{
	"_meta": {
		"sources": [
			{
				"json": "NightmareOntheMournlandExpress",
				"abbreviation": "NotME",
				"full": "Nightmare on the Mournland Express",
				"url": "https://www.dmsguild.com/product/249342/The-Korranberg-Chronicle-Nightmare-on-the-Mournland-Express",
				"authors": [
					"Anthony Turco",
					"Korranberg Chronicle"
				],
				"convertedBy": [
					"SasquatchBrah"
				]
			}
		],
		"dateAdded": 1588389460,
		"dateLastModified": 1588389460
	},
	"monster": [
		{
			"name": "Apex Tsucora Quori",
			"isNamedCreature": true,
			"source": "NightmareOntheMournlandExpress",
			"size": "L",
			"type": {
				"type": "aberration",
				"tags": [
					"quori"
				]
			},
			"alignment": [
				"L",
				"E"
			],
			"ac": [
				13,
				{
					"ac": 16,
					"condition": "with mage armor",
					"braces": true
				}
			],
			"hp": {
				"formula": "10d10 + 40",
				"average": 95
			},
			"speed": {
				"walk": 40
			},
			"str": 18,
			"dex": 16,
			"con": 18,
			"int": 17,
			"wis": 18,
			"cha": 19,
			"save": {
				"dex": "+7",
				"con": "+8"
			},
			"skill": {
				"intimidation": "+8",
				"perception": "+12",
				"stealth": "+7"
			},
			"senses": [
				"darkvision 60 ft."
			],
			"passive": 20,
			"resist": [
				{
					"resist": [
						"acid",
						"cold"
					]
				},
				{
					"resist": [
						"bludgeoning",
						"piercing",
						"slashing"
					],
					"note": "from nonmagical attacks"
				}
			],
			"conditionImmune": [
				"charmed",
				"frightened"
			],
			"languages": [
				"Common",
				"Quor",
				"Riedran",
				"telepathy 120 ft"
			],
			"cr": {
				"cr": "11",
				"lair": "12"
			},
			"spellcasting": [
				{
					"name": "Innate Spellcasting (Psionics)",
					"headerEntries": [
						"The tsucora's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save {@dc 16}). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components:"
					],
					"will": [
						"{@spell mage armor|PHB} (self only; the armor is invisible)",
						"{@spell mage hand|PHB} (the hand is invisible)",
						"{@spell teleport|PHB} (self only; on Dal Quor only)"
					],
					"daily": {
						"3e": [
							"{@spell charm person|PHB}",
							"{@spell cure wounds|PHB} (cast at 4th level, self only)",
							"{@spell inflict wounds|PHB} (cast at 4th level; deals psychic damage instead of necrotic)"
						]
					},
					"ability": "cha",
					"type": "spellcasting"
				}
			],
			"trait": [
				{
					"name": "Legendary Resistance (1/day)",
					"entries": [
						"If the apex tsucora fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead."
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Magic Resistance",
					"entries": [
						"The apex tsucora has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects."
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Nightmare Awareness",
					"entries": [
						"Magical darkness doesn't impede the quori's darkvision, and magic can't put it to sleep."
					]
				}
			],
			"action": [
				{
					"name": "Multiattack",
					"entries": [
						"The tsucora makes three attacks: two with its pincers and one with its sting."
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Pincer",
					"entries": [
						"{@atk mw} {@hit 8} to hit, reach 10 ft, one target. {@h}15 ({@damage 2d10 + 4}) bludgeoning damage and the target is {@condition grappled} (escape {@dc 13}). The tsucora has two pincers, each of which can grapple only one target."
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Terrifying Sting",
					"entries": [
						"{@atk mw} {@hit 9} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. {@h}13 ({@damage 2d8 + 4}) piercing damage and the target must succeed on a {@dc 16} Wisdom saving throw or become {@condition frightened} for 1 minute. At the end of each of the target’s turns while {@condition frightened} by this effect, it must succeed on another Wisdom saving throw or take 22 ({@damage 4d10}) psychic damage. On a successful save, the target is no longer {@condition frightened}."
