Scavenger of Carnage

"Never stray too long in the fields of the freshly departed. Death will come and guide the souls to the afterlife, but their blood... Oh, that is for something unholy and it is famished."

The origins of the Sanguine Fiend are unknown. Many rumor that it is the result of forgotten magic gone wrong, a paladin that broke his oaths, or even the rage incarnate of a victim of atrocity.

Erupting from a humanoid corpse it may had called home, it will wander to closest source of exposed blood (often battlefields). It appears as a 13 ft. tall gaunt humanoid skinned from head to toe. Its eyes are missing with paper thin wings wrapped around its torso.

It will mummify surrounding corpses and creatures as it draws in their blood through the air. Walking from one battlefield to the next, it will leave a trail of large bloody footprints behind.

Though it prefers corpses, it will go after living creatures. The Sanguine Fiend has no sense of self preservation and will bleed itself to death trying to drain its prey.

Preferring to end fights quickly, it will use Blood Shards to amplify its attacks and Blood Bond to punish its attackers.

If surrounded, the Sanguine Fiend may create a fog of blood to obscure it victims or summon huge amounts of blood to slam down on them. It will counter healing magics and prevent prey from escaping by bending the blood within them.

If slain, the Sanguine Fiend revives in a week bursting from the nearest corpse to where it died. Only a day long ritual performed on hallowed ground can truly destroy its body.

The Sanguine Fiend

Large Demon, Chaotic Evil

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• Armor Class 9 (Exposed Flesh)
• Hit Point 453 (30d10 + 153)
• Speed 40 ft., fly 30 ft.

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
22 (+6)	8 (-1)	28 (+9)	2 (-4)	2 (-4)	24 (+7)

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• Saving Throws Str +12, Con +15, Cha +13
• Skills Athletics +12, Intimidation +13, Perception +2, Stealth +4, Survival +2
• Damage Vulnerabilities radiant
• Damage Immunities poison, necrotic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from non-magical attacks that aren't silvered
• Condition Immunities charmed, frightened, exhausted, poisoned
• Senses blindsight 20 ft., passive Perception 12
• Languages N/A
• Challenge 17 (18,000 XP)

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Traits

Blood Sight. The Fiend is eyeless but has an unnatural sense for blood and treats creatures containing blood within 120 ft. as if it could see them.

Mindless Demon. The Fiend has no care for its well being and needlessly hurts itself to reach sources of blood quickly. It starts combat missing 2d100 + 50 hp.

The Fiend automatically succeeds intelligence or wisdom saving throws due to its insanity.

Brutal Resistance. The Sanguine Fiend can sacrifice 5 hp to add +1 to a saving throw. To add more, it must sacrifice an additional 5 hp per point up to +5.

Perpetual Bleeding. Unless walking 5 ft. a round or less. The Fiend loses 1d4 hp per 10 ft. moved and 1d8 hp per 10 ft. flown.

Where ever the Fiend walks, it leaves a cursed trail of bloody footprints that lasts for a day. If a creature walks on this trail, it must make a DC 19 Wisdom saving throw. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the creature is stunned until the end of their next turn. Otherwise, the creature is frightened until the end of their next turn.

Blood Magic. The Sanguine Fiend's innate spell casting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 21). It can innately cast the following spells, up to 5th level requiring 5 hp per spell level instead of using spell slots or components.

At Will: Fog Cloud (Mist of blood centered on itself) Arms of Hadar (The arms are blood) Counterspell (Blood tears out of its eye sockets)

Create or Destroy Water, Tidal Wave, Maelstrom (Blood instead of water)

Dominate Person or Beast and Hold Monster (Only work on creatures with blood, Constitution save)

Blood Shards (bonus action). The Fiend creates shards of blood. By sacrificing 5 hp, the Sanguine Fiend adds 2d8 piercing or slashing damage to its next attack made. It can spend an additional 5 hp to add another d8 up to 5d8 piercing or slashing damage total.

Blood Siphon (1/round). The first time the Fiend hits a creature filled with blood on its turn, that creature must make a DC 19 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, the creature takes their constitution score in damage and the Fiend regains that much plus 28 hp.