CouatlCR 4 · Medium Celestial · Stat Block & Encounter Builder

Medium celestial, Challenge 4. AC 19, 97 hit points.

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Hit Points

Speed

30 ft.

Challenge

4 · 1,100 XP

Alignment

Lawful Good

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Stat Block

Medium Celestial · Lawful Good

Couatl

13d8 + 39 · 30 ft., fly 90 ft. · AC from natural armor

Truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 15

Languages: all, telepathy 120 ft.

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
16 (+3)	20 (+5)	17 (+3)	18 (+4)	20 (+5)	18 (+4)

Traits

Damage ResistancesRadiant

Damage ImmunitiesPsychic, bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons

Innate SpellcastingThe couatl's spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring only verbal components: At will: detect evil and good, detect magic, detect thoughts 3/day each: bless, create food and water, cure wounds, lesser restoration, protection from poison, sanctuary, shield 1/day each: dream, greater restoration, scrying

Magic WeaponsThe couatl's weapon attacks are magical.

Shielded MindThe couatl is immune to scrying and to any effect that would sense its emotions, read its thoughts, or detect its location.

Actions

BiteMelee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 8 (1d6 + 5) piercing damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 24 hours. Until this poison ends, the target is unconscious. Another creature can use an action to shake the target awake.

ConstrictMelee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10 ft., one Medium or smaller creature. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 15). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the couatl can't constrict another target.

Change ShapeThe couatl magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating equal to or less than its own, or back into its true form. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (the couatl's choice). In a new form, the couatl retains its game statistics and ability to speak, but its AC, movement modes, Strength, Dexterity, and other actions are replaced by those of the new form, and it gains any statistics and capabilities (except class features, legendary actions, and lair actions) that the new form has but that it lacks. If the new form has a bite attack, the couatl can use its bite in that form.

How to actually run it

Tactics

The stat block tells you what it can do. This tells you what to do with it.

1It casts spells — read its spell list before the fight and hold a Counterspell or a way to break concentration.

2With a 90 ft. flying speed it can stay out of melee reach; a party with no ranged answer will chase it all fight.

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Couatls4Party size4Party level3

Could kill someone — and at high enough numbers, the whole party.

Difficulty

Deadly

8,800 adj. XP · ×2

deadly at 1,600

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Couatl, Answered

What is Couatl's challenge rating in D&D 5e?

Couatl is Challenge 4, worth 1,100 XP. Encounter maths multiplies XP by the number of monsters, so a group is deadlier than the raw total — use the calculator on this page.

What are Couatl's stats?

AC 19 (natural armor), 97 hit points (13d8 + 39), speed 30 ft., fly 90 ft.. Ability scores: STR 16, DEX 20, CON 17, INT 18, WIS 20, CHA 18.

What is Couatl resistant to?

Couatl is immune to psychic and bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons damage, and resistant to radiant. Pick a damage type it does not shrug off.

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