Archmage
Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment. CR 12, AC 12, 99 HP. Traits: Magic Resistance, Spellcasting.
- Armor class
- 12
- Hit points
- 99
- Challenge
- 12
- Creature type
- Humanoid
- Size
- Medium
- Alignment
- any alignment
Stat block
- Cha
- 16
- Con
- 12
- Dex
- 14
- Int
- 20
- Str
- 10
- Wis
- 15
- Speed
- 30 ft.
- Senses
- passive Perception 12
- Skills
- Arcana +13, History +13
- Actions
- Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage.
- Languages
- any six languages
- Saving throws
- INT +9, WIS +6
- Special abilities
- Magic Resistance. The archmage has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
- Spellcasting. The archmage is an 18th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 17, +9 to hit with spell attacks). The archmage can cast disguise self and invisibility at will and has the following wizard spells prepared: - Cantrips (at will): fire bolt, light, mage hand, prestidigitation, shocking grasp - 1st level (4 slots): detect magic, identify, mage armor*, magic missile - 2nd level (3 slots): detect thoughts, mirror image, misty step - 3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, fly, lightning bolt - 4th level (3 slots): banishment, fire shield, stoneskin* - 5th level (3 slots): cone of cold, scrying, wall of force - 6th level (1 slot): globe of invulnerability - 7th level (1 slot): teleport - 8th level (1 slot): mind blank* - 9th level (1 slot): time stop * The archmage casts these spells on itself before combat.
- Damage resistances
- damage from spells, bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks (from stoneskin)
Source and licence
From System Reference Document 5.1.
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