The Heiling Dwarfs

Tiny fey, True Neutral

Armor Class 13 (natural armor)

Hit Points 22 (5d4 + 10)

Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft.

STR 6 (−2) · DEX 16 (+3) · CON 14 (+2) · INT 12 (+1) · WIS 14 (+2) · CHA 15 (+2)

Skills History +3, Perception +4, Stealth +5

Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14

Languages Dwarvish, Sylvan; understands Common but generally refuses to speak it

Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)

Traits

Fading Magic. The The Heiling Dwarfs is a creature of ancient, waning magic. When it dies, its body dissolves into a puff of shimmering, silent dust, leaving no remains.

Invisible to Mortals. The The Heiling Dwarfs is naturally invisible. This invisibility is suspended until the end of its next turn if the The Heiling Dwarfs hits with an attack or casts a spell, temporarily revealing the form of a tiny, semi-translucent dwarf.

Actions

Multiattack. The The Heiling Dwarfs makes two attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Spellcasting.

Pickaxe. Melee Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage plus 4 (1d8) psychic damage.

Spellcasting. The The Heiling Dwarfs casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (Spell Save DC 12):

At Will: Mending (PHB, p. 297), Minor Illusion (PHB, p. 298), Prestidigitation (PHB, p. 307)

1/Day Each: Sleep (cast as a 2nd-level spell; PHB, p. 317)

Bonus Actions

Hushed Step. The The Heiling Dwarfs magically teleports up to 15 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. It must be in dim light or darkness to use this bonus action.

Lore

The dwarfs who serve the ancient sorcerer Heiling.

Along the River Eger, between the estate of Wildenau and Castle Aicha, stands a row of massive crags that locals have called the Heiling Rocks for as long as anyone can remember. At their base is a cave whose soaring vaults astonish anyone who steps inside, even though, from the outside, the entrance looks like nothing more than a slit in the stone—so small you have to crawl to get through. Legend says a tribe of tiny dwarfs once lived there, ruled by a mysterious old king named Heiling.

One story tells how, many years ago on the eve of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (June 29—a night people believed was thick with magic), a peasant woman from the village of Taschwitz went into the woods to pick berries. She was so intent on filling her basket that night fell before she realized it. Finding herself near the rocks, she suddenly saw a beautiful, well-kept house standing right in front of her.

From Grimm Legends Bestiary 5E, p. 86 · Fern Flower Press