Leprechaun

Tiny fey, Typically Neutral

Armor Class 14 (leather apron)

Hit Points 31 (7d4 + 14)

Speed 40 ft.

STR 8 (−1) · DEX 18 (+4) · CON 14 (+2) · INT 16 (+3) · WIS 14 (+2) · CHA 15 (+2)

Skills Deception +4, Perception +4, Sleight Of Hand +6, Stealth +6

Gear Cobbler's awl, enchanted coin purse (contains 1 silver shilling that magically returns to the purse 1 hour after being spent, and 1 gold coin that turns into dry leaves at moonrise)

Senses Darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14

Languages Common, Sylvan

Challenge 1 (200 XP)

Traits

Arithmomania. If a creature uses an action to scatter a handful of salt, coins, or other small objects within 15 feet of the leprechaun, the leprechaun must make a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, it is Stunned until the end of its next turn as it compulsively counts every piece.

Sympathetic Hoard. The leprechaun's life force is magically bound to its hidden gold. If its treasure cache is discovered, touched, or stolen by a humanoid, the leprechaun suffers Disadvantage on all saving throws until the gold is secured again.

Actions

Multiattack. The leprechaun makes two Cobbler's Awl attacks. It can replace one attack with a Faerie Strike or Spellcasting.

Cobbler's Awl (Melee Attack). +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4) piercing damage.

Faerie Strike (Magic Attack). +5 to hit, range 30 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d10 + 3) psychic damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or be Stunned until the end of its next turn.

Spellcasting. The leprechaun casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (Spell Save DC 13):

At Will: Minor Illusion (PHB, p. 298), Prestidigitation (PHB, p. 307)

1/Day Each: Invisibility (PHB, p. 289), Major Image (typically used to disguise terrain or duplicate landmarks; PHB, p. 295)

Bonus Actions

Unseen Escape. The leprechaun takes the Disengage or Hide action. If no hostile creature within 30 feet has an unbroken line of sight directly to it (e.g., the creature is blinded, distracted, or blinking), the leprechaun can magically teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space it can see before or after hiding.

Lore

Leprechaun is a hardworking solitary shoemaker fairy from Irish folklore who is typically found crafting a single shoe and uses his clever wits to protect his hidden treasure from greedy humans.

The Leprechaun (Irish: Leipreachán) is one of the most intricate and layered characters in Celtic folklore. Folklorists classify these magical beings as “solitary faeries.” The word leprechaun itself comes from Old Irish luchorpán, which literally means “little body.”

Pop culture has warped their image almost beyond recognition. The modern stereotype paints a friendly little man in an emerald-green suit, but the older Irish tales describe something very different. A leprechaun’s appearance is eerie with an almost ancient decay, and his traditional color isn’t green at all. Anatomically he’s a small humanoid—anywhere from three inches to three feet tall—who looks like a wizened old man with a face as wrinkled as a baked apple, a sharp nose, piercing eyes and a thick beard. That frailty is only an illusion: leprechauns are incredibly agile and effectively immortal.

From The Fairy Tale Compendium · Fern Flower Press