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Umbral Vampire

Umbral Vampire

Medium fiend, chaotic evil
  • Armor Class 14 ()
  • Hit Points 84 (13d8+26)
  • Speed 0 ft., fly 40 ft.
  • STR
    1 (-5)
  • DEX
    18 (+4)
  • CON
    15 (+2)
  • INT
    14 (+2)
  • WIS
    14 (+2)
  • CHA
    19 (+4)
  • Saving Throws Con +7, Cha +7
  • Skills Perception +5, Stealth +7
  • Damage Resistances acid, fire, lightning, thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
  • Damage Immunities cold, necrotic, poison
  • Condition Immunities exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained
  • Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15
  • Languages Common, Umbral, Void Speech
  • Challenge 7 (2,900 XP)
  • Incorporeal Movement. The umbral vampire can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object.
  • Innate Spellcasting. the umbral vampire's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15). The umbral vampire can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

    at will: mirror image, plane shift (plane of shadows only)

    1/day each: bane (when in dim light or darkness only), black tentacles
  • Shadow Blend. When in dim light or darkness, the umbral vampire can Hide as a bonus action, even while being observed.
  • Strike from Shadow. The reach of the umbral vampire's umbral grasp attack increases by 10 feet and its damage increases by 4d6 when both the umbral vampire and the target of the attack are in dim light or darkness and the umbral vampire is hidden from its target.
  • Sunlight Sensitivity. While in direct sunlight, the umbral vampire has disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.

Actions

  • Umbral Grasp. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (4d6 + 4) cold damage and the target's Strength score is reduced by 1d6. The target dies if this reduces its Strength to 0. Otherwise, the reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest. If a non-evil humanoid dies from this attack, a shadow rises from the corpse 1d4 hours later.

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