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Monster Manual
Magic Resistance. The slaad has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Regeneration. The slaad regains 10 Hit Points at the start of each of its turns if it has at
least 1 Hit Point.Multiattack. The slaad makes two Chaos Claw attacks.
Chaos Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Chaos Claw"}, reach 10 ft. Hit: 9
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
Shapechanger. The slaad can use its action to polymorph into a Small or Medium humanoid, or back into its true form. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it
is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
Innate Spellcasting. The slaad’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14). The slaad can
Gray Slaad (control gem variant)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
Shapechanger. The slaad can use its action to polymorph into a Small or Medium humanoid, or back into its true form. Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. Any equipment it
is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies.
Innate Spellcasting. The slaad’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14). The slaad can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Gray Slaad Outside of Limbo, gray slaadi act as living extensions of the will of their masters, the death slaadi. A gray slaad journeys to the Material Plane on errands of doom, often taking humanoid
form. A gray slaad learns how to master the use of a greatsword and imbue it with its own innate magic. A gray slaad that eats the entire corpse of a dead death slaad instantly transforms into a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Gray Slaad Gray slaadi arise from green slaadi transformed by the Spawning Stone or slaad lords. They explore the planes, seeking Humanoid communities to invade near planar pathways. Gray Slaad
., Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 17
Languages Common, Slaad; telepathy 60 ft.
CR 9 (XP 5,000; PB +4)
Traits
Magic Resistance. The slaad has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Gray Slaad (p. 277) Skills: Perception +7 [was +6]. Senses: passive Perception 17 [was 16].
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Githzerai Psion
Githzerai Zerth
Gray Slaad
Green Slaad
Grell
Grick
Grick Ancient
Grimlock
Intellect Devourer
Kuo-toa
Kuo-toa Archpriest
Kuo-toa Monitor
Kuo-toa Whip
Mind Flayer
Mind Flayer Arcanist
Nothic
Otyugh
Piercer
Red Slaad
Roper
Slaad Tadpole
Spectator
Aberration Aboleth
Beholder
Blue Slaad
Chuul
Cloaker
Darkmantle
Death Slaad
Flumph
Gibbering Mouther
Githyanki Dracomancer
Githyanki Knight
Githyanki Soldier
Githzerai Monk
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
32. False Halaster The characters encounter an invisible, wandering gray slaad here. The slaad serves Halaster willingly and is tasked with killing adventurers on sight. Using its Shapechanger trait
, the slaad has assumed Halaster’s appearance, which becomes apparent when it swings its greatsword and ceases to be invisible.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
gray slaad and believes it can find the key to its metamorphosis somewhere in the Donjon Sphere. The party can learn much about the sphere from the slaad—including, possibly, a means of escape. However, Ganakki won’t leave the archive. Ganakki has a red key card.
prisoners inducted into the facility before the sphere’s stewards fled. The archive is occupied by Ganakki, a green slaad that appears as a pallid halfling scholar. Ganakki yearns to transform into a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Green Slaad Néstor Ossandón leal A gray slaad, a death slaad, and a green slaad spread chaos in their wake Green slaadi come into being when the propagation methods of red or blue slaadi affect
certain creatures capable of casting spells of level 3 or higher. Green slaadi are more intelligent than their blue and red brethren and often direct their kin to portals where gray slaadi have identified
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
altar is a serene priest in sunny robes.
The priest is, in fact, a gray slaad using its Change Shape ability to fool the characters. The slaad was sent here to kill them, plain and simple. It
killed the real priest, stole his robes, and threw his body and holy symbol off the train. The slaad works for an evil, multiverse-spanning organization called the Syndicate of Terror, Extortion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
, green, gray, and death slaadi requires a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Arcana) check. Defusing Slaad Confrontations. Writing short essays about commonly accepted ways to keep slaadi calm during
slaad if the host could cast spells of 3rd level or higher.
Green, gray, and death slaadi can shape-shift into Small or Medium Humanoids.
A green slaad usually wields a staff and can hurl both
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
a lifelong cycle of transformation into the more powerful gray and death slaadi. With each transformation, the slaad retains its memories.
