Fate Eater
Tome of Beasts (Third Party)
- Size
- Medium
- Type
- aberration
- Alignment
- neutral
- AC
- 16 (natural armor)
- Hit Points
- 182 (28d8+56)
- Speed
- walk 40 ft., climb 40 ft.
- Saving Throws
- Con +5
- Skills
- Arcana +7, History +7, Insight +6, Religion +7
- Condition Immunities
- charmed, unconscious
- Senses
- truesight 60 ft.
- Passive Perception
- 13
- Languages
- telepathy 100 ft.
- Challenge
- 6
Traits
Innate Spellcasting
The fate eater's innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 15). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
- 1/day each: blink, hallucinatory terrain
Visionary Flesh
Eating the flesh of a fate eater requires a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. If successful, the eater gains a divination spell. If failed, the victim vomits blood and fails the next saving throw made in combat.
Actions
Bite
Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 26 (5d8 + 4) slashing damage plus 11 (2d10) necrotic damage.
Spectral Bite
When a fate eater scores a critical hit against a target, it damages not only the creature but also the threads of its fate, changing the character's past or future. The target must roll 1d6 on the chart below for each critical hit that isn't negated by a successful DC 15 Charisma saving throw:
| d6 | Effect |
|---|---|
| 1 | Seeing the Alternates: Suffers the effects of the confusion spell for 1d4 rounds |
| 2 | Untied from the Loom: Character's speed is randomized for four rounds. Roll 3d20 at the start of each of the character's turns to determine his or her speed in feet that turn |
| 3 | Shifting Memories: Permanently loses 2 from a random skill and gains 2 in a random untrained skill |
| 4 | Not So Fast: Loses the use of one class ability, chosen at random |
| 5 | Lost Potential: Loses 1 point from one randomly chosen ability score |
| 6 | Took the Lesser Path: The character's current hit point total becomes his or her hit point maximum |
Effects 3-6 are permanent until the character makes a successful Charisma saving throw. The saving throw is repeated after every long rest, but the DC increases by 1 after every long rest, as the character becomes more entrenched in this new destiny. Otherwise, these new fates can be undone by nothing short of a wish spell or comparable magic.