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Vargouille Reflection

Tiny Fiend, Chaotic Evil

Armor Class 12
Hit Points 22 (5d4 + 10)
Speed 5 ft., fly 40 ft.
STR
6
-2
DEX
15
+2
CON
14
+2
INT
6
-2
WIS
10
+0
CHA
2
-4
Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning, psychic
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities Poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages understands Abyssal, Infernal, and any languages it knew before becoming a vargouille, but it can't speak
Challenge 1 (200 XP)

Traits

Magic Resistance. The vargouille has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Actions

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit:5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage plus 10 (3d6) psychic damage.

Abyssal Curse. The vargouille targets one Humanoid within 5 feet of itself that has the incapacitated condition. The target must succeed on a DC 12 Charisma saving throw or become cursed. The cursed target's Charisma decreases by 1 after each hour, as its head takes on fiendish aspects, and its Charisma can't increase. The curse doesn't advance while the target is in sunlight or the area of a daylight spell. When the cursed target's Charisma becomes 2, the target dies, and its head tears from its body and becomes a new vargouille reflection. Casting remove curse, greater restoration, or a similar spell on the target before the transformation is complete ends the curse and restores the target's Charisma.

Horrific Reflection (Recharge 5–6). The vargouille's head mimics that of a Humanoid the vargouille can see within 120 feet of itself. The target must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom saving throw or take 10 (3d6) psychic damage and have the frightened condition for 1 hour or until the vargouille loses concentration (as if concentrating on a spell). If the target's saving throw is successful or if the effect ends on it, the target is immune to the Horrific Reflection of all vargouille reflections for 1 hour.

Lore

Vargouilles are flying Fiends that resemble disembodied Humanoid heads with wings. While most vargouilles roam the planes to curse Humanoids and create more vargouilles, a variant known as the vargouille reflection resides in Undersigil. When a vargouille reflection spots a Humanoid target, it takes on that creature's visage, terrifying that creature by appearing as its own disembodied head.