Mummy Priest of Orcus

Family: Mummies

Medium undead, chaotic evil

Armor Class 18 (+2 chain mail)
Hit Points 175 (27d8 + 54)
Speed 20 ft.

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
25 (+7)	12 (+1)	15 (+2)	10 (+0)	23 (+6)	18 (+4)

Saving Throws Constitution +7, Intelligence +5, Wisdom +11, Charisma +9
Skills Arcana +5, History +5, Perception +11, Religion +5
Damage Resistances fire (ring of fire resistance)
Damage Immunities necrotic, poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned
Senses truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 21
Languages Common
Challenge 13 (10,000 XP)

Special Traits

• Abyssal Blessing of Orcus. The mummy priest of Orcus gains 15 temporary hit points when it reduces a hostile creature that is not undead to 0 hit points.
• Unholy Strike. Once on each of the mummy priest’s turns when it hits a creature with a weapon attack, the mummy priest can cause the attack to deal an extra 13 (3d8) necrotic damage to the target.
• Unholy Weapon. Orcus bolsters his follower’s strikes in battle, imbuing their weapons with the ability to paralyze a foe (included in the attack). In the hands of any but a true follower of Orcus, an unholy weapon loses its power to paralyze a foe.
• Spellcasting. The mummy priest is an 11th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 19, +11 to hit with spell attacks). It can cast the following spells:
  • Cantrips (at will): chill touch, guidance, resistance, thaumaturgy
  • 1st level (4 slots): bane, bless, cure wounds, detect magic, inflict wounds
  • 2nd level (3 slots): darkness, enhance ability, hold person, silence
  • 3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, bestow curse, dispel magic, hallow
  • 4th level (3 slots): blight, death ward, guardian of faith
  • 5th level (2 slots): flame strike, insect plague, wall of stone
  • 6th level (1 slot): blade barrier, harm

Actions

• Multiattack. The mummy priest can use its Dreadful Glare and make one attack with its rotting fist or with its mace.
• Unholy Mace. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d6 + 7) bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature other than an elf or undead, it must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
• Rotting Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (3d6 + 7) bludgeoning damage plus 21 (6d6) necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw or be cursed with mummy rot.
• Dreadful Glare. The mummy priest targets one creature it can see within 60 feet of it. If the target can see the mummy, it must succeed on a DC 19 Wisdom saving throw against this magic or become frightened until the end of the mummy’s next turn. If the target fails the saving throw by 5 or more, it is also paralyzed for the same duration. A target that succeeds on the saving throw is immune to the Dreadful Glare from mummies of all types for the next 24 hours.
• Caress of Orcus (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 24 (4d8 + 6) necrotic damage, and the target’s Strength score is reduced by 1d6. The target dies if this reduces its Strength to 0. Otherwise, the reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest. If a non-evil humanoid dies from this attack, a shadow rises from the corpse in 24 hours under the mummy priest’s control, unless the humanoid is restored to life or its body is destroyed. The mummy priest can have no more than four shadows under its control at one time.