# The Bone Marshal

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> [!infobox]
> ![phantom warrior](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/portraits/phantom-warrior.webp)
> **Type:** Large undead
> **Alignment:** lawful evil
> **Challenge:** 8 (3900 XP)
> **Armor Class:** 18
> **Hit Points:** 150 (20d10+40)
> **Speed:** 60 ft

## Stat block

The bones of the count's vanguard marshal and his warhorse, grown together over four hundred years of holding the valley's gate: a long blade cold with the grave, a parry, and a charge between your turns.

| AC | HP | Speed | CR | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 150 (20d10+40) | 60 ft | 8 | 3900 |

| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 (+5) | 12 (+1) | 15 (+2) | 11 (+0) | 14 (+2) | 16 (+3) |

- **Saving throws:** STR +9, CON +6, WIS +6
- **Skills:** Athletics +9, Perception +6
- **Resistant:** necrotic
- **Immune:** poison
- **Condition immunities:** exhaustion, frightened, poisoned
- **Senses:** darkvision 60 ft; passive Perception 16
- **Languages:** Common

### Traits

- **Legendary Resistance (2/Day).** When the Bone Marshal fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead, twice a day.

### Actions

- **Multiattack.** The Bone Marshal makes two Grave Blade attacks.
- **Grave Blade.** Hit: 12 (1d12 + 6) Slashing damage plus 4 (1d8) Necrotic damage.

### Reactions

- **Parry.** Reaction: +3 AC against one melee attack that would hit him, while holding a weapon.

## Where you meet it

- [The Old Svalich Road](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/the-old-svalich-road.md): [The Last Muster](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-last-muster.md) · *The marshal salutes with his blade, and his two lieutenants walk their bone horses out of the column to his…*