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Multiattack

                                                               Type: Action.

                                                               Talent Cost: 2 (Counts as 2 Talents).
                                                               The barghest makes two attacks: one with its bite
                                                               and one with its claws.



                                                               Swift Shapechanger
                                                               Type: Trait.

                                                               The barghest can take a bonus action to polymorph
                                                               into a Small goblin or back into its true form.













                                                               Beholders
        A creature that takes damage from the
        banderhobb's bite attack is poisoned until the end
        of the banderhobb's next turn.
                                                               Death Kiss


                                                               The death kiss (CR 10) can have a maximum of 4
                                                               talents.



        Barghest                                               Blood Spurt
                                                               Type: Action.
        The barghest (CR 4) can have a maximum of 2
        talents.                                               The death kiss gains a Blood Spurt attack.
                                                               Blood Spurt. Ranged Weapon Attack +8 to hit, reach
                                                               60 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d10) lightning damage.
        Battle Magic
                                                               When the death kiss uses its multiattack, it can
        Type: Trait.                                           replace one of its tentacle attacks with Blood Spurt.

        Talent Cost: 2 (Counts as 2 Talents).

        When the barghest uses its action to cast a spell      Improved Multiattack
        that has a casting time of 1 action, it can make one
                                                               Type: Trait.
        claws attack as a bonus action.
                                                               Talent Cost: 2 (Counts as 2 Talents).
                                                               The death kiss makes four tentacle attacks.  Up
        Improved Innate Spellcasting
                                                               to four of these attacks can be replaced by Blood
        Type: Action.                                          Drain, one replacement per tentacle grappling a
        The barghest can innately cast the following spells    creature.
        (Charisma spell save DC 12), requiring no material
        components: 1/day (each): blink, mislead.

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