Lava Hermit
Medium spirit, neutral evil
Armor Class 13
Hit Points 35 (10d8-10)
Speed
Fly: 30ft
STR
8 -1
DEX
17 +3
CON
9 -1
INT
14 +2
WIS
13 +1
CHA
10
0
Skills Perception +2, Stealth +5
Damage Vulnerabilities Cold
Damage Immunities Fire
Senses darkvision 120 ft, Passive Perception 13
Languages Common, Spirital
Challenge 1
Fire Skin: Any creature within 5ft. of the Lava Hermit must make a Constitution Save at the beginning of their turn, DC 10, or be burned by fire damage 1d4
Actions
Garrote (Melee Weapon Attack +5 to hit. reach 5 ft., one target of the Lava Hermit's size or smaller. Hit: 6 (1d6+3) bludgeoning damage and the target is grappled (escape DC 13 with disadvantage). Until the grapple ends, the target takes 10 (2d6+3) bludgeoning damage at the start of each of the Lava Hermit's turns. The Lava Hermit can't make weapon attacks while grappling a creature in this way. Shortsword (Melee Weapon Attack) +5 to hit, reach 5ft., One Target. Hit: 6 (1d6+3) plus 3 (1d6) fire damage. Fire teleport (recharge 5-6): The Lava Hermit, any equipment it is wearing or carrying, and any creature it is grappling teleport to an unoccupied space within 50 feet of it, provided that the starting space and the destination have a source of fire in it. the destination must be something the Lava Hermit has seen before, but it need not be within line of sight. If the destination space is occupied the teleportation leads to the nearest unoccupied space with fire in it. Any other creature the Lava Hermit teleports becomes cursed by fire for 1 hour. Until this curse ends, every fire creature and every creature native to the Spirit Realm within 300 feet of the cursed creature can sense it, which prevents that creature from hiding from them.
“A creature who appears to once be human but now is too gaunt and appears to be just skin and bones. His skin has a slight red tint to it and seems to radiate slight heat.” A Lava hermit is a creature born in the Spirit Realm when a creature dies from a volcanic eruption or a particularly violent fire.