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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 9180275" data-attributes="member: 20323">I highly recommend Night Below (AD&D) for lore about aboleths. It's terrific. If you're looking for stats, I have some for an Aboleth Savant - a spellcasting aboleth specialized in transmutation, conjuration, or illusion... I converted it when I was still honing my 5e monster design skills so it's a bit rough in spots...Aboleth SavantHuge aberration, lawful evilArmor Class 17 (natural armor)Hit Points 170 (20d12 + 40)Speed 10ft., swim 40ft.STR 21 (+5)DEX 9 (- 1)CON 15 (+2)INT 20 (+5)WIS 16 (+3) CHA 18 (+4)Saving Throws Con +6, Int +8, Wis +7Skills Arcana +13, History +13, Perception +11Senses darkvision 120 ft., tremorsense 120 ft., passive Perception 21Languages Deep Speech, telepathy 120ft.Challenge 13 (10,000 XP)Amphibious. The aboleth savant can breathe air and water.Mucous Cloud. While underwater, the aboleth savant is surrounded by transformative mucus. A creature that touches the aboleth savant or that hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, the creature is diseased for 1d4 hours. The diseased creature can breathe only underwater.Probing Telepathy. If a creature communicates telepathically with the aboleth savant, the aboleth learns the creature's greatest desires if the aboleth can see the creature.Spellcasting. The aboleth savant is an 11th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 17, +9 to hit with spell attacks). It has the following spells prepared, requiring no material components:Cantrips (at-will): guidance, mage hand, minor illusion, vicious mockery1st level (4 slots): command, detect magic, dissonant whispers, sleep2nd level (3 slots): crown of madness, detect thoughts, hold person3rd level (3 slots): dispel magic, fear, glyph of warding4th level (3 slots): compulsion, dominate beast, phantasmal killer5th level (2 slots): dominate person, telekinesis6th level (1 slot): mass suggestionSpellcasting (transmutation). The aboleth savant is an 11th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 17, +9 to hit with spell attacks). It has the following spells prepared, requiring no material components:Cantrips (at-will): mage hand, mending, minor illusion, shape water1st level (4 slots): armor of agathys, create or destroy water, detect magic, grease2nd level (3 slots): darkness, detect thoughts, ice knife3rd level (3 slots): dispel magic, glyph of warding, wall of water4th level (3 slots): control water, elemental bane, watery sphere5th level (2 slots): maelstrom, transmute rock6th level (1 slot): otiluke’s freezing sphereSpellcasting (illusion). The aboleth savant is an 11th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 17, +9 to hit with spell attacks). It has the following spells prepared, requiring no material components:Cantrips (at-will): dancing lights, mage hand, minor illusion, spare the dying1st level (4 slots): color spray, detect magic, illusory script, silent image2nd level (3 slots): mirror image, nystul’s magical aura, phantasmal force3rd level (3 slots): glyph of warding, hypnotic pattern, major image4th level (3 slots): greater invisibility, hallucinatory terrain, phantasmal killer5th level (2 slots): dream, modify memory6th level (1 slot): programmed illusionSpellcasting (conjuration). The aboleth savant is an 11th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 17, +9 to hit with spell attacks). It has the following spells prepared, requiring no material components:Cantrips (at-will): acid splash, eldritch blast, mage hand, minor illusion1st level (4 slots): arms of hadar, detect magic, fog cloud, witch bolt2nd level (3 slots): darkness, levitation, shatter3rd level (3 slots): conjure animals, glyph of warding, hunger of hadar4th level (3 slots): dimension door, evard’s black tentacles, vitriolic sphere5th level (2 slots): conjure elemental, teleportation circle6th level (1 slot): arcane gateWounded Fury. While it has 40 hit points or fewer, the aboleth savant loses its Spellcasting ability, and instead has advantage on attack rolls. In addition, it deals an extra 7 (2d6) damage to any target it hits with a melee attack.ACTIONSMultiattack. The aboleth makes three tentacle attacks.Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 10ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be diseased. After 1 minute, the diseased creature's skin becomes translucent and slimy, the creature can't regain hit points unless it is underwater, and the disease can be removed only by heal or another disease-curing spell of 6th level or higher. When the creature is outside a body of water, it takes 6 (1d12) acid damage every 10 minutes unless moisture is applied to the skin before 10 minutes have passed.Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 10ft. one target. Hit: 15 (3d6 + 5) bludgeoning damage.Enslave (4/Day). The aboleth savant targets one creature it can see within 60 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or be magically charmed by the aboleth until the aboleth dies or until it is on a different plane of existence from the target. The charmed target is under the aboleth's control and can't take reactions, and the aboleth and the target can communicate telepathically with each other over any distance. Whenever the charmed target takes damage, the target can repeat the saving throw. On a success, the effect ends. No more than once every 24 hours, the target can also repeat the saving throw when it is at least 1 mile away from the aboleth.LEGENDARY ACTIONSThe aboleth savant can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The aboleth savant regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.Active Dominance (Costs 2 Actions). Creatures within 60 feet charmed by the aboleth savant's Enslave ability and able to “hear” the aboleth telepathically cannot repeat their saving throw versus Enslave when taking damage, unless it is psychic damage. Additionally, if they would be charmed by another creature's spell, they can repeat their save versus Enslave.Detect. The aboleth savant makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.Tail Swipe. The aboleth savant makes one tail attack.Psychic Drain (Costs 2 Actions). One creature charmed by the aboleth savant takes 14 (4d6) psychic damage, and the aboleth savant regains hit points equal to the damage the creature takes.</blockquote>

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