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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Leatherhead" data-source="post: 8672310" data-attributes="member: 53176"><h3>Oinoloth (MToF)</h3>Oinoloths are Yugoloths who put the plague in plague doctor. Oinoloths are called in whenever warfare takes a turn into biological weaponry. Either spreading sickness to break a siege, or curing mass outbreaks in a costly manner. I’m going to put this right out on the table here, it is downright bizarre that the Oinoloth doesn’t actually have any ability to inflict a disease. Not even so much as the Contagion spell. They can cure a disease for sure, but the closest they have to inflicting one is their Bringer of Plagues bonus action, which is mechanically a poison. And yeah, I know all it takes for something to be called a disease is for the word “disease” to show up somewhere in its description, but even that doesn’t happen. Just having the aforementioned Contagion spell would really sell this monster. Or perhaps a communicable affliction that spreads via proximity could work too.At any rate, in combat, an Oinoloth is a melee controller. They have a multiattack that can be used to cast a spell or teleport without sacrificing an attack. And a bonus action that blights the ground for 24 hours which poisons and prevents healing.  The spells are the standard fiend stuff, mixed in with a few anti-caster options (including the powerful Feeblemind), and surprisingly Hold Person. They also have Globe of Invulnerability, which can be used in conjunction with their blighted areas to just stand around passively dealing damage.  A DM could have the Oinoloth sitting in their globe with a key target as a hostage while the PCs scramble to break into the secure position.It is worth noting that the Oinoloth also has an action that can heal all of a target's HP, and cure their status at the same time.  Action denial and strong heals like this make the Oinoloth punch much higher than their CR would imply, especially as part of an enemy group.In the changeover, the Oinoloth lost 7 hp, which is nothing when you consider they can easily have two or more fullish health bars of over 100 hp each. They also lost the Magical Weapons ability, but their attacks did necrotic damage anyway.  As for more substantial changes, they lost their Transfixing Gaze power in favor of the Hold Person spell, which is a trade up for sure. Speaking of spells, they lost Wall of Fire, and Wall of Ice (which is no small loss) but gained the ability to cast spells as part of their multiattack.</blockquote>

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