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Wormhearted Suffragan

Medium · Undead · CR 5 · Chaotic Evil

Source. Tome of Beasts

97 (13d8+39)

Ability Scores

Core attributes and their modifiers.

STR

DEX

CON

INT

WIS

CHA

-1

Overview

Category Monsters

Size Medium

Type Undead

Alignment Chaotic Evil

XP 1800

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 13

Skills

Medicine +6 Religion +3

Languages

the languages it knew in life

Resistances & Immunities

Damage Resistances

necrotic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks

Damage Vulnerabilities

radiant

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 wormhearted suffragan's innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 14, +6 to hit with spell attacks). It can cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

at will: command, detect evil and good

4/day: inflict wounds

2/day each: blindness-deafness, hold person

1/day each: animate dead, speak with dead

Actions

Helminth Infestation

+5 to hit, reach 5 ft (1.5 m). Hit: 2d6 necrotic damage.

Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage plus 10 (3d6) necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be afflicted with a helminth infestation (parasitic worms). An afflicted creature can't regain hit points and its hit point maximum decreases by 10 (3d6) for every 24 hours that elapse. If the affliction reduces the target's hit point maximum to 0, the victim dies. The affliction lasts until removed by any magic that cures disease.

Multiattack

The wormhearted suffragan can make two helminth infestation attacks, or it can cast one spell and make one helminth infestation attack.

About Wormhearted Suffragan

Wormhearted Suffragan is a medium undead with a Challenge Rating of 5. It has a chaotic evil alignment.

In combat, this creature maintains an Armor Class of 12 and possesses 97 hit points (derived from 13d8+39).

Wormhearted Suffragan has communication capabilities including the languages it knew in life. This allows it to interact verbally with various creatures and characters.

GM Tips: Using Wormhearted Suffragan

2 tips available

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

Significant Threat: Challenging for parties of levels 5-10
Epic Potential: Consider legendary actions for memorable battles

Player Guide: Facing Wormhearted Suffragan

2 strategies available

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

Significant Threat: Prepare spells and resources
Team Coordination: Coordinate attacks and defenses

Encounter Building Calculator

Standard Party Encounter (4-5 characters):

This creature is a medium encounter for a party of 4 characters of level 5.

Solo Encounter:

A single character of level 7 (up to level 20) can face this creature in a medium to hard encounter.

Experience Point Thresholds:

Medium: 3,000 XP
Hard: 4,500 XP
Deadly: 6,000 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 Wormhearted Suffragan?: Wormhearted Suffragan has a Challenge Rating of 5, making it appropriate for parties of level 5.0.
What type of creature is Wormhearted Suffragan?: Wormhearted Suffragan is a Medium Undead, which affects how certain spells and abilities interact with it.
What languages does Wormhearted Suffragan speak?: Wormhearted Suffragan can communicate in the languages it knew in life.