Ki-rin

Large Celestial, Lawful Good

AC: 20

Initiative: +3 (13)

HP: 153 (18d10 + 54)

Speed: 60 ft., fly 120 ft. (hover)

STR: 21 (+5)
DEX: 16 (+3)
CON: 16 (+3)
INT: 19 (+4)
WIS: 20 (+5)
CHA: 20 (+5)

Skills: Perception +9, Insight +9, Religion +8

Immunities: poison

Condition Immunities: poisoned

Senses: darkvision 120 ft., truesight 30 ft., Passive Perception 19

Languages: all, telepathy 120 ft.

CR: 12 (XP 8,400; PB +4)

Habitat: Coastal, Desert, Grassland, Mountain

Legendary Resistance (3/Day).

If the ki-rin fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Magic Resistance.

The ki-rin has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Spellcasting.

The ki-rin casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):

At will: light, major image (6th-level version), thaumaturgy

3/day each: cure wounds, dispel magic, lesser restoration, sending

1/day each: banishment, calm emotions, create food and water, greater restoration, plane shift, protection from evil and good, revivify, wind walk

Actions

Multiattack.

The ki-rin makes two Hoof attacks and one Horn attack, or it makes two Sacred Fire attacks.

Hoof.

Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d4 + 5) force damage.

Horn.

Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5) radiant damage.

Sacred Fire.

Ranged Spell Attack: +9 to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (3d8 + 5) radiant damage.

Legendary Actions

Legendary Action Uses: 3. Immediately after another creature’s turn, this creature can expend a use to take one of the following actions; it regains all expended uses at the start of each of its turns.

Move.

The ki-rin moves up to half its speed without provoking opportunity attacks.

Smite.

The ki-rin makes one Hoof, Horn, or Sacred Fire attack.

Lair Actions

On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), a kirin can take one of the following lair actions, and it must finish a long rest before taking the chosen lair action again:

Create Comforts.
The ki-rin conjures up one or more permanent objects made of soft, plant-based material—including manufactured objects like pillows, rope, blankets, and clothing—that can collectively fill no more than a 20-foot cube. The objects materialize 1 minute later in unoccupied spaces of the ki-rin's choice on the floor of the lair.
Create Stone and Metal.
The ki-rin conjures up one or more temporary objects made of stone or metal that can collectively fill no more than a 2-foot cube. The objects materialize 1 minute later in unoccupied spaces of the ki-rin's choice on the floor of the lair, and the objects vanish after 1 hour.
Create Wood.
The ki-rin conjures up one or more permanent objects made of wood, or similarly hard plant-based material, that can collectively fill no more than a 10-foot cube. The objects materialize 1 minute later in unoccupied spaces of the ki-rin's choice on the floor of the lair.

Regional Effects

A ki-rin's Celestial nature transforms the region around its lair. Any of the following magical effects is possible for travelers to encounter in the vicinity:

Blessed Nature.
Beasts, Plants, and Celestials within 3 miles of the ki-rin's lair grow more vigorous as they evolve toward an idealized form. Such creatures are rarely aggressive toward others that aren't normally prey.
Controlled Weather.
A ki-rin can cast control weather while it is within 3 miles of its lair. The spell's point of origin is always the point outdoors closest to the center of its lair. The ki-rin doesn't need to maintain a clear path to the sky or to concentrate for the change in weather to persist.
Pure Waters.
Water flows pure within 3 miles of a ki-rin's lair. Any purposeful corruption of the water lasts for no longer than 3 minutes.
Realm of Respite.
Curses, diseases, and poisons on creatures are suppressed when those creatures are within 3 miles of the lair, unless the creatures are Aberrations, Fiends, or Undead.
Safe Descents.
Within 3 miles of the lair, winds buoy creatures that fall due to no act of the ki-rin or its allies. Such creatures descend at a rate of 60 feet per round and take no falling damage. Aberrations, Fiends, and Undead don't gain this benefit, falling as normal.

When the ki-rin dies, all these effects disappear immediately, although the invigorating effect on flora and fauna remains for 3 years.

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Source: Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse, p. 162 - Licenses and attribution