					]
				}
			],
			"legendaryHeader": [
				"The apex tsucora can take 2 legendary actions (or 4 if there are 6 or more PCs in this adventure), choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The apex tsucora regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn."
			],
			"legendaryActions": 4,
			"legendary": [
				{
					"name": "Pincer",
					"entries": [
						"The apex tsucora quori makes one Pincer attack."
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Sting (Costs 2 Actions)",
					"entries": [
						"The apex tsucora makes a Terrifying Sting attack."
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Mind Schism (Costs 2 Actions)",
					"entries": [
						"The apex tsucora casts one of its innate spells."
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Agony Amplifier",
					"entries": [
						"The agony amplifier broadcasts one creature’s pain to all those around it. Profane runes shimmer in the outer edge of such a ring, binding mental magic into its vile form. ",
						"Effect: An agony amplifier typically covers a 15 foot square. Whenever a creature in that space takes damage, each other creature in the space takes 5 psychic damage per tier. If no other creature is in the agony amplifier, the triggering creature takes 5 extra psychic damage per tier. ",
						"Usage: The apex tsucora causes an additional water pool to appear, and activates all current pools as agony amplifiers"
					]
				}
			],
			"legendaryGroup": {
				"name": "Aboleth",
				"source": "MM"
			},
			"traitTags": [
				"Legendary Resistances",
				"Magic Resistance"
			],
			"senseTags": [
				"D"
			],
			"actionTags": [
				"Multiattack"
			],
			"languageTags": [
				"C",
				"TP"
			],
			"damageTags": [
				"B",
				"P",
				"Y"
			],
			"spellcastingTags": [
				"I",
				"P"
			],
			"miscTags": [
				"MW",
				"RCH"
			],
			"uniqueId": "b25abd92e5c273922b106ea34d822ab8"
		},
		{
			"name": "Baron Dennell Ir'Tollan",
			"source": "NightmareOntheMournlandExpress",
			"size": "M",
			"type": {
				"type": "humanoid",
				"tags": [
					"half-elf"
				]
			},
			"alignment": [
				"L",
				"N"
			],
			"ac": [
				13
			],
			"hp": {
				"formula": "6d8 + 12",
				"average": 39
			},
			"speed": {
				"walk": 30
			},
			"str": 10,
			"dex": 16,
			"con": 15,
			"int": 12,
			"wis": 13,
			"cha": 14,
			"save": {
				"dex": "+5"
			},
			"skill": {
				"history": "+3",
				"persuasion": "+6"
			},
			"senses": [
				"darkvision 60 ft."
			],
			"passive": 11,
			"languages": [
				"Common",
				"Elvish"
			],
			"cr": "3",
			"trait": [
				{
					"name": "Fey Ancestry",
					"entries": [
						"Dennell has advantage on saving throws against being {@condition charmed}, and magic can't put the him to sleep."
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Skilled Duelist",
					"entries": [
						"Dennell adds twice his proficiency modifier on attacks using weapons with the finesse property, and such weapons deal one extra die of their damage when he hits with them (included in the attack)."
					]
				}
			],
			"action": [
				{
					"name": "Multiattack",
					"entries": [
						"Dennell makes two rapier attacks."
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Rapier",
					"entries": [
						"{@atk mw} {@hit 7} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. {@h}12 ({@damage 2d8 + 3}) piercing damage."
					]
				}
			],
			"reaction": [
				{
					"name": "Parry & Riposte",
					"entries": [
						"Dennell adds 4 to his AC against one melee attack that would hit him. To do so, he must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon. ",
						"If this causes the attack to miss, Dennell immediately makes a rapier attack against same attacker."
					]
				}
			],
			"fluff": {
				"entries": [
					"The Baron is not the deadliest of swordsmen, but he does fence as a dedicated hobby and has placed respectably in some national tournaments. If pressed, he will draw steel to defend himself and his wife."
