Gloom Demon

Family: Demons

Medium fiend (demon), chaotic evil

Armor Class 15
Hit Points 90 (12d8 + 36)
Speed fly 40 ft.

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
16 (+3)	39 (+4)	46 (+3)	34 (+2)	24 (+2)	25 (+2)

Skills Perception +5
Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
Damage Immunities frightened, poison
Condition Immunities poisoned
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 15
Languages Abyssal, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)

SPECIAL TRAITS

• Aura of Fear. Any creature within 30 feet of the gloom demon must succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened of the gloom demon. The target may repeat its saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a successful save. A target that succeeds on the saving throw is immune to this gloom demon’s Aura of Fear for the next 24 hours.
• Darkness. As a bonus action, the gloom demon may cast darkness three times per day.

ACTIONS

• Multiattack. The gloom demon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
• Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, range 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) piercing damage.
• Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) slashing damage.

ABOUT

A gloom demon is a vaguely humanoid shadowy form, but its appearance is unstable, coiling and twisting, from moment to moment changing in size anywhere from five to seven feet. Even its position is erratic, seeming to change by one foot or more in a random direction every time an observer blinks or looks away. Gloom demons are native to a particularly dismal part of the lower planes where deep shadow and darkness prevails, and nothing has permanent substance.