BLACK MAGGA

Gargantuan fiend, chaotic evil

Armor Class 18 (natural armor)

Hit Points 232 (15d20 + 75)
Speed 20 ft., swim 60 ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

26(+8) 10(+0) 20(+5) 20(+5) 16(+3) 17(+3)

Saving Throws Str +13, Con +10, Wis +8, Cha +8

Damage Resistances acid, cold; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing
from nonmagical attacks
Damage Immunities necrotic
Condition Immunities frightened, petrified
Senses truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 23
Languages understands Abyssal, Celestial, Infernal, and Primordial
but can’t speak, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 15 (13,000 XP)
Amphibious. The Black Magga can breathe air and water.
Breath of Madness (Recharge 6). 6) Black Magga can exhale a cloud
of foul-smelling, poisonous breath as a action. This cloud of
black smoke fills a 60-ft cone. All creatures in the area take ld4
points of Wisdom damage and suffer the effect of a confusion
spell for ld6 rounds (DC 18 Wisdom save halves the Wisdom
damage and negates the confusion effect). This is a poison effect.
This breath weapon cannot be used while underwater.
Magic Resistance. The Black Magga has advantage on saving throws
against spells and other magical effects.
Magic Weapons. The Black Magga’s natural attacks are magical.
Innate Spellcasting. The Black Magga’s innate spellcasting ability
is Charisma (spell save DC 16, +8 to hit with spell attacks). The
Black Magga can innately cast the following spells, requiring no
components:
At will: bless, death knell, faerie fire
3/day each: command, divination, dominate person, forbiddance, ACTIONS
sending
1/day each: commune, dream, hallow Multiattack: The dragon makes three attacks: one with its bite
Siege Monster: The Black Magga deals double damage to objects and two with its tentacles, each of which it can replace with one
and structures. use of Fling.
Transdimensional Tentacles Black Magga's tentacles allow her to Bite: Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit:
see into and infiltrate the Ethereal Plane and the Plane of Shadow 17 (2d8 + 8) piercing damage plus 10 (3d6) necrotic damage.
while she is on the Material Plane. This allows her not only to be The target’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to
aware of these planes and the creatures there, but also to shift her the necrotic damage taken, and the Black Magga regains hit
tentacles through these planes to attack their inhabitants. She can points equal to that amount.
even phase her tentacles in and out of existence, effectively Fling. One Large or smaller object held or creature grappled by
reaching through walls and other solid barriers to attack foes on the Black Magga is thrown up to 60 feet in a random direction
the other side, provided that area is not warded by a forbiddance and knocked prone. If a thrown target strikes a solid surface, the
or similar effect. She can grapple foes with her tentacles target takes 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage for every 10 feet it was
normally, but cannot pull grappled foes or objects through thrown. If the target is thrown at another creature, that creature
planes as her tentacles shift between them. must succeed on a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw or take the
Warp Dimensions. Black Magga's presence distorts the same damage and be knocked prone.
dimensions. Any creature that attempts to utilize a teleportation Tentacles: Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 20 ft., one
effect while within 300 feet of Black Magga must make an ability target. Hit: 15 (2d6 + 8) bludgeoning damage and the target is
check (DC 18) using your spellcasting ability or the teleport effect grappled (escape DC 16). Until this grapple ends, the target is
fails. If the effect fails, the creature that attempted to create that restrained.
effect must succeed at a DC 18 Constitution save or be nauseated
for ld6 rounds.
LEGENDARY ACTIONS
The Black Magga 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 Black
Magga regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Tentacle Attack or Fling. The Black Magga makes one tentacle
attack or uses its Fling.
Innate Spellcasting (Costs 2 Actions). The Black Magga uses one
of its spells.
Breath of Madness (Costs 3 Actions).
Actions). The Black Magga uses its
Breath of Madness ability.