				]
			},
			"traitTags": [
				"Fey Ancestry"
			],
			"senseTags": [
				"D"
			],
			"actionTags": [
				"Multiattack"
			],
			"languageTags": [
				"C",
				"E"
			],
			"damageTags": [
				"P"
			],
			"miscTags": [
				"MW"
			],
			"uniqueId": "acd75474d26981eaa00eb0d12f0265ce"
		},
		{
			"name": "Baroness Faela Ir'Tollan",
			"source": "NightmareOntheMournlandExpress",
			"size": "M",
			"type": {
				"type": "humanoid",
				"tags": [
					"half-elf"
				]
			},
			"alignment": [
				"C",
				"N"
			],
			"ac": [
				12
			],
			"hp": {
				"formula": "6d8 + 6",
				"average": 33
			},
			"speed": {
				"walk": 30
			},
			"str": 10,
			"dex": 14,
			"con": 12,
			"int": 16,
			"wis": 14,
			"cha": 12,
			"save": {
				"wis": "+4"
			},
			"skill": {
				"insight": "+4",
				"arcana": "+5"
			},
			"senses": [
				"darkvision 60 ft."
			],
			"passive": 12,
			"resist": [
				{
					"resist": [
						"bludgeoning",
						"piercing",
						"slashing"
					],
					"note": "from nonmagical attacks (from stoneskin)"
				}
			],
			"languages": [
				"Common",
				"Elvish"
			],
			"cr": "3",
			"spellcasting": [
				{
					"name": "Spellcasting",
					"headerEntries": [
						"Faela is a 7th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save {@dc 13}, +5 to hit with spell attacks). She has the following wizard spells prepared."
					],
					"footerEntries": [
						"* Faela casts these spells before combat if possible."
					],
					"spells": {
						"0": {
							"spells": [
								"{@spell dancing lights|PHB}",
								"{@spell minor illusion|PHB}",
								"{@spell prestidigitation|PHB}",
								"{@spell vicious mockery|PHB}"
							]
						},
						"1": {
							"spells": [
								"{@spell charm person|PHB}",
								"{@spell dissonant whispers|PHB}",
								"{@spell illusory script|PHB}",
								"{@spell mage armor|PHB}*"
							],
							"slots": 4
						},
						"2": {
							"spells": [
								"{@spell hold person|PHB}",
								"{@spell invisibility|PHB}",
								"{@spell mirror image|PHB}"
							],
							"slots": 3
						},
						"3": {
							"spells": [
								"{@spell major image|PHB}"
							],
							"slots": 3
						},
						"4": {
							"spells": [
								"{@spell mordenkainen's faithful hound|PHB}*",
								"{@spell stoneskin|PHB}*"
							],
							"slots": 2
						}
					},
					"ability": "int",
					"type": "spellcasting"
				}
			],
			"trait": [
				{
					"name": "Fey Ancestry",
					"entries": [
						"The baroness faela ir'tollan has advantage on saving throws against being {@condition charmed}, and magic can't put the baroness faela ir'tollan to sleep."
					]
				}
			],
			"action": [
				{
					"name": "Hairpin",
					"entries": [
						"{@atk mw} {@hit 4} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. {@h}4 ({@damage 1d4 + 2}) piercing damage."
					]
				}
			],
			"reaction": [
				{
					"name": "Illusory Success",
					"entries": [
						"If a creature succeeds on a saving throw to resist a spell Faela has cast upon them, she can force them to reroll the saving throw and abide by the new result instead."
					]
				}
			],
			"fluff": {
				"entries": [
					"Baroness Faela studies arcane magic in her ample free time, and she has a penchant for illusion and enchantment magic."
				]
			},
			"traitTags": [
				"Fey Ancestry"
			],
			"senseTags": [
				"D"
			],
			"languageTags": [
				"C",
				"E"
			],
			"damageTags": [
				"P"
			],
			"spellcastingTags": [
				"CW"
			],
			"miscTags": [
				"MW"
			],
			"uniqueId": "8ae017562a1c6a9ca18e87ca03f8e6b6"
		},
		{
			"name": "The Butcher",
			"isNamedCreature": true,
			"source": "NightmareOntheMournlandExpress",
			"size": "L",
			"type": {
				"type": "construct",
				"tags": [
					"eidolon"
				]
			},
			"alignment": [
				"U"
			],
			"ac": [
				{
					"ac": 14,
					"from": [
						"chains"
					],
					"braces": true
				}
			],
			"hp": {
				"formula": "11d8 + 44",
				"average": 93
			},
			"speed": {
				"walk": 30,
				"burrow": 30
			},
			"str": 20,
			"dex": 9,
			"con": 18,
			"int": 3,
			"wis": 8,
			"cha": 1,
			"senses": [
				"darkvision 60 ft."
