# Gnyan

*Large* *Elemental* *neutral good*

- **Armor Class:** 14
- **Hit Points:** 90 (12d10+24)
- **Speed:** walk 50 ft.
- **Challenge Rating:** 4 (1,100 XP)
- **Source:** [Tome of Beasts 3](https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-3-for-5th-edition/) page 210

| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17 (+3) | 19 (+4) | 15 (+2) | 12 (+1) | 16 (+3) | 18 (+4) |

- **Saving Throws**: Dex +6, Con +4
- **Skills:** perception +3
- **Damage Vulnerabilities:** fire
- **Damage Immunities:** cold, poison
- **Condition Immunities:** exhaustion, frightened, poisoned, prone
- **Senses:** darkvision 60', passive Perception 15
- **Languages:** Common

### Special Abilities

- **Aura of Hope:** Surrounded by aura of courage. Each friendly creature within 30' of it: advantage on saves vs. being frightened.
- **Glorious Milk:** Can spend 1 min slowly drinking from a bowl of melted ice water. When it stops bowl is filled with pale milk. A creature that drinks the milk regains 7 (2d6) hp and its exhaustion level is reduced by up to two levels. After gnyan's milk has restored a total of 20 hp or reduced a total of four exhaustion levels in creatures gnyan can't create milk in this way again until it finishes a long rest.
- **Pounce:** If it moves 20'+ straight to creature and hits it with Claw attack on same turn target knocked prone (DC 13 Str not prone). If target is prone gnyan can make one Bite vs. it as a bonus action.
- **Snow Camouflage:** Advantage: Dex (Stealth) to hide in snowy terrain.
- **Snow Strider:** Can move across icy surfaces with o an ability check and difficult terrain composed of ice or snow doesn't cost it extra movement. It leaves no tracks or other traces of its passage when moving through snowy terrain.

### Actions

- **Multiattack:** One Bite attack and one Claw attack.
- **Bite:** Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, 5 ft., one target, 11 (2d6+4) piercing damage + 3 (1d6) cold.
- **Claw:** Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, 5 ft., one target, 9 (2d4+4) slashing damage + 3 (1d6) cold.
- **Avalanche's Roar (Recharge 6):** Ice and snow in 30' cone. Each creature in area: 21 (6d6) cold and is restrained until end of its next turn as frost and snow coats its limbs (DC 13 Dex half damage not restrained).

### Bonus Actions

- **Snow Step:** Teleports with items worn/carried up to 30' to unoccupied space it can see. Origin and destination must have snow.


