Molten Form. The elemental can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing. A creature that touches the elemental or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 5 (1d10) fire damage. In addition, the elemental can enter a hostile creature’s space and stop there. The first time it enters a creature’s space on a turn, that creature takes 5 (1d10) fire damage and must make a DC 14 Strength saving throw, becoming restrained on a failure. When the begins its turn while restrained in this way, it takes 5 (1d10) fire damage.
Water Susceptibility. For every 5 feet that elemental moves in water, or for every gallon of water splashed on it, it takes 1 cold damage.
Multiattack. The elemental makes two slam attacks.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., 1 target. Hit: 13 (3d6 + 2) bludgeoning damage plus 5 (1d10) fire damage. If the target is a creature or a flammable object, it ignites. Until a creature takes an action to douse the fire, the target takes 5 (1d10) fire damage at the start of each of its turns.
Molten Gaze. Ranged Spell Attack: +8 to hit, range 30 ft., 1 target. Hit: 21 (6d6) fire damage and the target must make a DC 14 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, one nonmagical item the target is carrying instantly melts or burns to cinders.
Description
Cinderslag elementals are pure manifestations of the hatred and furor of the deceased Cinder King, Thordak. Even in death, Thordak’s fires manage to ravage Emon, as places scorched by his corrupting flames are transformed into vitriolic pits of slag and ash, spawning these mindless engines of destruction. Most notably, Thordak’s Crater in Emon’s Cloudtop District is a spawning pit of cinderslag elementals, though they cannot—or at least, do not—leave the crater. Beyond Thordak’s Crater, the Scar of the Cinder King is a breeding ground for more of these mindless elementals, as are the ruins of Serpent’s Head in the Cliffkeep Mountains, and the Ashen Gorge in the Stormcrest Mountains. A cinderslag’s molten gaze is a weapon of incredible power, capable of melting steel and stone with a single glance. If an elemental’s gaze were focused on buildings over the course of a few hours, or if several elementals worked in unison, entire cities could be leveled in a tide of molten stone. Fortunately for the people of Emon, Thordak’s elemental spawn are mindless and incapable of unified action—but what if someone were able to bend them to their will?
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