Truant Devourer
Medium Undead any alignment (as its creator deity)
- Armor Class: 16
- Hit Points: 156 (24d8+48)
- Speed: walk 40 ft.
- Challenge Rating: 9 (5,000 XP)
- Source: Tome of Beasts 3, page 378
| STR |
DEX |
CON |
INT |
WIS |
CHA |
| 12 (+1) |
17 (+3) |
14 (+2) |
16 (+3) |
18 (+4) |
13 (+1) |
- Skills: perception +4
- Damage Resistances: nonmagic B/P/S attacks
- Condition Immunities: charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned
- Senses: darkvision 90', passive Perception 18
- Languages: Common + up to three other languages
Special Abilities
- Heretic Sense: Can pinpoint location of heretics of its faith within 60' of it and can sense their general direction within 1 mile of it.
- Magic Resistance: Advantage: spell/magic effect saves.
- Turn Resistance: Advantage: saves vs. turn undead effects.
- Undead Nature: Doesn't require air food drink or sleep.
Actions
- Multiattack: Three Devourer's Cleaver or Necrotic Bolt attacks. It can replace one attack with Life Drain attack.
- Devourer's Cleaver: Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, 5 ft., one target, 10 (2d6+3) slashing damage + 9 (2d8) necrotic.
- Life Drain: Melee Spell Attack: +8 to hit, 5 ft., one creature,. 17 (3d8+4) necrotic. Target's hp max is reduced by amount equal to damage taken (DC 16 Con negates hp max). Reduction lasts until target finishes a long rest. Target dies if this reduces its hp max to 0.
- Necrotic Bolt: Ranged Spell Attack: +8 to hit, 120 ft., one target, 17 (3d8+4) necrotic.
- Invisibility: Magically turns invisible (with items worn/carried) until it attacks uses Grasping Claws or concentration ends (as a spell).
- Grasping Claws (Recharge 5-6): Calls dozens of ghostly skeletal claws to erupt from a point on the ground it can see within 60' of it. All within 15 ft. of that point: 31 (7d8) necrotic and restrained 1 min (DC 16 Dex half damage not restrained). Restrained creature can re-save at end of each of its turns success ends effect on itself.
Bonus Actions
- Dusty Step: Teleports with items worn/carried up to 60' to unoccupied space it can see. Dust cloud appears at origin and destination.
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