Huge fiend, chaotic evil

Armor Class: 17

Hit Points: 405

Speed: 40 ft , fly: 40 ft

STR

27 +8

DEX

14 +2

CON

25 +7

INT

20 +5

WIS

20 +5

CHA

25 +7

Saving Throws: DEX +10, CON +15, WIS +13

Skills: Arcana +12, Perception +12

Damage Resistances: Cold, Fire, Lightning

Damage Immunities: Necrotic, Poison; Nonmagical Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing

Condition Immunities: Charmed, Exhaustion, Frightened, Poisoned

Senses: Truesight 120ft., Passive Perception 22

Languages: All, Telepathy 120ft.

Challenge Rating: 26 ( 90000 XP)

Proficiency Bonus: +8

Actions

Multiattack. Orcus makes two Wand of Orcus attacks.

Wand of Orcus. Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (3d8 + 8) bludgeoning damage plus 13 (2d12) necrotic damage.   Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +16 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (3d8 + 8) piercing damage plus 9 (2d8) poison damage.

Legendary Actions

Orcus can take 3 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. Orcus regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn.

Tail. Orcus makes one tail attack.   A Taste of Undeath. Orcus casts chill touch (17th level).   Creeping Death (Costs 2 Actions). Orcus chooses a point on the ground that he can see within 100 feet of him. A cylinder of swirling necrotic energy 60 feet tall and with a 10-foot radius rises from that point and lasts until the end of Orcus’s next turn. Creatures in that area are vulnerable to necrotic damage.

Lair Actions

On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Orcus can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; he can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:

• Orcus’s voice booms throughout the lair. His utterance causes one creature of his choice to be subjected to Power Word Kill. Orcus needn’t see the creature, but he must be aware that the individual is in the lair.
• Orcus causes up to six corpses within the lair to rise as Skeletons, Zombies, or Ghouls. These undead obey his telepathic commands, which can reach anywhere in the lair.
• Orcus causes skeletal arms to rise from an area on the ground in a 20-foot square that he can see. They last until the next initiative count 20. Each creature in that area when the arms appear must succeed on a DC 23 Strength saving throw or be restrained until the arms disappear or until Orcus releases their grasp (no action required).

Orcus makes his lair in the fortress city of Naratyr, which is on Thanatos, the layer of the Abyss that he rules. Surrounded by a moat fed by the River Styx, Naratyr is an eerily quiet and cold city, its streets often empty for hours at a time. The central castle of bone has interior walls of flesh and carpets made of woven hair. The city contains wandering undead, many of which are engaged in continuous battles with one another.

Regional Effects

The region containing Orcus’s lair is warped by the Orcus’s magic, creating one or more of the following effects:

• Dead beasts periodically animate as undead mockeries of their former selves. Skeletal and zombie versions of local wildlife are commonly seen in the area.
• The air becomes filled with the stench of rotting flesh, and buzzing flies grow thick within the region, even when there is no carrion to be found.
• If a humanoid spends at least 1 hour within 1 mile of the lair, that creature must succeed on a DC 23 Wisdom saving throw or descend into a madness determined by the Madness of Orcus table. A creature that succeeds on this saving throw can’t be affected by this regional effect again for 24 hours.