Voidhatcher

Family: Verivore

Large aberration

Armor Class 20 (natural armor)
Hit Points 253 (22d10 + 132)
Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft.

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
14 (+2)	20 (+5)	22 (+6)	22 (+6)	22 (+6)	22 (+6)

Saving Throws Con +12, Int +12, Wis +13
Skills Arcana +8 Deception +7, Perception +9, Persuasion +7
Senses Darkvision 120 ft., Passive Perception 17
Languages Deep Speech, Telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 19 (22,000 XP)

SPECIAL TRAITS

• Innate Spellcasting. The voidhatcher’s innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 21, +13 to hit with spells). The voidhatcher can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
  • At will: invisibility, magic missile, see invisibility, vampiric touch
  • 3/day each: charm person, dimension door, polymorph
  • 1/day each: dominate person, flesh to stone, gaseous form, time stop
• Memory Sense. Verivores make an opposed Perception check against an Intelligence saving throw to view any memories (last 24 hours) for any target in visual range.
• Orbs of Verity. Verivores generate one Orb of Verity, from the tendrils of their cranial cavity for each use of their psychic theft ability.
• Spellcasting. Varies

ACTIONS

• Arcanovore. Voidhatchers with at least one Orb of Verity containing the stolen Orbs of Verity of a spellcaster may cast any of the creature’s cantrips at will. If it has three Orbs of Verity it gains all spellcasting abilities of the lowest level caster. Regardless of the original type, these spells become arcane.
• Distortion Shear (Recharge 4-6). As faithkeeper, DC 21.
• Psychic Theft – Ego. As an action on its turn, the voidhatcher can attempt to steal a character’s archetype, background, and alignment, placing them within an Orb of Verity. A second successful use of this ability steals the character’s class (causing them to lose all class abilities). The Intelligence save to resist this ability is DC 21.
• Ego Corruption. As a bonus action, the voidhatcher can replace the attributes of a character whose ego it has stolen. The new attributes may include a radically altered history, memories, and sense of self. To grant a new class exceeding a character’s current level, it must possess an Orb of Verity stolen from a creature of a level equal to the new class’ level. The Intelligence save to resist this ability is DC 21.

ABOUT

The powerful nexus of each Verivore hive, these masterminds guide the subversion of Prime Material realms and the seeding of new reality cysts. Alternatively, the GM may award you Inspiration to choose a background for you for the day.