Dungeons & Dragons 2024 (D&D) Monster/NPC: The Veiled Hunter

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Traits

Innate Spellcasting. The Hunter’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15). The Hunter can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

At will: druidcraft

3/day each: blight, dominate beast, spike growth

Eldritch Mask. The Hunter's mask is the source of its power. The mask has AC 22 and 25 hit points. The mask is immune to all damage except bludgeoning, fire, force, piercing, and slashing damage and it doesn’t take damage from effects that target an area. While the Hunter is wearing its mask, it has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects, can cast speak with animals and plants at will, and can’t be deafened or magically put to sleep. If the mask is destroyed, it loses these benefits.

Legendary Resistance (1/ Day). If the Hunter fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Treestep. Once on its turn, the Hunter can use 10 feet of its movement to step magically into one living tree within its reach and emerge from a second living tree within 60 feet of the first tree, appearing in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the second tree. Both trees must be Large or bigger. After using this trait, the hunter gains the benefits of the barkskin spell until the start of its next turn.

Actions

Multiattack. The Hunter makes two attacks: one with its gravetouch and one with its maggotspit.

Gravetouch. Melee Spell Attack: +7 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 25 (6d6 + 4) necrotic damage.

Maggotspit. Melee Spell Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 24 (8d4 + 4) poison damage and the target must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 minute. A poisoned creature can repeat this saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success.

Rootprison (Recharge 4-6). The Hunter chooses up to five creatures within 30 feet of a tree the Hunter can see. Each creature must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failure, a creature takes 18 ( 4d8 ) piercing damage and is restrained for 1 minute. Whenever a restrained creature uses its action to make an attack or cast a spell, it takes 9 ( 2d8 ) piercing damage. A creature can use its action to make a DC 15 Athletics check to break itself or another creature within its reach free, ending the effect on that creature on a success.

Wooden Labyrinth. The Hunter chooses a creature it can see within 120 feet of it. The target must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, the creature becomes magically lost, automatically failing all Nature and Survival checks it makes for the next 24 hours and being unable to escape the woods. The creature isn't aware of this effect. On a success, the creature is immune to this effect for the next 24 hours and knows it was targeted by some sort of magic.

Bonus Actions

They Have Eyes. The Hunter transport its senses into any tree within 500 miles of it that it has seen, seeing and hearing as if it occupied the tree’s space, until it ends the effect (no action required). During this time, it is blind and deaf in regard to its own senses.

Reactions

House of Leaves (3/ Day). When the Hunter is hit by an attack, it turns into a pile of leaves and reappears in the branches of a tree within 60 feet of it, causing the attack to miss.