Disturbling

Disturbling
Medium aberration, chaotic evil

Armor Class 13
Hit Points 111 (44d8 - 88)
Speed 40 ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

14 (+2) 16 (+3) 7 (-2) 11 (+0) 13 (+1) 18 (+4)

Skills Stealth +7
Senses blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages Deep Speech, Undercommon,
telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 9 (5,000 XP)

Aura of Unease. Each creature within 100 feet of

the disturbling is aware of the presence of
something unnatural and can't gain any benefit
from short rests.
   Additionally, any frightened creature within the
aura has its speed halved, and cannot gain any
benefit from long rests.
Invisible. The disturbling is invisible.

Actions
Multiattack. The disturbling makes two attacks.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
one target. Hit 13 (3d6 + 3) slashing damage.
Feast. Ranged Spell Attack: +8 to hit, range 30 ft.,
one creature. Hit 13 (2d8 + 4) necrotic damage.
If the target is frightened, the disturbling gains hit
points equal to the damage dealt.
Paranoia. One creature the disturbling can see
within 60 feet of it must succeed on a DC 15
Wisdom saving throw or become frightened of all
other creatures for 24 hours. If the creature ends
its turn in a location where it doesn't have line of
sight to any other creature, it can repeat the
saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a
success.
Terror (Recharge 6). Each frightened creature
within 60 feet of the disturbling must make a DC
15 Wisdom saving throw as their minds are filled
with terrifying images.
   On a failed save, a creature takes 27 (5d10)
psychic damage and is paralyzed until the end of
the disturbling's next turn.
   On a successful save, a creature takes half as
much damage, and is immune to the disturbling's
terror for 24 hours.
Reactions
Spreading Suspicion. If a target of the disturbling's
paranoia successfully saves against it, the
disturbling can immediately change the target of
the effect to two other creatures within 30 feet
of the original target.
The disturbling are underdark persistence hunters that
sow fear and sleepless nights among their prey. It is
believed that the disturbling feeds on fear, and
subsequently doesn't need to kill its prey for sustenance,
which means that the slow exhaustion and gradual insanity
of its prey is done for sport, or the disturbling's own
gratification.
Frightfully Uninformed. Very little is known about the
disturblings appearance or their biology, since they are
invisible, and can feed without killing, sometimes the only
evidence a disturbling has been present is the lingering
sense of fear and restlessness.
Light and Dark. Rumours of disturblings are spread
wide across the land, encounters in day and night,
perpetuating the stories that these hidden predators do not
have the same aversion to sunlight as other dwellers of the
underdark.
The Dead May Rest. One common story of disturblings
is that they stalk groups of travellers for weeks or months,
targeting and picking off the young or the infirm, while
plaguing the rest of the travellers with fear and nightmares.
While not the first instance of this phenomena, it is
believed that this practice of the disturblings lead to the
coining of the term "survivor's guilt".
Created by
u/1d6Adventurers for
/r/MonsteraDay
Artwork: "Transgress the Mind MtG Art" by
Cynthia Sheppard