Crimson Harvester, Cult of Joy Elite

Whispers call them 'the crimson joybrides' and say the cult of joy spreads like an infection. Survivors tell of a priestess who smiles as she never breathes yet sings lullabies of the burning grove. City watch log entries omit the cult's true name when found in ad-hoc reports.

MediumHumanoid(Changeling hexblood)CR Medium (CR 5)Chaotic Evil

Crimson Harvester, Cult of Joy Elite

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HP52AC+6SPD30 ft., Climb 20 ft. (proficient), Can pass through small gaps for up to a number of minutes per day while in Gaseous Form equal to its proficiency bonusCR5 (1,800 XP)AcrobaticsDeceptionPersuasionStealth
STR
14
DEX
18
save
CON
14
INT
8
WIS
8
CHA
17
save
Changeling Guise. The harvester can take the shape of any Medium humanoid she has seen, including altering voice, hair color, and facial features. She can revert to her true form or assume a new form as an action. Equipment worn or carried is not changed and melds into the new appearance until she chooses to reveal it.
Gaseous Form (limited). The harvester can use a special Gaseous Form a number of minutes per day equal to her proficiency bonus (3 minutes). Activating Gaseous Form is an action. While in Gaseous Form she gains the following benefits: can pass through small openings and through creatures as if difficult terrain, her speed is halved, she has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks, she cannot attack but can move through and reposition. Gaseous Form ends early if the harvester attacks, casts a spell that affects an enemy creature, or voluntarily ends it. Minutes used are tracked cumulatively between encounters and reset after a long rest.
Warlock Spellcasting. The harvester is a 5th-level warlock in spellcasting capability for the purpose of spells listed in this statblock. Charisma is her spellcasting ability (spell save , to hit with spell attacks). She has two spell slots that are expended as 3rd-level warlock slots and regain them on a short or long rest.
Eldritch Invocations. The harvester has learned Agonizing Blast and Devil's Sight invocations, allowing her to add her Charisma modifier to Eldritch Blast damage and see normally in magical darkness.
Fey-Tainted Resilience. The harvester has advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened.
Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: piercing damage. If the harvester has attacked with its off-hand shortsword this turn, it can instead choose to deal an additional psychic damage as shadowfire flares across the blade.
Off-Hand Shortsword (bonus action). Melee Weapon Attack: to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: piercing damage.
Eldritch Blast. Ranged Spell Attack: to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: force damage. This beam can target a creature behind total cover only if the harvester used a turn to become partially incorporeal (Gaseous Form) and the attack originates from a square adjacent to the target.
Shadowflame Cone. The harvester lashes out with a blade wreathed in cold shadow. Each creature in a 15-foot cone must make a Constitution saving throw, taking cold damage on a failed save, or half as much on a success. If the target fails the save by 5 or more, it is also frightened until the end of the harvester's next turn.
Interception. Intercepting Slash. When a creature adjacent to the harvester is hit by a melee attack, the harvester can use its reaction to attempt to reduce the damage to that creature by . The harvester must be wielding a shortsword and be able to reach the attacker.
Blade Parry. Parry. When the harvester is hit by a melee attack, it can add +3 to its AC against that attack, potentially causing the attack to miss. The harvester must see the attacker.
Cantrips
Cantrips (innate)Evocation/Illusion Cantrips: Eldritch Blast, Minor Illusion. Eldritch Blast benefits from Agonizing Blast invocation, adding Charisma modifier to damage.
1st level
HexEnchantment Hex. As a bonus action, the harvester curses a creature it can see. While cursed the harvester deals an extra 1d6 necrotic damage to the target and the target has disadvantage on one ability check of the harvester's choice. Lasts up to 1 hour with concentration.
Armor of AgathysAbjuration Armor of Agathys. Grants 5 temporary HP and deals 5 cold damage to melee attackers for 1 hour.
2nd level
Misty StepConjuration Misty Step. Briefly turns to mist and teleports up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space it can see.
DarknessEvocation Darkness. Magical 15-foot-radius sphere of darkness. The harvester has Devil's Sight and can see through this darkness.
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