Stat block
A jackal-headed yugoloth scholar that hoards secrets and sells them dear.
| AC | HP | Speed | CR | XP |
|---|
| 18 | 175 (27d8+54) | 30 ft, fly 30 ft | 12 | 8400 |
| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|
| 17 (+3) | 12 (+1) | 14 (+2) | 20 (+5) | 16 (+3) | 17 (+3) |
- Saving throws: DEX +5, CON +6, INT +9, WIS +7
- Skills: Arcana +9, Deception +7, Insight +7, Perception +7
- Resistant: cold, fire, lightning
- Immune: acid, poison
- Condition immunities: charmed, poisoned
- Senses: truesight 120 ft; passive Perception 17
- Languages: all
Traits
- Fiendish Restoration. Slain away from Gehenna, it melts into ichor and re-forms there at once.
- Magic Resistance. Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
- Soul Tome. Carries a magic tome (AC 17, 35 HP, healing fully each turn) that powers its Banishing Claw.
Actions
- Multiattack. Three Fiendish Bursts; one can be a Banishing Claw.
- Banishing Claw. A claw that can drag a creature into the pages of its Soul Tome (DC 17 Cha save each turn to escape; three failures bind it).
- Fiendish Burst. A blast of fiendish power, close up or up to 120 ft.
- Spellcasting. Intelligence, DC 17: Alter Self, Detect Magic and other small magics at will; Dimension Door, Mind Blank and two divinations once a day.
Bonus actions
- Teleport. Teleports up to 30 ft to a space it can see.
Reactions
- Counterspell. Casts Counterspell when a spell is cast in range.
Where you meet it