Gingerbread Mimic

There was once a hag that wanted the most impressive house of all. So, she fed and groomed a mimic to form a cheerful-looking abode to entrance children for the hag to eat. In the end, there once was a mimic that ate a hag. It preferred having owners with a fine festive spirit... but still wasn't above eating naughty children. It offers a fine meal in recompense.

Gingerbread Mimic

Huge monstrosity (shapechanger), neutral

Armor Class 14 (natural armor)

Hit Points 161 (17d12 + 51)

Speed 15 ft

Str 20 Dex 7 Con 16 Int 10 Wis 18 Cha 18

Saving Throws Str +9, Con +7

Skills Stealth +6

Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks

Damage Immunities acid, cold

Condition Immunities prone

Sensesdarkvision 60 ft, passive Perception 14

Languages -

Challenge 10 (5,900 XP)

Shapechanger.

The mimic can use its action to polymorph into a tempting gingerbread house or back into its true, amorphous form. Its statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.

Adhesive (Object Form Only).

The mimic adheres to anything that touches it. A Huge or smaller creature adhered to the mimic is also grappled by it (escape DC 17). Ability checks made to escape this grapple have disadvantage.

Charming Aura (Object Form Only).

Any creature that starts its turn within 60 feet of the mimic must make a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is Charmed by the mimic until the start of its next turn. If a creature's saving throw is successful, the creature is immune to the mimic's Charming Aura for the next 24 hours.

False Appearance (Object Form Only).

While the mimic remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a tempting gingerbread house.

Grappler.

The mimic has advantage on attack rolls against any creature grappled by it.

Actions

Multiattack.

The mimic makes three pseudopod attacks.

Pseudopod.

Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5) bludgeoning damage. If the mimic is in object form, the target is subjected to its Adhesive trait.

Bite.

Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5) piercing damage plus 9 (2d8) acid damage.

The Feast (1/day) (Object Form Only).

The occupants within the mimic can sacrifice a Charmed creature to the 'hearth'. The creature automatically dies and the mimic casts Heroe's Feast that any creature can partake of.

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