Drow Matron Mother

Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes p. 186

Size
Medium
Type
humanoid (elf)
Alignment
neutral evil
AC
17 (half plate armor)
Hit Points
262 (35d8+105)
Speed
walk 30 ft.
Saving Throws
Con +9, Wis +11, Cha +12
Skills
Insight +11, Perception +11, Religion +9, Stealth +10
Condition Immunities
charmed, frightened, poisoned
Senses
darkvision 120 ft.
Passive Perception
21
Languages
Elvish, Undercommon
Challenge
20
Lineage
Drow, Elf
Environment
underdark
STR
12
+1
DEX
18
+4
CON
16
+3
INT
17
+3
WIS
21
+5
CHA
22
+6

Traits

Fey Ancestry

The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put the drow to sleep.

Lolth's Fickle Favor

As a bonus action, the matron can bestow the Spider Queen's blessing on one ally she can see within 30 feet of her. The ally takes 7 (2d6) psychic damage but has advantage on the next attack roll it makes until the end of its next turn.

Magic Resistance

The drow has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Sunlight Sensitivity

While in sunlight, the drow has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.

Innate Spellcasting

The drow's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 20). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

  • At will: dancing lights, detect magic
  • 1/day each: clairvoyance, darkness, detect thoughts, dispel magic, faerie fire, levitate (self only), suggestion

Spellcasting

The drow is a 20th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 19, +11 to hit with spell attacks). The drow has the following cleric spells prepared:

  • Cantrips (at will): guidance, mending, resistance, sacred flame, thaumaturgy
  • 1st level (4 slots): bane, command, cure wounds, guiding bolt
  • 2nd level (3 slots): hold person, silence, spiritual weapon
  • 3rd level (3 slots): bestow curse, clairvoyance, dispel magic, spirit guardians
  • 4th level (3 slots): banishment, death ward, freedom of movement, guardian of faith
  • 5th level (3 slots): contagion, flame strike, geas, mass cure wounds
  • 6th level (2 slots): blade barrier, harm
  • 7th level (2 slots): divine word, plane shift
  • 8th level (1 slots): holy aura
  • 9th level (1 slots): gate

Actions

Multiattack

The matron mother makes two demon staff attacks or three tentacle rod attacks.

Demon Staff

Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) bludgeoning damage, or 8 (1d8 + 4) bludgeoning damage if used with two hands, plus 14 (4d6) psychic damage. In addition, the target must succeed on a DC19 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened of the drow for 1 minute. The frightened target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Tentacle Rod

Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage. If the target is hit three times by the rod on one turn, the target must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or suffer the following effects for 1 minute: the target's speed is halved, it has disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws, and it can't use reactions. Moreover, on each of its turns, it can take either an action or a bonus action, but not both. At the end of each of its turns, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Summon Servant (1/Day)

The drow magically summons a retriever or a yochlol. The summoned creature appears in an unoccupied space within 60 feet of its summoner, acts as an ally of its summoner, and can't summon other demons. It remains for 10 minutes, until it or its summoner dies, or until its summoner dismisses it as an action.

recharge

1/DAY

Legendary Actions

Legendary Actions (3/Turn)

The humanoid (elf) can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The humanoid (elf) regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

recharge

3/TURN

Demon Staff

The drow makes one attack with her demon staff.

Compel Demon (Costs 2 Actions)

An allied demon within 30 feet of the drow uses its reaction to make one attack against a target of the drow's choice that she can see.

Cast a Spell (Costs 1-3 Actions)

The drow expends a spell slot to cast a 1st-, 2nd-, or 3rd-level spell that she has prepared. Doing so costs 1 legendary action per level of the spell.

Spells

dancing lights, detect magic, clairvoyance, darkness, detect thoughts, dispel magic, faerie fire, levitate, suggestion, guidance, mending, resistance, sacred flame, thaumaturgy, bane, command, cure wounds, guiding bolt, hold person, silence, spiritual weapon, bestow curse, clairvoyance, dispel magic, spirit guardians, banishment, death ward, freedom of movement, guardian of faith, contagion, flame strike, geas, mass cure wounds, blade barrier, harm, divine word, plane shift, holy aura, gate

Spell Slots

0,4,3,3,3,3,2,2,1,1

Other data

description

Matron mother is a strange title for a cruel tyrant, but given what drow consider to be a goddess, perhaps we shouldn't be surprised.

Drow Matron Mother: At the head of each drow noble house sits a matron mother, an influential priestess of Lolth charged with carrying out the god's will while also advancing the interests of the family. Matron mothers embody the scheming and treachery associated with the Queen of Spiders. Each stands at the center of a vast conspiratorial web, with demons, drow, spiders, and slaves positioned between them and their enemies. Although matron mothers command great power, that power depends on maintaining the Spider Queen's favor, and the dark god sometimes capriciously takes back what she has given. The stat block here represents a matron mother at the height of her power.