Nezznar The Black Spider

Medium humanoid (elf), neutral evil

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• Armor Class 11 (14 with mage armour)
• Hit Points 40 (6d8)
• Speed 30 feet

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
10 (+0)	13 (+1)	10 (+0)	16 (+3)	14 (+2)	13 (+1)

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• Saving Throws Int +6, Wis +5
• Skills Arcana +6, Perception +5, Stealth +4
• Senses darkvision 120 feet, passive Perception 15
• Languages Elvish, Undercommon
• Challenge 3 (700 XP)

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• Special Equipment. Nezznar has a Spider Staff (Magical. The top of this black, adamantine staff is shaped like a spider. The staff weighs 6 pounds. You must be attuned to the staff to gain its benefits and cast its spells. The staff can be wielded as a quarterstaff. It deals 1d6 extra poison damage on a hit when used to make a weapon attack. The staff has 10 charges, which are used to fuel the spells within it. With the staff in hand, you can use your action to cast one of the following spells from the staff if the spell is on your class's spell list: spider climb (1 charge) or web (2 charges, spell save DC 15). No components are required. The staff regains 1d6 + 4 expended charges each day at dusk. If you expend the staff's last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the staff crumbles to dust and is destroyed. If the wielder is reduced to 0 hit points the staff will rupture (the staff is destroyed) and hundreds of small spiders will swarm out cocooning the wielder in web. On the wielder's next turn they will emerge from the cocoon polymorphed into a Giant Spider with 40 hit points.
• Fey Ancestry. Nezznar has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put him to sleep.
• Sunlight Sensitivity. Nezznar has disadvantage on attack rolls when he or his target is in sunlight.
• Innate Spellcasting. Nezznar can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
• At will: dancing lights
• 1/day each: darkness, faerie fire (save DC 12)

• Spellcasting. Nezznar is a 5th level spellcaster that uses Intelligence as his spell casting ability (spell save DC14; +6 to hit with spell attacks). Nezznar knows the following spells from the wizard's spell list:

• Cantrips (at will): mage hand, ray of frost, shocking grasp
• 1st level (4 slots): mage armour, magic missile, shield
• 2nd level (3 slots): invisibility, suggestion, misty step
• 3rd level (2 slots): dispel magic, slow, stinking cloud

Actions

Spiderstaff. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 feet, one target. Hit: 3(1d6) bludgeoning damage plus 3(1d6) poison damage.