Huge undead, Chaotic Evil
| Armor Class | 13 |
|---|---|
| Hit Points | 75 (10d12 + 10) |
| Speed | 5 ft., fly 40 ft. (hover) |
| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 (-1) | 16 (+3) | 12 (+1) | 10 (+0) | 12 (+1) | 19 (+4) |
| Saving Throws | — |
|---|---|
| Skills | — |
| Damage Vulnerabilities | — |
| Damage Resistances | bludgeoning; piercing; slashing; thunder |
| Damage Immunities | necrotic; poison |
| Condition Immunities | charmed; exhaustion; frightened; grappled; paralyzed; petrified; poisoned; prone; restrained |
| Senses | Truesight 60 ft., passive Perception 11 |
| Languages | Common plus two other languages |
| Challenge | 6 |
At the end of each of the gallows speaker's turns, each creature of the gallows speaker's choice in a 15-foot Emanation [Area of Effect] originating from the gallows speaker suffers the following effect. wis DC 15. Failure: The target takes a Reaction to make a melee attack roll against a creature within reach. If no creature is within reach, the target takes 7 (2d6) Psychic damage.
The gallows speaker can enter a creature's space and stop there.
The gallows speaker makes two Whirling Blades attacks.
Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +6, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft. Hit: 13 (3d6 + 3) Slashing damage plus 7 (3d4) Necrotic damage.
con DC 15, each creature in a 30-foot Cone [Area of Effect]. Failure: 18 (4d8) Thunder damage, and the target has the Frightened condition for 1 minute. While Frightened in this way, the creature has the Deafened condition, is compelled to shriek along with the gallows speaker, and can't cast spells with a Verbal component. The target repeats the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Success: Half damage only.
Medium undead, Unaligned
| Armor Class | 12 |
|---|---|
| Hit Points | 85 (19d8) |
| Speed | 0 ft., fly 40 ft. (hover) |
| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 (-1) | 14 (+2) | 10 (+0) | 10 (+0) | 12 (+1) | 18 (+4) |
| Saving Throws | Wis +4 |
|---|---|
| Skills | Perception +7 |
| Damage Vulnerabilities | — |
| Damage Resistances | bludgeoning, piercing, slashing from nonmagical attacks |
| Damage Immunities | necrotic; poison |
| Condition Immunities | charmed; exhaustion; frightened; grappled; paralyzed; petrified; poisoned; prone; restrained |
| Senses | truesight 60 ft., passive Perception 17 |
| Languages | any languages its component spirits knew in life |
| Challenge | 6 |
The gallows speaker can see 60 feet into the Ethereal Plane when it is on the Material Plane and vice versa.
The gallows speaker can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends it turn inside an object.
The gallows speaker doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep.
Melee Spell Attack Roll: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 15 (2d10 + 4) psychic damage, and the target must roll a d4 and subtract the number rolled from the next attack roll or saving throw it makes before the start of the gallows speaker's next turn.
The gallows speaker targets a creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes 19 (3d12) psychic damage, and waves of painful memories leap from the target to up to three other creatures of the gallows speaker's choice that are within 30 feet of the target, each of which takes 13 (3d8) psychic damage.