Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

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VAMPIRIC
MIST

Medium undead,

chaotic evil

Armo

r Class 13

Hit Points 30 (4d8 + 12)

Speed 0 ft., fly 30 ft.

(hover)

STR

6 (-2)

DEX

16 (+3)

Saving Throws Wis +3

CON

16 (+3)

'

INT

6 (-2)

WIS

12 (+ 1)

CHA

7 (-2)

Da mage Resistances acid

, cold, lightning, necrotic, thunder;

bludgeoning, piercing,

and slashing from nonmagical attacks

Damage Immunities poison

Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion,

grappled,

paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone,

restrained

Sens es darkvision

60 ft., passive Perception 11

Langua

ges-

Challen

ge 3 (700 XP)

Life Sense. The mist

can sense the location of any creature

within 60 feet of it ,
unless that creature's type is construct

or undead.

C H APTE R 6 ( BEST
I ARY

VAMPIRIC MIST

In billowing clouds

of fog lurk vampiric mists, the

wretched remnants

of vampires that were preve nted

from finding rest. Indistinguis hable from

the mists they

lurk within, they

strike unseen a nd undetected to bleed

their victims dry.

Former Vamp

ires. Vampiric mists, sometimes called

crimson mists, are all that remain

of vampires who

couldn't return to their burial place

s after being de-

feated or s uffe ring some m ishap.

Denied the restorative

power of these places , the vampir

es' bodies dissolve into

mist. The

trans formation strips the intellige nce and

per-

sonality

from them until only an unholy, insatiable

thirst

for blood remains.

Blood Thief. Indistinguishabl

e from fog aside from

the charnel

reek it exudes, a vampiric mist des

cends

on

a creature and causes the blood in its bod

y to ooze

through

the creature's pores or spill out from

its eyes,

nose, and mouth. This

blood wafts out from the victim

like crimson s moke

, which the mis t then consumes.

The feeding causes

no pain or discomfort to the victim,

so vampiric mists can feed on sleepers

without waking

them. The more a mist feeds, the re

dder it gets, s uch

that it turns pink, then red, and finally

a deep scarlet hue

tha.t rains blood

droplets whe reve r it goes.

Attract ed t

o Blood. Like sharks in water, vampiric

mists can

scent blood from up to a mile away. Any

in-

jury, no matter how small, might

catch their attention

and draw them toward their

victims. In battle, a mist fo-

cuses its attacks on injured

targets, since open wounds

are a m

ore re ady source of blood.

U

ndead Nature. A vampiric mis t doesn't requir

e

air

or sleep.

Forbiddance. The mist can't

enter a residence without an invi-

tation from one of the occupants.

Misty Form.

The mist can occupy another creature's space

and

vice versa. In addition, if air can

pass through a space, the mist

can pass through it without

squeezing. Each foot of movement

in

water costs it 2 extra feet, rather than 1 extra

foot. The mist

can't manipulate objects

in any way that requires fingers or

manual dexterity.

Sunlight H ypersensit ivity. The

mist takes 10 radiant damage

whenever

it starts its turn in sunlight. While in sunlight,

the

mist has disadvantage on

attack rolls and ability checks.

ACTIONS

Life Drain. The mist

touches one creature in its space. The

target must succeed

on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw (un-

dead and constructs automatically succeed),

or it takes 10 (2d6

+ 3) necrotic

damage, the mist regains 10 hit points, and the

target's hit

point maximum is reduced by an amount equal

to

the necrotic damage taken. This

reduction lasts until the target

finishes

a long rest. The target dies if its hit point max

imum is

reduced to 0.

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