creature resembles a satyr, its lower body covered in brown fur with goat-like hooves, yet the twisted horn sprouting from its forehead and the wide, manic grin on its comical face proves it is something far more dangerous._  \n**Devilish Fey.** While many fey are evil and twisted creatures, few are worse than the dreaded shurale, a deadly satyr-like monster that causes horrible hilarity with its ticklish touch. It inflicts a victim with a deadly bout of laughter that causes its internal organs to rupture and fail. After the victim dies, the shurale cuts it into pieces, leaving the remains for the scavengers.  \n**Feeds on Laughter.** A shurale feeds on the sobbing laughs of its victims as they expire, its own health mysteriously revitalized in the process. Because of this, shurale lairs are typically located within a few miles of a humanoid settlement, where it can easily lure lone inhabitants into the woods. While most of their prey are humanoids living in alpine or heavily forested regions, shurales are not picky and have been known to attack orcs, ogres, trolls, and even hill giants.  \n**Woodcutter’s Curse.** Many believe that a shurale is the spirit of a woodcutter who died a lonely and embittered death after being ridiculed by family. While such an occurrence would be exceedingly rare and most sages scoff at such suggestions, the shurale’s skill with the woodcutter’s axe and its strange behavior cannot be denied.","name":"Shurale","size":"Medium","type":"Fey","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"neutral evil","armor_class":14,"armor_desc":null,"hit_points":105,"hit_dice":"14d8+42","speed":{"walk":40},"strength":18,"dexterity":19,"constitution":16,"intelligence":12,"wisdom":15,"charisma":18,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":7,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":5,"charisma_save":7,"perception":5,"skills":{"acrobatics":10,"deception":7,"perception":5,"persuasion":7},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"charmed","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15","languages":"Common, Sylvan","challenge_rating":"7","cr":7.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The shurale can use Tickle. It then makes three attacks: one with its gore and two with its battleaxe."},{"name":"Battleaxe","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) slashing damage, or 9 (1d10 + 4) slashing damage if used with two hands.","attack_bonus":7,"damage_dice":"1d8+4"},{"name":"Gore","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) piercing damage.","attack_bonus":7,"damage_dice":"2d8+4"},{"name":"Tickle","desc":"The shurale touches a creature within 5 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving or begin to laugh uncontrollably for 1 minute. While laughing, the target falls prone, is incapacitated, and unable to move. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the shurale's Tickle for the next 24 hours. If the target fails the saving throw three times, it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be reduced to 0 hp and begin dying. On a success, the laughter ends on the target, as normal."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Magic Weapons","desc":"The shurale's weapon attacks are magical."},{"name":"Magic Resistance","desc":"The shurale has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects."},{"name":"Mirthful Regeneration","desc":"The shurale regains 5 hp at the start of its turn for each creature within 30 feet of it that is incapacitated with laughter from its Tickle action. If a creature dies while suffering from the laughter, the shurale gains 15 temporary hp."},{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"The shurale's spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components.\nAt will: dancing lights, invisibility (self only), minor illusion\n3/day each: detect thoughts, major image, misty step\n1/day: confusion"}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":327,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_shurale/"},{"slug":"snow-terror","desc":"A sizeable snowperson with sticks for arms, a carrot nose, and a smile etched across its face slowly turns its head. Closer inspection reveals the smile is disturbingly jagged._  \n**Demonic Snow People.** Snow terrors hail from an icy layer of the Abyss. There, they torment lesser fiends or watch as wind-whipped snow destroys visitors wholly unprepared for it. Such visitors are few and far between, leading snow terrors to travel to the Material Plane for greater chances at entertainment.  \n**Innocuous Disguise.** Snow terrors temper their desire for bloodshed and mayhem with patience. They find heavily trafficked areas and lurk nearby, observing potential prey. When choosing victims, they remain motionless in their guise as ordinary snowpersons, even allowing children to pluck the accoutrements off them.  \n**Sadistic Hunter.** A snow terror picks off lone people first, reveling in communities consequently thrown into chaos. Just before it attacks, it reveals its true form: a leering, shark-toothed snowperson with unholy light glowing in its eye sockets. It chases, catches, and devours its victims, relishing the screams as the acid churning in its guts slowly dissolves its prey. It can take on the appearance of its victims, drawing in concerned family members and neighbors before dissolving the facade to attack.","name":"Snow Terror","size":"Large","type":"Fiend","subtype":"shapechanger","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic evil","armor_class":16,"armor_desc":null,"hit_points":127,"hit_dice":"15d10+45","speed":{"walk":30},"strength":19,"dexterity":22,"constitution":17,"intelligence":12,"wisdom":9,"charisma":16,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":6,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":null,"skills":{"deception":6,"stealth":9},"damage_vulnerabilities":"fire","damage_resistances":"bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks","damage_immunities":"acid, cold, poison","condition_immunities":"frightened, poisoned","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9","languages":"Abyssal, Common","challenge_rating":"8","cr":8.0,"actions":[{"name":"Bite","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 14 (3d6 + 4) piercing damage plus 14 (4d6) acid damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or be swallowed by the snow terror. A swallowed creature is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the snow terror, and it takes 14 (4d6) acid damage at the start of each of the snow terror's turns. The snow terror can have only one creature swallowed at a time.\n\nIf the snow terror takes 15 or more damage on a single turn from the swallowed creature, it must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw at the end of that turn or regurgitate the swallowed creature, which falls prone in a space within 10 feet of the snow terror. If the snow terror dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse by using 10 feet of movement, exiting prone.","attack_bonus":7,"damage_dice":"3d6+4"},{"name":"Horrifying Visage","desc":"Each non-undead creature within 60 feet of the snow terror that can see it must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to this snow terror's Horrifying Visage for the next 24 hours."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"False Appearance (Snow Person Form Only)","desc":"While the snow terror remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from an ordinary snow person."},{"name":"Shapechanger","desc":"The snow terror can use its action to polymorph into a Large snow person, a snowy likeness of the creature it most recently killed, or back into its true form. Its statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.\n\nWhile in the form of the creature it most recently killed, creatures that knew the mimicked creature have disadvantage on their Wisdom saving throws against its Horrifying Visage."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":334,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_snow-terror/"},{"slug":"ulnorya","desc":"Eight long, writhing tentacles support and propel this snarling horror’s oblong body while its jagged maw reveals rows of razor teeth._  \n**Invisible Hunter.** The ulnorya lives to hunt, using its natural invisibility to surprise prey or swiftly chase down its next meal. Replicating itself allows the ulnorya to be its own hunting partner, and it uses this to stage ambushes or surround its victims.  \n**Magical Oddity.** Whether it was created by a mad druid or some arcane guild’s ill-advised experimentation, the ulnorya combines elements of spiders, scorpions, and octopuses. Asexual as a species, ulnorya create new offspring by implanting an egg within corpses slain by the ulnorya’s poison. Within five days, the egg hatches into a new ulnorya.","name":"Ulnorya","size":"Large","type":"Aberration","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"neutral evil","armor_class":14,"armor_desc":null,"hit_points":119,"hit_dice":"14d10+42","speed":{"walk":50,"climb":30},"strength":14,"dexterity":18,"constitution":17,"intelligence":12,"wisdom":10,"charisma":14,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":7,"constitution_save":6,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":6,"skills":{"acrobatics":7,"athletics":5,"perception":6,"stealth":10},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"bludgeoning","damage_immunities":"poison","condition_immunities":"poisoned","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 16","languages":"—","challenge_rating":"7","cr":7.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The ulnorya makes four attacks: one with its bite, one with its claw, and two with its tentacles."},{"name":"Bite","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) piercing damage and the target must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take 7 (2d6) poison damage. If the poison damage reduces the target to 0 hp, the target is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, even after regaining hp, and is paralyzed while poisoned in this way.","attack_bonus":7,"damage_dice":"2d8+4"},{"name":"Claw","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage.","attack_bonus":7,"damage_dice":"2d6+4"},{"name":"Tentacle","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) bludgeoning damage.","attack_bonus":7,"damage_dice":"1d4+3"},{"name":"Replicate (1/Day)","desc":"The ulnorya separates itself into two identical copies for up to 1 hour. The new ulnoryas' hp totals are equal to the original ulnorya's hp total divided by 2 (rounded down), and each is affected by any conditions, spells, and other magical effects that affected the original ulnorya. The new ulnoryas otherwise retain the same statistics as the original, except neither has this action. The new ulnoryas act on the same initiative count as the original ulnorya and occupy any unoccupied spaces within 5 feet of the original ulnorya's space.\n\nIf one ulnorya starts its turn within 5 feet of its other half, they can each use their reactions to recombine. The recombined ulnorya's hp total is equal to the combined hp total of the two ulnoryas, and it is affected by any conditions, spells, and other magical effects currently affecting either of the combining ulnoryas. The ulnorya automatically recombines if both of its halves are still alive at the end of the hour. If only one ulnorya remains alive at the end of the hour, it gains this action after it finishes a long rest."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Immutable Form","desc":"The ulnorya is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form."},{"name":"Photoadaptive Hide","desc":"If the ulnorya didn't move on its previous turn, it is invisible."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":354,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_ulnorya/"},{"slug":"vexxeh","desc":"This bestial creature would stand over 15 feet tall if erect but is more comfortable crouched with its knuckles resting on the ground. It wears a pair of trousers and a vest, both obviously made for someone much smaller than it. Its cunning eyes belie a malignant intelligence._  \n**Bound to Service.** Though they are not devils, vexxeh are natives of the Hells. Their susceptibility to magical domination makes them ideal lieutenants for evil spellcasters. Once a vexxeh has agreed to serve a master, it adheres to the letter of the agreement that has been struck and refuses to break the contract even under the threat of destruction.  \n**Lovers of Carnage.** Vexxeh only know joy when they are harming living creatures. They relish battle, enjoying the opportunity to shed blood and break bones. More than combat, however, vexxeh enjoy torturing mortals, especially if there is no purpose to it. The psychic distress and trauma suffered by the victims of their torture makes vexxeh gleeful.  \n**Fiendishly Polite.** Despite their love of violence, vexxeh are unfailingly polite. They mimic the etiquette and social norms of their current master’s culture, going so far as to affect mannerisms of nobility. Even when rending a creature into bloody chunks, a vexxeh acts regretful and apologetic.","name":"Vexxeh","size":"Huge","type":"Fiend","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"lawful evil","armor_class":15,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":94,"hit_dice":"9d12+36","speed":{"walk":40},"strength":20,"dexterity":13,"constitution":19,"intelligence":12,"wisdom":10,"charisma":12,"strength_save":8,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":3,"charisma_save":null,"perception":null,"skills":{"intimidation":4},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"cold, fire, lightning; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons","damage_immunities":"poison","condition_immunities":"poisoned, unconscious","senses":"truesight 60 ft., passive Perception 10","languages":"Common, Infernal","challenge_rating":"6","cr":6.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The vexxeh makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws. If both claw attacks hit the same target, the target and each creature within 5 feet of the target must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened until the end of its next turn as the vexxeh cackles with sadistic glee."},{"name":"Bite","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d8 + 5) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage.","attack_bonus":8,"damage_dice":"1d8+5"},{"name":"Claw","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d6 + 5) slashing damage.","attack_bonus":8,"damage_dice":"1d6+5"}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Four-Legged Lope","desc":"When the vexxeh uses its action to Dash, it moves at three times its speed."},{"name":"Weak Willed","desc":"The vexxeh has disadvantage on saving throws against being charmed."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":360,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_vexxeh/"},{"slug":"wintergrim","desc":"This squat creature is covered in furs, making it almost as wide as it is tall. A large nose pokes through the furs, and its gentle eyes shine._  \n**Spirit of Hospitality.** Wintergrims are solitary fey who build their homes in remote locations. When they are alone, they spend much of their time traversing the territory surrounding their homes, watchful for creatures in dire straits or in need of shelter. Wintergrims offer assistance and lodging to travelers they encounter and jump to the rescue for those in immediate peril. They readily share the furs in which they bundle themselves and are often laden with warm soups and beverages they share with visitors suffering from the elements.  \n**Inscrutable Rules.