Incubo

Sons of Nightmare

many-horned tank-brute of the Sons of Nightmare

CR7

AC16

HP142

TypeLarge fiend (nightmare)

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Incubo — The Encounter

many-horned tank-brute of the Sons of Nightmare · a boss your table can run with almost no prep. SRD 5.1-compatible.

Who Is Incubo

Incubo is the heavy hand of the Sons of Nightmare, the many-horned brute the flock sends to break whatever the others cannot move. Its name belongs to the old terror that settles its full weight on a sleeper until they cannot rise, and the sculpt keeps that menace: a crowned mass of horns, arms long enough to drag prey off its feet, and a maw made for finishing. In the warband it is the grappler and the wall both, seizing the strongest defender so the lighter kin can swarm the rest. Where it roars, courage fails; where it grips, the grave follows. Survivors describe the weight of it long after the cold has gone.

Run Incubo in Sixty Seconds

Both claws mean a grapple then Crushing Grip locks the target (escape DC 16) and crushes for 9 each turn.
Maw finishes the grabbed then a held victim eats 14 piercing and 7 necrotic on top of the squeeze.
Terrifying Roar (recharge 5-6) then a DC 14 Wis save or frightened to soften your whole front.
10-ft. reach then it grabs back-rankers who thought they were safe.
Free the captive fast then break the grip or it removes your tank from the fight.

Incubo

Large fiend (nightmare), chaotic evil

CR 7 · 2,900 XP · GUIDELINE

AC 16 (thick natural armor) HP 142 (15d10+60) Speed 40 ft.

STR20+5

DEX12+1

CON19+4

INT7-2

WIS11+0

CHA13+1

SavesStr +8, Con +7

SkillsAthletics +8, Intimidation +4

Resistnecrotic, poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks

Sensesdarkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10

Languagesunderstands Abyssal but speaks only in roars

Crushing Grip. When Incubo hits one creature with both claws in a turn, it grapples that creature (escape DC 16). While grappled this way the target takes 9 (2d8) bludgeoning damage at the start of each of Incubo's turns (signature).

Nightmare-Born. Incubo is immune to being frightened and to magic that would put it to sleep.

Actions

Multiattack. Incubo makes two Claw attacks. If both hit one creature it may use Crushing Grip.

Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (2d10+5) slashing damage.

Fanged Maw. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature grappled by Incubo. Hit: 14 (2d8+5) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) necrotic damage.

Bonus Actions & Reactions

Terrifying Roar (Bonus Action, Recharge 5-6). Each creature within 15 feet that can hear Incubo must succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom save or be frightened until the end of its next turn.

A slab of horn and muscle taller than a doorframe, it seizes a victim in both claws and folds them toward its teeth.

Guideline numbers — formula-tuned and read from the miniature's design, not yet table-proven. Tell us how it ran in the comments.

How It Fights — by Tier

Same creature, scaled threat. The traits never change; only the numbers move.

Tier 1Levels 1-4 · GUIDELINE

AC14HP59 (7d10+21) To-hit+6Save DC12

Grab the toughest hero with both claws and drag them away from their healer. Roar to scatter the rest. Hold your captive for the flock to pile onto; do not wander off alone.

Tier 2Levels 5-10 · NATIVE

AC16HP142 (15d10+60) To-hit+8Save DC14

Open with Terrifying Roar, then claw-claw to set Crushing Grip on the front-liner and bite them with the maw each turn. Keep them locked while Cauchemar and Ankth carve the freed flank. Anchor for the warband, never solo.

Tier 3Levels 11-15 · GUIDELINE

AC18HP230 (20d12+100) To-hit+9Save DC16

Roar the party off balance, grip the most dangerous hero, and crush-and-bite them out of the fight. Be the Sons' wall and prison; let the flock collapse on whoever you have pinned rather than chasing alone.

Put Incubo on the table

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Clay Cyanide Companion Rules v1

How a bound creature acts

A companion acts on its owner's initiative, immediately after the owner.
It uses the Companion block above — roughly ×0.6 HP and damage, no recharge abilities, and at most one reaction trait.
It moves freely; it takes its Action only while its owner is conscious.
At 0 HP a companion is broken, not dead — restored on a long rest unless your table rules otherwise.

Questions, Asked at the Table

What CR is Incubo?

Incubo is CR 7 (2,900 XP) at its native Tier 2, with Tier 1 and Tier 3 statlines provided for scaling.

How does Incubo fight alongside the rest of the Sons of Nightmare?

It is the warband's grappler-tank: it roars, seizes the toughest defender, and crushes them in place while flankers and rakers like Ankth and Cauchemar tear into the now-exposed party.

Is Incubo a boss I can run solo?

No. Despite its size it has no legendary kit; it works as the flock's wall and prison, pinning one hero for the rest of the Sons to swarm.

Tell Us How It Ran

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