Death Burst. When the cinderling dies, it explodes in a burst of soot. Each creature within 5 feet of it must then succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or be blinded for 1 minute. A blinded creature can repeat the saving throw on each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Innate Spellcasting.(1/Day). The cinderling can innately cast sleep, requiring no material components. Its innate spellcasting ability is Charisma.
Pack Tactics. The cinderling has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the cinderling's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.
Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny insect. The swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary hit points.
Mulitattack. The cinderling makes two soot stain attacks.
Soot Stain (with more than half its total HP). Melee attack. +3 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in swarm's space. Hit: 15 (5d4 + 4) bludgeoning damage plus 4 points of poison damage. Upon hit, the target is stained with soot that will not come off without having taken a bath or from utilizing the prestidigitation spell.
Soot Stain (with less than half its total HP). Melee attack. +3 to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in swarm's space. Hit: 5 (2d4 + 2) bludgeoning damage plus 2 points of poison damage. Upon hit, the target is stained with soot that will not come off without having taken a bath or from utilizing the prestidigitation spell.
Blinding Breath (Recharge 6). The cinderling exhales a 15- foot cone of blinding soot. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or be blinded for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Description
This cinderling is inspired from the author Tineke Bolleman from the adventure in the DMs Guild called Eyes Unclouded. The following is an excerpt from the adventure. It can be found at the DMs Guild now!
Cinderling are small, roughly round balls made from the soot and ash left in chimneys, fireplaces and furnaces of old and abandoned houses. When moving about, they leave a little ash in their wake. If the place the cinderlings reside becomes inhabited, they observe the new residents. If the new inhabitants are nice, the cinderlings leave. If not, they cause mischief, hoping to drive the inhabitants away.
Being made from ash and soot, a cinderling’s color ranges from pitch black to light grey. Depending on what kind of ash or soot, their texture can be super fine, or quite coarse. They have white eyes with black pupils. Their usual mode of transportation is levitating, but they can extend black, wiry arms and legs from their bodies to accomplish certain tasks, and are strong enough to lift objects many times their own weight. If crushed they dissolve into ash, but quickly reform themselves shortly after. If captured however, they irreversibly return to ash.
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