** A wintergrim’s hospitality has limits, as each wintergrim has a unique set of behaviors it holds taboo within the confines of its home. Breaking its rules is so abhorrent to a wintergrim, it dares not even discuss the things it forbids. The rules range from the seemingly innocuous—such as leaving one’s boots on when entering a wintergrim’s home—to common societal norms—such as not attacking or killing another guest. Discovering a wintergrim’s proscribed behavior is difficult, since the wintergrim ignores transgressions outside its home, perhaps giving a cryptic warning that it wouldn’t tolerate the same in its domicile. Mere discussion about its rules may also provoke the fey.  \nWhatever the case, wintergrims demand rulebreakers leave their premises at once, resorting to pummeling those who fail to comply.  \n**Competent Woodsfolk.** As loners with occasional guests, wintergrims are necessarily self-sustaining. They are omnivorous, and they grow gardens, set traps, and hunt for their food. Though they are inured to cold temperatures, they enjoy having a house in which they can reside and share their hospitality. They are adept with the axes they wield to chop down trees for their homes and fires, but they are careful not to overharvest wood. Other than when they hunt, they rarely use their axes as weapons. They prefer to punch their opponents in the hope they can drive their foes away, resorting to their axes only in desperate situations.","name":"Wintergrim","size":"Small","type":"Fey","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic good","armor_class":13,"armor_desc":"hide armor","hit_points":26,"hit_dice":"4d6+12","speed":{"walk":30},"strength":19,"dexterity":12,"constitution":17,"intelligence":12,"wisdom":16,"charisma":11,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":null,"skills":{"insight":5,"nature":3,"persuasion":2,"survival":5},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"cold","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"charmed","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13","languages":"Common, Sylvan","challenge_rating":"1/2","cr":0.5,"actions":[{"name":"Fist","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4) bludgeoning damage.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"1d4+4"},{"name":"Handaxe","desc":"Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) slashing damage, or 8 (1d8 + 4) slashing damage if used with two hands to make a melee attack.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"1d6+4"}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Unique Rules","desc":"If a creature breaks one of the wintergrim's rules of conduct, it becomes enraged. The wintergrim has advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) checks and attack rolls against the offending creature. An offending creature that succeeds on a DC 14 Charisma (Persuasion) check can calm the enraged wintergrim. If the offending creature has damaged the wintergrim in the last hour, it has disadvantage on this check. A creature that succeeds on a DC 12 Intelligence (Investigation) or Wisdom (Insight) check can determine the wintergrim's rules before enraging it."},{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"The wintergrim's innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 13). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components.\n3/day each: goodberry, speak with animals\n1/day each: lesser restoration, protection from poison"}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":372,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_wintergrim/"},{"slug":"yavalnoi","desc":"Rising up from the seafloor is a nightmarish creature resembling an obese mermaid with a wide, fluked tail, claws, and a humanoid head with a fish-like mouth and large, saucer-like, yellow eyes. An organ like the anchor of a boat emerges from its brow, shedding a pale blue light that glimmers off its iridescent crimson scales._  \n**Monster Creator.** Yavalnois are wicked aberrations capable of procreating with almost any creature from the sea, be it a Open Game License","name":"Yavalnoi","size":"Large","type":"Aberration","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic evil","armor_class":16,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":126,"hit_dice":"12d10+60","speed":{"walk":10,"swim":40},"strength":17,"dexterity":14,"constitution":20,"intelligence":12,"wisdom":16,"charisma":18,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":8,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":6,"charisma_save":null,"perception":6,"skills":{"perception":6},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"cold","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"","senses":"darkvision 90 ft., passive Perception 16","languages":"Aquan, Primordial","challenge_rating":"6","cr":6.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The yavalnoi makes three attacks: one with its bite, one with its claw, and one with its tail."},{"name":"Bite","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d10 + 3) piercing damage.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"2d10+3"},{"name":"Claw","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) slashing damage.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"1d8+3"},{"name":"Tail","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"2d6+3"},{"name":"Luminous Burst (Recharge 5-6)","desc":"The anchor-shaped organ atop the yavalnoi's head emits a burst of blue light. Each hostile creature within 30 feet of the yavalnoi must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be outlined in blue light for 1 minute. While outlined in blue light, a creature can't breathe underwater. This effect dispels spells such as water breathing and temporarily suppresses water breathing granted through magic items or a creature's natural physiology. In addition, the yavalnoi and creatures friendly to the yavalnoi have advantage on attack rolls against creatures outlined in blue light. A creature outlined in blue light can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success."},{"name":"Call of the Deep (1/Day)","desc":"The yavalnoi magically calls 2d4 giant crabs or 1 giant octopus. The called creatures arrive in 1d4 rounds, acting as allies of the yavalnoi and obeying its spoken commands. The beasts remain for 1 hour, until the yavalnoi dies, or until the yavalnoi dismisses them as a bonus action."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Water Breathing","desc":"The yavalnoi can breathe only underwater."},{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"The yavalnoi's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components.\nAt will: ray of enfeeblement, silent image\n3/day: control water, slow"}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":379,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_yavalnoi/"},{"slug":"zeitgeist","desc":"The mumbling humanoid alternates between bursts of speed and inactivity as it struggles to focus on the reality around it._  \nCaught in a chronological maelstrom, zeitgeists struggle to interact with whatever reality presents itself in that moment. Zeitgeists are humanoids who were warped by some misuse or accident of time magic. They are “ghosts” of time, flittering from plane to plane, timeline to timeline, unable to anchor themselves with any sort of stability for long.  \n**Fast and Slow.** Warped by time magic, a zeitgeist finds itself alternating between speeding around its foes and being barely able to keep up with them. This alternating is random and outside of the zeitgeist’s control, often pulling it forward in the middle of a conversation or slowing it when attempting to escape an enemy.  \n**Unstable Body and Mind.** The constant instability of being pulled between planes and timelines leaves zeitgeists unable to focus, at best, and deranged, at worst. If a moment of clarity pierces its madness, a zeitgeist might attempt a quick conversation or simply remain motionless, enjoying the temporary reprieve from its tortured existence.  \n**Still Living.** Though named “ghosts,” zeitgeists aren’t dead; rather, something mysterious about their situation sustains them. Similar to a ghost, a zeitgeist might be tied to a particular location, albeit at different points in time. The location might be the site of the magical mishap that created it, a place steeped in planar or time magic, or a place stable enough in time to help the zeitgeist anchor itself and its sanity.  \n**Timewarped Nature.** A zeitgeist doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.","name":"Zeitgeist","size":"Medium","type":"Humanoid","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic neutral","armor_class":14,"armor_desc":"16 in Darting Form","hit_points":82,"hit_dice":"11d8+33","speed":{"walk":20},"strength":17,"dexterity":18,"constitution":16,"intelligence":12,"wisdom":10,"charisma":6,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":null,"skills":{},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"","damage_immunities":"psychic","condition_immunities":"exhaustion, frightened","senses":"passive Perception 10","languages":"Common","challenge_rating":"6","cr":6.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"In its darting form, the zeitgeist makes three darting rend attacks. In its sluggish form, the zeitgeist makes two sluggish slam attacks."},{"name":"Darting Rend (Darting Form Only)","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4) slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) force damage.","attack_bonus":7,"damage_dice":"1d4+4"},{"name":"Sluggish Slam (Sluggish Form Only)","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 feet., one target. Hit: 12 (2d8 + 3) bludgeoning damage plus 7 (2d6) force damage. If the zeitgeist scores a critical hit, the target is also knocked prone.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"2d8+3"},{"name":"Tormented Scream (Recharge 5-6)","desc":"The zeitgeist cries out, releasing some of its internal torment in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw, taking 21 (6d6) psychic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":[{"name":"Rewind (Recharge 4-6)","desc":"When the zeitgeist takes damage or when it starts its turn afflicted with a condition, it can rewind time around it, preventing the damage or undoing the condition. It can use this reaction even while paralyzed or stunned."}],"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Darting Escape (Darting Form Only)","desc":"The zeitgeist can take the Dash or Disengage action as a bonus action on each of its turns."},{"name":"Timewarped Body","desc":"At the start of each of the zeitgeist's turns, roll a die. On an even roll, its body stretches and speeds up as it takes on a darting form. On an odd roll, its body becomes more solid and slows down as it takes on a sluggish form. Its statistics are the same in each form, except as noted here.\n* Darting Form. While in a Darting form, the zeitgeist's Armor Class increases by 2, and its speed is 40 feet.\n* Sluggish Form. While in a Sluggish form, the zeitgeist has resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks, and its speed is 20 feet."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":383,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob2","document__title":"Tome of Beasts 2","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-2-for-5th-edition/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob2_zeitgeist/"},{"slug":"alehouse-drake","desc":"_This plump little creature reclines with a dazed look in its eyes and the suggestion of a grin on its fanged jaws._  \n**Scaled Barflies.** Alehouse drakes squat in busy bars, rowdy taverns, and bustling inns. A bane or savior to every bartender and innkeeper, alehouse drakes enjoy pushing patrons’ emotions, driving crowds to ecstatic cheers or bloody bar fights.  \nAlehouse drakes make their homes in cities and towns, though older drakes settle down in roadside coaching inns. In the former situations, they are often troublemakers or pranksters, but in the latter circumstances, they usually befriend the proprietor and help manage flared tempers and weepy drinkers in return for living space and a generous tab.  \n**Relentless Gossips.** Alehouse drakes gossip endlessly. Perched in hiding places throughout busy taverns, they overhear many stories, and often trade in information, making them good sources for news about town. More devious and ill-mannered alehouse drakes resort to blackmail, but usually only to secure a comfortable spot in their chosen tavern.  \n**Family Heirlooms.** Alehouse drakes are one to two feet long on average and weigh about eighteen lb. with a plump belly. Their scales are deep amber with cream or white highlights, and they possess glittering, light-colored eyes. The oldest recorded alehouse drake lived just past 400 years—some are quite beloved by innkeeping families, and treated bit like family heirlooms.","name":"Alehouse Drake","size":"Tiny","type":"Dragon","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic neutral","armor_class":13,"armor_desc":"","hit_points":65,"hit_dice":"10d4+40","speed":{"walk":40,"fly":80},"strength":7,"dexterity":16,"constitution":19,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":12,"charisma":16,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":5,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":null,"skills":{"deception":5,"insight":3,"persuasion":5},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"paralyzed, unconscious","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11","languages":"Common, Draconic","challenge_rating":"1/2","cr":0.5,"actions":[{"name":"Bite","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) piercing damage.","attack_bonus":5,"damage_dice":"1d6"},{"name":"Claw","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (2d4 + 3) slashing damage.","attack_bonus":5,"damage_dice":"2d4"},{"name":"Breath Weapon (Recharge 5-6)","desc":"An alehouse drake can burp a cloud of intoxicating gas in a 15-foot cone. A creature caught in the cloud becomes poisoned for 1 minute and must make a successful DC 14 Constitution saving throw or become stunned for 1d6 rounds."},{"name":"Discombobulating Touch","desc":"An alehouse drake can make a touch attack that grants its target +3 to Dexterity-based skill checks and melee attacks but also induces confusion as per the spell. This effect lasts for 1d4 rounds. A successful DC 13 Charisma saving throw negates this effect."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"the drake's innate casting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\n\nat will: friends, vicious mockery\n\n5/day each: calm emotions, dissonant whispers, ray of sickness, hideous laughter\n\n3/day each: confusion, invisibility"},{"name":"Forgetful Spellcasting","desc":"When a creature fails an Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma saving throw against a spell cast by an alehouse drake, the creature immediately forgets the source of the spellcasting."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":148,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_alehouse-drake/"},{"slug":"asanbosam","desc":"_An asasonbosam is a hirsute hulk with bulging, bloodshot eyes, often perched high in a tree and ready to seize unwary passersby with talons like rusty hooks._  \n**Iron Hooks and Fangs.** They resemble hairy ogres from the waist up, but with muscular and flexible legs much longer than those of an ogre. These odd appendages end in feet with hooklike talons, and both the creature’s hooks and its fangs are composed of iron rather than bone or other organic material. These iron fangs and claws mark an asanbosam’s age, not just by their size but also by their color. The youngest specimens have shiny gray hooks and fangs, while older ones have discolored and rusty ones.  \n**Iron Eaters.** The asanbosam diet includes iron in red meat, poultry, fish, and leaf vegetables, and—in times of desperation— grinding iron filings off their own hooks to slake their cravings. The asanbosams’ taste for fresh blood and humanoid flesh led to the folklore that they are vampiric (not true).  \n**Tree Lairs.** Asanbosams spend most of their lives in trees, where they build nestlike houses or platforms of rope and rough planks. They don’t fear magic; most tribes count at least one spellcaster among its members.","name":"Asanbosam","size":"Large","type":"Aberration","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic evil","armor_class":14,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":102,"hit_dice":"12d10+36","speed":{"walk":40,"climb":15},"strength":18,"dexterity":13,"constitution":17,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":10,"charisma":5,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":3,"skills":{"acrobatics":4,"perception":3,"stealth":4},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13","languages":"Giant","challenge_rating":"5","cr":5.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The asanbosam makes one bite attack and one claws attack."},{"name":"Bite","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d10 + 4) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw against disease. If the saving throw fails, the target takes 11 (2d10) poison damage immediately and becomes poisoned until the disease is cured. Every 24 hours that elapse, the creature must repeat the saving throw and reduce its hit point maximum by 5 (1d10) on a failure. This reduction lasts until the disease is cured. The creature dies if the disease reduces its hit point maximum to 0.","attack_bonus":7,"damage_dice":"2d10"},{"name":"Claws","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d10 + 4) piercing damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 14). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained and the asanbosam can't claw a different target. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw against disease or contract the disease described in the bite attack.","attack_bonus":7,"damage_dice":"3d10"}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Spider Climb","desc":"The asanbosam can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check."},{"name":"Arboreal","desc":"While up in trees, the asanbosam can take the Disengage or Hide action as a bonus action on each of its turns."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":27,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_asanbosam/"},{"slug":"automata-devil","desc":"_A nightmare wrapped in chains and built of cutting cogs and whirring gears, an automata devil howls like a hurricane in battle. Once chain devils, automata devils have been promoted to greater power._  \n**Guards and Overseers.** Sometimes called castigas, automata devils are made to monitor others. They are often put in charge of prisoners or infernal factories.  \n**Pierced by Chain and Wire.** This slender creature’s skin is pierced with barbs, sharp nails, and coils of wire, which have been threaded through its flesh. Chains are buried under blisters and scabs. This infernal horror’s eyelids—both front and back pairs—have been sewn back with wire, while six arms ending in large grasping hands erupt from its shoulders.  \n**Coiled Metal Whips.** The creature’s back is broad and massive. Its head is a black mass ending in two large mandibles. By its side, it carries a huge coiled whip that squirms like a snake and is said to scent lies and treachery. The creature’s stomach opens up like a second mouth, filled with spines.","name":"Automata Devil","size":"Large","type":"Fiend","subtype":"devil","group":null,"alignment":"lawful evil","armor_class":17,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":168,"hit_dice":"16d10+80","speed":{"walk":40},"strength":24,"dexterity":17,"constitution":20,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":14,"charisma":19,"strength_save":11,"dexterity_save":7,"constitution_save":9,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":6,"charisma_save":8,"perception":null,"skills":{"athletics":11,"intimidation":8},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"cold; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with silvered weapons","damage_immunities":"fire, poison","condition_immunities":"poisoned","senses":"darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 12","languages":"Common, Infernal; telepathy 100 ft.","challenge_rating":"10","cr":10.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The automata devil makes two melee attacks, using any combination of bite, claw, and whip attacks. The bite attack can be used only once per turn."},{"name":"Bite","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (2d10 + 7) slashing damage.","attack_bonus":11,"damage_dice":"2d10"},{"name":"Claw","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d6 + 7) slashing damage.","attack_bonus":11,"damage_dice":"2d6"},{"name":"Whip","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (1d8 + 7) slashing damage and the target is grappled (escape DC 17) and restrained. Only two targets can be grappled by the automata devil at one time, and each grappled target prevents one whip from being used to attack. An individual target can be grappled by only one whip at a time. A grappled target takes 9 (2d8) piercing damage at the start of its turn.","attack_bonus":11,"damage_dice":"1d8"},{"name":"Punishing Maw","desc":"If a target is already grappled in a whip at the start of the automata devil's turn, both creatures make opposed Strength (Athletics) checks. If the grappled creature wins, it takes 9 (2d8) piercing damage and remains grappled. If the devil wins, the grappled creature is dragged into the devil's stomach maw, a mass of churning gears, razor teeth, and whirling blades. The creature takes 49 (4d20 + 7) slashing damage and is grappled, and the whip is free to attack again on the devil's next turn. The creature takes another 49 (4d20 + 7) slashing damage automatically at the start of each of the automata devil's turns for as long as it remains grappled in the maw. Only one creature can be grappled in the punishing maw at a time. The automata devil can freely \"spit out\"a creature or corpse during its turn, to free up the maw for another victim."},{"name":"Fear Aura","desc":"Automata devils radiate fear in a 10-foot radius. A creature that starts its turn in the affected area must make a successful DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened. A creature that makes the save successfully cannot be affected by the same automata devil's fear aura again."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Devil's Sight","desc":"Magical darkness doesn't impede the devil's darkvision."},{"name":"Magic Resistance","desc":"The automata devil has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects."},{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"the automata devils' spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 16). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\n\nat will: charm person, suggestion, teleport\n\n1/day each: banishing smite, cloudkill"}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":102,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_automata-devil/"},{"slug":"deep-drake","desc":"_This large, unnerving drake’s glassy black scales have purple undertones. Its features are elongated and almost alien. Black, expressionless eyes stare ahead, and a barbed stinger sits at the end of a long tail._  \n**Friend to Ghouls.** The deep drake has made a niche for itself in subterranean realms, establishing trade with the darakhul and with other races of the underworld. The drakes’ poison ensures the ghouls have replacements when their population dwindles. In return, those underlings who fail their rulers become food for the drake.  \n**Love Darkness.** Life underground has warped the drakes. Whereas most drakes attach themselves to humanoids, these creatures feel much more at home with aberrations and undead. They avoid sunlight and are strictly nocturnal when on the surface.  \n**Few in Number.** A deep drake mates for life with another deep drake when two of these rare creatures meet. A hermaphroditic creature, the drake assumes a gender until it finds a mate, at which time it may change. Once every 10-20 years, the drakes reproduce, resulting in three or four three‑foot long, rubbery eggs. Occasionally, subterranean undead or aberrations take these eggs to their cities to train the young drakes. A “household drake” is a great status symbol in some deep places, and surface necromancers who have heard of them are often extremely eager to acquire one.  \nDeep drakes are 12 feet long, plus a three-foot long tail, and weigh up to 1,500 pounds. Their coloration makes them ideal predators in the subterranean dark.","name":"Deep Drake","size":"Large","type":"Dragon","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic evil","armor_class":17,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":150,"hit_dice":"20d10+40","speed":{"walk":50,"climb":30,"fly":100},"strength":21,"dexterity":19,"constitution":14,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":14,"charisma":12,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":8,"constitution_save":6,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":6,"skills":{"athletics":9,"insight":6,"perception":6},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"","damage_immunities":"necrotic","condition_immunities":"paralyzed, unconscious","senses":"blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 16","languages":"Common, Darakhul, Draconic, Undercommon","challenge_rating":"9","cr":9.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The drake makes one bite attack, two claw attacks, and one stinger attack."},{"name":"Bite","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (2d10 + 5) piercing damage.","attack_bonus":9,"damage_dice":"2d10"},{"name":"Claw","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) slashing damage.","attack_bonus":9,"damage_dice":"2d6"},{"name":"Stinger","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (2d10 + 5) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 4 rounds. While poisoned this way, the target must repeat the save at the start of its turn, ending the condition on a success. On a failure, it takes 10 (3d6) poison damage. When animate dead is cast on creatures killed by this poison, the caster requires no material components.","attack_bonus":9,"damage_dice":"2d10"},{"name":"Breath Weapon (Recharge 5-6)","desc":"A deep drake blasts forth a crackling 80-foot line of purple-black energy that wracks its victims with pain. This attack deals 35 (10d6) necrotic damage, or half damage with a successful DC 16 Dexterity saving throw. Targets that fail this saving throw must also succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or become stunned for 1d4 rounds."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Magic Resistance","desc":"The drake has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":152,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_deep-drake/"},{"slug":"derro-shadow-antipaladin","desc":"_This blue-skinned creature resembles a stunted dwarf. Its eyes are large and its hair wild, and both are colorless. The expression on its face is a terrible rictus of madness and hate._  \nAll derro are mad, but some devote their very souls to the service of insanity. They embrace the powers of darkness and channel shadow through their minds to break the sanity of any creatures they encounter. Derro shadow antipaladins are the elite servants of gods like Nyarlathotep and the Black Goat of the Woods.  \n**Herald of Madness.** The derro shadow antipaladin is insanity personified. Despite being called paladins, these unhinged creatures aren’t swaggering warriors encased in steel or their dark reflections. Instead, a shadow antipaladin serves as a more subtle vector for the madness of its patron. They are masters of shadow magic and stealth who attack the faith of those who believe that goodness can survive the approaching, dark apotheosis. Death, madness, and darkness spread in the shadow antipaladin’s wake.","name":"Derro Shadow Antipaladin","size":"Small","type":"Humanoid","subtype":"derro","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic evil","armor_class":18,"armor_desc":"breastplate and shield","hit_points":82,"hit_dice":"11d6+44","speed":{"walk":30},"strength":11,"dexterity":18,"constitution":18,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":5,"charisma":14,"strength_save":3,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":0,"charisma_save":5,"perception":0,"skills":{"perception":0,"stealth":7},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"","senses":"darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10","languages":"Derro, Undercommon","challenge_rating":"5","cr":5.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The derro makes two scimitar attacks or two heavy crossbow attacks."},{"name":"Scimitar","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) slashing damage plus 9 (2d8) necrotic damage.","attack_bonus":7,"damage_dice":"1d6"},{"name":"Heavy Crossbow","desc":"Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, range 100/400 ft., one target, Hit: 9 (1d10 + 4) piercing damage plus 9 (2d8) necrotic damage.","attack_bonus":7,"damage_dice":"1d10"},{"name":"Infectious Insanity (Recharge 5-6)","desc":"The derro chooses a creature it can see within 30 feet and magically assaults its mind. The creature must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or be affected as if by a confusion spell for 1 minute. An affected creature repeats the saving throw at the end of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Evasive","desc":"Against effects that allow a Dexterity saving throw for half damage, the derro takes no damage on a successful save, and only half damage on a failed one."},{"name":"Insanity","desc":"The derro has advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened."},{"name":"Magic Resistance","desc":"The derro has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects."},{"name":"Shadowstrike","desc":"The derro's weapon attacks deal 9 (2d8) necrotic damage (included in its Actions list)."},{"name":"Spellcasting","desc":"the derro is a 5th level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). The derro has the following paladin spells prepared:\n\n1st level (4 slots): hellish rebuke, inflict wounds, shield of faith, wrathful smite\n\n2nd level (2 slots): aid, crown of madness, darkness, magic weapon"},{"name":"Sunlight Sensitivity","desc":"While in sunlight, the derro shadow antipaladin has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":93,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_derro-shadow-antipaladin/"},{"slug":"dorreq","desc":"_These twitching balls of tentacles surround an inhuman face dominated by a squid-like beak._  \n**Servants of the Void.** The dorreqi are servants to ancient horrors of the void and realms beyond human understanding. They are guardians and sentries for such creatures, and they swarm and attack any creatures approaching too close to the elder aberrations they serve.  \n**Death from Above.** Dorreq prefer to drop on their victims from above, pinning them in a grapple attack with their many tentacles and biting them with their large chitinous beaks.","name":"Dorreq","size":"Medium","type":"Aberration","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"neutral evil","armor_class":15,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":93,"hit_dice":"17d8+17","speed":{"walk":20,"climb":15},"strength":19,"dexterity":19,"constitution":13,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":8,"charisma":6,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":6,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":3,"skills":{"perception":3,"stealth":8},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"acid, cold, lightning","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13","languages":"Void Speech","challenge_rating":"4","cr":4.