Thanos
mass suggestion, maze, mind blank, time stop, true
Huge monstrosity, lawful evil
Armor Class 21 (Natural Armor)
Hit Points 508 (35d12 + 280)
Speed 40 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
30 (+10) 16 (+3) 27 (+8) 26 (+8) 21 (+5) 25 (+7)
Saving Throws STR +19, DEX +12, CON +17, WIS +14
Skills Intimidation +16, Perception +14
Damage Resistances Cold, Fire, Lightning
Damage Immunities Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and
Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Condition Immunities Charmed, Exhaustion, Frightened,
Poisoned
Senses Truesight 120 ft., Darkvision 120 ft., passive
Perception 23
Languages All
Challenge 30 (155,000 XP)
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Thanos fails a saving
throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Thanos has advantage on saving
throws against spells and other magical effects.
Magic Weapons. Thanos’s weapon attacks are magical.
Regeneration. Thanos regains 15 hit points at the start
of his turn.
Innate Spellcasting. Thanos’s spellcasting ability is
Charisma (spell save DC 24, +16 to hit with spell
attacks). He can innately cast the following spells,
requiring no material components:
At will: chromatic orb (4th level), eldritch blast,
levitate, telepathy, zone of truth
3/day each: arcane gate, creation, disintegrate,
dominate monster, enlarge/reduce, globe of
invulnerability, hallucinatory terrain, prismatic spray,
reverse gravity, soul cage, telekinesis, teleport, tensers
transformation
Image Credit: Gabriele Dell'Otto
1/day: antipathy/sympathy, demiplane, gate, foresight,
resurrection, wish
Actions
Multiattack. Thanos can use his Frightful Presence. He
then makes three slam attacks.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 10ft.,
one target. Hit: 32 (4d10 + 10) bludgeoning damage.
Frightful Presence. Each creature of Thanos's choice
within 120 feet of it and aware of him must succeed
on a DC 22 Wisdom saving throw or become
frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the
saving throw at the end of each of its turns, with
disadvantage if Thanos is within line of sight, ending
the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving
throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the
creature is immune to Thanos's Frightful Presence for
the next 24 hours.
Legendary Actions
Thanos 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. Thanos regains spent legendary actions
at the start of his turn.
Infinity Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach
10ft., one target. Hit: 32 (4d10 + 10) bludgeoning
damage plus 21 (6d6) necrotic damage (soul stone),
psychic damage (mind stone), or force damage (power
stone).
Soul Stone. Thanos casts blight.
Reality Stone. Thanos casts insect plague or
programmed illusion.
Time Stone. Thanos casts haste or slow.
Space Stone. Thanos casts dimension door.
Power Stone. Thanos casts his innate tenser's
transformation or enlarge/reduce.
Mind Stone. Thanos casts dominate person.
Cast a Spell (Costs 2 Actions). Thanos casts a spell from
his list of available spells, using one of his daily uses.
Image Credit: Gabriele Dell Otto
Infinity Stones
Thanos's stats are created under the assumption
that he has collected all of the infinity stones.
Whether or not you allow your players to steal
them from him is your choice and at your own risk.
I won't attempt to create item stats for the stones
but there are several different options online with a
little searching. Be warned that like the ring of
winter or the wand of orcus, allowing your players
to access these items will likely break your game.
If Thanos is encountered with less than all of the
infinity stones, consider the following adjustments
for each missing stone:
Soul Stone - Remove Soul Stone legendary
action, necrotic damage option for the Infinity
Slam attack and spells antipathy/sympathy, soul
cage and true resurrection.
Reality Stone - Remove Reality Stone legendary
action and spells creation, disintegrate,
hallucinatory terrain, reverse gravity and maze.
Time Stone - Remove Time Stone legendary
action, Regeneration ability and spells foresight,
and time stop.
Space Stone - Remove Space Stone legendary
action and spells arcane gate, levitate, telekinesis,
teleport and demiplane.
Power Stone - Remove Power Stone legendary
action, force damage option for the Infinity Slam
attack, two damage immunities and spells
enlarge/reduce, globe of invulnerability, and
tensers transformation. Reduce slam attack to 26
(3d10 + 10) bludgeoning damage.
Mind Stone - Remove Mind Stone legendary
action, psychic damage option for the Infinity Slam
attack, and spells telepathy, zone of truth,
dominate monster, mass suggestion and mind
blank.