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Portrait of the Abyssal Beast
Creature · Built-in

Abyssal Beast

Large Fiend, chaotic evil

  • High difficulty
  • CR 5
  • Melee

A hound-shaped horror from the bottomless pit, too many teeth and too few eyes, that eats until it is sent home.

Statistics

Armor Class
14 (natural armor)
Hit Points
95 (10d10 + 40)
Speed
Walk 40 ft
Challenge
CR 5 · 1800 XP
Size
Large — Takes a 2-by-2 block of map cells.
Senses
Darkvision 120 ft
STR19+4
DEX12+1
CON18+4
INT4−3
WIS11+0
CHA6−2

Attacks

Multiattack

Maw, Claws × 2

Maw Melee

+7 to hit · Reach 5 ft (1 map cell)

Damage: 2d8 + 4 piercing

Claws Melee

+7 to hit · Reach 5 ft (1 map cell)

Damage: 2d6 + 4 slashing

Abilities

Pit-Hunger At will

GM guidance: always goes for the nearest wounded creature; offered meat can turn it aside for a round.

Howling Maw Recharge 5–6

A howl from the bottom of the world.

Range
30 ft
Saving throw
Wisdom DC 15
On a failed save
Frightened until the end of its next turn.
On a successful save
Steels itself.
Conditions
Frightened

Defenses

Resistances
Cold, Fire, Lightning
Immunities
Poison

Environment & tags

Environments
Underground, Volcanic, Ruins
Groups
Demons / Infernal, Cave / Underground
Tags
fiend, beast-like