Moonless Hunter

Stat block

Cha

12

Con

16

Dex

18

Int

11

Str

16

Wis

14

Speed

Walk: 40; Climb: 30

Senses

darkvision 60', passive Perception 14

Skills

Perception: 2

Actions

• Multiattack. Briny Embrace if it has a creature grappled. Then two Claws or one Bite and one Claw.
• Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, 5 ft., one target, 13 (2d8+4) piercing damage.
• Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, 5 ft., one target, 11 (2d6+4) slashing damage and target is grappled (escape DC 14). It has two claws each of which can grapple only one target.
• Briny Embrace. Fills lungs of a creature grappled by it with seawater. Creature: DC 14 Con save or begin suffocating. A suffocating but conscious creature can re-save at end of each of its turns success ends effect on itself. Effect also ends if creature escapes grapple.
• Whispered Terrors (Recharge 5-6). Bombards the minds of up to 3 creatures it can see within 60' of it with nightmares: 18 (4d8) psychic and frightened until end of its next turn (DC 14 Wis half not frightened). If creature fails by 5+ also suffers short-term madness.

Languages

Common, Sylvan, telepathy 30'

Saving throws

Dexterity: 6; Constitution: 5

Special abilities

• Deathly Origins. Can be turned and damaged by holy water as Undead.
• Magic Resistance. Advantage: spell/magic effect saves.
• Nightmare Leap. Once on its turn can use half its move to step magically into dreams of sleeping creature within 5 ft. of it. Emerges from dreams of another sleeper within 1 mile of 1st appearing in unoccupied space within 5 ft. of 2nd. Each sleeper suffers a level of exhaustion as nightmares prevent restful sleep (DC 14 Wis negates). Creature that fails save by 5+ also suffers long-term madness.
• Spider Climb. Difficult surfaces even ceilings no ability check.
• Sunlight Sensitivity. In sunlight disadvantage on attacks and Wis (Perception) checks that use sight.

Damage resistances

necrotic; bludgeoning, piercing or slashing from nonmagical attacks not made w/silvered weapons

Condition immunities

charmed, poisoned