Dorian Gray

Medium Humanoid (Human), Neutral Evil

Armor Class 16 (Studded Leather) Hit Points 126 (12d8 + 72) Speed 30 ft.

Skills Deception +9, Persuasion +9 Saving Throws Wisdom +4, Charisma +9

Senses Passive Perception 11 Languages Common, Abyssal

Challenge 8 (3,900 XP)

Evasion. If Dorian Gray is subjected to an effect that allows him to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, he instead takes no damage on a successful save and half damage on a failed save.

Vain Resilience. Dorian Gray’s dark pact with his portrait grants him advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened.

Regeneration. At the start of his turn, Dorian regains 10 hit points. If he takes acid or fire damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of his next turn. Dorian dies only if he starts his turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate.

Actions

Multiattack. Dorian Gray makes two rapier attacks or two flintlock pistol attacks.

Rapier. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage.

Flintlock Pistol. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 40/120 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d10 + 3) piercing damage. On a hit, the target must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take 10 (3d6) poison damage.

Charming Presence (3/Day). Dorian Gray uses his alluring charisma to charm a humanoid he can see within 30 feet. The target must make a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by Dorian for 1 minute. While charmed, the target idolizes Dorian and considers him a friend. The charmed target is unwilling to harm Dorian and views his actions and requests favorably. The effect ends if Dorian or his allies attack the target, or if the target takes damage.

Legendary Actions

Dorian Gray can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. Dorian regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn.

Charming Gaze. Dorian targets a creature he can see within 30 feet. The creature must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by Dorian until the end of its next turn.

Elegant Strike (Costs 2 Actions). Dorian makes one rapier attack.

Seductive Whisper (Costs 3 Actions). Dorian whispers an enchanting phrase to a creature he can see within 30 feet. The target must make a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by Dorian for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success.

Lair Actions

On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Dorian Gray can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects. Dorian can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:

1. The lighting dims, and a shadowy aura envelops Dorian, granting him advantage on Charisma-based ability checks until the start of his next turn.
2. Dorian gestures gracefully, causing the ground to become treacherous. Creatures within 20 feet of him must succeed on a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw or fall prone.
3. Dorian’s haunting beauty radiates an otherworldly allure. Each creature of Dorian’s choice within 30 feet of him must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or become charmed for 1 minute. The charmed creature regards Dorian as a trusted friend and ally.

Equipment

Dorian Gray wears studded leather armor, wields a rapier, and carries a flintlock pistol. He also possesses his cursed portrait hidden away in a secure location.

Description

Dorian Gray is a strikingly handsome and charismatic individual with an air of allure that draws others toward him. His unaging appearance and beguiling presence belie the dark secrets hidden beneath his charming facade. Dressed in exquisite attire, Dorian’s piercing eyes and confident demeanor captivate those around him. Currently, he stands in an opulent room adorned with lavish decor, his mood veiled by a charming smile as he navigates the social intricacies of his elite surroundings.

D&D 5E Epic Monsters: Dorian Gray

D&D 5E – Epic Monsters: Dorian Gray | EN World | Dungeons & Dragons | Tabletop Roleplaying Games

The aristocrat Dorian Gray is the protagonist of Oscar Wilde’s The Portrait of Dorian Gray and if you’re not familiar with the general idea, it’s that his portrait ages and suffers injury instead of him.

This nobleman falls into some good fortune and moves to London, joining the upper crust of society and getting into some weird friendships. One is with an artist who makes his best portrait ever because Dorian is such a marvelously handsome subject, the other a narcissistic hedonist that convinces the newbie that pleasure seeking is the only way to live life.

This painting is so good that Dorian wishes he could remain as beautiful as it is rather than suffer the same fate of all beautiful things (to wither and wane with age). They all go see this play featuring an actress that Dorian’s taken to, but she’s lost her passion for the stage thanks to his affections so she’s just awful.

His buddies leave early and shortly afterward he spurs her love for him, and the actress takes her life before he gets a chance to apologize. Also suddenly his expression in the painting has changed! Hedonist buddy uses that as an opportunity to further drive Dorian into debauchery, and the nobleman gradually figures out that whatever maladies or injuries which should befall him are inflicted on his illustrated visage instead.

Eventually Dorian gets bored with what jolly old England has to offer and goes traveling, journeying across the world to do all sorts of presumably questionable and immoral things to entertain himself (after murdering the artist who painted his picture as they’d gotten into a heated argument about the phenomenon). After a few decades this too loses its luster, and he returns to London where the brother of the actress who committed suicide starts stalking him.

Dorian convinces this fellow that he can’t possibly be the man he thinks he is (that was 18 years ago and how could he be so young!) but soon that’s not a problem as he’s shot while on a hunting trip, leaving the immortal noble without consequence–but Dorian turns a new leaf, promising to live righteously. Unfortunately, this doesn’t have a positive effect on the painting and, fearing that he’d corrupt his current paramour and hating his own black soul, he takes the knife he used to kill his painter friend and stabs into the supernatural portrait, destroying it and killing himself in a final act of possible redemption.

Dorian Gray
Medium humanoid (human), neutral evil
Armor Class 14
Hit Points 85 (10d8+40)
Speed 40 ft.

Saving Throws Con +7
Skills Deception +11, Insight +8, Perception +8, Persuasion +11
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities disease, poisoned
Senses passive Perception 18
Languages Common
Challenge 7 (2,900 XP)

Feat: Athletic. Dorian can stand up from being prone with only 5 feet of his movement, climbing doesn’t cost him extra movement, and he only has to move 5 feet before making a running long jump or running high jump.

Feat: Diplomatic. Dorian can make a Charisma (Persuasion) check contested by the Wisdom (Insight) check of a creature that can understand what he says during 1 minute of talking. On a success, as long as Dorian remains within 60 feet of it (and for 1 minute afterward) the target is charmed by him. Dorian automatically fails on the check if he or his companions are fighting the target.

Feat: Mobility. Dorian can Dash through difficult terrain without requiring additional movement. Whenever he makes an attack against a creature, he doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks from that creature until the end of his turn.

Feat: Soldier Tactics. A creature hit by Dorian’s opportunity attack reduces its speed to 0 until the beginning of the next round and disengaging from Dorian still provokes opportunity attacks. In addition, Dorian can use his reaction to make a melee weapon attack against a creature within 5 feet when it makes an attack against a target other than Dorian.

Master of All. Dorian adds his proficiency bonus (+3) to any ability check he makes that doesn’t already include his proficiency bonus.

Regeneration. Dorian regains 30 hit points at the start of his turn if he has at least 1 hit point.

Rejuvenation. While his treasured portrait remains intact, 1d4 hours after Dorian dies he regains all his hit points and becomes active again. Should the portrait ever be destroyed, Dorian immediately suffers decades of injuries and aging all at once, dying on the spot.

Swordmaster. A sword deals one extra die of its damage when Dorian hits with it (included in the attack).

ACTIONS
Multiattack. Dorian attacks three times.

Rapier. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8+4) piercing damage.

Revolver. Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, range 40/120 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8+4) piercing damage.

REACTIONS
Feat: Master of the Sword. Dorian can use his reaction when wielding a sword to gain a +1 bonus to his AC until the start of his next turn or until he is disarmed. In addition, Dorian has advantage on opportunity attacks.