SpecterCR 1 · Medium Undead · Stat Block & Encounter Builder

Medium undead, Challenge 1. AC 12, 22 hit points.

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Armour Class

Hit Points

Speed

0 ft.

Challenge

1 · 200 XP

Alignment

Chaotic Evil

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Stat Block

Medium Undead · Chaotic Evil

Specter

5d8 · 0 ft., fly 50 ft., (hover)

Darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10

Languages: understands all languages it knew in life but can't speak

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
1 (-5)	14 (+2)	11 (+0)	10 (+0)	10 (+0)	11 (+0)

Traits

Damage ResistancesAcid, cold, fire, lightning, thunder, bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons

Damage ImmunitiesNecrotic, poison

Condition ImmunitiesCharmed, Exhaustion, Grappled, Paralyzed, Petrified, Poisoned, Prone, Restrained, Unconscious

Incorporeal MovementThe specter can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object.

Sunlight SensitivityWhile in sunlight, the specter has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.

Actions

Life DrainMelee Spell Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 10 (3d6) necrotic damage. The target must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken. This reduction lasts until the creature finishes a long rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0.

How to actually run it

Tactics

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1With a 50 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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Specters4Party size4Party level3

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

Difficulty

Deadly

1,600 adj. XP · ×2

deadly at 1,600

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Specter, Answered

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

Specter is Challenge 1, worth 200 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 Specter's stats?

AC 12, 22 hit points (5d8), speed 0 ft., fly 50 ft., (hover). Ability scores: STR 1, DEX 14, CON 11, INT 10, WIS 10, CHA 11.

What is Specter resistant to?

Specter is immune to necrotic and poison damage, and resistant to acid, cold, fire, lightning, thunder and bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons. Pick a damage type it does not shrug off.

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