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CR
Type
Size
Alignment
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Nightwalker

Huge Undead, Chaotic Evil

Armor Class 14
Hit Points 337 (25d12 + 175)
Speed 40 ft., fly 40 ft.
STR
22
+6
DEX
19
+4
CON
24
+7
INT
6
-2
WIS
9
-1
CHA
8
-1
Saving Throws CON +13
Damage Resistances acid, cold, fire, lightning, thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, slashing, from nonmagical attacks
Damage Immunities necrotic, poison
Condition Immunities Exhaustion, Frightened, Grappled, Paralyzed, Petrified, Poisoned, Prone, Restrained
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 9
Languages
Challenge 20 (25,000 XP)

Traits

Annihilating Aura. Any creature that starts its turn within 30 feet of the nightwalker must succeed on a DC 21 Constitution saving throw or take 21 (6d6) necrotic damage. Undead are immune to this aura.

Life Eater. A creature dies if reduced to 0 hit points by the nightwalker and can't be revived except by a wish spell.

Unusual Nature. The nightwalker doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep.

Actions

Multiattack. The nightwalker makes two Enervating Focus attacks, one of which can be replaced by Finger of Doom, if available.

Enervating Focus. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit:28 (5d8 + 6) necrotic damage. The target must succeed on a DC 21 Constitution saving throw or its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to 0.

Finger of Doom (Recharge). The nightwalker points at one creature it can see within 300 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 21 Wisdom saving throw or take 39 (6d12) necrotic damage and become frightened until the end of the nightwalker's next turn. While frightened in this way, the creature is also paralyzed. If a target's saving throw is successful, the target is immune to the nightwalker's Finger of Doom for the next 24 hours.

Lore

The Negative Plane is a place of death, anathema to all living things. Yet there are some who would tap into its fell power and use its energy for sinister ends. Most individuals prove unequal to the task. Those not destroyed outright are sometimes drawn inside the plane and replaced by nightwalkers—terrifying Undead creatures that devour all life they encounter.