			],
			"passive": 9,
			"immune": [
				{
					"immune": [
						"poison",
						"psychic"
					]
				},
				{
					"immune": [
						"bludgeoning",
						"piercing",
						"slashing"
					],
					"note": "from nonmagical attacks not made with adamantine weapons"
				}
			],
			"conditionImmune": [
				"charmed",
				"exhaustion",
				"frightened",
				"paralyzed",
				"petrified",
				"poisoned"
			],
			"languages": [
				"understands the languages of the creatures who imagined it into being but can't speak"
			],
			"cr": "8",
			"trait": [
				{
					"name": "Magic Resistance",
					"entries": [
						"The Butcher has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects."
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Magic Weapons",
					"entries": [
						"The Butcher's weapon attacks are magical."
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Eidolon",
					"entries": [
						"Whenever an eidolon is subjected to psychic damage, it takes no damage and instead regains a number of hit points equal to the psychic damage dealt. ",
						"If the eidolon is affected by any effect that would transport it to another plane, such as the banishment spell, it is destroyed instead."
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Unseen Return",
					"entries": [
						"As a bonus action, The Butcher can teleport up to 30 feet, but only when no creature with an Intelligence score of 6 or higher creature can see it, and it can only arrive at a destination that is likewise unobserved. The Butcher does not need to be able to see its destination."
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Hooks",
					"entries": [
						"A creature that touches The Butcher or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 10 ({@damage 3d6}) piercing damage and must succeed on a {@dc 15} Dexterity saving throw or become {@condition grappled}. Creatures that start their turn {@condition grappled} by The Butcher automatically take this damage. ",
						"The Butcher can grapple any number of opponents this way and doing so does not impair its ability to take any actions. "
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Eidolon Nature",
					"entries": [
						"An eidolon can only exist on the plane of Dal Quor. It does not breath, eat, drink, or sleep. When reduced to 0 hit points, an eidolon disappears without a trace."
					]
				}
			],
			"action": [
				{
					"name": "Multiattack",
					"entries": [
						"The Butcher makes two cleaver attacks."
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Cleaver",
					"entries": [
						"{@atk mw} {@hit 8} to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. {@h}21 ({@damage 3d10 + 5}) slashing damage."
					]
				}
			],
			"fluff": {
				"entries": [
					"“The Butcher” is not truly a creature—it is what the quori term an “eidolon”; a figment of the imagination of a mortal dreamer. Such thought-constructs are not to be taken lightly, as within the wild dreamscapes on the fringe of Dal Quor, they can be just as dangerous as any quori. Knowing the true nature of an eidolon does not grant a creature any advantage or protection from it while they remain in the Region of Dreams. ",
					"Part 2 of Nightmare on the Mournland Express takes place in such a dreamscape, so while the PCs are dreaming, “The Butcher” is a very real threat to them. The Butcher can “burrow” through any solid barrier, rending metal and splintering wood with disconcerting ease as it closes with the party, leaving wreckage in its wake."
