CR 7 – Aberration – The Assimilator
Tier 2 play
**Monster Name**: The Assimilator
**Size, Type, Alignment**: Medium, Aberration, Lawful Neutral
**Core Stats**: Armor Class (AC) 15, Hit Points (HP) 82 (11d8 + 33), Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft. (hover)
**Ability Scores**:
Strength 14 (+2),
Dexterity 16 (+3),
Constitution 16 (+3),
Intelligence 18 (+4),
Wisdom 12 (+1),
Charisma 10 (+0)
**Proficiencies**: Saving Throws Intelligence +8, Wisdom +5; Skills Arcana +8, Insight +5
Damage Resistances Psychic, Necrotic
Damage Immunities Poison; Condition Immunities Charmed, Frightened
**Senses**: Darkvision 60 ft., Blindsight 10 ft., Passive Perception 12
Languages: Understands Common and Deep Speech but cannot speak
Challenge Rating (CR): 7 (2,900 XP)
**Special Abilities**:
– **Assimilate**: When the Assimilator reduces a creature to 0 hit points, it can temporarily gain one of its abilities (one skill or saving throw) for 24 hours.
– **Mind Bind**: As a reaction, the Assimilator can impose disadvantage on an attack roll made against it if the attacker is affected by its Psychic Pulse ability.
**Actions**:
– **Multiattack**: The Assimilator makes two attacks: one with its Tendril and one with its Psychic Pulse.
– **Tendril**: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d10 + 3) psychic damage. If the target is grappled, it must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be blinded until the end of its next turn.
– **Psychic Pulse**: Ranged Spell Attack: +8 to hit, range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (4d10) psychic damage. On a failed Intelligence saving throw (DC 16), the target is stunned until the end of its next turn.
**Description**:
The Assimilator is a being of shifting forms and engulfing shadows, born from the mingling of various plane energies. Once a mere observer of mortal conflicts, it has developed a keen desire to absorb the strengths of others, viewing them as assets in its quest for cosmic understanding. The Assimilator prefers to strike from the shadows, subtly confusing and debilitating its victims before moving in for the kill, often using its absorbing abilities to become a more formidable foe mid-battle. Sympathetic to the struggles of those who wander or intrude, it holds a strange admiration for their tenacity, yet it remains unyielding in its mission to devour and transform.