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# Truant Devourer
*Medium* *Undead* *any alignment (as its creator deity)*
- **Armor Class:** 16
- **Hit Points:** 156 (24d8+48)
- **Speed:** walk 40 ft.
- **Challenge Rating:** 9 (5,000 XP)
- **Source:** Tome of Beasts 3, page 378
| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12 (+1) | 17 (+3) | 14 (+2) | 16 (+3) | 18 (+4) | 13 (+1) |
- **Skills:** perception +4
- **Damage Resistances:** nonmagic B/P/S attacks
- **Condition Immunities:** charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned
- **Senses:** darkvision 90', passive Perception 18
- **Languages:** Common + up to three other languages
### Special Abilities
- **Heretic Sense:** Can pinpoint location of heretics of its faith within 60' of it and can sense their general direction within 1 mile of it.
- **Magic Resistance:** Advantage: spell/magic effect saves.
- **Turn Resistance:** Advantage: saves vs. turn undead effects.
- **Undead Nature:** Doesn't require air food drink or sleep.
### Actions
- **Multiattack:** Three Devourer's Cleaver or Necrotic Bolt attacks. It can replace one attack with Life Drain attack.
- **Devourer's Cleaver:** Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, 5 ft., one target, 10 (2d6+3) slashing damage + 9 (2d8) necrotic.
- **Life Drain:** Melee Spell Attack: +8 to hit, 5 ft., one creature,. 17 (3d8+4) necrotic. Target's hp max is reduced by amount equal to damage taken (DC 16 Con negates hp max). Reduction lasts until target finishes a long rest. Target dies if this reduces its hp max to 0.
- **Necrotic Bolt:** Ranged Spell Attack: +8 to hit, 120 ft., one target, 17 (3d8+4) necrotic.
- **Invisibility:** Magically turns invisible (with items worn/carried) until it attacks uses Grasping Claws or concentration ends (as a spell).
- **Grasping Claws (Recharge 5-6):** Calls dozens of ghostly skeletal claws to erupt from a point on the ground it can see within 60' of it. All within 15 ft. of that point: 31 (7d8) necrotic and restrained 1 min (DC 16 Dex half damage not restrained). Restrained creature can re-save at end of each of its turns success ends effect on itself.
### Bonus Actions
- **Dusty Step:** Teleports with items worn/carried up to 60' to unoccupied space it can see. Dust cloud appears at origin and destination.