				]
			},
			"traitTags": [
				"Magic Resistance",
				"Magic Weapons"
			],
			"senseTags": [
				"D"
			],
			"actionTags": [
				"Multiattack"
			],
			"languageTags": [
				"CS"
			],
			"damageTags": [
				"P",
				"S"
			],
			"miscTags": [
				"MW",
				"RCH"
			],
			"uniqueId": "4fb2c81c93975a7e218f1edfdf462fc2"
		},
		{
			"name": "Deneith White Blade",
			"source": "NightmareOntheMournlandExpress",
			"size": "M",
			"type": {
				"type": "humanoid",
				"tags": [
					"human"
				]
			},
			"alignment": [
				"A"
			],
			"ac": [
				{
					"ac": 17,
					"from": [
						"{@item half plate armor|phb}"
					]
				}
			],
			"hp": {
				"formula": "1d8 + 2",
				"average": 6
			},
			"speed": {
				"walk": 30
			},
			"str": 16,
			"dex": 15,
			"con": 14,
			"int": 10,
			"wis": 14,
			"cha": 10,
			"skill": {
				"athletics": "+5",
				"perception": "+4"
			},
			"passive": 14,
			"languages": [
				"Common",
				"Elvish"
			],
			"cr": "3",
			"spellcasting": [
				{
					"name": "Dragonmark Magic",
					"headerEntries": [
						"The Mark of Sentinel grants the White Blade innate spellcasting. It’s innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom. It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components"
					],
					"will": [
						"{@spell blade ward|PHB}"
					],
					"rest": {
						"1e": [
							"{@spell shield|PHB}"
						]
					},
					"ability": "wis",
					"type": "spellcasting"
				}
			],
			"trait": [
				{
					"name": "Sentinel's Intuition",
					"entries": [
						"When the White Blade rolls Initiative or makes a Wisdom (Perception) check to notice a threat, it adds {@dice 1d4} to the result of the roll."
					]
				}
			],
			"action": [
				{
					"name": "Multiattack",
					"entries": [
						"The White Blade makes two longsword attacks. "
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Longsword",
					"entries": [
						"{@atk mw} {@hit 5} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. {@h}7 ({@damage 1d8 + 3}) slashing damage, or 8 ({@damage 1d10 + 3}) slashing damage if used with two hands."
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Heavy Crossbow",
					"entries": [
						"{@atk rw} {@hit 4} to hit, range 100/400 ft., one target. {@h}6 ({@damage 1d10 + 1}) piercing damage. "
					]
				}
			],
			"reaction": [
				{
					"name": "Blademark Strike",
					"entries": [
						"The White Blade makes a longsword attack against a creature that leaves its threatened space, even if they took the Disengage action. If the attack hits, the target’s speed is reduced to 0 for the rest of its turn. This reaction occurs before the target’s triggering movement."
					]
				}
			],
			"variant": [
				{
					"name": "Markless Blade",
					"entries": [
						"Not all members of the Blademarks Guild have manifested dragonmarks. Those without do not have the Dragonmark Magic and Sentinel's Intuition traits detailed in the White Blade's stat block."
					],
					"type": "variant"
				}
			],
			"fluff": {
				"entries": [
					"Within the Blademarks Guild of House Deneith, the rank of White Blade is reserved for proven veterans. ",
					"The Mark of Sentinel. Not all members of the Blademarks Guild have manifested dragonmarks. Only half of the White Blades aboard the Silver-Towers Local have the Dragonmark Magic and Sentinel’s Intuition traits detailed in the White Blade’s stat block. White Blades without the Mark of Sentinel have the same challenge rating as those who do."
				]
			},
			"actionTags": [
				"Multiattack"
			],
			"languageTags": [
				"C",
				"E"
			],
			"damageTags": [
				"P",
				"S"
			],
			"miscTags": [
				"MW",
				"RNG",
				"RW"
			],
			"uniqueId": "88739e73774e9609b5ae7db59c77022a"
		},
		{
			"name": "Eliana d'Vadalis",
			"source": "NightmareOntheMournlandExpress",
			"size": "M",
			"type": {
				"type": "humanoid",
				"tags": [
					"human"
				]
			},
			"alignment": [
				"N"
			],
			"ac": [
				12
			],
			"hp": {
				"formula": "5d8 + 5",
				"average": 27
			},
			"speed": {
				"walk": 30
			},
			"str": 10,
			"dex": 14,
			"con": 13,
			"int": 12,
			"wis": 16,
			"cha": 11,
			"skill": {
				"animal handling": "+5",
				"nature": "+3"
			},
			"senses": [
				"darkvision 60 ft."
			],
			"passive": 13,
			"languages": [
				"Common",
				"Elvish"
			],
			"cr": "1/8",
			"spellcasting": [
				{
					"name": "Dragonmark Magic",
					"headerEntries": [
						"The Greater Mark of Handling grants Eliana innate spellcasting. Her innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom. She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components"
					],
					"rest": {
						"1e": [
							"{@spell animal friendship|PHB}"
						]
					},
					"daily": {
						"1e": [
							"{@spell beast sense|PHB}",
							"{@spell dominate beast|PHB}"
						]
					},
					"ability": "wis",
					"type": "spellcasting"
				}
			],
			"trait": [
				{
					"name": "Wild Intuition",
					"entries": [
						"When Eliana makes a Wisdom (Animal Handling) or Intelligence (Nature) check, she adds {@dice 1d6} to the result of the roll."
