# Drowned Maiden

*Medium* *Undead* *Neutral Evil*

- **Armor Class:** 15 (natural armor)
- **Hit Points:** 90 (20d8)
- **Speed:** walk 40 ft.
- **Challenge Rating:** 5 (1,800 XP)
- **Source:** Tome of Beasts 2023, page 149

| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15 (+2) | 16 (+3) | 10 (+0) | 10 (+0) | 12 (+1) | 18 (+4) |

- **Saving Throws**: Dex +6, Cha +7
- **Skills:** 
- **Damage Vulnerabilities:** False
- **Damage Immunities:** necrotic, poison
- **Damage Resistances:** bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with silvered weapons
- **Condition Immunities:** charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned
- **Senses:** darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
- **Languages:** Common

### Actions

- **Multiattack:** The drowned maiden makes three Hair attacks. She can replace one attack with a use of Draining Kiss.
- **Hair:** Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d8 + 3) slashing damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 16) if it is a Large or smaller creature. She can grapple up to three creatures at a time. The hair holding a creature can be attacked and destroyed (AC 15; 15 hp; immunity to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage).
- **Draining Kiss:** One creature within 5 feet of the maiden and that she is grappling must make a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a failure, the target takes 10 (3d6) psychic damage, and its Strength is reduced by 1d6. On a success, the target takes half the damage, and its Strength isn't reduced. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if its Strength is reduced to 0.
- **Illusory Appearance:** The maiden covers herself and anything she is wearing or carrying with a magical illusion that makes her look like another creature of her general size and Humanoid shape. The illusion ends if the maiden takes a bonus action to end it or if she dies. The changes wrought by this effect fail to hold up to physical inspection. Otherwise, a creature must take an action to visually inspect the illusion and succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the maiden is disguised.

### Bonus Actions

- **Reel:** The drowned maiden pulls each creature grappled by her up to 15 feet straight toward her.