Skin Stealer

Medium fey, chaotic evil

Armor Class 15 (hardened tendons)
Hit Points 51 (6d8 + 24)
Speed 30 ft.

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
18 (+4)	13 (+1)	18 (+4)	10 (+0)	12 (+1)	12 (+2)

Skills Athletics +6, Deception +6, Perception +3
Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks that aren’t silvered
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages Aklo, Common, Elven, Sylvan
Challenge 2 (450 XP)

SPECIAL TRAITS

• Sneak Attack (1/Turn). The skin stealer deals an extra 7 (2d6) damage when it hits a target with a weapon attack and has advantage on the attack roll, or when the target is within 5 feet of an ally of the skin stealer that isn’t incapacitated, and the skin stealer doesn’t have disadvantage on the attack roll.

ACTIONS

• Multiattack. The skin stealer makes two attacks with its dreadful claws.
• Dreadful Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4) slashing damage and 2 (1d4) necrotic damage.
• Steal Skin. A skin stealer may steal the skin of a creature of Small, Medium, or Large size with a roughly humanoid shape. The target creature must be dead, incapacitated, or willing. The skin stealer can don or remove a stolen skin as a bonus action. When wearing a stolen skin, the skin stealer takes on the likeness of the skin’s original owner, including the victim’s voice, build, and size, but gains none of the creature’s abilities. The stolen skin grants the skin stealer a +10 bonus on Charisma (Deception) checks. A skin stealer may only steal and use a number of skins equal to its Charisma score. The skin stealer may choose to discard unwanted skins to make room for new ones at any time, discarded skins rot and decay normally.

ABOUT

A sadistic being from the realm of the fey, a skin stealer is a terrifying sight to behold. These blood-red creatures resemble horrid, emaciated humans without skin, their yellowish eyes and teeth suggesting malnourishment or disease. Skin stealers suffer from no ailment, however, except for their insatiable lust for chaos and their hunger for flesh.

Skin stealers are fey bent on destruction and gruesome murder. When left to their own devices, these gangly beings are unpredictable and spontaneous; when assigned duties from some higher, stronger power, however, skin stealers prove adept at performing complex assassinations and spy work. A skin stealer is a little over 6 feet tall and weighs about 100 pounds, though it can adjust its size to inhabit many different creatures’ skins.