{"name":"Shantak","challenge_rating":"5","xp":"1800","types":"Monstrosity","pb":"+3","size":"Large","sizer":"NONE","languages":"understands Common and Void Speech, but can't speak","alignment":"Lawful Evil","description":"A loathsome, horse-headed creature of elephantine bulk stretches its great slippery wings in malignant joy. The leering monstrosity calls out with tittering tones that rasp like the scratching of ground glass.\r\n[br]\r\n[br]\r\n[b]Nameless Sentinels[\/b]. The noisome and hippocephalic birds known as shantaks are the stuff of grotesque legends. These incredible, winged colossi originate from the fabled Mountains of Leng, where they brood amongst immense quarries and cyclopean cities of onyx.\r\n[br]\r\n[br]\r\n[b]Hideous Mounts[\/b]. Shantaks often serve as mounts and servitors of arcane summoners and travelers of the Void (such as the inter-planar Folk of Leng). The rime and niter of the nether pits cling to the enormous wings of these repugnant beasts.","suggested_environments":"","armor_class":"16 (natural armor)","hit_points":"123","strength":"18","dexterity":"12","constitution":"18","intelligence":"6","wisdom":"14","charisma":"8","base_movement_units":"","base_movement_in_ft":"10","fly_movement_in_ft":"60","burrow_movement_in_ft":"","swim_movement_in_ft":"","climb_movement_in_ft":"","senses":"[tooltip:If you have Darkvision, you can see in Dim Light within a specified range as if it were Bright Light and in Darkness within that range as if it were Dim Light. You discern colors in that Darkness only as shades of gray.]darkvision[\/tooltip] 120ft., Passive Perception 15","skills":"Perception +5","saving_throws":"CON +7, WIS +5","damage_vulnerabilities":"","damage_resistances":"Necrotic","damage_immunities":"","condition_immunities":"","spellcasting":"","cast_at_will":"","cast_one_per_day":"","cast_twice_per_day":"","cast_thrice_per_day":"","special_abilities":"[b]Eldritch Sight[\/b]. Magical darkness doesn\u2019t impede the shantak\u2019s darkvision.\r\n\r\n[b]Flyby[\/b]. The shantak doesn\u2019t provoke an opportunity attack when it flies out of an enemy\u2019s reach.\r\n\r\n[b]Keen Sight and Smell[\/b]. The shantak has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight or smell.\r\n\r\n[b]Magic Resistance[\/b]. The shantak has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.\r\n\r\n[b]Pack Tactics[\/b]. The shantak has advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of the shantak\u2019s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn\u2019t [tooltip:While you have the Incapacitated condition, you experience the following effects: Inactive (You can\u2019t take any action, Bonus Action, or Reaction.), No Concentration (Your Concentration is broken.), Speechless (You can\u2019t speak.), Surprised (If you\u2019re Incapacitated when you roll Initiative, you have Disadvantage on the roll.)]incapacitated[\/tooltip].\r\n\r\n[b]Unctuous Hide[\/b]. A shantak\u2019s hide is very slippery. A rider can dismount a shantak without any penalty to movement speed. If an effect moves the shantak against its will while a creature is on it, the creature must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or fall off the shantak, landing prone in a space within 5 feet of it. If a rider is knocked [tooltip:While you have the Prone condition, you experience the following effects: Restricted Movement (Your only movement options are to crawl or to spend an amount of movement equal to half your Speed rounded down to right yourself and thereby end the condition. If your Speed is 0, you can\u2019t right yourself), Attacks Affected (You have Disadvantage on attack rolls. An attack roll against you has Advantage if the attacker is within 5 feet of you. Otherwise, that attack roll has Disadvantage.)]prone[\/tooltip] or [tooltip:While you have the Unconscious condition, you experience the following effects: Inert (You have the Incapacitated and Prone conditions, and you drop whatever you\u2019re holding. When this condition ends, you remain Prone.), Speed 0 (Your Speed is 0 and can\u2019t increase.), Attacks Affected (Attack rolls against you have Advantage.), Saving Throws Affected (You automatically fail Strength and Dexterity saving throws.), Automatic Critical Hits (Any attack roll that hits you is a Critical Hit if the attacker is within 5 feet of you.), Unaware (You\u2019re unaware of your surroundings.)]unconscious[\/tooltip] while mounted, it must make the same saving throw. In addition, the shantak can attempt to shake off a rider as a bonus action, forcing the rider to make the saving throw to stay mounted.\r\n\r\n[b]Void Traveler[\/b]. The shantak doesn\u2019t require air, food, drink, or ambient pressure.","actions":"[b]Multiattack[\/b]. The shantak makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its talons.\r\n\r\n[b]Bite[\/b]. [i]Melee Weapon Attack[\/i]: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. [i]Hit[\/i]: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage plus 5 (1d10) necrotic damage.\r\n\r\n[b]Talons[\/b]. [i]Melee Weapon Attack[\/i]: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. [i]Hit[\/i]: 13 (2d8 + 4) slashing damage plus 5 (1d10) necrotic damage.\r\n\r\n[b]Insane Tittering[\/b] (Recharge 4-6). The shantak emits a horrific screech. Each non-shantak creature within 60 feet of it that can hear it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be [tooltip:While you have the Frightened condition, you experience the following effects: Ability Checks and Attacks Affected (You have Disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls while the source of fear is within line of sight.), Can\u2019t Approach (You can\u2019t willingly move closer to the source of fear.)]frightened[\/tooltip] until the end of the shantak\u2019s next turn. The shantak can choose to include or exclude its rider when using this action.","bonus_actions":"","reactions":"","legendary_actions":"","lair_description":"","lair_actions":"","regional_effects":"","motivation":"","tactics":"","image_gallery_id":"6700927","source":"Creature Codex (p.328)","tags":"","isShared":"on","templateId":"2991","blockId":"1559556","world":"f23bfee1-fef1-458a-9e5d-7b8dc747c3db","folder":"31402"}