Dreadwood Wendigo

Once a proud ranger who roamed the Dreadwood Hollows centuries ago, the man who would become the Dreadwood Wendigo made a fateful pact with an ancient forest spirit to gain dominion over the three treacherous peaks, seeking to protect his dying village from starvation. The spirit granted him his wish, but at a terrible cost—his body began to transform into something neither living nor dead, his limbs stretching and hardening into gnarled wood while his skull fused with that of an ancient elk he'd hunted in his final moments of humanity. Over generations, his consciousness fractured between man and beast, hunter and hunted, until only hunger remained, a gnawing emptiness that no amount of flesh could satisfy. Now he stalks the archipelago of mountains as a phantom of the forest itself, his form indistinguishable from the dead timber that surrounds him, luring travelers with the haunting calls of elk and the snuffling breath of something impossibly large. Villages learned to dread the darkening of their hearth fires, for it signaled his approach through the woods—a slow, methodical hunt that always ends the same way. The ranger's original purpose to save his people has long been forgotten, replaced by an eternal curse that transforms him into the very nightmare he once sought to prevent, forever bound to the Dreadwood Hollows as its most terrible guardian and executioner.

Strength

20, modifier 5

Dexterity

14, modifier 2

Constitution

22, modifier 6

Intelligence

6, modifier -2

Wisdom

16, modifier 3

Charisma

10, modifier 0

Elk Call

The Wendigo emits a haunting elk call. All creatures within 300 ft. must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed until the end of their next turn.

Wooden Grasp

Melee Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 3d10 + 5 bludgeoning damage and the target is grappled (escape DC 16).

Hollow's Embrace

The Wendigo envelops a creature in shadows. The target must make a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or take 4d8 necrotic damage and be blinded until the end of its next turn.

Spectral Hunt

The Wendigo moves through the forest, becoming incorporeal for 1 round. It can move through creatures and objects, taking 1d10 force damage if it ends its turn inside an object.

Camouflage

The Dreadwood Wendigo can blend into the forest, gaining advantage on stealth checks.

Haunting Presence

Creatures within 30 feet must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened for 1 minute.

strength

8

dexterity

5

constitution

11

wisdom

7

Piercing

Slashing