Penanggalan 5e
Small Undead, Any Evil Alignment
The Penanggalan is a small undead in D&D 5e with a challenge rating of 8 (3,900 XP). It has 16 AC and 104 hit points. A disembodied head trails bloody entrails like grotesque ribbons as it floats through the air, its beautiful face twisted into a predatory smile that reveals needle-sharp teeth.
Armor Class
16
Hit Points
104
Challenge
8
3,900 XP
A disembodied head trails bloody entrails like grotesque ribbons as it floats through the air, its beautiful face twisted into a predatory smile that reveals needle-sharp teeth.
str
10
+0
dex
16
+3
con
16
+3
int
11
+0
wis
13
+1
cha
18
+4
Saving Throws DEX +6, WIS +4, CHA +7
Skills Deception +7, Insight +4, Stealth +6
Damage Immunities Immune: Necrotic, Poison; Resistant: Nonmagical Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing
Condition Immunities Charmed, Exhaustion, Poisoned, Prone
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
Languages Alive
Horrifying Visage.
Penanggalan Weaknesses.
Reattach.
Sunlight Paralysis.
Dense Vegetation.
Shapechanger.
Walk as the Living.
Innate Spellcasting.
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