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Dread Doppelganger

Dread Doppelganger
Dread Doppelganger
CR 5
Medium Monstrosity (shapechanger), Neutral Evil
Reveal Stat Block
Armor Class
16
Hit Points
78 (12d8 + 24)
Speed
40 ft.
str
11
+0
dex
22
+6
con
14
+2
int
17
+3
wis
14
+2
cha
15
+2

Traits

Ambusher.The dread doppelganger has advantage on attack rolls against any creature it has surprised.
Shapechanger.The dread doppelganger can use its action to polymorph into a Small or Medium Humanoid it has seen, or back into its true form. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
Surprise Attack.If the dread doppelganger surprises a creature and hits it with an attack during the first round of combat, the target takes an extra 17 (5d6) damage from the attack.

Actions

Multiattack.The dread doppelganger makes three Slam attacks.
Slam.mw 9 to hit, range 5 ft., one target. ({@damage 1d8 + 6).
Read Thoughts.The dread doppelganger magically reads the surface thoughts of one creature within 60 feet of it. The effect can penetrate barriers, but 3 ft. of wood or dirt, 2 feet of stone, 2 inches of metal, or a thin sheet of lead blocks it. While the target is in range, the dread doppelganger can continue reading its thoughts, as long as the dread doppelganger's Concentration isn't broken (as if concentration||concentrating on a spell). While reading the target's mind, the doppelganger has advantage on Wisdom (Insight) and Charisma (Deception, Intimidation, and Persuasion) checks against the target.

Dread Doppelganger

Let me borrow your face... You won't be needing it anymore.

The dread doppelganger is an ancient member of that race. It has lived for centuries adopting the forms of hundreds or even thousands of different creatures. The long years of impersonating others has drained these elder beings of any kind of empathy. Most dread doppelgangers work alone, though sometimes they will lead a band of younger members of their kind.

Emotionless

Dread doppelgangers have impersonated the feelings and emotions of so many others that they find it difficult to feel emotions of their own. Because of this they make excellent spies and assassins, for they don't experience remorse for anything that they might have to do. Dread doppelgangers seek out increasingly risky and bizarre behavior in order to instill any kind of emotion. Often this means they will take on dangerous jobs that could bring about their own death.

Unnatural Gait

In their natural form dread doppelgangers move about in a disturbing fashion. They are so used to mimicking the movements of others that their own manner of moving seems broken and chaotic. While they might seem ungainly and clumsy when they move, they can lash out at speeds that often surprise their victims.