Will-o'-Wisp

Small Undead, chaotic evil

AC19 (natural armor)HP27 (11d4)Speed5 ft., fly 50 ft., swim 2 ft., climb 2 ft., crawl 2 ft.

STR

1 (-5)

DEX

28 (+9)

CON

10 (+0)

INT

13 (+1)

WIS

14 (+2)

CHA

11 (+0)

Sensesdarkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 12LanguagesCommon plus one other languageCR2 (450 XP)

Traits

Ephemeral. The wisp can't wear or carry anything.

Illumination. The wisp sheds Bright Light in a 20-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 20 feet.

Incorporeal Movement. The wisp can move through other creatures and objects as if they were Difficult Terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) Force damage if it ends its turn inside an object.

Actions

Shock. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. 11 (2d8 + 2) Lightning damage.

Bonus Actions

Consume Life. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 10, one living creature the wisp can see within 5 feet that has 0 Hit Points. Failure: The target dies, and the wisp regains 10 (3d6) Hit Points.

Vanish. The wisp and its light have the Invisible condition until the wisp's Concentration ends on this effect, which ends early immediately after the wisp makes an attack roll or uses Consume Life.

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Creature data from the System Reference Document 5.2, CC-BY-4.0. See licensing.