- Armor Class
- 15 (natural armor)
- Hit Points
- 104 (11d10+44)
- Speed
- 40 ft., fly 60 ft.
- Challenge
- 6 (2,300 XP)
- Proficiency bonus
- +3
| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|
| 17 (+3) | 15 (+2) | 18 (+4) | 8 (-1) | 13 (+1) | 8 (-1) |
- Saving throws
- Dex +5, Wis +4, Cha +2
- Damage resistances
- cold, fire, lightning, bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
- Damage immunities
- poison
- Senses
- darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 11
- Languages
- Abyssal, telepathy 120 ft.
Traits
Magic Resistance. The vrock has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Actions
Multiattack. The vrock makes two attacks: one with its beak and one with its talons.
Beak. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) piercing damage.
Talons. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d10 + 3) slashing damage.
Spores (Recharge 6). A 15-foot-radius cloud of toxic spores extends out from the vrock. The spores spread around corners. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned. While poisoned in this way, a target takes 5 (1d10) poison damage at the start of each of its turns. A target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Emptying a vial of holy water on the target also ends the effect on it.
Stunning Screech (1/Day). The vrock emits a horrific screech. Each creature within 20 feet of it that can hear it and that isn't a demon must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the end of the vrock's next turn.
A vrock is worth 2,300 XP. Using the 2024 encounter budgets (SRD 5.2), this is how many vrocks fit each difficulty for a party of four characters of the same level. A dash means even one would be over the budget.
Budgets add up every monster’s XP, so you can swap some for other creatures of the same total. Try other party sizes and mixes in the encounter calculator.
Against the 9 other challenge 6 monsters in the SRD 5.1, the vrock has more hit points than 1 of them, which makes it one of the frailest at its CR. See every CR 6 monster.
Vrock 2024 stat block
The 2024 Monster Manual revised the vrock, and the SRD 5.2 carries the new stat block. What changed:
- Hit points: 104 → 152.
- New in its stat block: Demonic Restoration and Shred.
- Gone from it: Beak and Talons.
- Armor Class
- 15
- Hit Points
- 152 (16d10 + 64)
- Speed
- 40 ft., fly 60 ft.
- Challenge
- 6 (2,300 XP)
| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|
| 17 (+3) | 15 (+2) | 18 (+4) | 8 (-1) | 13 (+1) | 8 (-1) |
- Damage resistances
- cold, fire, lightning
- Damage immunities
- poison
- Senses
- darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 11
- Languages
- Abyssal; telepathy 120 ft.
Traits
Demonic Restoration. If the vrock dies outside the Abyss, its body dissolves into ichor, and it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere in the Abyss.
Magic Resistance. The vrock has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Actions
Multiattack. The vrock makes two Shred attacks.
Shred. Melee Attack Roll: +6, reach 5 ft. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) Piercing damage plus 10 (3d6) Poison damage.
Spores (Recharge 6). Constitution Saving Throw: DC 15, each creature in a 20-foot Emanation originating from the vrock. Failure: The target has the Poisoned condition and repeats the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. While Poisoned, the target takes 5 (1d10) Poison damage at the start of each of its turns. Emptying a flask of Holy Water on the target ends the effect early.
Stunning Screech (1/Day). Constitution Saving Throw: DC 15, each creature in a 20-foot Emanation originating from the vrock (demons succeed automatically). Failure: 10 (3d6) Thunder damage, and the target has the Stunned condition until the end of the vrock’s next turn.
