Marilith
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*Large fiend (demon), chaotic evil*

**Armor Class** 18 (natural armor)

**Hit Points** 189 (18d10 + 90)

**Speed** 40 ft.

+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| STR       | DEX       | CON       | INT       | WIS       | CHA       |
+===========+===========+===========+===========+===========+===========+
| 18 (+4)   | 20 (+5)   | 20 (+5)   | 18 (+4)   | 16 (+3)   | 20 (+5)   |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

**Saving Throws** Str +9, Con +10, Wis +8, Cha +10

**Damage Resistances** cold, fire, lightning; bludgeoning, piercing, and
slashing from nonmagical attacks

**Damage Immunities** poison

**Condition Immunities** :ref:`poisoned`

**Senses** truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 13

**Languages** Abyssal, telepathy 120 ft.

**Challenge** 16 (15,000 XP)

:bi:`Magic Resistance`. The marilith has advantage on saving throws
against spells and other magical effects.

:bi:`Magic Weapons`. The marilith's weapon attacks are magical.

:bi:`Reactive`. The marilith can take one reaction on every turn in a
combat.


Actions
^^^^^^^

:bi:`Multiattack`. The marilith makes seven attacks: six with its
longswords and one with its tail.

:bi:`Longsword`. *Melee Weapon Attack:* +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one
target. *Hit:* 13 (2d8 + 4) slashing damage.

.. index::
   single: grappled; by marilith tail
   single: restrained; by marilith tail

:bi:`Tail`. *Melee Weapon Attack:* +9 to hit, reach 10 ft., one
creature. *Hit:* 15 (2d10 + 4) bludgeoning damage. If the target is
Medium or smaller, it is :ref:`grappled` (escape DC 19). Until this grapple
ends, the target is :ref:`restrained`, the marilith can automatically hit the
target with its tail, and the marilith can't make tail attacks against
other targets.

:bi:`Teleport`. The marilith magically teleports, along with any
equipment it is wearing or carrying, up to 120 feet to an unoccupied
space it can see.

Reactions
         

:bi:`Parry`. The marilith adds 5 to its AC against one melee attack that
would hit it. To do so, the marilith must see the attacker and be
wielding a melee weapon.