Deep-Folk Piscine Amalgamation

Huge Aberration, chaotic evil

• Armour Class 7
• Hit Points 250 (20d12 + 120)
• Speed 25 ft., swim 25 ft.

• Saving Throws Str +8
• Skills Athletics +8
• Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons, cold
• Condition Immunities Charmed, Frightened
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13
• Languages Understands Deep Speech but can’t speak it
• Challenge 11 (7,200 XP)
• Proficiency +4

Altered State. Deep-Folk don’t need to breathe, drink, eat, or sleep.

Villainous Resistance (1/Day). If the piscine amalgamation fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead but can’t take a villain action at the end of that turn.

Reeking Aura. The stench of rotting fish and polluted water follow the piscine amalgamation in a 10-foot radius aura. If another creature enters the aura or begins its turn there, it must succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until it ends its turn in a space outside of the reeking aura. A creature poisoned in this way loses concentration on any spells or abilities it is concentrating on and cannot use spells or abilities that require concentration.

Actions

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (1d12 + 4) piercing damage.

Bonus Actions

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (1d12 + 4) bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 18 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.

Swipe. The piscine amalgamation sweeps a tentacle across a 15-foot cone. Each creature in the area must succeed on a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw or be grappled by the piscine amalgamation (escape DC 18) or knocked prone (the piscine amalgamation’s choice).

Reactions

Please Sit Back Down. When a creature within 5 feet of the piscine amalgamation stands up from prone, the piscine amalgamation can make one slam attack against them.

Villain Actions

Once per round, the piscine amalgamation can take one villain action at the end of another creature’s turn based on the round. After the final villain action has been used, the piscine amalgamation can take one villain action of its choice at the end of another creature’s turn, once per round. It cannot use the same villain action twice in a row.

Round 1: Flailing Charge. The piscine amalgamation moves up to its speed in a straight line. After every 5 feet of movement, it can make one slam attack with disadvantage if there is a target in range.

Round 2: Slurry Belch. The piscine amalgamation vomits up a stream of soupy black bile and dead fish onto a creature within 15 of it that is either grappled or prone. The target must succeed on a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw or be poisoned until they spend at least 1 hour cleaning themselves and their equipment.

Round 3: Devour. A fissure in the piscine amalgamation’s body opens to reveal a hungrily pulsing cavity lined with razor-sharp teeth. The piscine amalgamation makes one bite attacks against a creature it has grappled. On a hit, the attack is automatically a critical hit and the piscine amalgamation regains a number of hit points equal to the damage dealt.
If the piscine amalgamation has no creature grappled, it can use its swipe once instead.

Deep-Folk Trapper

Medium aberration, chaotic evil

• Armour Class 14 (studded leather armour)
• Hit Points 82 (15d8 + 15)
• Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.

• Saving Throws. Dex +5
• Skills Perception +4, Stealth +5
• Damage Resistances cold
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14
• Languages Deep Speech
• Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)
• Proficiency Bonus +2

Altered State. Deep-Folk don’t need to breathe, drink, eat, or sleep.

Net Expert. The Deep-Folk trapper can make one net attack per turn as a bonus action. Being within 5 feet of a hostile creature or attacking at long range doesn’t impose disadvantage on the Deep-Folk trapper’s ranged attack rolls made using a net. Additionally, the Deep-Folk trapper ignores the limitation of only being able to make one attack in a turn if the attack is made with a net.

Poisoned Weapons (3/Day). When the Deep-Folk trapper hits a creature with a weapon attack that does piercing or slashing damage, it can force that creature to succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or take 9 (2d8) poison damage. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the target is also poisoned for 1 hour (included in the statblock).

Actions

Multiattack. The Deep-Folk trapper makes two javelin attacks.

Javelin (8/Day). Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or take 9 (2d8) poison damage. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the target is also poisoned for 1 hour.

Bonus Actions

Throw Net (3/Day). Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 5/15 ft., one creature that is Large or smaller and doesn’t have a formless body. Hit: The creature is restrained. A creature can use its action to make a DC 10 Strength check, freeing itself or another creature within its reach on a success. Dealing 5 slashing damage to the net (AC 10) also frees the creature without harming it, ending the effect and destroying the net.

Reactions

False Step. When a creature the Deep-Folk trapper can see misses it with a melee attack, it can move 5 feet in any lateral direction. This movement does not provoke opportunity attacks.

Deep-Folk Cuttle-Kin

Medium aberration (shapechanger), chaotic evil

• Armor Class 15 (leather armour)
• Hit Points 127 (17d8 + 51)
• Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.

• Saving Throws Dex +7, Int +4
• Skills Deception +7, Stealth +7
• Damage Resistances cold, psychic
• Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10
• Languages Deep Speech, any languages its most recent mind scan victim knows
• Challenge 6 (2,300 XP)
• Proficiency +3

Altered State. Deep-Folk don’t need to breathe, drink, eat, or sleep.

Actions

Multiattack. The cuttle-kin makes three weapon attacks.

Dart. Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit 6 (1d4 + 4) piercing damage.

Rapier. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage.

Mind Pulse (True Form Only, Recharge 5-6). The cuttle-kin releases a pulse of psychic energy in a 20-foot cone. Each creature in the area must make a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw, taking 28 (8d6) psychic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. After a failed save, a target has muddled thoughts for 1 minute. A creature with muddled thoughts subtracts a d6 from any ability checks, attack rolls, concentration checks, or saving throws using Intelligence, Wisdom or Charisma it makes. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Mind Scan (True Form Only). The cuttle-kin attaches its tentacles to a humanoid’s temples and attempts to scan its mind. The target must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or have their mind read by the cuttle-kin. On a failed save, The cuttle-kin gains the knowledge and ability to shapechange into the target, and loses the knowledge of, and ability to shapechange into a previous mind scan victim (if it had one).

Bonus Actions

Shapechange. The cuttle-kin can use its bonus action to polymorph into the most recent humanoid it has used its mind scan on, or back into its true form. Its statistics, other than its speed, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.

Reactions

Redirect Attack. When a creature the cuttle-kin can see makes an attack against it, it can swap places with a friendly creature within 5 feet of it. The creature it swaps with then becomes the target of the attack.