Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Prince of

Demons, the Sibilant Beast, and

Master of the

Spiraling Depths, Demogorgon

is the embodiment of

chaos, madness, and destruction,

seeking to corrupt all

that is good and undermine

order in the multiverse, to

see everything dragged

howling into the infinite depth

s

of the Abys s.

The

demon lord is a meld of different

forms, with a

saurian

lower body and clawed, webbed

feet, as well as

suckered

tentacles sprouting from

the shoulders of a

great apelike torso, surmounted

by two hideous simian

heads, named Aameul and Hathradiah

, both equally

mad. Their gaze brings madness

and confusion to any

who confront

it.

DEMOGORGON

Huge fiend

(demon), chaotic evil

Armor Class 22 (natural

armor)

Hit Points 406 (28d

12 +224)

Speed 50 ft., swim

50 ft.

STR

29 (+9)

DEX

14 (+2)

CON

26 (+8)

INT

20 (+5)

WIS

17

(+3)

Saving

Throws Dex +10, Con +16, Wis +11

, Cha +15

Skills

Insight +11, Perce ption +1 9

Dama

ge Resistances cold, fire , light ning

CHA

25 (+7)

Damage Immunities poison; bludgeon

ing, piercing, and

slashing that is

nonmagical

Condition

Immunities charmed, exhaus t ion, fr ig

htened,

poisoned

Senses

truesight 120 ft. , passive Perception

29

Languages all, telep

athy 120 ft.

Challenge 26 (90,

000 XP)

Innate Spel/cast in

g. Demogorgon's spellcasting ability

is Cha·

risma (spell save DC 23). Demogorgon

can innately cast the

following spells,

requiring no material components:

At will: detect magic,

major image

3/day each: dispel

magic.fear, telekinesis

1/day each:feeblemind,

project image

Legendary Resistan

ce (3/Day). If Demogorgon fails

a saving

throw, he can choose

to succeed instead.

Magic Resistance. Demogorgon

has advantage on saving

throws

against spells and other magica

l effects.

Magic Weapons.

Demogorgon's weapon attacks

are magical.

Two Heads. Demogorgon

has advantage on saving

throws

against being blinded, deafened

, stunned, or knocked

unconscious.

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ACTIONS

Multiattack. Demogorgon

makes two tentacle attacks.

CHAPTER 6 I BESTIARY

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Similarly,

the spiraling Y sign of Demogorgon

's cult

can in spire

madness in those who contemplat

e it for too

long. All the

followe rs of the Prince of Demons

go mad,

sooner or later.

Demogorgon

makes his lair in a palace called

Abysm,

found on a layer of the Abyss

known as the Gaping Maw.

Demogorgon's lair is a place

of madness and duality;

the portion

of the palace that lies above

water takes

the form of two serpentine

towers, each crowned by

a skull.shaped

minaret. There, Demogorgon

's heads

contemplate

the mys teries of the arcane

while arguing

about

how best to obliterate their rivals.

The bulk of

this palace extends deep

underwater, in chill and dark-

ened caverns.

Tentacle. Me/ee Weapon

Attack: +17 to hit, reach 10 ft.,

one

target.

Hit: 28 (3dl2 + 9) bludgeoning

damage. If the target

is a creature, it must

succeed on a DC 23 Constit~tion

saving

throw or its hit point maximum

is reduced by an amount equal

to the damage taken. This reduction

lasts until the target fin-

ishes a long

rest. The target dies if its hit point

maximum is

reduced to 0.

Gaze. Demogorgon turns his magical

gaze toward one creature

that he can see within 120 feet of

him. That target must make

a DC 23 Wisdom

saving throw. Unless the target

is incapac-

itated, it can avert its eyes to

avoid the gaze and to automat-

ically succeed

on the save. If the target does

so, it can't see

Demogorgon until the

start of his next turn. If the target looks

at him in the meantime,

it must immediately make the save.

If

the target fails the save, the target

suffers one of the follow-

ing effects of Demogorgon's

choice or at random:

1. Begu
   iling Gaze. The target is stunned until
   the start of

Demogorgon's next

turn or until Demogorgon is no longer

within line of sight.

2. Hypnot ic Gaze
   . The target is charmed by Demogorgon
   until

the start of

Demogorgon's next turn. Demogorgon

chooses

how the charmed

target uses its actions, reactions,

and

movement. Because this

gaze requires Demogorgon to focus

both heads on the target

, he can' t use his Maddening Gaze

legendary action until

the start of his next turn.

3. Insanity Gaze. The
   target suffers the effect of the confusion

spell without

making a saving throw. The effect

lasts until the

start of Demogorgon's

next turn. Demogorgon

doesn't need

to concentrate on the spell.

LEGENDARY A CT I

ONS

Demogorgon

can take 2 legendary actions,

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.

Demogorgon regains

spent legendary actions at the start

of his turn.

Tail. Melee Weapon Attack:

+17 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target.

Hit:

20 (2dl0 + 9) bludgeoning damage

plus 11 (2dl0) ne-

crotic damage.

Maddening Gaze. Demogorgon uses

his Gaze action, and must

choose either the Beguiling

Gaze or the Insanity Gaze effect.