Cairnwight
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants p. 122
- Size
- Huge
- Type
- undead
- Alignment
- typically neutral
- AC
- 19 (natural armor)
- Hit Points
- 138 (12d12+60)
- Speed
- walk 40 ft.
- Saving Throws
- Wis +5, Con +9
- Skills
- Stealth +8, Athletics +10, Perception +5
- Condition Immunities
- charmed, exhaustion, frightened, petrified
- Senses
- darkvision 60 ft.
- Passive Perception
- 15
- Languages
- Giant
- Challenge
- 9
Traits
Proficiency Bonus
+4
Actions
Multiattack
The cairnwight makes two Slam attacks or two Rock attacks, and it uses its Petrifying Touch if available.
Slam
Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (3d10 + 6) bludgeoning damage.
Rock
Ranged Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, range 60/240 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (3d8 + 6) bludgeoning damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 17 Strength saving throw or have the prone condition.
Petrifying Touch (Recharge 5-6)
The cairnwight touches one creature it can see within 10 feet of itself. The target must succeed on a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or take 26 (4d12) force damage and have the restrained condition as it begins to turn to stone. The affected target must repeat the saving throw at the end of its next turn. On a successful save, the effect ends on the target. On a failed save, the target has the petrified condition instead of the restrained condition.
recharge
D5
Other data
description
Stone giants believe the god Skoraeus Stonebones inspires artists to create their finest stone carvings. Sometimes a giant pursues this divine inspiration to the exclusion of all other tasks, retreating into a spacious cavern and blocking out all distractions. Creating a masterwork can become such a driving obsession that death can't stop it: a giant who dies while creating art might rise as a cairnwight and continue the work. Once the artwork is completed, the cairnwight remains as its undying guardian. A cairnwight looks much like an emaciated stone giant. Its form is caked with lichens and mineral deposits, which help it blend with its cavern tomb. Should a creature attempt to interfere with the completion of the cairnwight's project, damage the art, or steal from the cairnwight, the giant petrifies the creature, places the resulting statue outside as a warning, then reseals its cavern vault.