Monster - Soul Cleaver

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> ## Soul Cleaver
>*Medium undead, chaotic evil*
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> - **Armor Class** 16 (natural armor)
> - **Hit Points** 144 (17d8 + 68)
> - **Speed** 20 ft. 
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>|STR|DEX|CON|INT|WIS|CHA|
>|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
>|19 (+4)|12 (+1)|19 (+4)|12 (+1)|14 (+2)|11 (+0)|
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> - **Saving Throws** Str +8, Con +8, Cha +4
> - **Damage Resistances** acid, cold, fire, lightning, thunder
> - **Damage Immunities** poison
> - **Condition Immunities** charmed, exhaustion paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, unconscious
> - **Senses** darkvision 120 ft., passive perception 12
> - **Languages** understands all languages its components knew in life but can't speak
> - **Challenge** 10 (5,900 XP)
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> ***Disarm Immune.*** The soul cleaver can't be disarmed of its weapons. 
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> ***Ethereal Sight.*** The soul cleaver can see 60 feet into the Ethereal Plane when it is on the Material Plane, and vice versa.
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> ***Regeneration.*** The soul cleaver regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn. If the soul cleaver takes radiant damage, this trait doesn't function at the start of the soul cleaver's next turn. The soul cleaver's body is destroyed only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate.
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> ***Release.*** When the soul cleaver dies, it releases its trapped souls; 1d4+1 specters arise in unoccupied spaces within 15 feet of the soul cleaver. 
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> ***Soulforged Weapons.*** The soul cleaver's weapon attacks are magical and ignore cover.
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> ### Actions
> ***Multiattack.*** The soul cleaver makes three giant knife attacks.
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> ***Giant Knife.*** *Melee Weapon Attack:* +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. *Hit*: 11 (2d6 + 4) slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) force damage. 
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> ***Chain Slash.*** The soul cleaver swings its giant knives by the chain in an area of its choice, a 15-foot cone or a 30-foot line that's 5 feet wide, ignoring cover. Each creature in the area must make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw or take 12 (5d4) slashing damage plus 12 (5d4) force damage failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

> **By lobstaris**
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> *[lutogniew](https://www.artstation.com/artwork/l5XPk)* by luis vera.
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> Made with GMBinder.

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## Soul Cleaver

A necromancer's fever dream, a soul cleaver is named for the distinctive, massive knives chained to its wrists and for its status as a walking collection of souls. One is created when a corpse-like vessel is filled with multiple souls at once, sealed inside by numerous magical tags. This union of spirits grants the vessel an overflowing spiritual power, which is channeled into its large weapons.

***Spectral Blades.*** The soul cleaver wields its knives with ease, swinging them normally or by grabbing the chains for a flailing cleave. As the blades cut through the air, they simultaneously cut through the Ethereal Plane, bypassing any solid objects in their path.

***Berserk Cluster.*** In housing multiple spectres in its form, the negative emotions of the soul cleaver's possessors are amplified. When they inevitably escape from or kill their creator, they wander the lands, seeking to spread as much death and destruction as possible.

***Collection of Souls.*** When a vessel's body is destroyed, the sealed spirits explode out of the broken prison, freed from their fused state.

***Undead Nature.*** A soul cleaver doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep.