Lesser Star Spawn Emissary

Small or Medium Aberration, Chaotic Evil

AC: 19

Initiative: +10 (20)

HP: 241 (21d8 + 147)

Speed: 40 ft., fly 40 ft. (hover)

STR
21 (+5)
DEX
18 (+4)
CON
24 (+7)
INT
25 (+7)
WIS
20 (+5)
CHA
23 (+6)

Saving Throws: Int +13, Wis +11, Cha +12

Skills: Arcana +19, Deception +18, Perception +11

Resistances: acid; force; necrotic; psychic

Condition Immunities: charmed; exhaustion; frightened

Senses: Truesight 120 ft., Passive Perception 21

Languages: all; telepathy 120 ft.

CR: 19 (XP 22,000, or 25,000 in lair; PB +6)

Habitat: Any

Treasure: Any

Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in lair).

If the emissary fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Actions

Multiattack.

The emissary makes three attacks, using Lashing Maw or Invert Flesh in any combination.

Lashing Maw.

Melee Attack Roll: +11, reach 15 ft. Hit: 16 (2d10 + 5) Piercing damage plus 13 (3d8) Acid damage.

Invert Flesh.

Constitution Saving Throw: DC 21, one creature the emissary can see within 120 feet. Failure: 29 (4d10 + 7) Force damage.

Bonus Actions

Shape-Shift.

The emissary shape-shifts into a Small or Medium creature, or it returns to its true form. Its game statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed.

Legendary Actions

Legendary Action Uses: 3 (4 in Lair). 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.

Teleporting Lash.

The emissary teleports up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space it can see and makes one Lashing Maw attack.

Twist.

The emissary uses Invert Flesh.

Warp Body.

Constitution Saving Throw: DC 21, one creature the emissary can see within 30 feet. Failure: 27 (6d8) Force damage, and the target has the Stunned condition until the start of its next turn. Failure or Success: The emissary can't take this action again until the start of its next turn.

Regional Effects

The region containing a star spawn emissary's lair becomes twisted by its presence, creating the following effects:

  • Cosmic Transformation.

    When a creature in the lair shape-shifts to its true form, creatures in a 10- foot Emanation originating from the shape-shifter take 10 (3d6) Force damage.

  • Terrifying Topography.

    Terrain in the lair is transformed into a mockery of flesh with unsettling features like thick veins, lolling tongues, and pulsating orifices. Creatures of the emissary's choice within 1 mile of the lair have Disadvantage on saving throws to avoid or end the Frightened condition while in that area.

If the star spawn emissary dies or moves its lair elsewhere, these effects end immediately.

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Lesser Star Spawn Emissary

Source: Ravenloft: The Horrors Within, p. 267 - Licenses and attribution