Huge unknown, Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 20 (natural armor)
Hit Points 360 (21d20 + 140)
Speed 50 ft., Climb 90 ft.
STR
24 (+7)
DEX
26 (+8)
CON
19 (+4)
INT
29 (+9)
WIS
10 (+0)
CHA
18 (+4)
Saving Throws DEX +15, CON +11, WIS +7, CHA +11
Skills Intimidation +27, Stealth +9
Damage Resistances Psychic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing while in Dim Light or Darkness
Damage Immunities Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Senses Truesight 60 ft., Passive Perception 26
Languages All telepathy 1,000 ft.
Challenge 22 (41,000 XP)
Proficiency Bonus +7
Traits

Ravenous. Once per day, when a creature is reduced to 0 hit points by Ahz'Araath, a 5-inch diameter singularity appears within them that devours them from the inside. A creature killed by this singularity leaves no remains and cannot be brought back to life by any means short of a wish spell. Ahz'Araath then regains hit points equal to half the devoured creature's hit point maximum. If another creature touches the singularity, they are instantly killed the same way. This singularity is stationary and lasts for a minute before disappearing. 

Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If Ahz'Araath fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.

Alien Mind. If a creature tries to read Ahz'Araath's thoughts or deals psychic damage to him, that creature must succeed on a DC 23 Intelligence saving throw or be stunned for 1 minute. The stunned creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Eldritch Horror. Ahz'Araath's abilities that would frighten a creature ignore immunity to the frightened condition.

Actions

Multiattack. Ahz'Araath can use its Eldritch Fright. It then makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws, each of which it can replace with one use of it's Tentacle or Fling.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +15 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (2d10 + 8) piercing damage plus 3 (1d6) psychic damage.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack:+15 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d8+5) slashing damage plus 3 (1d6) psychic damage.

Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +15 to hit, reach 30 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (3d6 + 10) bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 18). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained. Ahz'Araath has ten tentacles, each of which can grapple one target.

Fling. One Large or smaller object held or creature grappled by Ahz'Araath is thrown up to 60 feet in a random direction and knocked prone. If a thrown target strikes a solid surface, the target takes 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage for every 10 feet it was thrown. If the target is thrown at another creature, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw or take the same damage and be knocked prone.

Eldritch Fright. Each creature that is within 120 feet of Ahz'Araath and aware of him must succeed on a DC 23 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 10 minutes. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.  If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to Ahz'Araath's Eldritch Fright for the next minute.

Black Blizzard (Recharge 5-6). Ahz'Araath unhinges his jaw and a massive worm-like creature writhes itself out of Ahz'Araath, curls up while floating above him, and collapses into a spinning singularity that lasts until the end of Ahz'Araath's next turn. All creatures that can see this undergo the effects of Eldritch Fright. Additionally, a 100 ft. black storm swirls around the singularity. Ranged weapon attacks and flight are impossible in the storm and the area is heavily obscured. At the end of every turn taken while the storm is active, all creatures in the storm must make a DC 18 strength saving throw or be pulled 5 feet closer to the singularity. If a creature is pulled within 5 feet of Ahz'Araath and the singularity, they take 33(6d10) force damage and are teleported back 30 feet. A creature cannot move away from the singularity using movement- and moving adjacent to it counts as difficult terrain. All saving throws made by creatures within the storm are made with disadvantage. Ahz'Araath is completely immune to the effects of this storm but the singularity is always centered above him.

Reactions

Slam. As a reaction to a creature failing to escape his tentacle's grapple, Ahz'Araath can slam the grappled creature into a hard surface before ending the grapple, dropping the creature prone. The creature takes 22 (5d8) bludgeoning damage and must succeed a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be knocked unconscious until another creature uses an action to shake them awake. The unconscious creature can repeat the saving throw if it takes damage, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Legendary Actions

Ahz'Araath 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. Ahz'Araath regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn.

Tentacle Attack or Fling. Ahz'Araath makes one tentacle attack or uses his Fling.

Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). Ahz'Araath sprouts two large wings and beats them. Each creature within 15 feet of Ahz'Araath must succeed on a DC 23 Dexterity saving throw or take 15(2d6 + 8) bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone

Frighten Foes (Costs 2 Actions). Ahz'Araath targets up to three creatures he can see within 30 feet of him. Each target must succeed on a DC 23 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened of him until the end of his next turn. Any target within 5 feet of Ahz'Araath has disadvantage on the saving throw.

Azathoth's End (Costs 3 Actions). All magical effects in a 120-foot-radius centered on Ahz'Araath end as if by the antimagic field spell and all frightened creatures in this radius take 36 (8d8) psychic damage.

Description

There are tales of a being from the Far Realm that was thrown into the material plane for attempting to devour a god. Now it feasts on mortals, and is steadily gaining power.

Ahz'Araath is a massive, emaciated, black, wolf-like creature with an eyeless deer skull for a head. Instead of a singular  tail, Ahz'Araath has ten 30-foot-tentacles with hundreds of eyes on them. Ahz'Araath stands at 7 feet tall and 19 feet long while standing on all fours. Ahz'Araath can stand on it's hind legs, revealing it's many spider-like legs with red eyes all over them. Other than the skull, Ahz'Araath is completely black and attempts to lure creatures into his demiplane and devour them by creating spatial anomalies that rip them apart.

At first glance, any creature with an intelligence stat of 14 or lower sees Ahz'Araath as an incomprehensible mass of constantly shifting light and shapes filled with millions of eyes, spider-like legs, and tendrils.  

Lair and Lair Actions

Ahz'Araath’s Lair

Ahz'Araath's lair is a swirling dark demiplane that is completely barren of all life. The ground there is made out of a cold, gray sand and there is a thick fog constantly covering the ground. He can communicate telepathically to all creatures in the plane.

Lair Actions

On Initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Ahz'Araath can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; he can't use the same effect two rounds in a row:

  • Ahz'Araath causes an iron spike - 5 feet tall and 1 inch in diameter - to burst from the ground at a point he can see within 100 feet of him. Any creature in the space where the spike emerges must make a DC 23 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 27 (6d8) piercing damage and is restrained by being impaled on the spike. A creature can use an action to remove itself (or a creature it can reach) from the spike, ending the restrained condition.
  • A tremor shakes the lair in a 60-foot radius around Ahz'Araath. Each creature other than Ahz'Araath on the ground in that area must succeed on a DC 23 Dexterity saving throw or be knocked prone.
  • Ahz'Araath glimpses into the future, so it has advantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws until initiative count 20 on the next round.

Regional Effects

The demiplane that contains Ahz'Araath's lair is warped by Ahz'Araath's magic, which creates one or more of the following effects:

  • Whenever a creature that can understand a language sleeps or enters a state of trance or reverie within the demiplane, Ahz'Araath can establish telepathic contact with that creature and converse with it in its dreams. The creature remembers its conversation with Ahz'Araath upon waking.
  • Banks of beautiful, opalescent mist manifest within the demiplane. The mist doesn’t obscure anything. It assumes haunting forms when good creatures are near Ahz'Araath or other non-good creatures in the mist, alerting such creatures of them.
  • If a humanoid spends at least 1 hour within 1 mile of the lair, that creature must succeed on a DC 23 Wisdom saving throw or descend into a madness determined by the Madness of Ahz'Araath table. A creature that succeeds on this saving throw can't be affected by this regional effect again for 24 hours.

If Ahz'Araath dies, these effects end immediately and the demiplane begins to collapse.

Madness of Ahz'Araath. If a creature goes mad in Ahz'Araath's lair or within line of sight of the eldritch horror, roll on the Madness of Ahz'Araath table to determine the nature of the madness, which is a character flaw that lasts until cured. See the Dungeon Master's Guide for more on madness.

 
Madness of Ahz'Araath
d100 Flaw (lasts until cured)
01-20 "I must consume everything I can!"
21-40 "I must kill and eat every animal I see."
41-60 "I am compelled to make the weak suffer."
61-80 "The world is my hunting ground. Others are my prey."
81-00 "My personality is irrelevant. I am defined by what I consume."

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