Slaad Tadpole
Tiny aberration, chaotic neutral
Slaad Tadpole Birth and Transformation. Slaadi have horrific cycles of reproduction. Slaadi reproduce either by implanting humanoid hosts with eggs or by infecting them with a transformative disease
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
cast nondetection on him every 8 hours. Sergeant Luggik. Luggik looks like an armored human woman and behaves like a veteran solider. In fact, the real Luggik was replaced by a gray slaad (see the
by the god Maglubiyet. Recently, an ettin servant of Thalir with heads named Zot and Sotu came into possession of a gray slaad’s control gem (see the Monster Manual). The gray slaad uses its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Challenge 9 (5,000 XP) Abominable yeti
Bone devil
Clay golem
Cloud giant
Fire giant
Glabrezu
Gray slaad
Nycaloth
Treant
Young blue dragon
Young silver dragon
Bone Devil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
CR 9 Abominable Yeti
Bone Devil
Brazen Gorgon
Clay Golem
Cloud Giant
Fire Giant
Glabrezu
Gray Slaad
Nycaloth
Treant
Young Blue Dragon
Young Silver Dragon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
41. Privies This room is divided into four stone privies with holes cut into their floors and long-disused lavatory pits below. An invisible gray slaad lurks in the privy to the south. It attacks anyone who searches or uses its privy.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Death Slaad Slaad lords create death slaadi by infusing gray slaadi with a portion of their chaotic energy. When groups of slaadi act deliberately, death slaadi are often behind their designs. Death
Slaad Medium Aberration, Chaotic Evil
AC 18 Initiative +10 (20)
HP 178 (21d8 + 84)
Speed 40 ft.
Ability Score Mod Save
Str 20 +5 +5
Dex 15 +2 +2
Con 19 +4 +4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
usually adopts its host’s form. At some unpredictable point in its existence, a green slaad unlocks the means to magically, instantly, and permanently transform itself into a gray slaad. Unlocking
Green Slaad Green slaadi are surprisingly intelligent and possess innate spellcasting ability. A green slaad can change its shape to appear as a humanoid. If it was born of a humanoid host, the slaad
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
shapechanged gray slaad).
Maddgoth removed the slaad’s control gem and, for fun, ordered the creature to crawl inside the octobass and remain there. The old man claims to be Zartem, a wizard whom
33. Slaad in the Octobass The door to this room is locked, its key lost. Windows. Two crystal-barred windows look out over the courtyard (area 23).
Furnishings. Four overstuffed chairs face each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
chamber is covered with warts. A whirlpool at the room’s lowest point swirls around a crusted ridge of warty flesh. A bipedal, gray-scaled, reptilian creature looms over the pool.
Twelve slaad
alcove.
This chamber is where Chalaag, the gray slaad explorer who discovered Spawn Hollow, studies the migrating flesh by tracking its warts. Chalaag is a gangly slaad that speaks Common and Deep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Next to Cassiok is his loyal pet, a grick alpha, and an invisible gray slaad that serves as his valet.
Cassiok Shadowdusk is a middle-aged man transformed by prolonged exposure to the Far Realm
attacks anyone who isn’t a member of his family. The grick and the gray slaad defend him. If reduced to 20 hit points or fewer, Cassiok uses his next action to break his staff of power in a retributive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
edge near a random character and stalls until the second wave of battle. If attacked or impeded, the gray slaad assumes its true form and tries to escape through the gate. Second Wave After the
Armor Class of 16. Any character who observes the gray gem and succeeds on a DC 16 Intelligence (Arcana) check recognizes it as a slaad control gem: a stone that gives the wearer control over a slaad. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
frog-like humanoids.
An invisible gray slaad paces inside the salt pentagram. Magical wards prevent the slaad from disturbing the salt or leaving the circle’s confines. If another creature attacks the
slaad, enters the area of the boundary circle, or breaks any part of the circle or pentagram by sweeping or brushing away the salt, the slaad is freed. Hungry for carnage, the creature vents its rage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
Hades Creatures influenced by Hades often have dour, gray features and feel cold to the touch. A creature influenced by Hades also gains one or more of following traits of your choice: Aura of Gloom
, a creature has the restrained condition.
