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Plaguesong Beggar

Medium Undead, Neutral Evil
CR 3ControllerSettlement / Road
AC 12
STR
11
+0
save +0
DEX
13
+1
save +1
CON
15
+2
save +2
INT
10
+0
save +0
WIS
15
+2
save +4
CHA
16
+3
save +3
Skills Deception +5, Performance +5
Resistances Necrotic · Immunities Poison; Charmed, Exhaustion, Frightened, Poisoned
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 12 · Languages Common

Traits

False Appearance. Indistinguishable from an ordinary beggar (DC 15 INT (Medicine or Religion)). Contagion Aura. An enemy that ends its turn within 10 feet makes a DC 13 CON save. Failure: Gains 1 level of Exhaustion (this Exhaustion is reduced by 1 with a Long Rest).

Actions

Multiattack. One Rotting Touch and one Plaguesong. Rotting Touch. Melee Attack Roll: +3, reach 5 ft. Hit: 12 (3d6 + 2) Necrotic damage, and the target's HP maximum is reduced by the same amount (restored with a Long Rest). Plaguesong. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 13, two creatures that can hear the Plaguesong Beggar within 30 feet. Failure: The target has the Poisoned condition (1 min) and takes 5 (2d4) Necrotic damage at the start of its turn. The target can repeat the save at the end of each of its turns. Wave of Filth (Recharge 5–6). A 20-foot cone, DC 13 CON save. Failure: 21 (6d6) Poison damage, Poisoned (1 min), and Prone. Success: Half.

Key

Keep your distance (Contagion Aura) and become Deafened (Plaguesong requires "can hear"). This is the urban campaign's low-level first threat — the party learns what an "ordinary beggar" can be.