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The dorreq makes two tentacle attacks and one bite attack. If both tentacle attacks hit, the target is grappled (escape DC 14)."},{"name":"Bite","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (4d8 + 4) piercing damage.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"4d8"},{"name":"Tentacle","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) bludgeoning damage. If both tentacles hit the same target in a single turn, the target is grappled (escape DC 14) and pulled within reach of the bite attack, if it was farther than 5 feet away. The target must be size Large or smaller to be pulled this way. The dorreq can maintain a grapple on one Large, two Medium, or two Small creatures at one time.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"1d8"},{"name":"Entanglement","desc":"Any creature that starts its turn within 10 feet of a dorreq must make a successful DC 14 Dexterity saving throw each round or be restrained by the dorreq's tentacles until the start of its next turn. On its turn, the dorreq can ignore or freely release a creature in the affected area."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"The dorreq's innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 10). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: 3/day each: blink, dimension door, haste, shatter Wasteland Stride. This ability works like tree stride, but the dorreq can use it to sink into and appear out of any sandy or rocky ground, and the range is only 30 ft. Using this ability replaces the dorreq's usual movement."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":124,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_dorreq/"},{"slug":"elvish-veteran-archer","desc":"","name":"Elvish Veteran Archer","size":"Medium","type":"Humanoid","subtype":"elf","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic good or chaotic neutral","armor_class":15,"armor_desc":"studded leather","hit_points":77,"hit_dice":"14d8+14","speed":{"walk":30},"strength":11,"dexterity":16,"constitution":12,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":13,"charisma":11,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":5,"skills":{"nature":2,"perception":5,"stealth":5,"survival":3},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"","senses":"passive Perception 15","languages":"Common, Elvish","challenge_rating":"3","cr":3.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The elvish veteran archer makes two melee attacks or three ranged attacks."},{"name":"Shortsword","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) piercing damage.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"1d6"},{"name":"Longbow","desc":"Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"1d8"},{"name":"Volley (Recharge 6)","desc":"The elvish archer makes one ranged attack against every enemy within 10 feet of a point it can see."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Beast Hunter","desc":"The elvish veteran archer has advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks to track beasts and on Intelligence (Nature) checks to recall information about beasts."},{"name":"Fey Ancestry","desc":"The elvish veteran archer has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put the elvish archer to sleep."},{"name":"Keen Hearing and Sight","desc":"The elvish veteran archer has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing or sight."},{"name":"Magic Weapons","desc":"The elvish veteran archer's weapon attacks are magical."},{"name":"Stealthy Traveler","desc":"The elvish veteran archer can use Stealth while traveling at a normal pace."},{"name":"Surprise Attack","desc":"If the elvish veteran archer surprises a creature and hits it with an attack during the first round of combat, the target takes an extra 7 (2d6) damage from the attack."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":422,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_elvish-veteran-archer/"},{"slug":"far-darrig","desc":"_These shy fairies dress as small fey herdsmen wearing tan hide armor, hide boots, cloaks, and cowls, all trimmed in fox fur and often with a red sash or tunic. They often ride woodland creatures, such as dire weasels or snowy owls._  \nHunters & Herders. The far darrig were the hunters, herders, and equerry of the elven nobility—some still serve in this capacity in planes where the elves rule. Some stayed behind after the many of the fey retreated to wilder lands in the face of expanding human kingdoms.  \nFar darrig carry glaives made from fey antlers; each remains enchanted only as long as a far darrig holds it. Their leaders ride on fey elk the color of foxes, with gleaming green eyes; it is believed that their antlers are the ones used to make far darrig antler glaives.  \n**Hate Arcanists.** While not inherently evil, far darrig are hostile to all humans and will often attack human wizards, warlocks, and sorcerers on sight. If they can be moved to a friendly attitude through Persuasion or a charm spell or effect, they make very good guides, scouts, and hunters.  \n**Serve Hags and Worse.** They are sometimes found as thralls or scouts serving hags, trollkin, and shadow fey, but they are unwilling and distrustful allies at best.","name":"Far Darrig","size":"Small","type":"Fey","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"neutral","armor_class":14,"armor_desc":"hide armor","hit_points":104,"hit_dice":"16d6+48","speed":{"walk":20},"strength":15,"dexterity":16,"constitution":17,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":15,"charisma":17,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":5,"constitution_save":7,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":7,"perception":6,"skills":{"medicine":6,"nature":4,"perception":6,"survival":6},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 16","languages":"Common, Elvish, Sylvan","challenge_rating":"3","cr":3.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The far darrig makes four antler glaive attacks."},{"name":"Antler Glaive","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft. or 10 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d10 + 2) slashing damage and the target must make a successful DC 13 Strength saving throw or either be disarmed or fall prone; the attacking far darrig chooses which effect occurs.","attack_bonus":4,"damage_dice":"1d10"},{"name":"Enchanted Glaive Maneuvers","desc":"A far darrig can magically extend or shrink its antler glaive as a bonus action to give it either a 10-foot or 5-foot reach."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"the far darrig's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\n\nconstant: magic weapon (antler glaive only), speak with animals\n\nat will: calm emotions, charm animal (as charm person but affects beasts only), cure wounds, detect poison and disease, water breathing, water walk\n\n3/day each: barkskin, conjure woodland beings, hold animal (as hold person but affects beasts only), jump, longstrider\n\n1/day each: commune with nature, freedom of movement, nondetection, tree stride"}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":179,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_far-darrig/"},{"slug":"fear-smith","desc":"_Apart from their taloned hands and blank face, fear smiths appear elven. While its mouth is closed, a fear smith’s face is featureless save for rows of deep wrinkles. Opening the large mouth in the center of its face reveals long needlelike teeth surrounding a single massive eye._  \nKnown as a fiarsídhe among themselves, fear smiths are servants of the Court of the Shadow Fey and similar dark fey courts of such as those of Queen Mab and the Snow Queen.  \n_**Icy-Cold Eyes.**_ Fear smiths often serve as torturers or are dispatched to demoralize the court’s enemies. Their stare stops enemies cold, making it easy for heavily-armed warriors to trap and finish a foe.  \n_**Devour Fear.**_ As their nickname suggests, fear smiths feed off strong emotions, and their favorite meal is terror. The fey prefer prolonging the death of victims, and, when free to indulge, a fear smith stalks its victim for days before attacking, hinting at its presence to build dread.  \n_**Hoods and Masks.**_ Fear smiths favor fine clothing and high fashion, donning hooded cloaks or masks when discretion is required. Eerily well-mannered and respectful, fear smiths enjoy feigning civility and playing the part of nobility, speaking genteelly but with a thick, unidentifiable accent from within a cowl.","name":"Fear Smith","size":"Medium","type":"Fey","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic neutral","armor_class":17,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":123,"hit_dice":"19d8+38","speed":{"walk":40,"climb":15},"strength":11,"dexterity":17,"constitution":14,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":15,"charisma":18,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":6,"charisma_save":null,"perception":null,"skills":{"stealth":7},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from weapons that aren't made of cold iron","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"charmed, frightened","senses":"blindsight 30 ft., passive Perception 12","languages":"Common, Elvish, Sylvan","challenge_rating":"10","cr":10.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The fear smith makes three claw attacks."},{"name":"Claw","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 16 (2d12 + 3) slashing damage. If the target is disoriented by Distortion Gaze, this attack does an additional 13 (3d8) psychic damage and heals the fear smith by an equal amount.","attack_bonus":7,"damage_dice":"2d12+3"},{"name":"Heartstopping Stare","desc":"The fear smith terrifies a creature within 30 feet with a look. The target must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or be stunned for 1 round and take 13 (3d8) psychic damage and heal the fear smith by an equal amount."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Distortion Gaze","desc":"Those who meet the gaze of the fear smith experience the world seeming to twist at unnatural angles beneath their feet. When a creature that can see the fear smith's eye starts its turn within 30 feet of the fear smith, the creature must make a successful DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or become disoriented. While disoriented, the creature falls prone each time it tries to move or take the Dash or Disengage action. To recover from disorientation, a creature must start its turn outside the fear smith's gaze and make a successful DC 16 Wisdom saving throw. To use this ability, the fear smith can't be incapacitated and must see the affected creature. A creature that isn't surprised can avert its eyes at the start of its turn to avoid the effect. In that case, no saving throw is necessary but the creature treats the fear smith as invisible until the start of the creature's next turn. If during its turn the creature chooses to look at the fear smith, it must immediately make the saving throw."},{"name":"Hidden Eye","desc":"The fear smith has advantage on saving throws against the blinded condition."},{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"the fear smith's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 16). The fear smith can innately cast the following spells, requiring no verbal or material components:at will: detect thoughts, fear2/day each: charm person, command, confusion"},{"name":"Magic Resistance","desc":"The fear smith has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":181,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_fear-smith/"},{"slug":"kobold-chieftain","desc":"More than anything, kobolds are survivors. Their scaly skin and keen night vision as well as their dextrous claws and sensitive snouts make them quick to sense danger, and their clawed feet move them out of danger with cowardly speed. They are small but fierce when fighting on their own terms, and their weight of numbers helps them survive in places where larger but less numerous races can’t sustain a settlement. Kobolds are great miners, good gearsmiths, and modest alchemists, and they have a curiosity about the world that frequently gets them into trouble.  \n_**Underworld Merchants.**_ Kobolds are merchants to both the surface world and the world beneath it, with their greatest cities hidden deep below the earth. Their enemies are the diabolical gnomes, the dwarves, and any other mining races that seek dominance of dark, rich territories.  \nKobolds are closely allied with and related to dragonborn, drakes, and dragons. The kobold kings (and there are oh‑so‑many kobold kings, since no kobold ruler is satisfied with being merely a chieftain) admire dragons as the greatest sources of wisdom, power, and proper behavior.  \n_This small, draconic humanoid struts as though it were ten feet tall. It wears the gilded skull of a small dragon as a helmet, and its beady eyes gleam out through the skull’s sockets. It hefts its spear and shield and lets out a blood-curdling shriek, signaling the attack._  \nWhile most kobolds are scuttling scavengers or pathetic sycophants, a few carry a spark of draconic nobility that can’t be ignored. These few forge their tribes into forces to be reckoned with, rising to the rank of chieftain. A kobold chieftain stands proud, clad in war gear of fine quality and good repair. Their weapons are tended by the tribe’s trapsmiths, particularly evident in their springspike shields.  \n_**Living Legend.**_ A kobold chieftain is more than a leader, it is a symbol of the tribe’s greatness. The strongest, most cunning, most ruthless of a kobold tribe embodies their connection to the revered dragons. When a chieftain sounds the call to battle, the kobolds meld into a fearless, deadly force.","name":"Kobold Chieftain","size":"Small","type":"Humanoid","subtype":"kobold","group":null,"alignment":"lawful evil","armor_class":17,"armor_desc":"studded leather and shield","hit_points":82,"hit_dice":"15d6+30","speed":{"walk":30},"strength":10,"dexterity":17,"constitution":14,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":13,"charisma":14,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":5,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":4,"perception":null,"skills":{"intimidation":6,"stealth":5},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"charmed, frightened","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11","languages":"Common, Draconic","challenge_rating":"4","cr":4.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The kobold makes 2 attacks."},{"name":"Shortsword","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) piercing damage plus 10 (3d6) poison damage and the target must make a successful DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. A poisoned creature repeats the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success.","attack_bonus":5,"damage_dice":"1d6"},{"name":"Shortbow","desc":"Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 80/320 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) piercing damage plus 10 (3d6) poison damage and the target must make a successful DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. A poisoned creature repeats the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success.","attack_bonus":5,"damage_dice":"1d6"},{"name":"Inspiring Presence (Recharge after Short or Long Rest)","desc":"The chieftain chooses up to six allied kobolds it can see within 30 feet. For the next minute, the kobolds gain immunity to the charmed and frightened conditions, and add the chieftain's Charisma bonus to attack rolls."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":[{"name":"Springspike Shield (5/rest)","desc":"When the kobold chieftain is hit by a melee attack within 5 feet, the kobold chieftain can fire one of its shield spikes at the attacker. The attacker takes 3 (1d6) piercing damage plus 3 (1d6) poison damage."