Tiny Fiend, Lawful Evil
AC 14    Initiative +4 (14)
HP 22 (5d4 + 10)
Speed 40 ft., Climb 40 ft.
Mod Save
STR 4 −3 −3
DEX 18 +4 +4
CON 14 +2 +2
Mod Save
INT 10 +0 +0
WIS 12 +1 +3
CHA 16 +3 +5
Skills Deception +6, Perception +3, Stealth +6
Resistances Bludgeoning, Lightning, Psychic
Immunities Fire, Poison, Bludgeoning damage from falling; Charmed, Poisoned
Senses Darkvision 120 ft., Truesight 30 ft.; Passive Perception 13
Languages Common (Humanoid form), Infernal
CR 2 (XP 450; PB +2)
Traits

Devil's Sight. Magical darkness doesn't impede the cat's Darkvision.

Keen Hearing and Smell. The bakeneko cat has Advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing or smell.

Incorporeal Movement. The bakeneko cat can move through other creatures and objects as if they were Difficult Terrain. It takes 2 (1d4) Force damage if it ends its turn inside an object.

Magic Resistance. The bakeneko cat has aAdvantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Shapechanger. The bakeneko cat can use its action to polymorph into a Small or Medium humanoid (usually an old or beautiful female), or back into its true form. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is carrying or wearing isn't transformed with it. It reverts to it's true form if it dies.

Innate Spellcasting. The bakaneko cat's spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13). The bakeneko cat can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

At will: prestidigitation, minor illusion, hex, silent image

1/day each: bestow curse, charm person, hold person 

Actions

Bite (Cat form). Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4) piercing damage. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw, taking 10 (3d6) Poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. 

Claw (Cat or Humanoid form). Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4) Slashing damage.

Description

A bakeneko is no ordinary feline, but a fiendish shapechanger born from superstition, cruelty, or corruption. In its true form it appears as a large, unnerving black cat with burning eyes and a forked tail that twitches with malicious intent. Bakeneko walk upright when they think no one is watching, and their movements carry an eerie, almost human intelligence.

Legends whisper that these cats are born from neglected or mistreated house cats that lived too long, their bitterness festering until it twisted into supernatural power. In the Abyss, they serve as cruel tricksters and spies, slipping between feline form, a stooped old crone, or a seductive beauty. No matter the guise, the bakeneko delights in curses, illusions, and the manipulation of mortals.

They are feared not only for their sorcery, but for their malice: a bakeneko might charm a victim into servitude, torment them with whispered secrets, or curse their food and drink to bring slow ruin. Their purring laughter is said to carry faint echoes of damned souls.

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Monster Tags: Devil

Habitat: ArcticCoastalDesertSwampUnderdarkUrban

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