WraithCR 5 · Medium Undead · Stat Block & Encounter Builder

Medium undead, Challenge 5. AC 13, 67 hit points.

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Speed

0 ft.

Challenge

5 · 1,800 XP

Alignment

Neutral Evil

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Stat Block

Medium Undead · Neutral Evil

Wraith

9d8 + 27 · 0 ft., fly 60 ft., (hover)

Darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12

Languages: the languages it knew in life

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
6 (-2)	16 (+3)	16 (+3)	12 (+1)	14 (+2)	15 (+2)

Traits

Damage ResistancesAcid, cold, fire, lightning, thunder, bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons that aren't silvered

Damage ImmunitiesNecrotic, poison

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

Incorporeal MovementThe wraith 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 wraith has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.

Actions

Life DrainMelee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 21 (4d8 + 3) necrotic damage. The target must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution 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. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0.

Create SpecterThe wraith targets a humanoid within 10 feet of it that has been dead for no longer than 1 minute and died violently. The target's spirit rises as a specter in the space of its corpse or in the nearest unoccupied space. The specter is under the wraith's control. The wraith can have no more than seven specters under its control at one time.

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Tactics

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1With a 60 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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Wraiths4Party size4Party level3

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

Difficulty

Deadly

14,400 adj. XP · ×2

deadly at 1,600

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

Wraith is Challenge 5, worth 1,800 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 Wraith's stats?

AC 13, 67 hit points (9d8 + 27), speed 0 ft., fly 60 ft., (hover). Ability scores: STR 6, DEX 16, CON 16, INT 12, WIS 14, CHA 15.

What is Wraith resistant to?

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

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