Nightgaunt

D&D 2024 monster: Nightgaunt. Source: Ravenloft: The Horrors Within. challenge rating 8, creature type Aberration, Large size, speed 30 ft., fly 40 ft. Faceless Fearmonger from the Far Realm Inscrutable, gargoyle-like fiends, nightgaunts soar over subterranean mountain ranges and the skies of alien worlds. These hunters are infamous for abducting victims and dropping them from incredible heights. Those who have escaped nightgaunts describe the touch of their razor-like claws as "tickling" in a way that causes every sense to scream. A nightgaunt's head is a smooth, horned polyp. Before a nightgaunt kills, its head splits apart, revealing an otherworldly glow deep within. Aberration Large 30 ft., fly 40 ft.