Watcher in the Dusk

Threshold Awareness

The Watcher perceives all creatures within 60 feet that are:

• Invisible
• Ethereal
• Teleporting
• Shifting between planes

Creatures cannot benefit from invisibility against the Watcher.

Echo-Splintered Form

At the start of each of its turns, the Watcher creates 1 illusory duplicate (maximum 3).

• Each duplicate has AC 15 and 1 HP
• Attacks against the Watcher have a 25% chance per duplicate to target a duplicate instead

Destroyed duplicates dissipate into flickering distortions

Fractured Presence (Aura)

Creatures within 20 feet must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw at the start of their turn or suffer:

• Disadvantage on attack rolls until end of turn
• Speed reduced by 10 ft.

On a success, they are immune to this aura for 24 hours.

Planar Anchor

Creatures within 30 feet cannot teleport or shift planes unless they succeed on a DC 18 Charisma saving throw.

Multiattack

The Watcher makes two Rend Reality attacks and uses Gaze of the Threshold if available.

Rend Reality

Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target
Hit: 15 (2d10 + 4) slashing + 13 (3d8) psychic damage

• Target must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or become disoriented:
• Cannot take reactions
• Disadvantage on next saving throw

Gaze of the Threshold (Recharge 5–6)

The Watcher targets up to 3 creatures within 60 ft.

Each must make a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw:

• Failure:
• 27 (6d8) psychic damage
• Stunned until end of next turn
• Success: Half damage, not stunned

Collapse Echo

The Watcher targets one creature within 60 ft.

• Target must make a DC 18 Constitution saving throw
• On failure:
• Takes 22 (4d10) force damage
• Is pulled 15 ft. toward the Watcher
• Space briefly warps, becoming difficult terrain until next round

Step Between Moments

The Watcher teleports up to 40 ft. to an unoccupied space it can see.

• Leaves behind a fading distortion
• Creatures within 5 ft. of the origin must succeed on a DC 16 Dexterity save or take 10 (3d6) force damage

Unseen Shift

When hit by an attack, the Watcher can:

• Swap places with one of its duplicates
• Causing the attack to miss

The Watcher can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below:

Detect

Makes a Perception check.

Distort Step (Costs 1)

Teleports up to 20 ft.

Shatter Perception (Costs 2)

Targets a creature within 60 ft.:

• DC 18 Wisdom save or take 14 (4d6) psychic damage
• Disadvantage on next attack

Rift Pulse (Costs 3)

All creatures within 15 ft.:

• DC 18 Dexterity save
• 18 (4d8) force damage on failure, half on success

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