}],"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Pack Tactics","desc":"The kobold chieftain has advantage on an attack roll against a target if at least one of the chieftain's allies is within 5 feet of the target and the ally isn't incapacitated."},{"name":"Sunlight Sensitivity","desc":"While in sunlight, the kobold chieftain has disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":263,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_kobold-chieftain/"},{"slug":"mallqui","desc":"_With skin stretched like vellum over wizened limbs, a desiccated humanoid form clad in splendid regalia emerges from a funerary tower. Suddenly, the air becomes so dry as to make the eyes sting and lips crack. The imposing figure has yellow points of light for eyes._  \n**Cold Plateau Mummies.** The people of the cold, rainless, mountain plateaus take advantage of their dry climes to mummify their honored dead, but without the embalming and curing of the corpse practiced in hotter lands. To preserve the knowledge and the place of their ancestors in the afterlife, their dead remain among them as counsellors and honorees on holy days.  \n**Undead Judges.** The mallqui are not seen as malevolent, though at times they are severe judges against transgressors of their culture’s ideals.  \n**Icons of Growth.** Through their ability to draw the very moisture from the air, they are seen as conduits to the fertility of the earth. “Mallqui” also means “sapling” in the language of the people who create them.  \n**Undead Nature.** A mallqui doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.","name":"Mallqui","size":"Medium","type":"Undead","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"lawful neutral","armor_class":14,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":120,"hit_dice":"16d8+48","speed":{"walk":20},"strength":16,"dexterity":9,"constitution":16,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":16,"charisma":14,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":3,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":5,"perception":null,"skills":{"history":3,"insight":6,"religion":3},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"cold, lightning; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks","damage_immunities":"necrotic, poison","condition_immunities":"charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13","languages":"the languages it knew in life","challenge_rating":"8","cr":8.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The mallqui can use its xeric aura and makes two attacks with its desiccating touch."},{"name":"Desiccating Touch","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (5d6 + 3) necrotic damage.","attack_bonus":7,"damage_dice":"5d6"},{"name":"Xeric Aura","desc":"All creatures within 20 feet of the mallqui must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take 11 (2d10) necrotic damage and gain a level of exhaustion. A creature becomes immune to the mallqui's xeric aura for the next 24 hours after making a successful save against it."},{"name":"Xeric Blast","desc":"Ranged Spell Attack: +7 to hit, range 30/90 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (3d6 + 3) necrotic damage.","attack_bonus":7,"damage_dice":"3d6"}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Regeneration","desc":"The mallqui regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn. If the mallqui takes damage from its Water Sensitivity trait, its regeneration doesn't function at the start of the mallqui's next turn. The mallqui dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate."},{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"the mallqui's innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 15, +7 to hit with spell attacks). It can cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\n\nat will: druidcraft, produce flame\n\n4/day each: create or destroy water, entangle\n\n2/day: locate animals or plants\n\n1/day each: dispel magic, plant growth, wind wall"},{"name":"Water Sensitivity","desc":"the flesh of a mallqui putrefies and dissolves rapidly when soaked with water in the following ways:\n\n- Splashed with a waterskin or equivalent: 1d10 damage\n\n- Attacked by creature made of water: Normal damage plus an extra 1d10 damage\n\n- Caught in rain: 2d10 damage per round (DC 11 Dexterity saving throw for half)\n\n- Immersed in water: 4d10 damage per round (DC 13 Dexterity saving throw for half)\n\nalternatively, the saving throw and DC of the spell used to conjure or control the water damaging the mallqui can be used in place of the saving throws above"}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":282,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_mallqui/"},{"slug":"mindrot-thrall","desc":"_A heavily cloaked figure reeks of decay and spreads a floating cloud of spores with every step._  \n**Fungal Rot.** Mindrot fungus is an intelligent hive-mind parasite that consumes creatures from the inside out. When inhaled, mindrot spores enter the brain through the bloodstream. As the fungus grows, it dissolves the host’s body and slowly replaces the creature’s flesh with its own.  \nThe fungus’s first target is the motor function of the brain. It takes control of the creature’s movement while the victim is still alive and fully conscious—but no longer controls his or her own body! Indeed, sensory awareness may be the last function that the fungus attacks. Eventually, even the victim’s skin and muscle are replaced with fungal fibers. At that point, the affected creature no longer looks like its former self. Such a newly-born mindrot thrall conceals its alarming appearance under heavy robes or cloaks so it can travel without causing alarm.  \n**Spore Blisters.** A thrall’s skin is taut and waxy. Blisters form just beneath the surface, and when they grow as large as a child’s fist they burst, releasing a spray of spores. It seeks to infect as many new victims as possible during the few weeks that it survives in humanoid form. At the end of that time, the thrall shrivels to a dried, vaguely humanoid husk. Even a dead mindrot thrall, however, is still dangerous because its half-formed spore blisters can remain infectious for months. Disturbing the husk can burst these blisters and trigger a Mindrot Spores attack.  \n**Dimensional Horrors.** Wizards hypothesize the fungus was brought to the mortal world by a shambling horror crossing through a dimensional portal. The remoteness of that wasteland is likely whythe mindrot fungus hasn’t destroyed whole cities, though someday it may find a more fertile breeding ground.","name":"Mindrot Thrall","size":"Medium","type":"Plant","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"neutral","armor_class":15,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":82,"hit_dice":"11d8+33","speed":{"walk":30},"strength":15,"dexterity":14,"constitution":17,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":14,"charisma":6,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":5,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":null,"skills":{},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"bludgeoning and piercing from nonmagical attacks","damage_immunities":"acid, poison","condition_immunities":"charmed, frightened, poisoned","senses":"tremorsense 30 ft., passive Perception 12","languages":"understands Common but cannot speak","challenge_rating":"3","cr":3.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The mindrot thrall makes two claw attacks."},{"name":"Claw","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d6 + 2) slashing damage.","attack_bonus":4,"damage_dice":"2d6"},{"name":"Acid Breath (Recharge 4-6)","desc":"The thrall exhales a blast of acidic spores from its rotten lungs in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area takes 36 (8d8) acid damage, or half damage with a successful DC 13 Dexterity saving throw. If the saving throw fails, the creature is also infected with mindrot spores."},{"name":"Mindrot Spores","desc":"Infection occurs when mindrot spores are inhaled or swallowed. Infected creatures must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw at the end of every long rest; nothing happens if the saving throw succeeds, but if it fails, the creature takes 9 (2d8) acid damage and its hit point maximum is reduced by the same amount. The infection ends when the character makes successful saving throws after two consecutive long rests, or receives the benefits of a lesser restoration spell or comparable magic. A creature slain by this disease becomes a mindrot thrall after 24 hours unless the corpse is destroyed."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Fungal Aura","desc":"A creature that starts its turn within 5 feet of a mindrot thrall must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or become infected with mindrot spores."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":290,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_mindrot-thrall/"},{"slug":"mngwa","desc":"_Tiny wisps of grayish smoke ooze from the slate-colored coat of this leonine beast._  \n**Ethereal Lions.** The elusive mngwa (MING-wah; “the strange ones”) are the offspring of a sentient feline beast from the Ethereal Plane that mated with a lioness long ago. Also called nunda (“smoke-cats”), mngwas are strong and cunning hunters that can elude pursuit or approach their prey unnoticed by disappearing into the ether for a brief time.  \n**Rocky Terrain.** Mngwas choose their hunting ground carefully, avoiding flatlands where competing predators are plentiful. They favor rocky and treacherous terrain where their talent for dancing along the veil between worlds allows them to easily outmaneuver their prey.  \n**Feline Allies.** The strongest mngwa recruit other great cats into their prides, though these associations tend to be shortlived. They hunt with especially savage groups of nkosi, though only a great pridelord can command one during a hunt. When the hunt is over, the mngwa move on, and sometimes they take one of the young nkosi with them to become a shaman.","name":"Mngwa","size":"Medium","type":"Aberration","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"neutral evil","armor_class":16,"armor_desc":"","hit_points":91,"hit_dice":"14d8+28","speed":{"walk":40},"strength":19,"dexterity":17,"constitution":15,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":17,"charisma":17,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":5,"skills":{"perception":5,"stealth":7},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15","languages":"Common, Sylvan, can speak with felines","challenge_rating":"4","cr":4.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The mngwa makes one bite attack and two claw attacks."},{"name":"Bite","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"1d8"},{"name":"Claw","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) slashing damage.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"1d6"}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Keen Smell","desc":"The mngwa has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell."},{"name":"Pack Tactics","desc":"The mngwa has advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of the mngwa's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated."},{"name":"Running Leap","desc":"With a 10-foot running start, the mngwa can long jump up to 25 feet."},{"name":"Feline Empathy","desc":"The mngwa has advantage on Wisdom (Animal Handling) checks to deal with felines."},{"name":"Ethereal Coat","desc":"The armor class of the mngwa includes its Charisma modifier. All attack rolls against the mngwa have disadvantage. If the mngwa is adjacent to an area of smoke or mist, it can take a Hide action even if under direct observation."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":293,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_mngwa/"},{"slug":"owl-harpy","desc":"_This winged woman’s face is wreathed in a headdress of feathers; her luminous eyes and aquiline nose lend beauty to her feral demeanor. Her sharp, taloned feet seem even more inhuman by comparison._  \n**Harpy Queens.** An owl harpy is a queen among her kind, possessing superior grace and intelligence and an owl's predatory instinct and savage appetite. Owl harpies never grow hair, only feathers, which often wreathe their faces and crown their heads like a headdress. Their taloned feet are strong and razor sharp. They are much stronger fliers than lesser harpies; they swoop and hover in mid-air with ease to tear their prey apart. They are found in temperate climates as well as in deserts and jungles.  \n**Noctural Magic.** Owl harpies practice a rare, potent magic associated with darkness and the night. They can counter most light sources easily. So refined is their hearing that neither darkness nor invisibility detracts from their ability to hunt their quarry. Their acute hearing also means that thunder attacks distress them.  \nOwl harpies are natural (if irredeemably evil) bards thanks to their sharp wits. Less common but not unheard of are owl harpy oracles, scholars, and collectors. These savants are known to exchange their knowledge and insights for companionship or for unusual gifts and treasures.","name":"Owl Harpy","size":"Medium","type":"Monstrosity","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"neutral evil","armor_class":14,"armor_desc":"","hit_points":112,"hit_dice":"15d8+45","speed":{"walk":20,"fly":80,"hover":true},"strength":12,"dexterity":17,"constitution":16,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":14,"charisma":14,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":null,"skills":{"performance":7,"stealth":6},"damage_vulnerabilities":"thunder","damage_resistances":"","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"","senses":"blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 12","languages":"Common, Abyssal, Giant","challenge_rating":"5","cr":5.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The owl harpy makes two claw attacks and two talon attacks."},{"name":"Claws","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (2d4 + 3) slashing damage.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"2d4"},{"name":"Talons","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) slashing damage.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"2d6"},{"name":"Hovering Darkness","desc":"An owl harpy that hovers in flight can shake a fine, magical dander from her wings over a creature within 20 feet and directly below her. The creature must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or fall unconscious and be poisoned for 10 minutes. It wakes up if it takes damage or if a creature uses an action to shake it awake, but waking up doesn't end the poisoning."},{"name":"Luring Song","desc":"The owl harpy sings a magical melody. Every humanoid and giant within 300 feet of the harpy that can hear the song must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed until the song ends. The harpy must use a bonus action on its subsequent turns to continue singing. It can stop singing at any time. The song ends if the harpy becomes incapacitated. While charmed by the harpy, a target is incapacitated and ignores the songs of other harpies. A charmed target that is more than 5 feet away from the harpy must move at its highest rate (including dashing, if necessary) along the most direct route to get within 5 feet of the harpy. The charmed creature doesn't maneuver to avoid opportunity attacks, but it can repeat the saving throw every time it takes damage from anything other than the harpy. It also repeats the saving throw before entering damaging terrain (lava or a pit, for example), if the most direct route includes a dangerous space. A creature also repeats the saving throw at the end of each of its turns. A successful saving throw ends the effect on that creature and makes the creature immune to this harpy's song for 24 hours."