Pishacha
Pishacha
Medium fiend, chaotic evil
- Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
- Hit Points 55 (10d8+10)
- Speed 30 ft.
- STR
16 (+3) - DEX
14 (+2) - CON
13 (+1) - INT
10 (+0) - WIS
16 (+3) - CHA
7 (-2)
- Skills Arcana +2, Perception +5
- Damage Vulnerabilities radiant
- Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
- Damage Immunities poison
- Condition Immunities poisoned
- Senses darkvision 60ft., passive Perception 15
- Languages Abyssal, Common, Darakhul; telepathy 60 ft.
- Challenge 3 (700 XP)
- Shapechanger. The pishacha can use its action to polymorph into a tiger or a wolf, or back into its true form. Other than its size, 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.
Actions
- Multiattack. The pishacha makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its claws.
- Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d8 + 3) piercing damage.
- Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) slashing damage.
- Demonic Possession (Recharge 6). One humanoid that the pishacha can see within 5 feet of it must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or be possessed by the pishacha; the pishacha then disappears, and the target is incapacitated and loses some control of its body, succumbing to a random short-term madness (see the System Reference Document 5.1) each round for 3d6 rounds. At the end of the 3d6 rounds, the pishacha becomes dormant within the body.
While possessing a victim, the pishacha attempts to seize control of the body again every 1d4 hours. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or succumb to another 3d6 round period of random short-term madness. Even if the target succeeds, it is still possessed. If the target is still possessed at the end of a long rest, it must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or gain a long-term madness.
While possessing a victim, the pishacha can't be targeted by any attack, spell, or other effect, except those that can turn or repel fiends, and it retains its alignment, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. It otherwise uses the possessed target's statistics, but doesn't gain access to the target's knowledge, class features, or proficiencies.
The possession lasts until the body drops to 0 hp, the pishacha ends it as a bonus action, or the pishacha is turned or forced out by an effect like the dispel evil and good spell. The pishacha can also be forced out if the victim eats a bowl of rice that has been cooked in holy water. When the possession ends, the pishacha reappears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the body.
The target is immune to possession by the same pishacha for 24 hours after succeeding on the initial saving throw or after the possession ends. - Invisibility. The pishacha magically turns invisible until it attacks or until its concentration ends (as if concentrating on a spell).