Fallen
Medium • Celestial • Lawful Evil
Armor Class 17
Hit Points 153 (18d10 + 54)
Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft.
Initiative +4 (14)
| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 (+4) | 18 (+4) | 17 (+3) | 18 (+4) | 18 (+4) | 18 (+4) |
Saving Throws Int +8, Cha +8
Skills Deception +8, Stealth +8
Damage Resistances necrotic
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, exhaustion, frightened, poisoned
Senses blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 14
Languages all
CR 9 (XP 5,000; PB +4)
Magic Resistance. The fallen has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Unholy Veil. The fallen is immune to magic that allows other creatures to read its thoughts or determine whether it is lying.
Unusual Nature. The fallen doesn’t require food, drink, or sleep.
ACTIONS
Multiattack. The fallen makes two Corrupting Touch attacks. It can replace one attack with an use of Spellcasting to cast an at-will spell.
Corrupting Touch. Melee Spell Attack: +8, reach 5 ft. Hit: 27 (5d10) necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 16 Charisma saving throw. If a creature fails three of these saves within 1 hour, the target’s alignment changes to evil until cured by a greater restoration spell or similar.
Spellcasting. The fallen casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
At will: bane, enthrall, silent image, suggestion
1/day: banishment, phantasmal killer, plane shift (self only), wall of fire (dealing necrotic damage)
Shape-Shift. The fallen shape-shifts into a Medium or Small Humanoid, or it returns to its true form. Its game statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed.
Temptation (1/Day). Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 16, one creature within 60 feet that can hear the fallen (save fails automatically if the target is already charmed). Failure: The target becomes magically charmed until the effect is dispelled or the fallen is destroyed. While charmed this way, the creature tries to protect the fallen to the best of its ability.
BONUS ACTIONS
Twisted Visions (Recharge 6). Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 16, one creature within 30 feet that the fallen can see. Failure: The target becomes magically charmed for 10 minutes. While charmed, the target perceives another creature (the fallen’s choice) as the fallen and the fallen as that other creature. The charmed creature rationalizes any illogical behavior and perceives voices, movements, and similar as perfectly swapped. Each time the charmed creature takes damage, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success. Success: The target becomes immune to this effect for 1 hour.
Fallen
Medium • Celestial • Lawful Evil
Armor Class 16
Hit Points 105 (14d10 + 28)
Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft.
Initiative +3 (13)
| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 (+3) | 16 (+3) | 15 (+2) | 16 (+3) | 16 (+3) | 16 (+3) |
Saving Throws Int +6, Cha +6
Skills Deception +6, Stealth +6
Damage Resistances necrotic
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, exhaustion, frightened, poisoned
Senses blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages all
CR 6 (XP 2,300; PB +3)
Magic Resistance. The fallen has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Unholy Veil. The fallen is immune to magic that allows other creatures to read its thoughts or determine whether it is lying.
Unusual Nature. The fallen doesn’t require food, drink, or sleep.
ACTIONS
Multiattack. The fallen makes two Corrupting Touch attacks. It can replace one attack with an use of Spellcasting to cast an at-will spell.
Corrupting Touch. Melee Spell Attack: +6, reach 5 ft. Hit: 22 (4d10) necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 14 Charisma saving throw. If a creature fails three of these saves within 1 hour, the target’s alignment changes to evil until cured by a greater restoration spell or similar.
Spellcasting. The fallen casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At will: bane, enthrall, silent image, suggestion
1/day: banishment, phantasmal killer, plane shift (self only)
Shape-Shift. The fallen shape-shifts into a Medium or Small Humanoid, or it returns to its true form. Its game statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed.
Temptation (1/Day). Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 14, one creature within 30 feet that can hear the fallen (save fails automatically if the target is already charmed). Failure: The target becomes magically charmed until the effect is dispelled or the fallen is destroyed. While charmed this way, the creature tries to protect the fallen to the best of its ability.
BONUS ACTIONS
Twisted Visions (Recharge 6). Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 14, one creature within 30 feet that the fallen can see. Failure: The target becomes magically charmed for 10 minutes. While charmed, the target perceives another creature (the fallen’s choice) as the fallen and the fallen as that other creature. The charmed creature rationalizes any illogical behavior and perceives voices, movements, and similar as perfectly swapped. Each time the charmed creature takes damage, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success. Success: The target becomes immune to this effect for 1 hour.
