Nycaloth

Source: Monster Manual (2024) p. 229

Nycaloth

Yugoloth of Strategy and Strife

  • Habitat. Planar (Gehenna)
  • Treasure. Armaments

Fiendish warmongers, nycaloths relish combat and conquest. These tremendous winged yugoloths teleport around battlefields and into the air to bewilder their foes and attack with constantly shifting, Gehenna-forged axes—mercurial weapons similar to those favored by many yugoloths.

Nycaloths might command groups of mezzoloths and make pacts to serve arcanaloths, ultroloths, fiendish warlords, or wicked mortals. So long as they can indulge their bloodlust, most nycaloths are willing to obey more powerful or cunning creatures. Some even serve competent leaders past the terms of their agreements to achieve long-pursued victories. But masters that lead nycaloths to defeat should fear these proud yugoloths’ retribution.

Nycaloths and other yugoloths frequently serve as mercenary forces in extraplanar conflicts that spill onto the Material Plane. Roll on or choose a result from the Yugoloth Incursions table to inspire the plans of a yugoloth war band.

Yugoloth Incursions

dice: 1d4Yugoloth Mercenaries Seek To…
1Claim a portal with strategic importance.
2Enlist monsters as allies or beasts of war.
3Destroy a city harboring enemy cultists.
4Liberate an imprisoned fiendish ally.
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