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Monster

Githzerai Anarch

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Official reference · MPMM · 2014

Creature type
Humanoid
Size
Medium
Armor class
20 (psychic defense)
Hit points
144 (17d8 + 68)
Speed
Walk 30 ft., Fly 40 ft. (hover)
Challenge rating
16
Alignment
Any alignment
Strength
16
Dexterity
21
Constitution
18
Intelligence
18
Wisdom
20
Charisma
14
Passive Perception
20
Saving Throws
str: +8; dex: +10; int: +9; wis: +10
Skills
arcana: +9; insight: +10; perception: +10
Languages
Gith

Traits

Legendary Resistance (3/Day)

If the githzerai fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.

Psychic Defense

While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.

Actions

Multiattack

The githzerai makes three Unarmed Strike attacks.

Unarmed Strike

Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d8 + 5) bludgeoning damage plus 18 (4d8) psychic damage.

Legendary action uses: 3. The creature can use one option at the end of another creature’s turn and regains spent uses at the start of its turn.

Legendary actions

Strike

The githzerai makes one Unarmed Strike attack.

Teleport

The githzerai teleports, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, to an unoccupied space it can see within 30 feet of it.

Change Gravity (Costs 3 Actions)

The githzerai casts the reverse gravity spell, using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability. The spell has the normal effect, except that the githzerai can orient the area in any direction and creatures and objects fall toward the end of the area.

Spellcasting (Psionics)

The githzerai casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 18):

At will: mage hand (the hand is invisible)

3/day each: see invisibility, telekinesis

1/day each: globe of invulnerability, plane shift, wall of force

Lair actions

On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the anarch can take one of the following lair actions; the anarch can't take the same lair action two rounds in a row:

  • Create Object: The anarch casts the creation spell (as a 9th-level spell) using the unformed substance of Limbo instead of shadow material. If used in Limbo, the object remains until the anarch's concentration is broken, regardless of its composition. If the anarch moves more than 120 feet from the object, the anarch's concentration breaks.
  • Move Object: The anarch can magically move an object it can see within 150 feet of it by making a Wisdom check with advantage. The DC depends on the object's size: DC 5 for Tiny, DC 10 for Small, DC 15 for Medium, DC 20 for Large, and DC 25 for Huge or larger.
  • Psionic Bolt: The anarch casts the lightning bolt spell (at 5th level), but the anarch can change the damage type from lightning to cold, fire, psychic, radiant, or thunder. If the spell deals damage other than fire or lightning, it doesn't ignite flammable objects.

Regional effects

The region containing an anarch's lair is warped by its presence, which creates one or more of the following effects:

  • Form Substance: In Limbo, the anarch can spend 10 minutes stabilizing a 5-mile area centered on it, causing the unformed substance to take whatever inanimate form the anarch chooses. During that process, the anarch determines the shape and composition of the forms created.
  • Stabilize Object: The anarch stabilizes any object created in Limbo and brought to the Material Plane for as long as the anarch remains within 1 mile of it (no action required).

If the anarch dies, these effects end after 1d6 rounds. All formed substance becomes a chaotic churn of energy and matter, unraveling into unformed substance that dissipates 1d6 rounds later.

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