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Salt Mummy

Medium undead, lawful evil

AC
14
HP
150
Speed
25
CR
6

Pan overseers buried in the salt crust keep their ledgers dry and their grudges drier. A salt mummy walks the pans at dusk, drawing the wet out of whatever it lays hands on, one handful at a time.


Armor Class 14 (salt-cured wrappings)

Hit Points 150 (20d8 + 60)

Speed 25 ft.


STR
17 (+3)
DEX
12 (+1)
CON
16 (+3)
INT
10 (+0)
WIS
15 (+2)
CHA
12 (+1)

Skills Perception +5

Damage Resistances necrotic

Damage Immunities poison

Condition Immunities poisoned

Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15

Languages Common

Challenge 6


Traits

Desiccating Grasp. A creature hit by the mummy's touch loses water to the salt. Its hit point maximum is reduced by 5 until it finishes a long rest. This reduction is cumulative to a maximum of −10, and a creature dies only if this would reduce its maximum below 1.

Actions

Multiattack. The mummy makes two desiccating touch attacks.

Desiccating Touch. Melee Attack Roll: +6, reach 5 ft. Hit: 21 (4d8 + 3) Necrotic damage, and the target's hit point maximum is reduced as described in Desiccating Grasp.

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