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Quiet Flight","desc":"The owl harpy gains an additional +3 to Stealth (+9 in total) while flying."},{"name":"Dissonance","desc":"The owl harpy can't use its blindsight while deafened."},{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"the owl harpy's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma. The owl harpy can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\n\n3/day: darkness"}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":246,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_owl-harpy/"},{"slug":"rat-king","desc":"_A great knot of scabrous rats scrabbles together as a mass, with skulls, bones, and flesh entangled in the whole. Teeth, eyes, and fur all flow as a single disturbing rat swarm walking on two legs._  \n**Fused at the Tail.** A rat king forms when dozens of rats twist their tails together in a thick knot of bone and lumpy cartilage. Its numbers and powers grow quickly.  \n**Rule Sewers and Slums.** The rat king is a cunning creature that stalks city sewers, boneyards, and slums. Some even command entire thieves’ guilds or hordes of beggars that give it obeisance. They grow larger and more powerful over time until discovered.  \n**Plague and Dark Magic.** The rat king is the result of plague infused with twisted magic, and a malignant ceremony that creates one is called “Enthroning the Rat King.” Rats afflicted with virulent leavings of dark magic rites or twisted experiments become bound to one another. As more rats add to the mass, the creature’s intelligence and force of will grow, and it invariably goes quite mad.","name":"Rat King","size":"Medium","type":"Monstrosity","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic evil","armor_class":14,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":76,"hit_dice":"9d8+36","speed":{"walk":30,"burrow":20},"strength":6,"dexterity":16,"constitution":18,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":15,"charisma":16,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":null,"skills":{"stealth":6},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"bludgeoning, piercing, slashing","damage_immunities":"poison","condition_immunities":"charmed, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12","languages":"Common, Thieves' Cant","challenge_rating":"5","cr":5.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The rat king makes four bite attacks."},{"name":"Bite","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) piercing damage, and a bitten creature must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be infected with a disease. A diseased creature gains one level of exhaustion immediately. When the creature finishes a long rest, it must repeat the saving throw. On a failure, the creature gains another level of exhaustion. On a success, the disease does not progress. The creature recovers from the disease if its saving throw succeeds after two consecutive long rests or if it receives a lesser restoration spell or comparable magic. The creature then recovers from one level of exhaustion after each long rest.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"2d6"},{"name":"Summon Swarm (1/Day)","desc":"The rat king summons three swarms of rats. The swarms appear immediately within 60 feet of the rat king. They can appear in spaces occupied by other creatures. The swarms act as allies of the rat king. They remain for 1 hour or until the rat king dies."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":[{"name":"Absorption","desc":"When the rat king does damage to a rat or rat swarm, it can absorb the rat, or part of the swarm, into its own mass. The rat king regains hit points equal to the damage it did to the rat or swarm."}],"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Keen Smell","desc":"The rat king has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell."},{"name":"Plague of Ill Omen","desc":"The rat king radiates a magical aura of misfortune in a 30-foot radius. A foe of the rat king that starts its turn in the aura must make a successful DC 14 Charisma saving throw or be cursed with bad luck until the start of its next turn. When a cursed character makes an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, it must subtract 1d4 from the result."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":318,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_rat-king/"},{"slug":"redcap","desc":"_This grizzled, weather-beaten creature looks like a sour old man at first glance, complete with scraggly beard. It carries a great pike and wears heavy boots, shod with iron, and the blood-soaked hat jammed on its head is hard to miss. It grins with massive yellow teeth._  \n**Blood-Soaked Caps.** Redcaps are exceedingly dangerous creatures who wear the mark of their cruelty and evil quite literally. The caps from which they take their name define their existence, and they must constantly be revived with fresh blood.  \n**Compelled to Kill.** Redcaps aren’t cruel and murderous by choice, but by necessity. A redcap must frequently bathe its cap in fresh, humanoid blood to sustain itself. If it fails to do so every three days, the creature withers and dies quickly. A redcap whose hat is nearly dry is a desperate, violent force of nature that prefers to die in battle rather than waste away to nothing.  \n**Bandits and Mercenaries.** Most long-lived redcaps are drawn to serve in marauding armies or make a living through constant banditry.","name":"Redcap","size":"Medium","type":"Fey","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"neutral evil","armor_class":15,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":105,"hit_dice":"14d8+42","speed":{"walk":40},"strength":20,"dexterity":10,"constitution":17,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":13,"charisma":8,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":6,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":null,"skills":{"athletics":8,"intimidation":5},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"charmed, frightened","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11","languages":"Common, Sylvan, Undercommon","challenge_rating":"6","cr":6.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The redcap makes two pike attacks and one bite attack."},{"name":"Bite","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5) piercing damage and the creature is bleeding profusely. A bleeding creature must make a successful DC 15 Constitution saving throw at the start of its turn or take 10 (3d6) necrotic damage and continue bleeding. On a successful save the creature takes no necrotic damage and the effect ends. A creature takes only 10 necrotic damage per turn from this effect no matter how many times it's been bitten, and a single successful saving throw ends all bleeding. Spending an action to make a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Medicine) check or any amount of magical healing also stops the bleeding. Constructs and undead are immune to the bleeding effect.","attack_bonus":8,"damage_dice":"2d8"},{"name":"Pike","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (1d10 + 5) piercing damage.","attack_bonus":8,"damage_dice":"1d10"}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Clomping Boots","desc":"The redcap has disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks."},{"name":"Red Cap","desc":"The redcap must soak its cap in the blood of a humanoid killed no more than an hour ago at least once every three days. If it goes more than 72 hours without doing so, the blood on its cap dries and the redcap gains one level of exhaustion every 24 hours. While the cap is dry, the redcap can't remove exhaustion by any means. All levels of exhaustion are removed immediately when the redcap soaks its cap in fresh blood. A redcap that dies as a result of this exhaustion crumbles to dust."},{"name":"Solid Kick","desc":"The redcap can kick a creature within 5 feet as a bonus action. 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They are consummate tricksters who delight in taking the form of innocuous mortals like travelling monks, tinkers, or lost merchants. They love to play the friend with their nearly undetectable lies, slipping into the confidence of unsuspecting mortals before murdering them.  \n_**Counting Demons.**_ Rubezahls have a weakness, however. They are known as counting demons, and a savvy mortal who knows its nature can confound one with groups of objects: a handful of coins, a basket of apples, even a bed of flowers. If the objects are clearly pointed out to the rubezahl, the creature becomes distracted until it counts each item in the group. Unfortunately for mortals, rebezahls can count startlingly fast; even a mound of gravel takes no more than a few moments for a rubezahl to assess. Rubezahl loathe being compelled this way, and they are equally driven to annihilate any mortal bold enough to exploit this weakness.","name":"Rubezahl","size":"Medium","type":"Fiend","subtype":"demon","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic evil","armor_class":15,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":110,"hit_dice":"17d8+34","speed":{"walk":50},"strength":20,"dexterity":15,"constitution":14,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":12,"charisma":18,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":6,"constitution_save":6,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":5,"charisma_save":null,"perception":5,"skills":{"deception":8,"perception":5,"survival":5},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"cold, fire; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks","damage_immunities":"lightning, thunder, poison","condition_immunities":"poisoned, stunned","senses":"blindsight 10 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 15","languages":"Abyssal, Common, telepathy 120 ft.","challenge_rating":"10","cr":10.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The rubezahl makes one gore attack and two claw attacks."},{"name":"Claw","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (3d6 + 5) slashing damage.","attack_bonus":9,"damage_dice":"3d6"},{"name":"Gore","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (3d8 + 5) piercing damage and a target creature must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.","attack_bonus":9,"damage_dice":"3d8"},{"name":"Thunderstrike (Recharge 5-6)","desc":"The rubezahl calls a sizzling bolt of lightning out of the sky, or from the air if underground or indoors, to strike a point the rubezahl can see within 150 feet. All creatures within 20 feet of the target point take 36 (8d8) lightning damage, or half damage with a successful DC 16 Dexterity saving throw. A creature that fails its saving throw is stunned until the start of the rubezahl's next turn."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Counting Compulsion","desc":"If a creature uses an action to point out an ordered group of objects to the rubezahl, the demon is compelled to count the entire group. Until the end of its next turn, the rubezahl has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks and it can't take reactions. Once it has counted a given group of objects, it can't be compelled to count those objects ever again."},{"name":"False Tongue","desc":"The rubezahl has advantage on Charisma (Deception) checks, and magical attempts to discern lies always report that the rubezahl's words are true."},{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"the rubezahl's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 16, +8 to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\n\nat will: disguise self (humanoid forms only), fog cloud\n\n3/day each: call lightning, gust of wind, lightning bolt\n\n1/day: control weather"},{"name":"Sneak Attack (1/turn)","desc":"The rubezahl does an extra 10 (3d6) damage if it hits a target with a weapon attack when it had advantage on the attack roll, or if the target is within 5 feet of an ally of the rubezahl that isn't incapacitated and the rubezahl doesn't have disadvantage on the attack roll."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":80,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_rubezahl/"},{"slug":"rusalka","desc":"_A barefoot woman with long hair and almost transparent skin sits upon a willow branch. Her hair and clothing are wet, as if she has just returned from a swim. Her smile seems friendly enough._  \nWhen a woman drowns, her dripping body may rise again as a rusalka. Some claim the drowning must be a suicide. Others say that the water itself must be tainted with murder or some great evil spirit.  \n**Near Water.** Rusalkas dwell in the water where they died, emerging only at night. Some climb a nearby tree, dangle their feet in the water, and sing alluring songs. Others sit on the bank, combing their wet tresses and awaiting prey. They must, however, remain in or near the water where they died, as part of their curse. However, during a full moon, the rusalki can leave the water to dance along the shore or the riverbank, singing all night long and inviting young men to join them.  \n**Songs and Poetry.** Rusalkas mesmerize and seduce passersby with song and dance and poetry. Young men are their usual victims, but they also prey on curious children, lonely older men, and other heartbroken women. When a potential victim comes near enough, the rusalki entangles the person with her hair and drags him or her beneath the water to drown.  \n**Lover’s Walks.** A rusalka cannot pass for human on any but the darkest night, but she might claim to be a lonely tree spirit or a benevolent nymph willing to grant a wish in exchange for a kiss. She may part the water of a lake and coax her victim toward the center with the promise of a kiss—delivered as her hair entraps the victim and the water rushes around him. Alternatively, she may use water walk so she and the victim can stroll across the surface of the water, reward him with a long kiss (to prevent him from catching a deep breath), then end the spell over deep water and drag him to the bottom.  \n**Undead Nature.** A rusalka doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.","name":"Rusalka","size":"Medium","type":"Undead","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic evil","armor_class":14,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":88,"hit_dice":"16d8+16","speed":{"walk":30,"swim":40},"strength":17,"dexterity":13,"constitution":12,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":15,"charisma":18,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":null,"skills":{},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"","damage_immunities":"necrotic, poison; piercing and slashing from nonmagical attacks","condition_immunities":"charmed, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12","languages":"Common","challenge_rating":"6","cr":6.0,"actions":[{"name":"Breathless Kiss","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: the target is grappled (escape DC 13) and the rusalka draws all the air from the target's lungs with a kiss. If the rusalka has movement remaining, she drags the grappled creature into deep water, where it begins suffocating.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"0"},{"name":"Drowning Hair (1/Day)","desc":"The rusalka's long hair tangles around a creature the rusalka has grappled. The creature takes 33 (6d10) necrotic damage, or half damage with a successful DC 15 Constitution saving throw. In addition, until it escapes the rusalka's grapple, it is restrained and has disadvantage on Strength checks to break free of the grapple."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Withered Tresses","desc":"If a rusalka is kept out of water for 24 consecutive hours, its hair and body dry into desiccated swamp weeds and the creature is utterly destroyed."