Catoblepas
Large beast- Challenge
- STR
- 4
- DEX
- 1
- CON
- 5
- INT
- −4
- WIS
- 2
- CHA
- −1
- Soak
- 1
- Fort
- +6
- Ref
- +3
- Will
- +1
Keen Smell. The catoblepas has advantage on Perception checks that rely on smell.
Maneuvers. The catoblepas uses maneuvers (maneuver save Difficulty 15). It has 9 stamina dice which are d8s, a dice limit of 2, regains all expended stamina dice when it finishes a long rest, and regains half its total stamina dice when it finishes a short rest. It knows the following maneuvers:
1 stamina die: charge, disorient, fearsome beast, knockback, rampage, spring attack, trampling charge
2 stamina dice: sturdy stance
Stench. Any creature without this trait that starts its turn within 1 meter of the catoblepas must succeed on a Difficulty 16 Fortitude saving throw or be poisoned until the start of its next turn. On a successful saving throw, the creature is immune to all stenches by similar creatures for 24 hours.
Actions (2)
Tail (1/turn). Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 2 m. Hit: 18 (4d6 + 4) bludgeoning damage and the target must succeed on a Difficulty 15 Fortitude saving throw or be stunned until the start of the catoblepas’s next turn.
Death Ray (Recharge 5–6). The catoblepas targets a creature that it can see within 5 meters of it. The target must make a Difficulty 16 Fortitude saving throw, taking 27 (6d8) necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the target takes twice as much damage. The target dies if reduced to 0 health by this ray.
Maneuvers
As an action, make a melee weapon attack against a creature after you move at least 3 meters straight toward it.
On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage and if the creature is your size or smaller, the creature must succeed on a Reflex saving throw or you can push it 2 meters away from you and knock it prone.
On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.
On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.
Enhance
You can increase the damage, target a creature of a larger size, and push the creature an additional 1 meter for each additional stamina die expended.
1 minute/stamina die
As an action, make a weapon attack to disorient the creature.
On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage and the creature must succeed on a Reflex saving throw or it can’t take reactions for the duration.
On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.
On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.
The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Enhance
You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended.
Stagger. You can expend 1 additional stamina die so the creature is staggered instead of not being able to take reactions, but only until the end of its next turn. You can expend 1 additional stamina die so the creature is staggered for the duration.
Incapacitate. You can expend 2 additional stamina die so the creature is incapacitated instead of not being able to take reactions, but only until the end of its next turn.
Stun. You can expend 4 additional stamina die so the creature is stunned instead of not being able to take reactions, but only until the end of its next turn.
1 minute/stamina die
As an action, you roar, rear up, flex your wings, or do another similar movement that frightens creatures. Each creature of your choice that is not a construct or an undead in a sphere around you must succeed on a Will saving throw or become frightened of you for the duration or until you are incapacitated.
While frightened by this maneuver, a creature must move at least half its speed away from you by the safest available route at the start of each of its turns, unless there is nowhere to move. If the creature ends its turn in a location where it doesn’t have line of sight to you, the creature can can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success.
As an action, make a weapon attack to knock the creature back.
On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage and if the creature is your size or smaller, it must succeed on a Reflex saving throw or you push it 4 meters away from you.
On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.
On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.
Enhance
You can increase the damage, push the creature an additional meter, and target a creature of a larger size for each additional stamina die expended.
As a reaction, which you use when a hostile creature within 5 meters is reduced to 0 health or a friendly creature within 5 meters is reduced to less than half its health, you can move up to half your speed and attack a creature.
On a hit, the creature takes damage equal to the stamina die, but no additional effects from hitting apply.
On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.
On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.
The damage type is the same as the weapon used.
Enhance
You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended.
As an action, you can use the Dash action. If you move at least 3 meters straight toward a creature, you can make a melee weapon attack against it.
On a hit, add the stamina die to the attack’s damage.
On a critical hit, add twice as much damage.
On a miss by 4 or less, add half as much damage.
Enhance
You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended.
As an action, you can use the Dash action. If you use a Brawn check to Overrun a creature during this movement and your check passes the creature’s passive Brawn or Nimbleness (if it chooses to avoid you), it takes bludgeoning damage equal to the stamina die and is knocked prone. If you fail to Overrun by 4 or less, the creature takes half as much bludgeoning damage, but isn’t knocked prone.
Enhance
You can increase the damage for each additional stamina die expended.
As a reaction, which you use when you make a skill check or a saving throw to avoid being pushed, knocked prone, or grappled, you can sturdily position yourself. You make the roll with advantage. You can do so after the roll but before any effects of the roll occur.
If the roll already has advantage or disadvantage, you cannot apply another instance of advantage or disadvantage and you must use this before the roll to cancel out any advantage or disadvantage.