Lolth, the Queen of the Demonweb Pits

Gargantuan fiend (shapechanger), chaotic evil

Armor Class 18 (natural armor)

18 (natural armor) Hit Points 259(14d20 + 112)

259(14d20 + 112) Speed 60ft., climb 60 ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 21 (+5) 19 (+4) 27 (+8) 18 (+4) 15 (+2) 30 (+10)

Saving Throws Str +10, Wis +7

Str +10, Wis +7 Skills Athletics +10, Deception +20, Intimidation +15, Perception +7, Persuasion +15, Stealth +14

Athletics +10, Deception +20, Intimidation +15, Perception +7, Persuasion +15, Stealth +14 Condition Immunities charmed, poisoned

charmed, poisoned Damage Immunities poison

poison Senses darkvision 240 ft., truesight 240 ft., passive Perception 17

darkvision 240 ft., truesight 240 ft., passive Perception 17 Languages Celestial, Common, Draconic, Elvish, Undercommon

Celestial, Common, Draconic, Elvish, Undercommon Challenge 16 (15,000 XP)

Deity Casting. Lolth commands significant magical power, and is a 17th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 18, +10 to hit with spell attacks). Lolth can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

Cantrips (at will): dancing lights, poison spray, thaumaturgy

1st level (4 slots): bane, charm person, detect magic, faerie fire, inflict wounds, sanctuary

2nd level (3 slots): alter self, blur, darkness, enlarge/reduce, enthrall, hold person, silence, web

3rd level (3 slots): bestow curse, blink, conjure animals (spiders only), fear, revivify, vampiric touch

4th level (3 slots): arcane eye, banishment, dominate beast, polymorph

5th level (2 slots): antilife shell, circle of power, destructive wave, geas, reincarnate, scrying, seeming 6th level (1 slot): arcane gate, circle of death, eyebite, mass suggestion, true seeing

7th level (1 slot): forcecage, regenerate, resurrection, teleport

8th level (1 slot): Abi-Dalzim's horrid wilting, animal shapes (spiders only), dominate monster

9th level (1 slot): astral projection, power word kill

Great Drider. Lolth has 8 legs and two arms in her drider form, each of which can grapple a target.

Hands of a Lesser God. Lolth's attacks count as magical for the purposes of overcoming resistance and immunity.

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Lolth fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.

Shapechanger. Lolth can use a bonus action to polymorph into a Medium female drow, or back into her true self, a Gargantuan monstrous drider. Her statistics, other than her size, are the same in each form and she reverts to her true form if she falls unconscious. Any equipment she is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by her new form (Lolth's choice).

Spider Climb. Lolth can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.

Web Sense. While in contact with a web, Lolth knows the exact location of any other creature in contact with the same web.

Web Walker. Lolth ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.

Actions

Multiattack. In her drider form, Lolth makes four leg attacks. She can replace one of those with a bite attack, and two of those with a poisonous dagger attack. In her drow or drider form, she makes two poisonous dagger attacks.

Bite (Drider Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target.

Hit: 16 (3d6 + 5) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage.

Leg (Drider Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target.

Hit: 23 (4d8 + 5) bludgeoning damage.

Poisonous Dagger. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target.

Hit: 19 (4d4 + 5) piercing damage plus 26 (4d12) poison damage.

Enweb (Drider Form Only, Recharge 6). Lolth spins a web around a Huge or smaller creature within 5 feet of her. That creature must make a Strength or Dexterity saving throw (target's choice, escape DC 18), becoming restrained and paralyzed for 1 minute on a fail, or until the start of their next turn on a success.

Legendary Actions

Lolth can take 2 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. Lolth regains spent legendary actions at the start of her turn.

Detect. Lolth makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.

Bite Attack (Drider Form Only). Lolth makes a bite attack.

Poisonous Dagger. Lolth makes a poisonous dagger attack.

Grasp. Lolth attempts to shove or grapple.