b'Card Shark \n'b'  Tiny   fiend  (shapechanger),  chaotic evil  \n'b'  Armor Class  13 \n'b' Hit Points  40 (16d4) \n'b' Speed  20 ft.\n'b' STATS STR: 2 (\xe2\x80\x934) DEX:  16 (+3)  CON:  10 (+0)  INT:  12 (+1)  WIS:  10 (+0)  CHA:  16 (+3)  \n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'  Skills   Deception  +7,  Perception  +2,  Stealth  +7 \n'b' Condition Immunities   prone  \n'b' Senses   darkvision  60 ft., passive  Perception  12 \n'b' Languages  Abyssal, Common, telepathy 60 ft. \n'b' Challenge  4 (1,100 XP) \n'b' SPECIAL TRAITS \n'b'\n'b'  Shapechanger . The card shark can use its action to  polymorph  into an object that weighs 1 pound or less or back into its true form as a tiny, rectangular block of clay with a pair of minute legs and arms. Its statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn\xe2\x80\x99t transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Whenever a card shark uses this feature to  aid  another creature during a game of chance, the participant benefiting from the card shark\xe2\x80\x99s interference has advantage on any check made to determine the game\xe2\x80\x99s outcome. Using a card shark in this manner may require the target to succeed on a  Dexterity  ( Sleight of Hand ) check contested by the opponent\xe2\x80\x99s  Wisdom  ( Perception ) check to prevent opponents from detecting the ruse, if the opponent is aware of the card shark\xe2\x80\x99s presence. If the GM opts to recreate an actual game of chance, a card shark may instead transform into any gaming piece of the player\xe2\x80\x99s choice. \n'b'  Euphoria Drain . A card shark can use an action to establish a telepathic, parasitic link between itself and any humanoid it can see within 30 feet. The target must succeed on a DC 13  Charisma  saving throw to thwart the card shark\xe2\x80\x99s attempt to create the link and become immune to that card shark\xe2\x80\x99s telepathic link for the next 24 hours. When a card shark successfully establishes a telepathic link between itself and its subject, it communicates its intentions to  aid  the target in games of chance by visually demonstrating its shapechanger feature. Naturally, it omits any details about the price it exacts, though it must succeed on a  Charisma  ( Deception ) check contested by the target\xe2\x80\x99s  Wisdom  ( Insight ) check to allow its omission to go unnoticed. If the subject declines a card shark\xe2\x80\x99s offer of assistance after the preceding demonstration or simply ignores the card shark\xe2\x80\x99s overtures, the telepathic link is instantly severed, and the same card shark cannot attempt to establish another telepathic link with that same creature for 24 hours. A target who accepts the card shark\xe2\x80\x99s offer must voluntarily allow the card shark to absorb a drop of its sweat or any other appropriate bodily fluid that the creature secretes when excited, nervous, or aroused. This act establishes a parasitic link between the pair. A card shark cannot have more than one parasitic link in effect at any time. If a card shark establishes a parasitic link with a new subject, the previous parasitic link immediately ceases and is replaced by the new parasitic link. On the other hand, the host cannot voluntarily sever the parasitic link without a struggle. Each day at dawn, the creature can attempt to sever the parasitic link by succeeding on a  Charisma  saving throw. The DC starts at 13 and increases by +1 for each day since the card shark established the parasitic link. A humanoid parasitically linked to the card shark must succeed on a DC 13  Charisma  saving throw or take 7 (2d6) psychic damage each time a card shark transforms into a specific object to win a game of chance for the target. A creature who succeeds on the preceding saving throw takes half as much damage. The card shark regains a number of  hit points  equal to the psychic damage dealt. A creature parasitically linked to the card shark cannot target that particular card shark with an  attack  or harmful spell. However, it can affect the fiend with area effects. When a card shark takes damage, the parasitically linked creature also suffers damage equal to the damage dealt to the card shark, regardless of its source. When a parasitically linked creature is reduced to  0 hit points , the card shark can attempt to take over the creature\xe2\x80\x99s body as though by a  magic jar  spell with the exception that the card shark\xe2\x80\x99s transfers its  hit points  to the new body. The target creature makes a DC 13  Charisma  saving throw. On a failure, the subject and the card shark switch places. The card shark\xe2\x80\x99s former body becomes a lifeless receptacle that houses the victim\xe2\x80\x99s soul. A card shark can use an action to return to its true form, which immediately ends the  magic jar  effect. False Appearance (object form only). While the card shark remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from an ordinary object. \n'b'\n'b' ACTIONS \n'b'\n'b'  Pseudopod .  Melee Weapon Attack : +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.  Hit : 1 bludgeoning damage. \n'b'  Suicide Kings (recharge 5\xe2\x80\x936) .  Ranged Weapon Attack : +4 to hit, range 20/60 ft., one target, Hit: Draw a card from a deck of standard playing cards. Any creature struck by the card takes an amount of damage equal to the card\xe2\x80\x99s value. Treat an ace as 1 point and any face card (jack, queen or king) as 10. If the card\xe2\x80\x99s suit is diamonds or hearts, the  attack  deals an extra 7 (2d6) fire damage. If the card\xe2\x80\x99s suit is clubs or spades, the  attack  deals an extra 7 (2d6) necrotic damage.'