🔥 TRAITS

Three Heads

Cerberus has advantage on:

• Perception checks

• Saving throws vs being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned

If one head is severed (via crit or massive damage), the others become enraged; Cerberus gains:

• +2 to attack rolls

• +10 ft speed

Infernal Menace

Any creature that starts its turn within 10 ft must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom save or be frightened until the end of its turn.

Magic Resistance

Advantage on saving throws vs spells.

Magic Weapons

All attacks count as magical.

🔥 ACTIONS

Multiattack (3 Heads)

Cerberus makes three bite attacks and one Burning Tail attack.

Bite (Shadowfire Head)

Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 10 ft
Hit: 20 (3d8 + 7) piercing + 14 (4d6) necrotic

Bite (Magmafire Head)

Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit
Hit: 20 (3d8 + 7) piercing + 10 (3d6) fire
On hit: Target must succeed on DC 18 Dex save or be Ignited, taking 2d6 fire per round.

Bite (Soulburn Head)

Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit
Hit: 18 (3d6 + 7) piercing + 14 (4d6) psychic
On hit: Target makes DC 17 Wisdom save or suffers disadvantage on next attack.

Burning Tail

Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 15 ft
Hit: 16 (3d6 + 7) bludgeoning + 10 (3d6) fire
Target must succeed on DC 18 Strength save or be knocked prone.

🔥 BREATH WEAPONS

Cerberus uses one head’s breath per round.

Shadowflame Breath (Recharge 5–6)

A 30-ft cone of black-purple fire.
Dex save DC 20, 55 (10d10) necrotic + fire damage.
Creatures falling to 0 HP are reduced to ash (revival requires raise dead or better).

Magma Spray (Recharge 5–6)

A 60-ft line, 10 ft wide.
Dex save DC 20, 49 (9d10) fire
Creatures that fail have their speed halved for 1 minute (lava hardening).

Soul Howl (1/day)

All creatures within 60 ft must make a DC 18 Wisdom save.

On failure:

• Take 33 (6d10) psychic damage

• Are stunned for 1 round

Success: half damage, not stunned.

LEGENDARY ACTIONS (3/round)

Bite Attack (1 action): One bite attack.
Infernal Step (2 actions): Teleport 20 ft in a burst of flame (no opportunity attacks).
Hellfire Roar (3 actions):
All within 20 ft take 10 (3d6) fire damage and must make DC 18 Wis save or be frightened.