Hidden Slaad. When the creature dies, a slaad tadpole bursts from the creature’s chest.
Katerina Ladon A night hag sells larvae
fresh from the Lower Planes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
ghouls 88 3d6 gargoyles 89 2d10 cult fanatics 90 3d6 wererats 91 1 assassin 92 1d3 invisible stalkers 93 1 gray slaad 94 1 young silver dragon 95 1d4 cambions or 1d4 revenants 96 3d6 wights 97 1 archmage 98 2d4 vampire spawn or 1d4 oni 99 1 mage with 1 shield guardian 00 1 rakshasa or 1 vampire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Sample Keys 01–03 Carved wooden arch Bottle and Jug Ysgard Stein, war horn 04–06 Revolving door Face of Gith Limbo Melting ice, red slaad egg 07–09 Shattered window Nowhere Pandemonium Brick from an
Faceless mask, scrap of gray cloth 19–21 Trapdoor Grease Pit Gehenna Bloody knife, lava rock 22–24 Furnace door Bank of Abbathor The Nine Hells Pinch of sulfur, signed contract 25–27 Iron gate Armory Acheron
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
wyrmling with its mouth open.
Slaad. Two invisible gray slaadi in their natural forms flank the arch. The slaadi are Halaster’s willing servants and attack anyone who approaches the arch or emerges from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
The Enemy of Our Enemy As the characters explore the library, ideally after encountering an echo or two, they meet the venerable drow archmage Vizeran DeVir, accompanied by Kleve, a death slaad
characters first encounter Vizeran and Kleve, read the following boxed text to the players. Two figures approach — a withered drow clad in dark flowing robes, and a hulking gray-skinned monster resembling a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
even though the air is deathly still.
The grove is nestled in a hollow in the city floor. Vents spaced around its perimeter wall emit puffy gray vapor, which rises above the treetops and disperses as
welded shut from the outside and must be broken down. It has AC 19, 30 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. A blue slaad lurks on the other side of the doorway and attacks as soon as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
of enchantment to a detect magic spell or similar effect. This stone is the control gem for the gray slaad in area 24. For more information on control gems, see the “Slaadi” entry in the Monster
: Khomara Blackfire. “Khomara” and “Blackfire” are actually the command words for the mirror of life trapping in area 50. The desk drawer contains a translucent, fist-sized gray stone that radiates an aura
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
accumulation of the pollution that belches from nearby alchemists’ workshops.
Behind the warehouse spreads a gray-green pit of mud. A huge, rickety crane protrudes from the far wall of the warehouse
. By night, the only denizens of the warehouse are three manticores and their red slaad handler. The manticores fly between levels on constant patrol, and the slaad spends its time lounging in the loft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
room has amber-glazed walls and a floor of dark green marble. Three amber sarcophagi stand in alcoves. Two feral humanoids with ghastly gray skin stare at you hungrily with three eyes—two normal eyes
-glazed walls, a black marble floor with red veins, and three amber sarcophagi standing in alcoves. In the center of the room, a death slaad has cast invisibility on itself and stands ready with its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
4 (1,100 XP) Cambion, gladiator, revenant, vampire spawn 5 (1,800 XP) Invisible stalker, mage 6 (2,300 XP) Oni, shield guardian 7 (2,900 XP) Assassin 8 (3,900 XP) Gray slaad, young silver dragon 9
, winged kobold 1/4 (50 XP) Darkmantle, deep gnome (Svirfneblin), gas spore, gray ooze, hobgoblin, magma mephit, myconid adult, orc, piercer, rust monster, scout, shadow, swarm of insects 1/2 (100 XP
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
slaad tadpole. Hiding in the dark corners of the hidden room are two crawling claws. If one or more characters enter the hidden room, the claws start pushing the jars with slaad tadpoles off the shelves
and onto the ground, releasing the tadpoles. On its turn, a crawling claw can move to a specimen jar and take an action to release the slaad tadpole trapped within. Treasure. On the shelf along the