# Nightmare

> From the Curse of Strahd game wiki (it covers the whole game, spoilers included): https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/nightmare.html. Unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy, not approved or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

> [!infobox]
> ![nightmare](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/portraits/nightmare.webp)
> **Type:** Large fiend
> **Alignment:** neutral evil
> **Challenge:** 3 (700 XP)
> **Armor Class:** 13
> **Hit Points:** 68 (8d10+24)
> **Speed:** 60 ft, fly 90 ft

## Stat block

A black horse with a burning mane and hooves of fire.

| AC | HP | Speed | CR | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 68 (8d10+24) | 60 ft, fly 90 ft | 3 | 700 |

| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 (+4) | 15 (+2) | 16 (+3) | 10 (+0) | 13 (+1) | 15 (+2) |

- **Immune:** fire
- **Languages:** abyssal, infernal

### Traits

- **Illumination.** Sheds bright light 10 ft and dim light 10 ft more.
- **Confer Fire Resistance.** Can give its rider Resistance to Fire.

### Actions

- **Hooves.** Flaming hooves.
- **Ethereal Stride.** It and up to three willing creatures within 5 ft shift to or from the Ethereal Plane.

## Where you meet it

- [Castle Ravenloft, the Catacombs](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/castle-ravenloft-the-catacombs.md): *The black horse lifts its head from the manger, and the man beside it turns around.*
- [The River Ivlis Crossroads](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-river-ivlis-crossroads.md): [The Grey Mare](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-grey-mare.md) · *The black horse in the traces stamps once, and the empty harness beside it swings. Pale shapes slide out of…*
- [The River Ivlis Crossroads](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-river-ivlis-crossroads.md): [The Count's Huntsman](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-counts-huntsman.md) · *The Huntsman sets the pack on you with one note of the horn, and the hounds come up the road in silence.*