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NightmareCR 3 · Large Fiend · Stat Block & Encounter Builder

Large fiend, Challenge 3. AC 13, 68 hit points.

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Armour Class
13
Hit Points
68
Speed
60 ft.
Challenge
3 · 700 XP
Alignment
Neutral Evil

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Stat Block

Large Fiend · Neutral Evil

Nightmare

AC
13
HP
68
CR
3

8d10 + 24 · 60 ft., fly 90 ft. · AC from natural armor

passive Perception 11

Languages: understands Abyssal, Common, and Infernal but can't speak

STRDEXCONINTWISCHA
18 (+4)15 (+2)16 (+3)10 (+0)13 (+1)15 (+2)

Traits

Damage ImmunitiesFire
Confer Fire ResistanceThe nightmare can grant resistance to fire damage to anyone riding it.
IlluminationThe nightmare sheds bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet.

Actions

HoovesMelee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) bludgeoning damage plus 7 (2d6) fire damage.
Ethereal StrideThe nightmare and up to three willing creatures within 5 feet of it magically enter the Ethereal Plane from the Material Plane, or vice versa.

How to actually run it

Tactics

The stat block tells you what it can do. This tells you what to do with it.

1With a 90 ft. flying speed it can stay out of melee reach; a party with no ranged answer will chase it all fight.

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Encounter Difficulty

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How bad is this fight?

Real DMG maths — XP thresholds by level, and the group multiplier that makes crowds so much worse than the raw total suggests.

Could kill someone — and at high enough numbers, the whole party.

Difficulty

Deadly

5,600 adj. XP · ×2

deadly at 1,600

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Nightmare, Answered

What is Nightmare's challenge rating in D&D 5e?

Nightmare is Challenge 3, worth 700 XP. Encounter maths multiplies XP by the number of monsters, so a group is deadlier than the raw total — use the calculator on this page.

What are Nightmare's stats?

AC 13 (natural armor), 68 hit points (8d10 + 24), speed 60 ft., fly 90 ft.. Ability scores: STR 18, DEX 15, CON 16, INT 10, WIS 13, CHA 15.

What is Nightmare resistant to?

Nightmare is immune to fire damage. Pick a damage type it does not shrug off.

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