b'Bog Lantern \n'b'\n'b'  Small   undead ,  neutral evil  \n'b'  Armor Class  15  Hit Points  68 (8d6 + 40)  Speed  fly 50 ft. (hover)\n'b' STATS STR: 1 (-5) DEX:  20 (+5)  CON:  10 (+0)  INT:  9 (-1)  WIS:  18 (+4)  CHA:  8 (-1)  \n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'  Saving Throws   Con  +3,  Cha  +2  Skills   Deception  +5,  Perception  +7,  Stealth  +8  Damage Resistances  all damage types except force  Condition Immunities   exhaustion , fright, grappling,  poisoned ,  prone , restraint, unconsciousness  Senses   darkvision  60 ft.  Languages  Understands Common, but can\xe2\x80\x99t speak  Challenge  5 (1,800 XP) \n'b' Actions \n'b'\n'b'  Mind Bend .  Melee Weapon Attack : +8 to hit (reach 5 ft.; one creature).  Hit : 1d10 + 4 psychic damage plus 1 level of  exhaustion , and the creature must make a successful DC 15 Wis saving throw or lose 2 points from  Intelligence  and  Wisdom . \n'b'\n'b' Special Traits \n'b'\n'b'  Out of Phase  Bog lanterns exist partially in the Ethereal Plane and partially in the Material Plane. This accounts for their  resistance  to most damage. Weapons, spells, and other attacks that are capable of striking into the Ethereal Plane or that come from ethereal attackers aren\xe2\x80\x99t affected by this  resistance . \n'b'\n'b' About \n'b'  Environment  Swamp  Organization  solitary \n'b' A ball of pale yellow light bobs and floats in the distance, its flickering pattern beckoning. \n'b' Whether the bog lantern is simply an undead will-o\xe2\x80\x99-wisp or a separate creature that is superficially similar is unknown. The only traits the bog lantern seems to share with its potential cousin are its appearance and a desire to lure passers-by off the relative safety of the roads and paths meandering through boglands. \n'b' A typical bog lantern is about 3 feet in diameter. Most of the time, they opt to float 4 to 5 feet off the ground, though they can move around in three-dimensional space adroitly. On closer inspection, a bog lantern is observed to resemble a glowing skull etched with hundreds of mysterious runes that appear to penetrate completely through the glowing bone into its dark, inscrutable interior. A pair of glowing points of light hover within its dark eye sockets. Unlike the will-o\xe2\x80\x99-wisp, a bog lantern cannot alter its color, brightness, or pattern of illumination. It is an \xe2\x80\x9calways on\xe2\x80\x9d glowing ball shedding yellow light equal to a torch. To simulate flickering patterns, bog lanterns move in and out of the brush and other foliage or cause their eye socket lights to roam around within the dark interior to cause light to shine intermittently through the dark runes that cover its surface. \n'b' In this way, it can appear to be several flickering lights \xe2\x80\x93 perhaps a large colony of fireflies, for example. \n'b' Bog lanterns feed directly on the damage they inflict to their target\xe2\x80\x99s mental abilities. They prefer to feed on mental energy from  humanoids  \xe2\x80\x93 they simply find the \xe2\x80\x9ctaste\xe2\x80\x9d to be a delicacy \xe2\x80\x93 and in particular, young  humanoids . However, many a trapper has found the desiccated remains of an alligator, panther, or other beast unfortunate enough to cross paths with a hungry bog lantern. A bog lantern attacks by lashing at adjacent foes with psychic energy. The attack appears to be a flash of light (sometimes confused with an electrical discharge because of the bog lantern\xe2\x80\x99s similarities to a will-o\xe2\x80\x99-wisp), but it\xe2\x80\x99s actually the bog lantern forming a tendril-like appendage and touching its prey.'