| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| STR | 10 | +0 | +0 |
| DEX | 14 | +2 | +2 |
| CON | 14 | +2 | +2 |
| Mod | Save | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | 16 | +3 | +3 |
| WIS | 12 | +1 | +3 |
| CHA | 16 | +3 | +5 |
Dark Devotion. The Cantor has an advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened.
Infernal Conduit. When the Cantor casts a spell that deals necrotic or psychic damage, it can add +2 to the damage roll.
Unholy Resilience. The Cantor regains 5 hit points at the start of its turn if it has at least 1 hit point and isn’t in sunlight or running water.
Multiattack. The Cantor makes two attacks with its Ritual Dagger or uses a spell and makes one attack.
Ritual Dagger. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6+3) piercing damage plus 4 (1d8) necrotic damage.
Fell Chant (Recharge 5-6). The Cantor targets up to three creatures it can see within 30 feet. Each must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or take 10 (3d6) psychic damage and be frightened until the end of its next turn.
Summon Cultist (1/Day). The Cantor calls forth a loyal cultist (use Cultist stat block) in an unoccupied space within 30 feet.
Infernal Blessing (3/Day). As a bonus action, the Cantor grants itself or an ally within 30 feet advantage on its next attack roll or saving throw.
Dark Shield (2/Day). When hit by an attack, the Cantor can use its reaction to grant itself +2 AC until the start of its next turn.
Description
Lair and Lair Actions
The lair of a Cantor is a blasphemous sanctum, a place where the sacred has been violently overthrown and replaced by abject horror. Once a consecrated space—perhaps a chapel, crypt, or monastery—it is now twisted by unholy rituals. The walls are scrawled with blood-red sigils that writhe and shimmer when viewed out of the corner of the eye. Flickering candles of black tallow cast grotesque shadows that seem to move of their own accord, and the air is thick with the mingled scents of burnt offerings, rotting flesh, and bitter incense.
At the heart of the lair stands an altar carved from a single block of obsidian, its surface pitted and scarred by countless sacrifices. Around it are scattered relics of the Prime Evils—shards of bone, cracked icons, and flayed skins stretched into banners. The floor is littered with the remnants of failed rituals: broken chains, shattered chalices, and the crumbling bones of the unwilling. Hidden alcoves conceal cultists who wait silently, eyes gleaming with fanatic devotion, while the walls themselves seem to hum with the latent power of the Burning Hells. Any who enter the lair are struck by a palpable sense of despair, as if the very stones themselves remember every blasphemy enacted within.
Lair Actions (Initiative count 20, losing ties)
- Blasphemous Chant: The Cantor utters a phrase of infernal power. One creature the Cantor can see within 60 feet must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened until the end of its next turn.
- Summon Shadows: Flickering darkness coalesces, and the Cantor summons 1d2 Shadows (as per 5e Monster Manual) that act on their own initiative.
- Profane Blessing: The Cantor grants all fiends or cultists within the lair advantage on their next attack roll or saving throw before the start of the next round.
Regional Effects
- Within 1 mile of the lair, the air is unnaturally cold, and nonmagical flames are halved in size.
- Animals avoid the area, and plants wilt visibly.
- The sound of distant chanting can sometimes be heard on the wind, even miles away.