Festerheart Mayor (5e Creature)
Festerheart Mayor[edit]
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Large monstrosity (festerheart), neutral evil Armor Class 16 (chain mail)
Saving Throws Con +10, Wis +7 Poisonous Body. A creature that touches the festerheart or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 10 (3d6) poison damage. Restorative Hunger. For every pound of food the festerheart eats, it regains 5 hit points. ACTIONSMultiattack. The festerheart makes three attacks, only one of which can be with its bite. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) piercing damage and 10 (3d6) poison damage and the festerheart regains hit points equal to the damage dealt. Greataxe. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (2d12 + 5) slashing damage and 10 (3d6) poison damage. Javelin. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) piercing damage and 10 (3d6) poison damage. Gory Feast. The festerheart feeds on the corpse of one creature within reach that died within the past minute. The festerheart regains 9 (2d8) hit points and gains advantage on Strength-based attack rolls, Strength checks, and Strength saving throws for 1 minute. Leadership (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). For 1 minute, the festerheart can utter a special command or warning whenever a nonhostile creature that it can see within 30 feet of it makes an attack roll or a saving throw. The creature can add a d4 to its roll provided it can hear and understand the festerheart. A creature can benefit from only one Leadership die at a time. The effect ends if the festerheart is incapacitated.
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The leaders of the festerhearts are the festerheart mayors, transformed by the Festering into hulking behemoths. They ooze foul liquid from every pore, which they cover their weapons with as a deadly poison or simply allow it to wash over those enemies who draw too near. |
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