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Monsters
Monster Manual
Multiattack. The nothic makes two Claw attacks.
Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 8 (1d10 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d10+3
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"Slashing"} Slashing damage.
Rotting Gaze. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 13, one creature the nothic can see within 120 feet. Failure: 17
Nothic
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Basic Rules (2014)
Keen Sight. The nothic has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The nothic makes two claw attacks.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType
Gaze. The nothic targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw against this magic or take 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType
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Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Keen Sight. The nothic has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The nothic makes two claw attacks.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType
Blast (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Mind Blast"}. The nothic magically emits psychic energy in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Nothic Witness to the Weird Habitat: Underdark; Treasure: Arcana Consumed by their thirst for forbidden knowledge, nothics are cursed lore seekers transformed by secrets never meant to be known. The
secret dark. Secret and dark, like all that I know I shouldn’t know!
—Scratches in Shadowdusk Hold
Brian Valenzuela
Nothic Medium Aberration, Neutral Evil
AC 15 Initiative +3 (13)
HP 45
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Nothic Witness to the Weird Consumed by their thirst for forbidden knowledge, nothics are cursed lore seekers transformed by secrets never meant to be known. The bodies of these former scholars are
warped into otherworldly shapes, each with a head dominated by a gigantic, unblinking eye. Nothic Medium Aberration, Neutral Evil
AC 15 Initiative +3 (13)
HP 45 (6d8 + 18)
Speed 30 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
Nothic Nothics were once wizards who dared to unlock magical secrets they couldn’t fathom. Though gifted with strange cosmic insight that allows them to extract knowledge from other creatures
, nothics are no longer the wizards they once were and have no memories of their previous lives. Nothic
Medium aberration, neutral evil
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 45 (6d8 + 18)
Speed 30
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Nothic Lair Features The cave has the following features: Ceilings. The cave’s ceilings are 10 feet high. Doors. Doors throughout the cave are made of reinforced wood with iron hinges. Environment
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
C: Nothic Lair An evil wizard used these caverns to conduct foul experiments. The last of these destroyed the wizard’s memory and transformed her into a cyclopic monster called a nothic. By studying
arcane secrets, the nothic hopes to regain its memories and attain enough power to rule the Caves of Chaos. Recently, a carrion crawler slithered into the cave and interrupted the nothic’s research
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Nothic Lair Locations The following locations are keyed to map C. Marc Moureau Map C: Nothic Lair (DM’s Version) View Without Tokens View Player Version C1: Entrance The symbols etched into the
leather-bound books line stone shelves carved into the walls of this underground library. A tome with an iron-plated cover lies open on a table near the north wall.
The nothic occasionally performs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
24. Nothic Warrens This wing of Shadowdusk Hold serves as the home of family members whose mad thirst for arcane knowledge transformed them into nothics. 24a. Communal Area Twelve nothics gather here
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the death’s head’s next turn.A death’s head that arises from an aberrant monster, such as a nothic or mind flayer, might retain a measure of the mind-warping power it had in life
iron mask
6
A mind flayer
A lengthy tongue
7
A nothic
Long hair
8
A shark
Sharpened teeth
9
A wolf
Wooden teeth
10
An elk
Exposed bone
PoisonNecrotic, Psychic
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the death’s head’s next turn.A death’s head that arises from an aberrant monster, such as a nothic or mind flayer, might retain a measure of the mind-warping power it had in life
iron mask
6
A mind flayer
A lengthy tongue
7
A nothic
Long hair
8
A shark
Sharpened teeth
9
A wolf
Wooden teeth
10
An elk
Exposed bone
PoisonNecrotic, Psychic
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corpse
Crimson drool
3
A hag
Extra eyes
4
A Humanoid
Face paint
5
A medusa
An iron mask
6
A mind flayer
A lengthy tongue
7
A nothic
Long hair
8
A shark
Sharpened teeth
9
A wolf
Wooden teeth
10
An elk
Exposed bone
PoisonNecrotic
monsters
A lengthy tongue
7
A nothic
Long hair
8
A shark
Sharpened teeth
9
A wolf
Wooden teeth
10
An elk
Exposed bone
PoisonNecrotic
monsters
6
A mind flayer
A lengthy tongue
7
A nothic
Long hair
8
A shark
Sharpened teeth
9
A wolf
Wooden teeth
10
An elk
Exposed bone
PoisonHead Fruits. Each Undead ally in the tree’s space can immediately take a Reaction to gain 5 Temporary Hit Points.
