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Mavka

Medium · Undead · CR 12 · Chaotic Evil

Source. Tome of Beasts

17 (natural armor)

170 (20d8+80)

Ability Scores

Core attributes and their modifiers.

STR

DEX

CON

INT

WIS

CHA

Overview

Category Monsters

Size Medium

Type Undead

Alignment Chaotic Evil

XP 8400

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 90 ft (27.4 m)

Passive Perception 15

Saving Throws

Strength +9 Dexterity +6 Constitution +8 Charisma +8

Skills

Athletics +9 Nature +5 Perception +5

Languages

Common, Infernal, Sylvan

Resistances & Immunities

Damage Immunities

cold, lightning

Damage Resistances

acid, fire, necrotic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks

Environments

Arctic or Tundra Caves Coast Desert Forest or Jungle Grassland or Plains Hills Laboratory Lake Mountain Ocean Ruins Sewer Shadowfell The Abyss Astral Plane Elysium Ethereal Plane Feywild Hell Material Plane Plane of Air Plane of Earth Plane of Fire Plane of Water Swamp or Marsh Temple Badlands Tomb Underworld Urban

Traits

Innate Spellcasting

the mavka's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 16, +8 to hit with spell attacks). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

constant: protection from evil and good

at will: create or destroy water, dancing lights, ray of frost, resistance, witch bolt

3/day each: darkness, hold person, inflict wounds, invisibility, silence

1/day each: animate dead, bestow curse, blindness/deafness, contagion, dispel magic, vampiric touch

Nightmare Mount

A mavka is bonded to a nightmare when it is created. Mavkas are encountered with their mounts 95% of the time.

Sunlight Hypersensitivity

The mavka takes 20 radiant damage when she starts her turn in sunlight. While in sunlight, she has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.

Actions

Multiattack

The mavka makes two slam attacks.

Slam

+9 to hit, reach 5 ft (1.5 m). Hit: 4d8 necrotic damage.

Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 23 (4d8 + 5) bludgeoning damage plus 11 (2d10) necrotic damage.

About Mavka

Mavka is a medium undead with a Challenge Rating of 12. It has a chaotic evil alignment.

In combat, this creature maintains an Armor Class of 17 and possesses 170 hit points (derived from 20d8+80).

Mavka has communication capabilities including Common, Infernal, Sylvan. This allows it to interact verbally with various creatures and characters.

GM Tips: Using Mavka

2 tips available

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

Boss Encounter: Suitable for climactic moments
Multi-phase Battle: Plan dramatic tension with multiple phases

Player Guide: Facing Mavka

2 strategies available

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

Major Threat: Prepare for epic battle
Resource Management: Conserve powerful abilities

Encounter Building Calculator

Standard Party Encounter (4-5 characters):

This creature is a medium encounter for a party of 4 characters of level 12.

Solo Encounter:

A single character of level 16 (up to level 20) can face this creature in a medium to hard encounter.

Experience Point Thresholds:

Medium: 15,600 XP
Hard: 23,400 XP
Deadly: 31,200 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 Mavka?: Mavka has a Challenge Rating of 12, making it appropriate for parties of level 12.0.
What type of creature is Mavka?: Mavka is a Medium Undead, which affects how certain spells and abilities interact with it.
What languages does Mavka speak?: Mavka can communicate in Common, Infernal, Sylvan.