Guardian Naga

Stat block

Cha

18

Con

16

Dex

18

Int

16

Str

16

Wis

18

Speed

Swim: 40; Walk: 40

Senses

darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14

Skills

Actions

• Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage. The target makes a DC 15 Constitution saving throw taking 35 (10d6) poison damage on a failure or half damage on a success.
• Spit Poison. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, range 20/60 ft., one creature. Hit: The target makes a DC 15 Constitution saving throw taking 35 (10d6) poison damage on a failure or half damage on a success.
• Command (1st-Level; V). One living creature within 60 feet that the naga can see and that can hear and understand it makes a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw. On a failure the target uses its next turn to move as far from the naga as possible avoiding hazardous terrain.
• Hold Person (2nd-Level; V, Concentration). One humanoid the naga can see within 60 feet makes a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw. On a failure the target is paralyzed for 1 minute. It repeats the saving throw at the end of each of its turns ending the effect on a success.
• Flame Strike (5th-Level; V). A column of divine flame fills a 10-foot-radius 40-foot-high cylinder within 60 feet. Creatures in the area make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw taking 14 (4d6) fire damage and 14 (4d6) radiant damage on a failure or half damage on a success.

Languages

Abyssal, Celestial, Common

Saving throws

Wisdom: 8; Charisma: 8; Dexterity: 8; Constitution: 7; Intelligence: 7

Damage immunities

poison

Special abilities

• Amphibious. The naga can breathe air and water.
• Forbiddance. The nagas lair is under the forbiddance spell. Until it is dispelled, creatures in the lair can't teleport or use planar travel. Fiends and undead that are not the nagas allies take 27 (5d10) radiant damage when they enter or start their turn in the lair.
• Rejuvenation. If it dies, the naga gains a new body in 1d6 days, regaining all its hit points. This trait can be removed with a wish spell.
• Spellcasting. The naga is an 11th level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 16). The naga has the following cleric spells prepared which it can cast with only vocalized components: Cantrips (at will): mending thaumaturgy 1st-level (4 slots): command cure wounds 2nd-level (3 slots): calm emotions hold person 3rd-level (3 slots) clairvoyance create food and water 4th-level (3 slots): divination freedom of movement 5th-level (2 slots): flame strike geas 6th-level (1 slot): forbiddance

Condition immunities

charmed, poisoned