Fallen
Medium • Celestial • Lawful Evil
Armor Class 18
Hit Points 195 (26d8 + 78)
Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft.
Initiative +4 (14)
| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 (+4) | 18 (+4) | 17 (+3) | 20 (+5) | 20 (+5) | 20 (+5) |
Saving Throws Int +9, Cha +9
Skills Deception +9, Stealth +8
Damage Resistances necrotic
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, exhaustion, frightened, poisoned
Senses blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 15
Languages all
CR 12 (XP 8,400; PB +4)
Magic Resistance. The fallen has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Unholy Veil. The fallen is immune to magic that allows other creatures to read its thoughts or determine whether it is lying.
Unusual Nature. The fallen doesn’t require food, drink, or sleep.
ACTIONS
Multiattack. The fallen makes two Corrupting Touch attacks. It can replace one attack with an use of Spellcasting to cast an at-will spell.
Corrupting Touch. Melee Spell Attack: +8, reach 5 ft. Hit: 38 (7d10) necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 17 Charisma saving throw. If a creature fails three of these saves within 1 hour, the target’s alignment changes to evil until cured by a greater restoration spell or similar.
Spellcasting. The fallen casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At will: bane, enthrall, silent image, suggestion
2/day: banishment, phantasmal killer, wall of fire (dealing necrotic damage)
1/day: plane shift (self only)
Shape-Shift. The fallen shape-shifts into a Medium or Small Humanoid, or it returns to its true form. Its game statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed.
Temptation (1/Day). Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 17, one creature within 60 feet that can hear the fallen (save fails automatically if the target is already charmed). Failure: The target becomes magically charmed until the effect is dispelled or the fallen is destroyed. While charmed this way, the creature tries to protect the fallen to the best of its ability.
BONUS ACTIONS
Twisted Visions (Recharge 6). Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 17, one creature within 30 feet that the fallen can see. Failure: The target becomes magically charmed for 10 minutes. While charmed, the target perceives another creature (the fallen’s choice) as the fallen and the fallen as that other creature. The charmed creature rationalizes any illogical behavior and perceives voices, movements, and similar as perfectly swapped. Each time the charmed creature takes damage, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success. Success: The target becomes immune to this effect for 1 hour.
QUICK REFERENCE
Habitat
- Ruined temples or desecrated holy sites
- Hidden among mortals in a humanoid guise
- The hells, demonic or shadowy realms and cities
Behavior
- Masters of manipulation, whispering lies and doubts into hearts, seeking to corrupt mortals through deception and temptation
- Most of the time, it is in a shape-changed humanoid form to infiltrate and overtake communities
- Picks confrontations carefully and never fights to the death, always trying to escape
Information (Intelligence Check)
- DC 10 Religion: Recognized as a corrupted celestial, fallen from grace
- DC 15 History: Knows they have the power to control and turn people into evil
- DC 20 Arcana: Tricky foe to deal with as it twists the senses of prey, changes its own shape, and is immune to reading its thoughts
Combat
- Usually encountered with a followership of (influential or strong) humanoids under its direct control
- If it has the chance to set up the fight, it starts with enthrall or suggestion spell to charm targets, and give them this disadvantage against its Temptation ability. If not, it relies more on its Twisted Visions to charm.
- Opens difficult fights with spells: wall of fire to split the battlefield or banishment to remove an opponent for later
- If it fights a losing fight, it focuses its Corrupting Touch on a single target and tries to escape via its planeshift spell once it changes the target’s alignment
Loot Ideas
- Cursed relics and magical items
- Possessions to assume an influential fake personality and gifts given to it by it worshippers or followers
- Faded holy symbol of its original celestial patron
USING MONSTER VARIANTS
Monster variants allow the GM to adjust encounters to better match the party’s strength, narrative needs, or world-building logic. A weaker variant may represent a juvenile, wounded, or lesser specimen, while a stronger variant can serve as a leader, champion, ancient creature, or apex predator.
Variants can be used to fine-tune difficulty without changing the core identity of the monster, making them ideal for scaling encounters, reinforcing hierarchy within a faction, or creating memorable boss-style enemies. You can even use the same stat block but different variants in the same encounter if you want.
Design Note. Each monster is primarily balanced around its normal version. Weaker and stronger variants are derived adjustments and may not always preserve every tactical nuance or “feel” of the original creature. GMs are encouraged to review variants carefully and adjust abilities or tactics as needed to best suit their table.