Hantu Penanggal
Medium Fiend · Any Evil · CR 8
- Fiend
- Medium
- Tier 2
- Evil
Hantu Penanggal, CR 8, fills the medium fiend role with any evil disposition. Encounter regions: planar. Sourced from Tome of Beasts 2.
Stat Block
- Challenge Rating
- 8
- Type
- Fiend
- Size
- Medium
- Alignment
- Any Evil
- Speed
- 30, fly 40
- Habitats
- Planar
- Sources
- Tome of Beasts 2
Ecology
Hantu Penanggal is a creature of the Lower Planes, present in the mortal world via summoning, banishment-failure, or a planar breach. It is most often found in planar regions. It is medium-sized, which shapes how it hunts, hides, or fights.
Behaviour
Hantu Penanggal is cruel and patient, willing to take centuries to repay an insult. Its Any Evil alignment shapes how it engages with the world — predictable in tendency, even when unpredictable in detail. It is intelligent enough to plan, scheme, or remember. Spellcasting expands its repertoire well beyond what its physical stat block alone suggests.
Origin
Hantu Penanggal is introduced in Kobold Press's Tome of Beasts 2 (2020). Fiends originate in the Lower Planes — the Nine Hells, the Abyss, or further hells beyond — bound to whatever cosmic hierarchy that plane enforces. Within a campaign, its existence anchors a region with the kind of weight only an old, named species carries.
Related Monsters
Frequently Asked Questions about Hantu Penanggal
- What is the challenge rating of Hantu Penanggal?
- The CR on Hantu Penanggal is 8. That CR matches tier-2 to early-tier-3 encounter math.
- What type of creature is Hantu Penanggal?
- By creature type, Hantu Penanggal is a fiend, medium size, any evil alignment.
- Where does Hantu Penanggal live?
- In the bestiary, Hantu Penanggal appears in Planar.