Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

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YAGNOLOTH

Anyone who would contract yugoloths

for a task usually

ends up dealing with a yagnoloth.

Cunning negotiators,

these strange fiends handle

the writing of contracts for

all of their kind. Once a yagnoloth

is h ired, it commu ni-

cates its employer's desires to the fiends it commands.

Although they are entrusted

with leading lesser yu-

goloths, yagnoloth

s ultimately take their orders from

arcanaloths and

ultroloths. Aside from their superiors,

yagnoloths have

full authority over and expect obedi-

ence from the fiends under their command.

A yagnoloth

follows the dictates in a contract it negotiated,

but it is

certain

to have included a loophole to escape its obliga-

tion if

the situation warrants.

A yag

noloth has one arm of human size and one

giant-sized arm, and it always covers

one or the other

with a long cape. During negotiations,

the yagnoloth

uncovers its human arm and

uses it to draft and sign

contracts. When a show of force is necessary or when

combat is joined, it s hifts its cape to reveal its brutally

powerful giant appendage.

YAGNOLOTH

Large fiend (yugoloth), neutral evil

Armor Class 17 (natural armor)

Hit Points 147 (14dl0 + 70)

Speed 40 ft.

STR

19 (+4)

DEX

14 (+2)

CON

21 (+5)

INT

16 (+3)

WIS

15 (+2)

Saving Throws Dex +6, Int +7,

Wis +6, Cha +8

CHA

18 (+4)

Skills Deception +8, Insight

+6, Perception +6, Persuasion +8

Damage Resistances

cold, fire, lightning; bludgeoning,

piercing, and

slashing from nonmagical attacks

Damage Immunities acid, poison

Condition Immunities poisoned

Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision

60 ft.,

passive Perception 16

Languages Abyssal, Inf

ernal, telepathy 60 ft.

Challenge 11 (7,200 XP)

Innate Spel/casting.

The yagnoloth's innate spellcasting ability

is Charisma

(spell save DC 16). It can innately cast the follow-

ing spells, requiring no material components:

At will: darkness,

detect magic, dispel magic, invisibility (self

only), suggestion

3/day: lightning bolt

Magic Resistance. The yagnoloth has advantage

on saving

throws against spells and other magical effects

.

CllAPTER 6 I BESTIARY

Magic Weapons. The yagnoloth's

weapon attacks are magical.

ACTIONS

Multiattack. The

yagnoloth makes one massive arm attack

and one electrified

touch attack, or it makes one massive arm

attack and teleports before or after the attack.

Electrified Touch. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft.,

one target. Hit: 27

(6d8) lightning damage.

Massive Arm. Melee Weapon Attack:

+8 to hit, reach 15 ft., one

target. Hit: 23 (3dl2 + 4) bludgeoning damage. If the target is a

creature, it must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw

or become stunned until

the end of the yagnoloth's next turn.

Life Leech. The yagnoloth touches one

incapacitated creature

within 15 feet of it. The target takes 36 (7d8 + 4) necrotic dam-

age, and the yagnoloth gains temporary hit points equal to half

the damage dealt. The target

must succeed on a DC 16 Consti-

tution saving throw, or its hit point maximum is reduced

by an

amount equal to the damage taken. This reduction lasts

until

the target finishes

a long rest, and the target dies if its hit point

maximum

is reduced to 0.

Battle.field Cunning (Recharge 4-6). Up to two allied yugoloths

within 60 feet of the

yagnoloth that can hear it can use their

reactions to make one melee attack each.

Teleport. The yagnoloth magically

teleports, along with any

equipment it is wearing or carrying, up to 60 feet to an unoccu-

pied space it can see.