CR 5 – Aberration – Election Meddler

Tier 2 play

**Monster Name**: Election Meddler

**Size, Type, Alignment**: Medium, Aberration, Chaotic Neutral

**Core Stats**: Armor Class (AC) 15, Hit Points (HP) 85, Speed 30 ft.

**Ability Scores**:

Strength 10 (+0),

Dexterity 16 (+3),

Constitution 14 (+2),

Intelligence 18 (+4),

Wisdom 12 (+1),

Charisma 16 (+3)

**Proficiencies**: Saving Throws: Intelligence +7, Charisma +6

Skills: Deception +6, Insight +4, Stealth +7

Damage Resistances: Psychic; Damage Immunities: None; Condition Immunities: Charmed, Frightened

**Senses**: Darkvision 60 ft., Truesight 30 ft., Passive Perception 12

**Languages**: Telepathy 120 ft.

**Challenge Rating (CR)**: 5

**Special Abilities**:

– **Meddler's Influence**: The Election Meddler can cast *Suggestion* as a bonus action, targeting one creature it can see within 30 feet. The creature must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or follow the suggestion on its next turn.

– **Veil of Deceit**: As a reaction, the Meddler can impose disadvantage on an attack roll made against it by a creature that it has attacked this turn.

**Actions**:

– **Multiattack**: The Election Meddler makes two attacks with its Psychic Tendril.

– **Psychic Tendril**: Melee Spell Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (3d8 + 3) psychic damage. On a hit, the target must succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw or take an additional 10 (3d6) psychic damage and become incapacitated until the end of its next turn.

– **Suggestion Wave (Recharge 5-6)**: The Meddler emits a wave of psychic energy in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, a creature is charmed for 1 minute or until it takes damage. The Meddler can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

**Description**: The Election Meddler is a cunning aberration that thrives in the shadows of political intrigue. With a form that constantly shifts and distorts, it embodies the chaos of misinformation. Originating from the far reaches of the multiverse, this creature seeks to manipulate the minds of influential figures to sow discord and confusion. It uses its powers to influence decisions and create rifts, often preferring to strike from the shadows rather than engage directly. Its demeanor is sly and calculating, reveling in the chaos it creates while remaining elusive and difficult to pin down.