Death's Head
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
or animal swoops down to rip apart victims with its gnashing teeth. One with the head of monster like a nothic or medusa, though, retains a measure of the power it had in life and can befuddle the
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A burned corpse
Crimson drool
3
A hag
Extra eyes
4
A Humanoid
Face paint
5
A medusa
An iron mask
6
A mind flayer
A lengthy tongue
7
A nothic
Long hair
8
A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
31. Halaster’s Secretary A nothic is chained to the floor of this otherwise empty room. The nothic’s chain is short enough to prevent the creature from reaching the doors but long enough to let it
head is a crystal helmet-like contraption with leather straps, copper coils, and flashing glass diodes attached to it that emits buzzing noises. Halaster cast a geas spell on the nothic to prevent it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
multiple dark openings fills the southern half of this room. Seven grells lurk inside the wet, papery nest and emerge from it to attack intruders. 4b. Mad Creature Nothic. A nothic squats near the east
wall, frantically scratching at the stone.
Scrawls. Scrawled exhortations in Deep Speech and Undercommon cover the walls, floor, and ceiling.
The nothic used to be an apprentice mage named Rhamagant
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
its 2nd-level spell slots to cast upgraded versions of the thunderwave spell.
Spellbook. The wooden covers of Nass’s spellbook are bound in nothic hide, and silver clasps hold the book shut
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
columns that support the twenty-foot-high ceiling. Two arched wooden bridges span the chasm.
The guardian of this cave is a nothic—an insane subterranean monster that hungers for flesh. The creature
stronghold in exchange for treasure and the occasional gift of fresh meat. Still, the nothic is untrustworthy. The nothic lurks near the west ends of the two bridges. If it notices intruders entering the
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Grick
Griffon
Hunter shark
Intellect devourer
Lizardfolk shaman
Merrow
Mimic
Minotaur skeleton
Myconid sovereign
Nothic
Ochre jelly
Ogre
Ogre zombie
Orc Eye of Gruumsh
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
8. Nothic’s Niche Fissure. A nothic hides in a 5-foot-wide natural fissure in the 20-foot-high ceiling.
Furnishings. A rectangular stone table with ten chairs stands at the center of the room. The
tentacles sprouting from its dark corners.
The nothic uses the fissure in the ceiling as a private lair. It observes intruders and uses its Weird Insight on interesting-looking characters so it can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
forays through the empire. Tayyib Empire Adventures d4 Adventure 1 An alliance of nobles and pre-empire royalty pays the adventurers to seek their families’ lost treasures within Churapoor’s nothic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
hit points). Creatures to Remove Area Remove C2 Two wights C7 Two water weirds C14 Two cult fanatics C16 One mage C17 Two cult fanatics C25 One nothic C26 Three nothics Evernight Awakening Three
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Dense webbing fills this room as well (see area 19c for rules). Suspended within the webs are six cocoons. Five contain the desiccated corpses of four goblins and a nothic. The sixth contains a swarm
of insects (spiders) that bursts forth and attacks if the cocoon is torn open. Treasure. The dead nothic has no treasure. A thorough search of the goblin corpses yields 20 cp, 18 sp, 5 gp, and a silvered dagger.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
arcane blight. The next time the characters see her, she is either partially or fully transformed into a nothic.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Myconid Sovereign
Nothic
Ochre Jelly
Ogre
Ogre Zombie
Pegasus
Peryton
Plesiosaurus
Polar Bear
Poltergeist
Priest
Quaggoth
Rhinoceros
Saber-Toothed Tiger
Sahuagin Priest
Sea
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Marauder Mimic Minotaur of Baphomet Narthus Nothic Ogre Ogre Zombie Owlbear Red Dragon Wyrmling Skeleton Steam Mephit Stirge Vinx Wight Lifedrinker Zombie
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masters: Ravenloft Play-Along Pack
Aberrant Death’s Head A death’s head that arises from an aberrant monster, such as a nothic or mind flayer, might retain a measure of the mind-warping power it had in life. Aberrant Death’s Head Tiny
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Parry. Trigger: The noble is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The noble adds 2 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.
Nothic Medium Aberration
(XP 450; PB +2)
Actions
Multiattack. The nothic makes two Claw attacks.
Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft. Hit: 8 (1d10 + 3) Slashing damage.
Rotting Gaze. Constitution Saving Throw: DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
throw or contract an arcane blight. This magical disease transforms the humanoid into a nothic, but only after the victim experiences hallucinations and feelings of isolation and paranoia. Other symptoms
into a nothic under the DM’s control. Only a wish spell or divine intervention can undo this transformation. A greater restoration spell or similar magic ends the infection on the target, removing the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
footstool contains 55 gp, 30 ep, a potion of poison in a gourd, two spell scrolls written on sheets of dried trillimac (conjure minor elementals and speak with plants), and a varnished nothic eye that functions as a crystal ball of true seeing that can be used only once.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
question them: If the characters are searching for an exit to the tomb, one nothic hops over to the black curtain, pulls it aside, points down the tunnel to the north (area 79), and shouts (in Undercommon
), “Mind the bones!” If the characters are searching for treasure, another nothic performs the same actions as above, except it shouts, “Follow the purple trail!”