dnd5e-obsidian/compendium/bestiary/beast/stirge.md

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Stirge

Source: SRD / Basic Rules

title: Stirge
![](compendium/bestiary/beast/token/stirge.png#token)
*Tiny beast, Unaligned*

- **Armor Class** 14  (natural armor)
- **Hit Points** 2 (`1d4`)
- **Speed** 10 ft., fly 40 ft.

|STR|DEX|CON|INT|WIS|CHA|
|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
| 4 (-3)|16 (+3)|11 (+0)| 2 (-4)| 8 (-1)| 6 (-2)|

- **Proficiency Bonus** +2
- **Saving Throws** ⏤
- **Skills** ⏤
- **Senses** darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 9

- **Languages** —
- **Challenge** 1/8

## Actions

***Blood Drain.*** *Melee Weapon Attack:* +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. *Hit:* 5 (`1d4 + 3`) piercing damage, and the stirge attaches to the target. While attached, the stirge doesn't attack. Instead, at the start of each of the stirge's turns, the target loses 5 (`1d4 + 3`) hit points due to blood loss.

The stirge can detach itself by spending 5 feet of its movement. It does so after it drains 10 hit points of blood from the target or the target dies. A creature, including the target, can use its action to detach the stirge.

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Environment

grassland, forest, swamp, hill, urban, desert, coastal, mountain, underdark