CR 7 – Undead – Market Wraith

Tier 2 play

**Monster Name**: Market Wraith

**Size, Type, Alignment**: Medium Undead, Neutral Evil

**Core Stats**: Armor Class (AC) 15, Hit Points (HP) 85 (10d8 + 40), Speed 0 ft., Fly 40 ft. (hover)

**Ability Scores**:

Strength 10 (+0),

Dexterity 16 (+3),

Constitution 18 (+4),

Intelligence 12 (+1),

Wisdom 14 (+2),

Charisma 20 (+5)

**Proficiencies**: Saving Throws: Wisdom +6, Charisma +8; Skills: Deception +8, Stealth +6

Damage Resistances: Necrotic, Psychic; Damage Immunities: Poison; Condition Immunities: Charmed, Frightened, Paralyzed

**Senses**: Darkvision 60 ft., Ethereal Sight (can see 60 ft. into the Ethereal Plane), Passive Perception 12

**Languages**: Common, understands all languages it knew in life

**Challenge Rating (CR)**: 7 (2,900 XP)

**Special Abilities**:

– **Haunting Presence**: Creatures within 30 feet of the Market Wraith must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened until the end of their next turn.

– **Ethereal Jaunt**: As a bonus action, the Market Wraith can shift into the Ethereal Plane, allowing it to move through objects and creatures as if they were difficult terrain.

**Actions**:

– **Multiattack**: The Market Wraith makes two attacks with its Ethereal Touch.

– **Ethereal Touch**: Melee Spell Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (4d10) necrotic damage. On a hit, the target must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or have their maximum hit points reduced by the amount of necrotic damage taken until they finish a long rest.

– **Wail of Despair (Recharge 5-6)**: The Market Wraith emits a haunting wail. Each creature within a 30-foot radius must make a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw, taking 27 (6d8) psychic damage on a failed save or half as much on a successful one. A creature that fails this save is also stunned until the end of its next turn.

**Description**: The Market Wraith is a sorrowful spirit of a once-thriving merchant, driven to madness by the loss of their livelihood due to destruction and chaos. With a visage that reflects despair and anger, it drifts through abandoned marketplaces, seeking to instill fear in the hearts of those who dare to approach. Utilizing its ethereal abilities, the Market Wraith can evade physical attacks, striking from the shadows with a chilling touch. Often accompanied by the echoes of lost bargains and cries for help, this wraith embodies the lingering grief of those whose lives were shattered by conflict, targeting those who might restore or exploit the remnants of what was lost.