},{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"the rusalka's innate casting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\n\nat will: control water, suggestion, tongues, water walk (can be ended freely at will)\n\n1/day: dominate person"},{"name":"Watery Camouflage","desc":"In dim light or darkness, a rusalka that's underwater is invisible."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":331,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_rusalka/"},{"slug":"shadow-fey","desc":"_“Kind words open even iron doors.”_ \n _—Twilight, a courtier to the shadow fey_  \nTo most, the shadow fey are little more than a dancing shadow among the leaves. To savants, they are the creatures that taught the shadowdancers all they know, and kept many secrets to themselves. They were once elves like all others, dwelling in mortal lands beneath the sun. An ancient catastrophe drove them to darkness, and now they are creatures of the shadow. Though they can be found on the Material Plane, they are inextricably tied to the plane of Shadows, and that is the seat of their power and culture.  \nShadow fey superficially resemble other elves, but they’re rarely mistaken for their lighted cousins. Skin tones among the shadow fey range from alabaster white to ebony black, with varying shades of gray in between, but they are otherwise lacking in color. A few have a scintillating shimmer to their skin. Many shadow fey grow horns that sweep out from their hair, varying in size from subtle nubs to obvious spikes. Others have shocking sets of teeth.  \n**Dual Natured.** The shadow fey are contradictory beings. They boast some of the best features of elves, tempered by aspects of a fouler nature. They can be deliberate and purposeful, but they’re also given to perplexing whimsy. Mortal creatures trying to fathom shadow fey motivations are in for a maddening experience; they are often illogical, capricious, and seemingly thrive on annoying others.  \n**Split Rulership.** The Summer Court and Winter Court each rule the shadow fey in the appropriate season. The turning of these seasons follows no clear calendar or schedule, though it is skewed toward summer.  \nOther fey call them the Scáthsidhe (pronounced scAH-shee), or shadow faeries, and they are usually counted among the unseelie, though they would dispute that characterization. They simply call themselves part of the sidhe, and consider themselves an extension of the Seelie Court.  \n**The Reach of Darkness.** Their bond with darkness allows the shadow fey to slip through distant spaces, traversing darkness itself from one place to another. Not only can every shadow fey slip from a shadow or patch of darkness to instantly appear elsewhere, they also control the mysterious and powerful shadow roads. Shadow roads are magical pathways that connect points on the Material Plane by dipping through the plane of shadow, allowing rapid and completely secret travel for the fey—and more importantly, for their weapons of war, their trade goods, and their allies.  \nThe shadow fey all have an instinctive understanding of how a shadow road functions, and they are adept at both operating the entrance portals and navigating any hazards on the road. This bond with darkness has a price, of course, and the shadow fey shun the sun’s light.","name":"Shadow Fey","size":"Medium","type":"Humanoid","subtype":"elf","group":null,"alignment":"lawful evil","armor_class":15,"armor_desc":"chain shirt","hit_points":31,"hit_dice":"7d8","speed":{"walk":30},"strength":10,"dexterity":14,"constitution":10,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":11,"charisma":13,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":2,"skills":{"arcana":2,"perception":2},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12","languages":"Common, Elvish, Umbral","challenge_rating":"1/4","cr":0.25,"actions":[{"name":"Shortsword","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage.","attack_bonus":4,"damage_dice":"1d6"},{"name":"Shortbow","desc":"Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 80/320 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage.","attack_bonus":4,"damage_dice":"1d6"}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Fey Ancestry","desc":"The shadow fey has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put it to sleep."},{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"the shadow fey's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma. It can cast the following spells innately, requiring no material components.\n\n1/day: misty step (when in shadows, dim light, or darkness only)"},{"name":"Sunlight Sensitivity","desc":"While in sunlight, the shadow fey has disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight."},{"name":"Traveler in Darkness","desc":"The shadow fey has advantage on Intelligence (Arcana) checks made to know about shadow roads and shadow magic spells or items."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":171,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_shadow-fey/"},{"slug":"shadow-fey-forest-hunter","desc":"","name":"Shadow Fey Forest Hunter","size":"Medium","type":"Humanoid","subtype":"elf","group":null,"alignment":"lawful evil","armor_class":15,"armor_desc":"chain shirt","hit_points":104,"hit_dice":"19d8+19","speed":{"walk":30},"strength":12,"dexterity":18,"constitution":12,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":12,"charisma":16,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":7,"constitution_save":4,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":6,"perception":4,"skills":{"arcana":3,"perception":4,"stealth":10,"survival":4},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14","languages":"Common, Elvish, Umbral","challenge_rating":"5","cr":5.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The shadow fey makes two ranged attacks."},{"name":"Rapier","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage.","attack_bonus":7,"damage_dice":"1d8"},{"name":"Longbow","desc":"Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, range 150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage.","attack_bonus":7,"damage_dice":"1d8"}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Fey Ancestry","desc":"The shadow fey has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put it to sleep."},{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"the shadow fey's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma. It can cast the following spells innately, requiring no material components.\n\n3/day: misty step (when in shadows, dim light, or darkness only)"},{"name":"Sneak Attack (1/turn)","desc":"The shadow fey forest hunter does an extra 7 (2d6) damage when it hits a target with a weapon attack that had advantage, or when the target is within 5 feet of an ally of the forest hunter that isn't incapacitated and the forest hunter doesn't have disadvantage on the attack roll."},{"name":"Sunlight Sensitivity","desc":"While in sunlight, the shadow fey has disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight."},{"name":"Traveler in Darkness","desc":"The shadow fey has advantage on Intelligence (Arcana) checks made to know about shadow roads and shadow magic spells or items."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":173,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_shadow-fey-forest-hunter/"},{"slug":"slow-storm","desc":"_Wisps of humid wind revolve around this spiny ball. Two massive black eyes and a dark mouth are the only features visible through its static straight quills._  \n**Chaos Aging.** Despite its comical appearance, a slow storm is a creature of chaos, able to visit the pains of old age on the young and fit. It turns the bodies of physically able creatures against them, forcing them to choose between relative inactivity or ever‑increasing pain.  \n**Surrounded by Wind.** A slow storm is a smaller creature than the space it occupies, and its vulnerable physical body is protected by a cyclonic wind surrounding it. The slow storm occupies a space 15 feet square, but its physical body occupies just the center 5-foot space. The nucleus of a slow storm is a two-foot radius sphere weighing 75 lb. The rest of the space is “occupied” by protective, high-speed wind. Only the central, physical body is susceptible to damage; the wind is just wind. Enemies using melee weapons with less than 10-foot reach must step into the whirlwind to attack the slow storm.  \n**Static Generator.** A slow storm has no internal organs other than its brain, and it lives on the energy and moisture it drains from opponents. Its quills not only deflect debris but also generate a ball of static electricity that delivers a shock attack.  \n**Elemental Nature.** A slow storm doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.","name":"Slow Storm","size":"Huge","type":"Elemental","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic neutral","armor_class":19,"armor_desc":"","hit_points":225,"hit_dice":"18d12+108","speed":{"hover":true,"walk":0,"fly":60},"strength":20,"dexterity":19,"constitution":22,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":16,"charisma":11,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":9,"constitution_save":11,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":null,"skills":{},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"acid, cold, fire","damage_immunities":"lightning","condition_immunities":"prone","senses":"blindsight 30 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 13","languages":"Common, Primordial","challenge_rating":"15","cr":15.0,"actions":[{"name":"Slam","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 31 (4d12 + 5) bludgeoning damage plus 9 (2d8) piercing damage.","attack_bonus":10,"damage_dice":"4d12"},{"name":"Static Shock (Recharge 5-6)","desc":"The slow storm exhales its electrical power in a 30-foot cone. Targets in the area of effect take 54 (12d8) lightning damage, 1d4 Dexterity loss, and suffer bone wrack. A successful DC 18 Constitution saving throw halves the Dexterity loss and prevents the bone wrack."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Bone Wrack","desc":"When hit by the slow storm's slam or breath weapon attack, the storm absorbs moisture from the living creatures' joints, causing stiffness and pain. In addition to 1d4 Dexterity drain, any creature caught within the slow storm's breath weapon that fails another DC 18 Constitution save suffers crushing pain in bones and joints. Any round in which the pained creature moves, it takes 1d4 necrotic damage per 5 feet moved. Bone wracking pain lasts until the affected creature regains at least 1 point of lost Dexterity."},{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"the slow storm's innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 16). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\n\nat will: lightning bolt\n\n3/day: chain lightning"},{"name":"Storm Form","desc":"A creature that enters or starts its turn inside the slow storm's whirlwind takes 9 (2d8) force damage. A creature can take this damage just once per round. In addition, ranged missile weapon attacks against the slow storm have disadvantage because of the high-speed wind."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":353,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_slow-storm/"},{"slug":"spectral-guardian","desc":"_A luminous green mist swirls into the form of an ancient warrior. Dented armor and a ragged cloak enshroud the warrior’s skeletal body, and its grinning skull leers out from an open helm._  \n**Worn Finery.** Composed of faintly glowing green vapor, the spectral guardian is a skeletal being encased in ancient armor or noble’s finery. The cloth is worn and tattered, spiraling away into mist at the edges, and the creature glides with the faintest whisper of sound like a mournful moan from far away.  \n**Eternal Disgrace.** The spectral guardian is the spirit of an ancient warrior or noble, bound to serve in death as it failed to do in life. A broken oath, an act of cowardice, or a curse laid down by the gods for a terrible betrayal leaves an indelible mark on a soul.  \nAfter the cursed creature’s death, its spirit rises, unquiet, in a place closely related to its disgrace. Compelled by the crushing weight of its deeds, the spectral guardian knows no rest or peace, and viciously snuffs out all life that intrudes upon its haunt.  \n**Undead Nature.** A spectral guardian doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.","name":"Spectral Guardian","size":"Medium","type":"Undead","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"neutral evil","armor_class":14,"armor_desc":"","hit_points":110,"hit_dice":"13d8+52","speed":{"hover":true,"walk":0,"fly":60},"strength":6,"dexterity":18,"constitution":18,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":16,"charisma":18,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":7,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":6,"charisma_save":null,"perception":null,"skills":{},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"acid, fire, lightning, thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks","damage_immunities":"cold, necrotic, poison","condition_immunities":"charmed, exhaustion, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained","senses":"blindsight 10 ft., darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13","languages":"understands the languages it knew in life but can't speak","challenge_rating":"6","cr":6.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The spectral guardian makes two spectral rend attacks."},{"name":"Spectral Rend","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened and have its speed reduced to 0; both effects last until the end of its next turn.","attack_bonus":7,"damage_dice":"2d8"}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Incorporeal Movement","desc":"The spectral guardian can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object."},{"name":"Tomb Bound","desc":"The spectral guardian is bound to the area it defends. It can't move more than 100 feet from the place it is bound to protect."},{"name":"Withering Miasma","desc":"A creature that starts its turn in the spectral guardian's space must make a successful DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take 18 (4d8) necrotic damage and its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken. This reduction lasts until the creature finishes a long rest."},{"name":"Variant: Arcane Guardian","desc":"some spectral guardians were not warriors in life, but powerful magic users. An arcane guardian has a challenge rating of 8 (3,900 XP) and the following added trait: Spellcasting. The arcane guardian is a 9th level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15, +7 to hit with spell attacks). The guardian knows the following sorcerer spells, which do not require material components:\n\ncantrips (at will): acid splash, chill touch, dancing lights,minor illusion, ray of frost\n\n1st level (4 slots): mage armor, ray of sickness\n\n2nd level (3 slots): darkness, scorching ray\n\n3rd level (3 slots): fear, slow, stinking cloud\n\n4th level (3 slots): blight, ice storm\n\n5th level (1 slot): cone of cold"}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":358,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_spectral-guardian/"},{"slug":"spire-walker","desc":"_This miniscule creature kicks up a ghostly, sparkling fire when it jostles and jigs. Lightning sparks fly between it and its perch._  \n**Storm Dancers.** When storm clouds gather over cities, harbors, and twisted badlands, electrical energy fills the air. During these times, miniscule fey dance on church steeples, desolate peaks, and ships’ masts.  \nAlso called corposanti by scholars, spire walkers are nature spirits that delight in grandiose displays of thunderbolts. They can be found frolicking in a thunderstorm or keeping company with blue dragons or storm giants—though these larger creatures often chase them off for being a nuisance.  \n**Small and Metallic.