CR 7 – Undead – Ventral Wraith
Tier 2 play
**Monster Name:** Ventral Wraith
**Size, Type, Alignment:** Medium Undead, Neutral Evil
**Core Stats:** Armor Class (AC) 14, Hit Points (HP) 112 (15d8 + 45), Speed 0 ft., fly 50 ft. (hover)
**Ability Scores:**
Strength 1 (-5),
Dexterity 16 (+3),
Constitution 16 (+3),
Intelligence 12 (+1),
Wisdom 14 (+2),
Charisma 18 (+4)
**Proficiencies:**
Saving Throws: Dex +7, Wis +6
Skills: Stealth +7, Insight +6
Damage Resistances: Necrotic, Psychic
Damage Immunities: Poison, Blinded, Deafened
Condition Immunities: Charmed, Frightened, Paralyzed
**Senses:** Darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 30 ft., Passive Perception 15
**Languages:** Understands Common but cannot speak
**Challenge Rating (CR):** 7 (2,900 XP)
**Special Abilities:**
– **Phantom Illumination:** The Ventral Wraith can create vibrant glowing lights within a 30-foot radius, causing disadvantage on attack rolls for those within the area who can see them. This ability recharges on a roll of 5-6 on a d6.
– **Lurking Aura:** The creature can become invisible in dim light or darkness, reappearing whenever it attacks or takes damage.
**Actions:**
– **Multiattack:** The Ventral Wraith makes two attacks with its Ethereal Touch.
– **Ethereal Touch:** Melee Spell Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (3d8 + 3) necrotic damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or have its maximum HP reduced by the damage dealt until it finishes a long rest.
– **Terrifying Visage (Recharge 5-6):** All creatures within a 30-foot radius must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
**Description:**
The Ventral Wraith is a malicious spirit born from the suffering of lost souls trapped in the underground passages linking Ciudad Juarez and El Paso. Its form flickers like a candle's flame, shrouded in an eerie luminescent mist. Using its stealth and the shadows of the tunnels to its advantage, this wraith strikes fear into intruders, whispering their darkest secrets. Tactics involve ambushing its prey, disorienting them with its ghostly lights, and sapping their vitality with its touch, relishing the pandemonium wrought upon them. The Ventral Wraith embodies the anguish of those left behind, eternally haunting the passage it once roamed.