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Primal Companion",
					"entries": [
						"Eliana grants her winter wolf companion, Frosty, advantage on attack rolls against all creatures within 15 feet of herself, no action required. ",
						"Additionally, if Eliana’s winter wolf is within 15 feet of her, she may expend a spell from her dragonmark as a bonus action to recharge its Cold Breath attack. If she does, the winter wolf can use it immediately as a reaction. "
					]
				}
			],
			"action": [
				{
					"name": "Shortsword",
					"entries": [
						"{@atk mw} {@hit 4} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. {@h}5 ({@damage 1d6 + 2}) slashing damage."
					]
				}
			],
			"fluff": {
				"entries": [
					"Eliana is a dragonmarked heiress of House Vadalis, with a Greater Mark of Handling. She travels with her favored bestial companion “Frosty”, a lawful neutral winter wolf (Monster Manual, pg. 340), that will protect her with its life if necessary. "
				]
			},
			"senseTags": [
				"D"
			],
			"languageTags": [
				"C",
				"E"
			],
			"damageTags": [
				"S"
			],
			"miscTags": [
				"MW"
			],
			"uniqueId": "223f7a8c7825fc808d12ec55f8177b66"
		},
		{
			"name": "Gareth d'Deneith",
			"source": "NightmareOntheMournlandExpress",
			"size": "M",
			"type": {
				"type": "humanoid",
				"tags": [
					"human"
				]
			},
			"alignment": [
				"L",
				"G"
			],
			"ac": [
				{
					"ac": 21,
					"from": [
						"{@item plate armor +1}, {@item shield|phb}"
					]
				}
			],
			"hp": {
				"formula": "17d8 + 51",
				"average": 127
			},
			"speed": {
				"walk": 30
			},
			"str": 18,
			"dex": 10,
			"con": 17,
			"int": 11,
			"wis": 16,
			"cha": 15,
			"save": {
				"dex": "+4",
				"wis": "+7"
			},
			"skill": {
				"athletics": "+8",
				"insight": "+7",
				"perception": "+7",
				"persuasion": "+6"
			},
			"passive": 17,
			"resist": [
				"bludgeoning",
				"piercing",
				"slashing"
			],
			"languages": [
				"Common",
				"Elvish"
			],
			"cr": "11",
			"spellcasting": [
				{
					"name": "Dragonmark Magic",
					"headerEntries": [
						"The Greater Mark of Sentinel grants Gareth innate spellcasting. His innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save {@dc 15}). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components "
					],
					"will": [
						"{@spell blade ward|PHB}"
					],
					"rest": {
						"1e": [
							"{@spell compelled duel|PHB}",
							"{@spell shield|PHB}",
							"{@spell warding bond|PHB}"
						]
					},
					"ability": "wis",
					"type": "spellcasting"
				},
				{
					"name": "Plate of the Guardian",
					"daily": {
						"1e": [
							"{@spell spirit guardians|PHB}"
						]
					},
					"type": "spellcasting"
				}
			],
			"trait": [
				{
					"name": "Sentinel's Intuition",
					"entries": [
						"When Gareth rolls Initiative or makes a Wisdom (Perception) check to notice a threat, it adds {@dice 1d10} to the result of the roll. "
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Special Equipment",
					"entries": [
						"Gareth is donned with Plate of the Guardian, which grants him a +1 bonus to AC and resistance to all bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. ",
						"In addition, once per day, he may expend a use of warding bond from his dragonmark as an action to cast spirit guardians instead. When he does, the spectral form of the spirits appear as duplicates of himself seemingly made from three-dimensional living dragonmarks, and the spell always deals force damage instead of radiant or necrotic"
					]
				}
			],
			"action": [
				{
					"name": "Multiattack",
					"entries": [
						"Gareth makes three longsword attacks."
