b'Befouled Weird \n'b'  Medium    elemental  ,  neutral evil  \n'b'  Armor Class  14 (natural armor)  Hit Points  75 (10d8 + 30)  Speed  30 ft., swim 60 ft.\n'b' STATS STR: 17 (+3) DEX:  14 (+2)  CON:  16 (+3)  INT:  5 (-3)  WIS:  12 (+1)  CHA:  7 (-2)  \n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'  Damage Resistances  acid; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks  Damage Immunities  poison  Condition Immunities   exhaustion ,  grappled ,  paralyzed ,  petrified ,  poisoned ,  prone ,  restrained ,  unconscious   Senses   darkvision  60 ft., passive  Perception  11  Languages  Aquan  Challenge  5 (1,800 XP) \n'b' SPECIAL TRAITS \n'b'\n'b'  Freeze . If the befouled weird takes cold damage, it partially freezes. Its speed is reduced by 10 feet until the end of its next turn. \n'b'  Parasitic Amoebas . A creature other than the weird that becomes infected with parasitic amoebas becomes vulnerable to necrotic damage. At the end of each long rest, the diseased creature must succeed on a DC 13  Constitution  saving throw or its  Intelligence  score is reduced by 1d4. The reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest after the disease is cured. If the disease reduces the creature\xe2\x80\x99s  Intelligence  to 0, the creature dies. If a water  elemental  dies in this way, its body becomes a befouled weird 1d4 hours later. The disease lasts until removed by the  lesser restoration  spell or similar magic. \n'b'  Unclean . If a creature targets the weird with the  lesser restoration  spell, requiring a successful melee spell  attack  roll, the weird takes 9 (2d8) radiant damage and can\xe2\x80\x99t infect targets with parasitic amoebas for 1 minute. \n'b'  Water Form . The befouled weird can enter a hostile creature\xe2\x80\x99s space and stop there. It can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing. \n'b'\n'b' ACTIONS \n'b'\n'b'  Multiattack . The befouled weird makes two slam attacks. \n'b'  Slam .  Melee Weapon Attack : +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.  Hit : 10 (2d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage plus 7 (2d6) necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 13  Constitution  saving throw or become infected with parasitic amoebas (see the Parasitic Amoebas trait). \n'b'  Drown in Filth (Recharge 4-6) . A creature in the befouled weird\xe2\x80\x99s space must make a DC 13  Strength  saving throw. On a failure, the target takes 10 (2d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage and 7 (2d6) necrotic damage, and, if it is Medium or smaller, it is  grappled  (escape DC 13). Until this grapple ends, the target is  restrained  and unable to breathe unless it can breathe water. If the saving throw is successful, the target is pushed out of the weird\xe2\x80\x99s space. At the start of each of the weird\xe2\x80\x99s turns, the  grappled  target takes 10 (2d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage and 7 (2d6) necrotic damage, and it must make a DC 13  Constitution  saving throw or become infected with parasitic amoebas. A creature within 5 feet of the weird can pull the target out of it by taking an action to make a DC 13  Strength  check and succeeding. \n'b'\n'b' ABOUT \n'b' Water filled with algae, worms, and other detritus rises up in a serpentine form. It reeks of stagnation and rot. \n'b'  Corrupted Water Elementals . When aquatic parasites invade a water  elemental , they take control of it and seek to propagate. The host becomes a befouled weird, providing protection and an ideal environment for the parasites. It prefers warm, marshy environments where the parasites are more at home. While the weird can carry any parasite, it most commonly acts as a host for brain-eating amoebas. \n'b'  Exiles to the Material Plane . Water elementals prevent befouled weirds from infesting the Plane of Water. Otherwise, the tainted creatures infuse pure water elementals with their parasites. Water elementals knowledgeable about such things equate a plague of befouled weirds to ghouls infecting and turning humanoids into ghouls. \n'b'  Elemental Nature . The befouled weird doesn\xe2\x80\x99t require air, food, drink, or sleep.'