** These spire walkers stand no more than a foot tall, with dusky blue-gray skin and shocks of silvery, slate, or pale blue hair. Spire walkers prefer clothing in metallic hues with many buttons, and they always carry a handful of tiny copper darts that they hurl at each other during their incomprehensible games. When excited, they emit a sparking glow from the tips of their noses, eyebrows, ears, and pointy shoes.  \nThey play rough-and-tumble games among themselves and enjoy pranking bystanders with frightening but mostly harmless electric shocks. If a spire walker perishes during the fun, the others pause just long enough to say “awww, we’ll miss you” and go through their comrade’s pockets before continuing with the game.  \n**Love Copper and Amber.** Spire walkers like gold but they love copper. They prefer it over all other metals, and they keep the copper pieces in their pockets brilliantly polished. They also value amber gems. Among a group of spire walkers, the leader is not the cleverest or most ruthless, but the one displaying the most ostentatious amber jewel.","name":"Spire Walker","size":"Tiny","type":"Fey","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic neutral","armor_class":16,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":38,"hit_dice":"11d4+22","speed":{"walk":20},"strength":3,"dexterity":18,"constitution":14,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":10,"charisma":14,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":7,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":null,"skills":{},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"piercing from nonmagical attacks","damage_immunities":"lightning, thunder","condition_immunities":"","senses":"passive Perception 10","languages":"Common, Sylvan","challenge_rating":"3","cr":3.0,"actions":[{"name":"Lightning Dart","desc":"Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage plus 9 (2d8) lightning damage. If the attack misses, the target still takes 4 (1d8) lightning damage. Whether the attack hits or misses its intended target, every other creature within 10 feet of the target takes 9 (2d8) lightning damage, or half damage with a successful DC 14 Dexterity saving throw.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"2d8"}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Energized Body","desc":"A creature that hits the spire walker with a melee attack using a metal weapon takes 5 (1d10) lightning damage."},{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"the spire walker's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 12, +4 to hit with spell attacks). The spire walker can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\n\nat will: produce spark (as the cantrip produce flame, but it does lightning damage)\n\n3/day each: dancing lights, feather fall, invisibility\n\n1/day each: faerie fire, thunderwave"},{"name":"Steeple Step","desc":"The spire walker can use 10 feet of its movement to step magically from its position to the point of a steeple, mast, or other spire-like feature that is in view within 30 feet. The spire walker has advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks and Dexterity saving throws while it is standing on a steeple or any similar narrow, steep structure or feature."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":367,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_spire-walker/"},{"slug":"trollkin-reaver","desc":"_In the north the masses huddle in fear at night, dreading the horns and howls of reavers come to slaughter and pillage. The trollkin reaver’s skin is thick and knobby, and it sports wicked talons and tusks._  \n**Fearsome Savages.** Trollkin have a well-deserved reputation for savagery, and the reavers help reinforce that perception among their neighbors.  \n**War Leaders.** Raiding is a staple industry among the trollkin, and the reavers lead the most savage raiding parties in search of wealth, slaves, and supplies. They often recruit other creatures or mercenaries into their bands. It is not uncommon to see bloodthirsty humans, gnolls, or hobgoblins in a reaver’s band.  \n**Spirit Talkers.** Trollkin reavers are quite fearful of spirits and ghosts, and listen to their clan shaman and to the word of powerful fey or giants. They prefer to raid only in times of good omens.","name":"Trollkin Reaver","size":"Medium","type":"Humanoid","subtype":"trollkin","group":null,"alignment":"neutral","armor_class":14,"armor_desc":"hide armor","hit_points":82,"hit_dice":"11d8+33","speed":{"walk":30},"strength":19,"dexterity":13,"constitution":16,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":12,"charisma":13,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":5,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":3,"charisma_save":3,"perception":null,"skills":{"intimidation":5,"survival":3},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11","languages":"Common, Trollkin","challenge_rating":"4","cr":4.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The trollkin raider makes three melee attacks: two with its claws and one with its bite, or two with its battleaxe and one with its handaxe, or it makes two ranged attacks with its handaxes."},{"name":"Bite","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4) piercing damage.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"1d4"},{"name":"Claw","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4) slashing damage.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"1d4"},{"name":"Battleaxe","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) slashing damage or 9 (1d10 + 4) slashing damage if used with two hands. Using the battleaxe two-handed prevents using the handaxe.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"1d8"},{"name":"Handaxe","desc":"Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) slashing damage.","attack_bonus":6,"damage_dice":"1d6"},{"name":"Howl of Battle (Recharge 6)","desc":"Up to three allies who can hear the trollkin reaver and are within 30 feet of it can each make one melee attack as a reaction."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Regeneration","desc":"The trollkin reaver regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn. This trait doesn't function if the trollkin took acid or fire damage since the end of its previous turn. The trollkin dies if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate."},{"name":"Thick Hide","desc":"The trollkin reaver's skin is thick and tough, granting it a +1 bonus to AC. 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They are long-lasting constructs that can tend to physical work and maintenance inside sealed tombs where flesh-and-blood laborers couldn’t survive.  \n**Slaughter Tomb Robbers.** Ushabtis are most commonly encountered in their roles as guardians—a function they fulfill very effectively. An ushabti is sometimes obvious from the blood of its victims, staining its form. Some tombs are littered with bones of tomb robbers an ushabti has dispatched.  \n**Khopesh and Scepter.** Most ushabtis have human faces and proportions, with features resembling a death mask. When at rest, they stand or lie with arms folded across their chests, clutching their scepter and khopesh. Many variations have been found, however, including some that are completely inhuman, animal‑headed, or that have abstract or fanciful designs such as a sun sphere head or a body made entirely of papyrus scrolls.  \n**Constructed Nature.** An ushabti doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.","name":"Ushabti","size":"Large","type":"Construct","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"unaligned","armor_class":18,"armor_desc":"natural armor","hit_points":105,"hit_dice":"10d10+50","speed":{"walk":30},"strength":21,"dexterity":17,"constitution":20,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":19,"charisma":9,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":7,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":3,"perception":8,"skills":{"arcana":4,"history":4,"perception":8},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"","damage_immunities":"poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks","condition_immunities":"charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 18","languages":"Ancient language of DM's choice","challenge_rating":"9","cr":9.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The ushabti makes one attack with Medjai's scepter and one with its khopesh."},{"name":"Medjai's Scepter","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) bludgeoning damage plus 10 (3d6) poison damage.","attack_bonus":9,"damage_dice":"2d6"},{"name":"Khopesh","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) slashing damage.","attack_bonus":9,"damage_dice":"2d6"}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Dynastic Aura","desc":"A creature that starts its turn within 15 feet of the ushabti must make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw, unless the ushabti is incapacitated. On a failed save, the creature has its breath stolen; it takes 9 (2d8) necrotic damage, and until the end of the ushabti's next turn, can't cast spells that require a verbal component or speak louder than a whisper. If a creature's saving throw is successful, the creature is immune to this ushabti's Dynastic Aura for the next 24 hours."},{"name":"Healing Leech","desc":"If a creature within 30 feet of the ushabti regains hit points from a spell or a magical effect, the creature gains only half the normal number of hit points and the ushabti gains the other half."},{"name":"Immutable Form","desc":"The ushabti is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form."},{"name":"Magic Resistance","desc":"The ushabti has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects."},{"name":"Magic Weapons","desc":"The ushabti's weapon attacks are magical."}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":394,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_ushabti/"},{"slug":"vila","desc":"_These beautiful, slim women ride on large deer, their hair the color of spring grass, skin like polished wood, and eyes as gray as a coming storm._  \n**Dryad Cousins.** The vila are kin to the dryads. Like their cousins, they serve as protectors of the deepest forests.  \n**Demand Oaths.** Where dryads beguile to accomplish their goals, the vila coerce and threaten. They demand oaths from interlopers and enforce them fiercely. Vila delight in testing the virtue of travelers and tormenting the uncharitable and cruel with bad weather and misfortune. Particularly obnoxious adventurers might suffer bad luck for months because a troop of vila quietly dances around their camp each night.  \n**Hunt with a Pack.** Vila rarely travel or fight alone; they are often seen in the company of alseid, wolves, wampus cats, or deer. In combat, they sometimes ride on fleet-footed deer, the better to escape if events turn against them.","name":"Vila","size":"Medium","type":"Fey","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"lawful neutral","armor_class":15,"armor_desc":"","hit_points":77,"hit_dice":"14d8+14","speed":{"walk":30},"strength":12,"dexterity":20,"constitution":13,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":14,"charisma":16,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":8,"constitution_save":4,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":5,"charisma_save":6,"perception":8,"skills":{"insight":5,"intimidation":6,"perception":8,"stealth":8},"damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 18","languages":"Common, Sylvan, telepathy 60 ft. 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The beasts remain for 1 hour, until the vila dies, or until the vila dismisses them as a bonus action."}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Dance of the Luckless (1/Day)","desc":"Vila who dance for one hour create a fairy ring of small gray mushrooms. The ring lasts seven days and has a 50-foot diameter per dancing vila. Non-vila who fall asleep (including magical sleep) inside the ring have disadvantage on skill checks for 24 hours from the time they awaken."},{"name":"Forest Quickness","desc":"While in forest surroundings, a vila receives a +4 bonus on initiative checks."},{"name":"Forest Meld","desc":"A vila can meld into any tree in her forest for as long as she wishes, similar to the meld into stone spell."},{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"the vila's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14). 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Once pledged to the service of a demon lord, it replaced their hearts with a bulbous, writhing conglomeration of worms, which permits them to carry on with an undead mockery of life.  \n**Prey on the Wounded.** They frequent graveyards, casting detect evil or speak with dead to learn who was truly cruel and duplicitous in life. They also follow armies, visiting battlefields shortly after the fighting is over. In the guise of nurses or chirurgeons, they select their targets from among the dead and dying for as long as they remain undetected. In both cases, they cast animate dead to provide the worm goddess with viable skeletal or zombie servants.  \n**Fear Light and Radiance.** Wormhearted suffragans have a weakness; they are especially susceptible to the flesh-searing power of radiant magic, and for this reason avoid priests of the sun god or gods of light. At night, however, they are a walking contagion, infesting their enemies with parasitic worms that devour victims from within. Their favorite tactic is to cast hold person, attack with a helminth infestation, then animate their slain enemies into unlife.  \n**Undead Nature.** A wormhearted suffragan doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.","name":"Wormhearted Suffragan","size":"Medium","type":"Undead","subtype":"","group":null,"alignment":"chaotic evil","armor_class":12,"armor_desc":null,"hit_points":97,"hit_dice":"13d8+39","speed":{"walk":30},"strength":10,"dexterity":14,"constitution":16,"intelligence":11,"wisdom":16,"charisma":8,"strength_save":null,"dexterity_save":null,"constitution_save":null,"intelligence_save":null,"wisdom_save":null,"charisma_save":null,"perception":null,"skills":{"medicine":6,"religion":3},"damage_vulnerabilities":"radiant","damage_resistances":"necrotic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"","senses":"darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13","languages":"the languages it knew in life","challenge_rating":"5","cr":5.0,"actions":[{"name":"Multiattack","desc":"The wormhearted suffragan can make two helminth infestation attacks, or it can cast one spell and make one helminth infestation attack."},{"name":"Helminth Infestation","desc":"Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage plus 10 (3d6) necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be afflicted with a helminth infestation (parasitic worms). An afflicted creature can't regain hit points and its hit point maximum decreases by 10 (3d6) for every 24 hours that elapse. If the affliction reduces the target's hit point maximum to 0, the victim dies. The affliction lasts until removed by any magic that cures disease.","attack_bonus":5,"damage_dice":"2d6"}],"bonus_actions":null,"reactions":null,"legendary_desc":"","legendary_actions":null,"special_abilities":[{"name":"Innate Spellcasting","desc":"the wormhearted suffragan's innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 14, +6 to hit with spell attacks). It can cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\n\nat will: command, detect evil and good\n\n4/day: inflict wounds\n\n2/day each: blindness-deafness, hold person\n\n1/day each: animate dead, speak with dead"}],"spell_list":[],"page_no":410,"environments":[],"img_main":null,"document__slug":"tob","document__title":"Tome of Beasts","document__license_url":"http://open5e.com/legal","document__url":"https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/","v2_converted_path":"/v2/creatures/tob_wormhearted-suffragan/"}]}