Ssendam, Lord of Madness

CreatureMaBJoVp. 1072014

Large aberration, chaotic evil

Armor Class
19 (natural armor)
Hit Points
299 (26d10 + 156)
Speed
swim 30 ft., 30 ft.
Challenge
23 (50,000 XP)
STR
20
+5
DEX
24
+7
CON
22
+6
INT
20
+5
WIS
18
+4
CHA
26
+8
Saving Throws
Cha +15, Con +13, Dex +14
Skills
Arcana +12, Insight +18, Deception +15, Perception +11, Intimidation +15
Damage Resistances
acid; cold; fire; lightning; thunder
Damage Immunities
necrotic; poison; bludgeoning, piercing, slashing from nonmagical attacks
Condition Immunities
charmed; exhaustion; frightened; poisoned
Senses
blindsight 60 ft., truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 21
Languages
all, telepathy 120 ft.

Traits

Aura of Madness.

Any creature (other than Undead or Constructs) that ends its turn within 10 feet of Ssendam must succeed on a DC 20 Charisma saving throw or be inflicted with a random short-term madness. If a creature succeeds against any madness ability of Ssendam's, they are immune to Ssendam's madness for 1 hour.

Legendary Resistance (3/Day).

If Ssendam fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.

Magic Resistance.

Ssendam has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Magic Weapons.

Ssendam's weapon attacks are magical.

Regeneration (Golden Amoeba Form Only).

Ssendam regains 40 hit points at the start of her turn if she has at least 1 hit point.

Actions

Multiattack.

Ssendam makes three attacks: one with her Touch of Madness and two with her Chaos Staff.

Touch of Madness.

Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (1d10 + 5) slashing damage plus 11 (2d10) necrotic damage. A target that fails a DC 20 Charisma saving throw is inflicted with a random short-term madness. If it is already mad, the existing madness is replaced with a random long-term madness.

Chaos Staff.

Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) bludgeoning damage plus 11 (2d10) necrotic damage. The target must succeed on a DC 19 Constitution saving throw or have the stunned condition for 1 minute. The target may repeat the saving throw at the end of each of their turns, ending the effect on a success.

Summon Slaadi (1/Day).

Ssendam summons 1d4 + 1 death slaadi. A summoned slaad appears in an unoccupied space within 60 feet of Ssendam, acts as an ally of Ssendam, and can't summon other slaadi. It remains for 1 minute, until it or Ssendam dies, or until Ssendam dismisses it as an action.

Teleport.

Ssendam magically teleports, along with any equipment she is wearing or carrying, up to 120 feet to an unoccupied space she can see.

Bonus Actions

Change Shape.

Ssendam polymorphs into a Small or Medium-sized Humanoid, into a Small Aberration that looks like a golden amoeba, or back into this, her golden slaad form. Any equipment she is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. She reverts to her true form if she dies. Her statistics in the Humanoid forms, other than her size, are the same.

While in her amoeba form, Ssendam also has the same statistics with the following changes. She can't take any actions (except her Change Shape action), speak, or manipulate objects. She has a movement speed of 40 feet and can enter a hostile creature's space and stop there. In addition, Ssendam can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing. She has advantage on Strength and Dexterity saving throws, and has resistance to all damage except psychic and radiant.

Reactions

Amoeba.

When damaged, Ssendam uses her reaction to activate Change Shape to transform into her golden amoeba form. Doing this reduces the damage to 0.

Legendary Actions

Chaos Staff.

Ssendam makes one Chaos Staff attack.

Teleport.

Ssendam uses her Teleport action.

Subversion (Costs 2 Actions).

Ssendam forces every creature suffering from madness within 60 feet of her to use their reaction to attack another creature within 5 feet of them.

Spellcasting

Spellcasting.

Ssendam casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 23):

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        "Ssendam has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects."
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        "Ssendam's weapon attacks are magical."
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    {
      "name": "Regeneration (Golden Amoeba Form Only)",
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      "name": "Summon Slaadi (1/Day)",
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      "name": "Teleport",
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        "piercing",
        "slashing"
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  "resist": [
    "acid",
    "cold",
    "fire",
    "lightning",
    "thunder"
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  "senses": [
    "blindsight 60 ft.",
    "truesight 120 ft."
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  "passive": 21,
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        "When damaged, Ssendam uses her reaction to activate Change Shape to transform into her golden amoeba form. Doing this reduces the damage to 0."
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        "Ssendam makes one Chaos Staff attack."
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        "Ssendam uses her Teleport action."
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        "{@spell detect magic}",
        "{@spell detect thoughts}",
        "{@spell dispel magic}",
        "{@spell fear}",
        "{@spell fly}",
        "{@spell mass suggestion}",
        "{@spell plane shift}"
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          "{@spell power word stun}"
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          "{@spell finger of death}",
          "{@spell flame strike}"
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