ability_mods:
  cha_mod: 3
  con_mod: 3
  dex_mod: 2
  int_mod: 2
  str_mod: 5
  wis_mod: 2
ac: 21
ac_special: null
automatic_abilities: null
description: Typical barghests are ravenous gluttons of life who feed and grow on
  the fat of mortals, their bodies changing in ways none can predict as they use the
  flesh and blood of their victims to achieve grisly transformations into greater
  barghests. Barghests often make use of their shapechanging abilities to rule tribes
  of goblinoids or to discreetly hunt in rural areas in the guise of unnaturally intelligent
  wolves. They do not work well together, as each barghest wants all the kills for
  itself; cannibalism is the typical result of too many barghests in one small area.
divine_spells: null
hp: 50
immunities: null
innate_spells:
- frequency: at will
  level: 4
  name: blink
- frequency: at will
  level: 4
  name: confusion
- frequency: at will
  level: 4
  name: dimension door
- frequency: at will
  level: 3
  name: levitate
items: null
languages:
- Abyssal
- Common
- Goblin
level: 4
melee:
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 2d8+5
    type: piercing
  name: jaws
  to_hit: 13
  traits: null
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 2d6+5
    type: slashing
  name: claw
  to_hit: 13
  traits:
  - agile
name: Barghest
perception: 12
proactive_abilities:
- action_cost: One Action
  description: The barghest takes on the shape of a goblinoid (a goblin, hobgoblin,
    or bugbear) or a wolf, or it transforms back into its true form. When the barghest
    is a goblinoid, it loses its jaws and claw Strikes, it becomes Small if it is
    a goblin, and its Speed changes to 20 feet. When the barghest is a wolf, its Speed
    changes to 40 feet and its jaws gain Knockdown. Each individual barghest has only
    one goblinoid form and one wolf form.
  name: Change Shape
  traits:
  - concentrate
  - divine
  - polymorph
  - transmutation
- description: Once per month, a barghest can spend 1 minute to devour a corpse, gaining
    a permanent +1 status bonus to its checks and DCs. Each subsequent time it feeds,
    this bonus increases by 1. The fourth time a barghest feeds, it sheds its skin
    and mutates into a greater barghest, and the status bonus ends.
  name: Feed
  traits: null
ranged: null
resistances:
- amount: 5
  type: 'fire '
- amount: 5
  type: physical (except magical)
saves:
  fort: 11
  ref: 12
  will: 8
saves_special:
  fort: null
  ref: null
  will: null
senses:
- darkvision
- scent (imprecise) 30 feet
skills:
  Acrobatics: 10
  Deception: 12
  Diplomacy: 9
  Intimidation: 11
  Stealth: 10
  Survival: 8
skills_special: null
speed:
- amount: 25
  type: Land
spell_attack_to_hit: null
spell_dc: null
traits:
- CE
- Medium
- Fiend
type: Creature