Guardian Portrait

Medium Construct , Unaligned
• Armor Class: 5
• Hit Points: 22 (5d8)
• Speed: 0 ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
1 (-5) 1 (-5) 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 10 (+0)

• Condition Immunities: charmed, exhaustion, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained
• Senses: darkvision 60 ft.
• Languages: Common, plus up to two other languages
• Challenge: 1 (200 XP)

• Constructed Nature: An animated object doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep. The magic that animates an object is dispelled when the construct drops to 0 hit points. An animated object reduced to 0 hit points becomes inanimate and is too damaged to be of much use or value to anyone.

• Antimagic Susceptibility: The portrait is incapacitated while in the area of an antimagic field. If targeted by dispel magic, the portrait must succeed on a Constitution saving throw against the caster's spell save DC or fall unconscious for 1 minute.

• False Appearance: While the figure in the portrait remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a normal painting.

Innate Spellcasting


The portrait's innate spellcasting ability os Intelligence (spell save DC 12). The portrait can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

• 3/day each: counterspell, crown of madness, hypnotic pattern, telekinesis