Medium monstrosity (warlock), Neutral Evil
| Armor Class | 14 (natural armor) |
|---|---|
| Hit Points | 71 (13d8 + 13) |
| Speed | 30 ft. |
| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 (+3) | 14 (+2) | 13 (+1) | 14 (+2) | 12 (+1) | 16 (+3) |
| Saving Throws | Cha +5, Wis +3 |
|---|---|
| Skills | Deception +5, Stealth +4 |
| Damage Vulnerabilities | — |
| Damage Resistances | — |
| Damage Immunities | poison |
| Condition Immunities | poisoned |
| Senses | darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 11 |
| Languages | Abyssal, Common, Draconic |
| Challenge | 4 |
Magical darkness doesn't impede the yuan-ti's darkvision.
The yuan-ti has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
The yuan-ti makes one Constrict attack and one Scimitar attack, or it makes two Spectral Fangs attacks.
Melee Attack Roll: +5 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 14) if it is a Large or smaller creature. Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained. The yuan-ti can constrict only one creature at a time.
Melee Attack Roll: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) slashing damage.
Ranged Spell Attack Roll: +5 to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d8 + 3) necrotic damage.
The yuan-ti taps into the nightmares of one creature it can see within 60 feet of it and creates an illusory, immobile manifestation of the creature's deepest fears, visible only to that creature.
The target must make a DC 13 Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes 22 (4d10) psychic damage and is frightened of the manifestation, believing it to be real. The yuan-ti must concentrate to maintain the illusion (as if concentration on a spell), which lasts for up to 1 minute and can't be harmed. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the illusion on a success or taking 11 (2d10) psychic damage on a failure.
The yuan-ti casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At will: animal friendship (snakes only), mage hand, message, prestidigitation
3/day: suggestion
2 each/day: darkness, fear
Medium monstrosity (shapechanger, yuan-ti), Neutral Evil
| Armor Class | 14 (natural armor) |
|---|---|
| Hit Points | 71 (13d8 + 13) |
| Speed | 30 ft. |
| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 (+3) | 14 (+2) | 13 (+1) | 14 (+2) | 12 (+1) | 16 (+3) |
| Saving Throws | Cha +5, Wis +3 |
|---|---|
| Skills | Deception +5, Stealth +4 |
| Damage Vulnerabilities | — |
| Damage Resistances | — |
| Damage Immunities | poison |
| Condition Immunities | poisoned |
| Senses | darkvision 120 ft. (penetrates magical darkness), passive Perception 11 |
| Languages | Abyssal, Common, Draconic |
| Challenge | 4 |
The yuan-ti can use its action to polymorph into a Medium snake or back into its true form. Its statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. If it dies, it stays in its current form.
The first time the yuan-ti hits with a melee attack on its turn, it can deal an extra 16 (3d10) necrotic damage to the target.
The yuan-ti has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
The yuan-ti makes one constrict attack and one scimitar attack.
Melee Attack Roll: +5 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 14) if it is a Large or smaller creature. Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the yuan-ti can't constrict another target.
Melee Attack Roll: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) slashing damage.
The yuan-ti taps into the nightmares of a creature it can see within 60 feet of it and creates an illusory, immobile manifestation of the creature's deepest fears, visible only to that creature. The target must make a DC 13 Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes 11 (2d10) psychic damage and is frightened of the manifestation, believing it to be real. The yuan-ti must concentrate to maintain the illusion (as if concentration on a spell), which lasts for up to 1 minute and can't be harmed. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the illusion on a success, or taking 11 (2d10) psychic damage on a failure.
The yuan-ti's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13). The yuan-ti can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: animal friendship (snakes only)
3/day: suggestion
The yuan-ti is a 6th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13, +5 to hit with spell attacks). It regains its expended spell slots when it finishes a short or long rest. It knows the following warlock spells:
Cantrips: chill touch, eldritch blast (range 300 ft., +3 bonus to each damage roll), mage hand, message, poison spray, prestidigitation
Level 3 (2 slots): arms of Hadar, darkness, fear, hex, hold person, hunger of Hadar, witch bolt