| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| STR | 16 | +3 | +7 |
| DEX | 18 | +4 | +4 |
| CON | 20 | +5 | +9 |
| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | 16 | +3 | +3 |
| WIS | 16 | +3 | +7 |
| CHA | 20 | +5 | +9 |
Guardian of Silence. The Cucibocca has advantage on Initiative checks and on Wisdom (Perception) checks based on hearing.
Aura of Infernal Silence. Within a radius of 15m from Cucibocca, the sounds are deeply muffled and distorted. Spells with a verbal component are difficult to cast: the caster must perform a check on his spellcasting ability (DC 10+ the spell level) to succesfully cast the spell; in case of failure, the spell slot is not lost. The Cucibocca can activate or deactivate the aura with a bonus action.
Soft Steps. The Cucibocca moves normally on difficult terrain and without making any noise if he so desires.
Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If the Cucibocca fails a saving throw, he can choose to pass it.
Multiattack. The Cucibocca makes 3 attacks, 1 Bone Needle and 2 Hemp Beard attacks. If he has grappled a creature, he can change any of the above to perform a Sewing Mouh attack.
Bone Needle. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) necrotic damage.
Hemp Beard. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 15 ft., 1 target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) slashing damage, plus 9 (2d8) necrotic damage. The target is grappled (DC 17). The Cucibocca can grab up to two creatures at the same time.
Sewing Mouth (Recharge 5-6). The Cucibocca targets a creature that it has grabbed to sew its mouth. The creature must perform a dexterity saving throw, DC 17. Failure: 22 (4d10) necrotic damage; the creature is Blinded and Silenced. Success: the creature suffers only half of the damage. At the end of its turn the creature can repeat the saving throw; in case of success, he puts an end to both conditions but suffers 11 (2d10) slashing damage in snatching the infernal points.
Have a bite. The Cucibocca consumes a Sewn Soul or one of the souls he has sewn and wrapped in hemp, recovering 15 hp or, in case his health is full, increasing his hit points maximum. If he has been hit by radiant damage, this feature doesn't work on the same round. Nevertheless, the Cucibocca must consume a total of 9 bites to complete the ritual. Once consumed, the Cucibocca summons a portal and passes through it immediately.
Quick Points. When a creature within 30 ft. casts a spell with verbal components, the Cucibocca can move up to its speed towards it without provoking attacks of opportunity and make a Hemp Beard attack.
The Cucibocca performs three legendary actions at the end of the turn of an enemy creature.
Snappy Beard (1 action). The Cucibocca performs a Hemp Beard attack.
Quick Steps (1 action). The Cucibocca moves up to his total speed without causing opportunity attacks.
Summon the Servants (1 action, 1/day). The Cucibocca summons 1d4 Roped Devils. The summoned creatures act immediately after the Cucibocca's turn.
Staff of the Infernal Fetish (2 actions). The Cucibocca chooses a hostile creature that he can see. He points his Staff at it: the fetish on the top of it vaguely assumes the appearance of the creature, which must overcome a Wisdom saving throw (DC 17) or be Incapacitated until the end of the next turn of the Cucibocca and suffer 22 (4d10)
Description
A few hundred years ago, the Cucibocca was a human named Arpocrates, custodian of the library of the Monastery of Mount Rockho, in the deep south of Amn. Austere and incredibly ligious to his duty, he protected the knowledge entrusted to him and demanded absolute silence in the reading rooms. He dedicated himself, especially at night, to study. No one knows exactly why, but one day, using a text in his custody, he summoned a devil of the pit, with whom he made a pact. It is said that the devil would have deceived him; others that Arpocrates would have made a mistake in the ritual, not protecting himself adequately, distracted by the shouting of a group of children. The fact is that his destiny was marked: at his death, which occurred shortly thereafter, he found himself in the Hells. The ritual however, had changed his diabolical nature forever. The Cucibocca is in fact a unique devil, who hates children and the noise caused by them. He looks like an old man dressed in a heavy tattered robe, with long hair and beard covering almost entirely his horrible face. He wears a limp hat, made of hemp like his beard and hair; he walks with a stick on which a fetish burns constantly; a fragment of a chain at his ankle recalls the pact that binds him to a more powerful devil. With a terrible needle made with the bones of a child's femur, he threatens to sew the lips of those who emit sounds in his presence. In Mount Rockho he is notoriously well known, showing up every year, in the darkness of the night of Bayfan's eve, in the heart of Winter, claiming nine souls to devour so as not to destroy the village...
Lair and Lair Actions
The Cucibocca has turned the basement of the library into his lair. The floors appear filled with fragments of hemp ropes and paper fibers, partially burned and twisted. Moving is complicated: in combat, if an enemy of the Cucibocca moves or dashes, has to make a dexterity saving throw (DC 12), falling prone if it fails. Ropes fall from the ceiling, impeding a clear sight beyond 18 ft. The sounds inside the lair are muffled and distorted.
The main room has been turned into a ritual chamber. Hanging from the walls are 10-12 children, entirely enveloped by hemp ropes, their mouths sewn tight.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the Cucibocca takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; the Cucibocca can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:
Stretch the ropes. The hemp ropes in the room suddenly stretch out. The creatures present must perform a dexterity saving throw (DC 16) or suffer 11 (2d6 + 4) slashing damage and remain restrained. The Cucibocca has advantage to strike against trapped creatures, and restrained creatures have disadvantage on saving throws against the Cucibocca actions.
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