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Mirage Monster

Huge · Monstrosity · CR 4 · Chaotic Evil

Source. Monstrous Menagerie

76 (9d12+18)

Ability Scores

Core attributes and their modifiers.

STR

DEX

CON

INT

-2

WIS

CHA

-1

Overview

Category Monsters

Size Huge

Type Monstrosity

Alignment Chaotic Evil

XP 1100

Initiative Bonus +2

Movement

Walk 30 ft (9.1 m)

Swim 15 ft (4.6 m)

Climb 15 ft (4.6 m)

Crawl 15 ft (4.6 m)

Senses

Darkvision 60 ft (18.3 m)

Passive Perception 12

Skills

Stealth +4

Resistances & Immunities

Condition Immunities

grappled, prone

Traits

False Appearance

While the mimic is motionless, it is indistinguishable from an inanimate object.

Legendary Resistance (1/Day)

If the mirage monster fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. When it does so, it immediately shapeshifts into its true form if it has not already done so.

Sticky

A creature, object, or weapon that touches the mimic is stuck to the mimic. A creature can use an action to make a DC 14 Strength check, freeing itself or an object or creature within reach on a success. The effect also ends when the mimic chooses to end it or when the mimic dies.

Telepathic Sense

A mimic telepathically senses the presence of humanoids within 120 feet and gains a mental image of any inanimate object desired by any of the creatures it senses. This ability is blocked by 3 feet of wood or dirt, 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, or a thin sheet of lead.

Water Soluble

If the mimic is splashed with at least 1 gallon of water, it assumes its true form and the DC to escape its Sticky trait is reduced to 10 until the end of its next turn.

Actions

If a swallowed creature deals 10 or more damage to the mimic in a single turn, or if the mimic dies, the target falls prone in an unoccupied space of its choice within 5 feet of the mimic and is no longer swallowed

Multiattack

The mimic makes a bite attack and a pseudopod attack.

Pseudopod

+6 to hit, reach 5 ft (1.5 m). Hit: 1d4+4 bludgeoning damage.

Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4) bludgeoning damage and the target is subjected to the mimics Sticky trait.

Swallow

The mimic makes a bite attack against a Medium or smaller creature restrained by it. If the attack hits and the mimic has not swallowed another creature the target is swallowed and no longer stuck to the mimic. A swallowed creature has total cover from attacks from outside the mimic is blinded and restrained and takes 5 (2d4) acid damage at the start of each of the mimics turns.

Bonus Actions

Shapeshift

The mimic changes its form to resemble an inanimate object of its approximate size or changes into its true form, which is an amorphous blob. Objects it is carrying or stuck to are not transformed. While shapeshifted, its statistics are unchanged. It reverts to its true form if it dies.

Legendary Actions

Bite

Cost 2

+6 to hit, reach 5 ft (1.5 m). Hit: 2d4+4 piercing damage.

The mirage monster attacks with its bite.

Grasping Pseudopod

Cost 1

The mirage monster makes a pseudopod attack with a range of 15 feet. On a hit, the target makes a DC 14 Strength saving throw. On a failure, the target is pulled up to 15 feet towards the mirage monster.

The mirage monster can take 2 legendary actions

Cost 1

Only one legendary action can be used at a time and only at the end of another creatures turn. It regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

About Mirage Monster

Mirage Monster is a huge monstrosity with a Challenge Rating of 4. It has a chaotic evil alignment.

In combat, this creature maintains an Armor Class of 12 and possesses 76 hit points (derived from 9d12+18).

GM Tips: Using Mirage Monster

2 tips available

When using Mirage Monster in your D&D 5e campaign, consider these tactical approaches:

Mid-level Encounter: Ideal for parties levels 3-8 as solo or small groups
Terrain Advantage: Use terrain to offset moderate combat abilities

Player Guide: Facing Mirage Monster

2 strategies available

When your party encounters this creature, keep these strategies in mind:

Moderate Threat: Prepare standard combat tactics
Tactical Advantage: Use terrain and positioning

Encounter Building Calculator

Standard Party Encounter (4-5 characters):

This creature is a medium encounter for a party of 4 characters of level 4.

Solo Encounter:

A single character of level 6 (up to level 20) can face this creature in a medium to hard encounter.

Experience Point Thresholds:

Medium: 2,000 XP
Hard: 3,000 XP
Deadly: 4,000 XP

Based on D&D 5e Dungeon Master's Guide encounter building guidelines. CR roughly equals party level for medium encounters.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the challenge rating of Mirage Monster?: Mirage Monster has a Challenge Rating of 4, making it appropriate for parties of level 4.0.
What type of creature is Mirage Monster?: Mirage Monster is a Huge Monstrosity, which affects how certain spells and abilities interact with it.