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Longsword",
					"entries": [
						"{@atk mw} {@hit 8} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. {@h}7 ({@damage 1d8 + 4}) slashing damage plus 10 ({@damage 3d6}) slashing damage if an ally Gareth can see is missing any of its hit points."
					]
				}
			],
			"reaction": [
				{
					"name": "Defender Strike",
					"entries": [
						"When a creature within 5 feet of Gareth makes an attack against a target other than him, he can make a longsword attack against the attacking creature with advantage."
					]
				}
			],
			"fluff": {
				"entries": [
					"Gareth d’Deneith is a decorated veteran of the Defender’s Guild, with many marks of distinction in his service to his House and his wards. He is professional, polite, and most of all, deadly. ",
					"His most prized position is his Plate of the Guardian, a magical, ornate suit of armor that is also a dragonshard focus item that empowers his Greater Mark of Sentinel. It was awarded to him personally by Baron Breven d’Deneith, House Deneith’s patriarch, to honor his astonishing skill and exceptionally potent dragonmark."
				]
			},
			"actionTags": [
				"Multiattack"
			],
			"languageTags": [
				"C",
				"E"
			],
			"damageTags": [
				"S"
			],
			"miscTags": [
				"MW"
			],
			"uniqueId": "171b1c0032057ea859d8236e195f8970"
		},
		{
			"name": "Hob",
			"source": "NightmareOntheMournlandExpress",
			"size": "S",
			"type": {
				"type": "monstrosity",
				"tags": [
					"shapechanger"
				]
			},
			"alignment": [
				"C",
				"N"
			],
			"ac": [
				{
					"ac": 16,
					"from": [
						"natural armor"
					]
				}
			],
			"hp": {
				"formula": "20d6 + 60",
				"average": 130
			},
			"speed": {
				"walk": 40
			},
			"str": 12,
			"dex": 18,
			"con": 16,
			"int": 10,
			"wis": 15,
			"cha": 18,
			"skill": {
				"deception": "+7",
				"insight": "+5",
				"intimidation": "+10"
			},
			"senses": [
				"darkvision 60 ft."
			],
			"passive": 14,
			"conditionImmune": [
				"charmed",
				"frightened"
			],
			"languages": [
				"all",
				"telepathy 100 ft"
			],
			"cr": "6",
			"trait": [
				{
					"name": "Fearmonger",
					"entries": [
						"A hob knows the deepest fears of all creatures within range of its telepathy. Any creature within range of its telepathy has disadvantage on saving throws to resist the hob’s Terrifying Form."
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Shapechanger",
					"entries": [
						"The hob can use its action or reaction to polymorph into any Medium or smaller aberration, beast, humanoid, or monstrosity, or back into its true form. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. "
					]
				}
			],
			"action": [
				{
					"name": "Multiattack",
					"entries": [
						"The hob can use Terrifying Form. It then makes any two attacks appropriate to whatever form it is currently in. "
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Beak, Bite, or Sting",
					"entries": [
						"{@atk mw} {@hit 7} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. {@h}7 ({@damage 1d6 + 4}) piercing damage plus 7 ({@damage 2d6}) acid or poison damage (hob’s choice)."
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Claws or Talons",
					"entries": [
						"{@atk mw} {@hit 7} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. {@h}14 ({@damage 3d6 + 4}) slashing damage"
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Fist, Slam, Tail, or Tentacle",
					"entries": [
						"{@atk mw} {@hit 7} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. {@h}9 ({@damage 1d10 + 4}) bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it is {@condition grappled} (escape {@dc 14}). Until this grapple ends, the target is {@condition restrained}, and the hob can’t use this appendage to attack another target. "
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Terrifying Form",
					"entries": [
						"The hob changes into a form horrifying to every creature of its choice that is within 100 feet of it. These creatures must succeed on a {@dc 15} Wisdom saving throw or become {@condition frightened} for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the hob’s Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours."
