MENACE MANUAL: Mihstu

MIHSTU
Large elemental, neutral evil

Armour Class 16
Hit Points 192 (16d10 +32)
Speed 20 ft., fly 20 ft

Str 14 (+2)        Dex 20 (+5)       Con 14 (+2)
Int 14 (+2)        Wis 14 (+2)        Cha 13 (+1)

Damage Resistances lightning, thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
Damage Immunities poison, nonmagical weapon range attacks
Damage Weaknesses cold
Condition Immunities exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, unconscious
Senses darkvision 60ft., passive Perception 10
Languages Auran
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP)

Air Form. The mihstu can enter a hostile creature’s space and stop there. It can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.

ACTIONS                                  
Multiattack. The mihstu makes four tentacle attacks.

Tentacles. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5) piercing damage. Instead of dealing damage, the mihstu can grapple the target (escape DC 18).

Deadly Embrace. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one creature that is grappled by the mihstu, incapacitated, or restrained.
Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) piercing damage plus 10 (3d6) necrotic damage. The target’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken, and the mihstu regains hit points equal to that amount. The reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0.

DESCRIPTION
A miasmal form roils as barbed tentacles emerge from the central mass, coalescing into razor-sharp talons and claws.