So I finished The Rime of the Frostmaiden a few months ago and one of my players ended up going back in time and becoming king of Iriolarthas. Anyway, it inspired me to make this NPC stat block for him. I suspect there are exactly 4 people in the world who would care about this blog post at all but here you go guys!

Shangas, Lord of the Timescape

Medium Half-elf, Chaotic Neutral

Stats

HP 148

Speed 30

AC 16

Initiative

Str 7 (-1) Dex 15 (2) Con 16 (3) Int 10 (0) Wis 12 (1) Cha 20 (5)

Saving Throws Constitution +11 Charisma +13

Skills Animal Handling 7, Athletics 4, deception 11, Intimidation 11, Persuasion 11, Survival 11

Senses Darkvision 60 feet, passive perception 11

Languages Common, Celestial, Elvish, Gaint, Yeti

Challenge 20 (25,000 xp)

Innate spellcasting 3/day

·         Wall of ice

·         Sickening radiance

·         Hold person

·         Haste

Actions

·      Twin’d

o    Make 3 melee attacks and cast fire bolt or cast 2 firebolts

·      Fire Bolt

o    120 feet, +13 attack 4d10 Fire damage

·      Staff of power

o    Melee +2 attack 1d8+2 bludgeoning damage

Abilities

·      Limited Prescience

o    The first time Shangas would take damage each round, prevent that damage

·      Favored by Mystra

o    Name one spell. Shangas is immune to all effects of that spell for the next 24 hours. If Shangas casts the named spell, all attacks are rolled at advantage and all saves are rolled at disadvantage.

·      Regeneration

o    Shangas gains 30 HP at the start of his turn

·      Timewalk

o    When Shangas reaches 0 hit points his body discorporats, and he returns to a black obelisk at the foot of Raghad Glacier in the spring of (-343 DR)

Legendary actions (3)

·      Greater Restoration

·      Eldrich blast

o    4 beams, Attack +13, damage 1d10

·      Counter spell (3 actions)

Layer actions

Shangas, lord of the Timescape can take the following actions on imitative count 20 as long as he is anywhere in Iriolarthas. After he takes a layer action, he cannot take the same layer action again for 24 hours

·      Littlest YetiShan

o    Summon 2 abominable yetis and 1 yeti tyke.

o    Stay in existence for 10 Minutes. If hit 0 HP they return through time. There are only 3 yetis total. If one is already on this plane it cannot be summoned again.

·      Mass cure wounds

o    Up to 6 creatures get 3d8+13 HP

·      Mass Detect Thoughts

o    Shangas knows the location and surface thoughts of every living being that speaks at least one language and is currently in Iriolarthas.

·      Gate

o    Cast the gate spell or shift Iriolarthas into a different plane

·         Separately