					]
				}
			],
			"fluff": {
				"entries": [
					"Dal Quor, the Region of Dreams, is dominated by the quori, and mortal dreamers conjure eidolons into existence every night. However, those are not the only creatures native to the plane. ",
					"Hobs are one type of “drifter”—beings that roam the fringes of Dal Quor, created from the ambient energies of Dal Quor and shaped by the collective impressions of mortal dreamers. This nebulous group of beings are neither quori nor eidolons, but something in between. Drifters come in many types and forms, and hobs are just one species of creature among them. ",
					"Hobs are telepathic shapeshifters, instinctively changing their forms to be the most terrifying to those around them. In their natural forms, they are small, grey creatures with semi-feline heads that are slightly too big for their bodies. ",
					"The hob in this adventure is a scavenger—a remora to Aka’vanaksha’s shark, picking on the scraps of terror left behind by the larger predator’s feast of psychic energy. ",
					"If you know of any particular phobias the PCs might have—spiders, for instance—the hob’s Fearmonger trait allows it to capitalize on them. When using its Terrifying Form, it will shift into the visage of what it knows to be the character’s most primal fears."
				]
			},
			"traitTags": [
				"Shapechanger"
			],
			"senseTags": [
				"D"
			],
			"actionTags": [
				"Multiattack"
			],
			"languageTags": [
				"TP",
				"XX"
			],
			"damageTags": [
				"A",
				"B",
				"I",
				"P",
				"S"
			],
			"miscTags": [
				"MW"
			],
			"uniqueId": "7c81d9bafc0ee8d39d14e0f119dcdb50"
		},
		{
			"name": "Wandslinger",
			"source": "NightmareOntheMournlandExpress",
			"size": "M",
			"type": {
				"type": "humanoid",
				"tags": [
					"any"
				]
			},
			"alignment": [
				"A"
			],
			"ac": [
				{
					"ac": 13,
					"from": [
						"{@item leather armor|phb}"
					]
				}
			],
			"hp": {
				"formula": "8d8 + 16",
				"average": 52
			},
			"speed": {
				"walk": 30
			},
			"str": 13,
			"dex": 15,
			"con": 14,
			"int": 16,
			"wis": 14,
			"cha": 11,
			"skill": {
				"arcana": "+5",
				"perception": "+4"
			},
			"passive": 14,
			"languages": [
				"any two languages"
			],
			"cr": "3",
			"spellcasting": [
				{
					"name": "Spellcasting",
					"headerEntries": [
						"The wandslinger is a 2nd-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save {@dc 13}, +5 to hit with spell attacks). The wandslinger knows the following spells and must use a wand as an arcane focus to cast them."
					],
					"spells": {
						"0": {
							"spells": [
								"{@spell fire bolt|PHB}",
								"{@spell shocking grasp|PHB}"
							]
						},
						"1": {
							"spells": [
								"{@spell shield|PHB}"
							],
							"slots": 3
						}
					},
					"ability": "int",
					"type": "spellcasting"
				}
			],
			"trait": [
				{
					"name": "High Caliber Cantrips",
					"entries": [
						"The wandslinger adds its Intelligence modifier to the damage of any cantrip it casts and casts them as a 5th level character."
					]
				}
			],
			"action": [
				{
					"name": "Shortsword",
					"entries": [
						"{@atk mw} {@hit 4} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. {@h}5 ({@damage 1d6 + 2}) slashing damage."
					]
				},
				{
					"name": "Wands Akimbo",
					"entries": [
						"If the wandslinger has two wands drawn, it casts two cantrips as a single action."
					]
				}
			],
			"fluff": {
				"entries": [
					"Magic was a valuable asset during the Last War, but the armies of the Five Nations did not often have time to wait for fully-trained mages to enlist. Soldiers that showed even a minor magical talent received enough training to be able to cast one or two cantrips— typically combat oriented wizard or sorcerer cantrips—and one 1st-level spell. Unlike fully trained wizards or gifted sorcerers, a wandslinger can only fulfill the somatic components of spells by using an arcane focus, typically a wand. ",
					"Within the military, these limited spellcasters are known as “arcaneers”, but to common folk, they are known by the more evocative moniker of “wandslinger”."
				]
			},
			"languageTags": [
				"X"
			],
			"damageTags": [
				"S"
			],
			"miscTags": [
				"MW"
			],
			"uniqueId": "ce949e3ab0b51cafd1f2e7f31d6ef408"
		}
	]
}