Skull Lord (5e)

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Skull Lord (pointer) [1]
Medium Undead, Lawful Evil
Armor Class: 18 (plate)
Hit Points: 105
Speed: 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
Skills: Athletics, History, Perception, Stealth
Damage Resistances: cold, necrotic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks.
Damage Immunity: poison
Condition Immunity: blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, poisoned, stunned, unconscious
Senses: darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 22
Languages: all the languages it knew in life
Habitat: Desert, Shadowfell, Swamp
Plane: Shadowfell
Challenge: 15 (13,000 xp)Proficiency Bonus (PB): +5

Features

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). [2] If the skull lord fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Master of the Grave.

Evasion. [2] If the skull lord is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half [3] the damage, the skull lord instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage if it fails.

Spellcasting (Charisma, Sorcerer).

Actions

Multiattack.

Bone Staff. Melee Spell Attack

Legendary Actions

The undead can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The undead regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

Bone Staff (Costs 2 Actions).

Cantrip.

Move.

Summon Undead (Costs 3 Actions).

Unofficial Description: Legendary undead sorcerers


Sources and Notes[edit]

  1. Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, et. al (7 May 2018). Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. (5e 2014) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0786966246. p. 230. Licensed: © Wizards of the Coast.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Trait matches the trait of the same name in the 5th ed. SRD. - Wizards RPG Team (6 May 2015). SRD-OGL v5.1. (5e 2014) Wizards of the Coast. Licensed: OGL & CC-BY.
  3. Rule Tip: Round Down. Whenever you end up with a fraction in the game, round down, even if the fraction is one-half or greater, unless a rule explicitly tells you to round up. - Player's Handbook (5e) p.7, UA 2020 Subclasses Part 3.

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Facts about "Skull Lord (5e)"
AlignmentLawful Evil +
AuthorMordenkainen's Tome of Foes +
CRval15 +
Canontrue +
Challenge Rating15 +
Creature NameSkull Lord +
Experience Points13,000 +
FeaturesLegendary Resistance +, Master of the Grave +, Evasion +, Spellcasting +, Multiattack +, Bone Staff +, Cantrip +, Move + and Summon Undead +
HabitatDesert +, Shadowfell + and Swamp +
Hit Points105 +
Legendary Monstertrue +
NameSkull Lord +
PlaneShadowfell +
PublicationMordenkainen's Tome of Foes +
SizeMedium +
SortTextSkull Lord 5e +
SummaryLegendary undead sorcerers +
TypeUndead +