Gnyan
- Size
- Large
- Type
- Elemental
- Challenge Rating
- 4
- Source
- Tome of Beasts 3
- Alignment
- Neutral-Good
- Armor Class
- 14
- Speeds
- 50
- Walking Speed
- 50
- Strength Score
- 17
- Dexterity Score
- 19
- Constitution Score
- 15
- Intelligence Score
- 12
- Wisdom Score
- 16
- Charisma Score
- 18
- Saving Throws
- Dexterity, Constitution
- Skill Proficiencies
- Perception
- Languages Ref
- Common
- Hit Points
- 90
- Condition Immunities
- Exhaustion 1, Frightened, Poisoned, Prone
- Resistances
- Vulnerable to Fire Damage, Immune to Cold Damage, Immune to Poison Damage
- Languages
- Aethyrian Common
Large elemental, neutral good
Armor Class 14
Hit Points 90 (12d10+24)
Speed 50 ft.
- STR
- 17 (+3)
- DEX
- 19 (+4)
- CON
- 15 (+2)
- INT
- 12 (+1)
- WIS
- 16 (+3)
- CHA
- 18 (+4)
Saving Throws Dex +6, Con +4
Skills Perception +3
Damage Vulnerabilities fire
Damage Immunities cold, poison
Condition Immunities exhaustion, frightened, poisoned, prone
Senses darkvision 60', passive Perception 15
Languages Common
Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)
Aura of Hope. Surrounded by aura of courage. Each friendly creature within 30' of it: advantage on saves vs. being frightened.
Glorious Milk. Can spend 1 min slowly drinking from a bowl of melted ice water. When it stops bowl is filled with pale milk. A creature that drinks the milk regains 7 (2d6) hp and its exhaustion level is reduced by up to two levels. After gnyan's milk has restored a total of 20 hp or reduced a total of four exhaustion levels in creatures gnyan can't create milk in this way again until it finishes a long rest.
Pounce. If it moves 20'+ straight to creature and hits it with Claw attack on same turn target knocked prone (DC 13 Str not prone). If target is prone gnyan can make one Bite vs. it as a bonus action.
Snow Camouflage. Advantage: Dex (Stealth) to hide in snowy terrain.
Snow Strider. Can move across icy surfaces with o an ability check and difficult terrain composed of ice or snow doesn't cost it extra movement. It leaves no tracks or other traces of its passage when moving through snowy terrain.
Actions
Multiattack. One Bite attack and one Claw attack.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, 5 ft., one target, 11 (2d6+4) piercing damage + 3 (1d6) cold.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, 5 ft., one target, 9 (2d4+4) slashing damage + 3 (1d6) cold.
Avalanche's Roar (Recharge 6). Ice and snow in 30' cone. Each creature in area: 21 (6d6) cold and is restrained until end of its next turn as frost and snow coats its limbs (DC 13 Dex half damage not restrained).
Bonus Actions
Snow Step. Teleports with items worn/carried up to 30' to unoccupied space it can see. Origin and destination must have snow.
Stat block from Tome of Beasts 3 (Kobold Press), Open Game Content used under the Open Game License 1.0a. Tome of Beasts 3. ©2022 Open Design LLC. All rights reserved. It is not Geminaea material. See Legal.