Search Results
All Results
Characters
Compendium
Spells
Items
Monsters
Vehicles
Forums
Returning 35 results for 'bad both diffusing crush rolls'.
Other Suggestions:
bad both diffusing crude rules
bad both diffusing curse rules
bad both diffusing cause rules
bad both diffusing cross rules
bad both diffusing cruel rules
Monsters
Monster Manual
Crush. Melee Attack Roll: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"crush"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d6+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"crush
Advantage on its attack rolls. Its Speed becomes 0, it can’t benefit from any bonus to its Speed, and it moves with the target.
A creature can take an action to try to detach the darkmantle
Psychic Gray Ooze
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
weapon takes a permanent and cumulative −1 penalty to damage rolls. If its penalty drops to −5, the weapon is destroyed. Nonmagical ammunition made of metal that hits the ooze is destroyed
to 10.
Psychic Crush (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Psychic Crush"}. The ooze targets one creature that it can sense within 60 feet of it. The target must
Monsters
Out of the Abyss
weapon takes a permanent and cumulative −1 penalty to damage rolls. If its penalty drops to −5, the weapon is destroyed. Nonmagical ammunition made of metal that hits the ooze is destroyed after dealing
wearing nonmagical metal armor, its armor is partly corroded and takes a permanent and cumulative −1 penalty to the AC it offers. The armor is destroyed if the penalty reduces its AC to 10.
Psychic Crush
Darkmantle
Legacy
This doesn't reflect the latest rules and lore.
Learn More
Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
stalactite or stalagmite.Crush. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Crush"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d6+3
","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Crush","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage, and the darkmantle attaches to the target. If the target is Medium or smaller and the darkmantle has advantage on
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
stalagmite.
Reduced Threat. This creature has -2 penalty on all ability checks and saving throws.Crush. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Crush"} to
hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d6+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Crush","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage, and the darkmantle attaches to the
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
All-Around Vision. The vlazok can’t be surprise;surprised.
Blood Frenzy. The vlazok has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its hit points.
Magic
, trampling survivors and crushing pockets of resistance. When vlazoks anticipate an influx of enemies, these demons jump on them from above to crush them.
Vlazoks have keen senses, owing to the eyes
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the leucrotta scores a critical hit, it rolls the damage dice three times, instead of twice.
Hooves. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to
that can crush bones and lacerate flesh. These plates are so tough that a leucrotta can use them to peel plate armor away from the body of a slain knight.
A leucrotta’s stench would normally warn
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
start of her turn.
Crush. One creature that Olhydra is grappling is crushed for 21 (3d10 + 5);{"diceNotation":"3d10+5","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Fling
— bad weather, strong tides, and increasing aggression from dangerous sea life.
Violent downpours become frequent within 10 miles of the lair. A downpour occurs once every 2d12;{"diceNotation
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
Ambusher. During the first round of combat, Pidlwick II has advantage on attack rolls against any creature that hasn't had a turn yet.Club. Melee Weapon Attack: +2;{"diceNotation":"1d20+2","rollType
Ideal. “I wish I could make people happy.”
Bond. “I would like to find someone—anyone—who isn't afraid of me and who enjoys my company.”
Flaw. “When I'm upset, I do bad things.”Poison
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
disguise themselves as stalactites. When prey passes below, lurking darkmantles drop and unfurl their webbed tentacles, attempting to blind, suffocate, or crush their victims. Darkmantles share similarities
10 +0 +0
Cha 5 −3 −3
Skills Stealth +3
Senses Blindsight 60 ft.; Passive Perception 10
Languages None
CR 1/2 (XP 100; PB +2)
Actions
Crush. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
sits on a wagon, its wheels and axles are liable to snap like twigs. A giant can crush a house or capsize a ship simply by carelessly shifting its weight. An ox that strays too close to a sleeping giant
could wind up pinned or crushed if the giant rolls over suddenly. Giants Are Loud. The footsteps of giants in the distance are often initially mistaken for thunder, even on a clear day. The sounds of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
boasts blooms from across the multiverse. A creature who plucks a flower from the garden rolls on the Cair Ophidian Flowers table to determine the type of flower chosen. A creature that spends 10
Flowers d20 Flower
1–10 Nonmagical Flower. This bloom has no magical properties but is very pretty.
11–14 Swift Lily. This flower crackles with energy. As a bonus action, you can crush the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Borderlands Quest: Goblin Trouble
, we’re going to play a short adventure to introduce you to Dungeons & Dragons. As the Dungeon Master, I tell you what’s going on in the world around you, and I use the rules and dice rolls to
and add a number to it. This is called a D20 Test, and the number you add indicates how good or bad your character is at what they’re trying to do. The result tells me whether your character succeeds
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
survivors and crushing pockets of resistance. When vlazoks anticipate an influx of enemies, these demons jump on them from above to crush them. Vlazoks have keen senses, owing to the eyes positioned
, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 11 (7,200 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4
All-Around Vision. The vlazok can’t be surprised.
Blood Frenzy. The vlazok has advantage on melee attack rolls against any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Charisma (Deception) check to avoid making an alarmed face, coughing loudly, or having another potentially embarrassing reaction. Bow’s End Snacks d6 Snack 1 Eel rolls with sticky rice, jalapeno
Chilled vegetable rolls in glass-leaf wrappers that feel like they shatter when bitten One Too Many? After the characters catch up with other students and participate in any other activities that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
attempt to succeed on the mission but have fallen victim to some bad luck (low die rolls), you can arrange for them to gain some last-ditch points by seeking out and defeating some of these other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
crush in their mighty mandibles. These tenacious hunters sense movement through the surrounding earth, then burst through cavern walls to surprise their prey. Those ambushed by umber hulks risk meeting
Confusing Gaze (Recharge 5–6). Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 14, each creature in a 30-foot Cone. Failure: The target can’t take Reactions until the start of the umber hulk’s next turn, and the target rolls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
is indistinguishable from a cave formation such as a stalactite or stalagmite.
Actions
Crush. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage, and
and unable to breathe while the darkmantle is attached in this way.
While attached to the target, the darkmantle can attack no other creature except the target but has advantage on its attack rolls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
say a door requires a successful DC 15 Strength check to be battered down. A fighter with a Strength of 20 might helplessly flail against the door because of bad die rolls. Meanwhile, the rogue with a
Strength of 10 rolls a 20 and knocks the door from its hinges. If such results bother you, consider allowing automatic success on certain checks. Under this optional rule, a character automatically
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Stone Juggernaut A stone juggernaut is a rolling construct imbued with enough awareness to avoid obvious dangers such as open pits and chasms. It trundles across open battlefields or rolls down
with flaming eyes and obsidian teeth. A stone juggernaut is fast, but it lacks maneuverability and can move in only one direction on its turn. It poses little danger to creatures it can’t crush
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, the weapon takes a permanent and cumulative −1 penalty to damage rolls. If its penalty drops to −5, the weapon is destroyed. Nonmagical ammunition made of metal that hits the ooze is destroyed after
, suggesting that the ooze can sense and mimic psionic ability.
A psionic gray ooze has an Intelligence score of 6 (−2), as well as the following additional action.
Psychic Crush (Recharge 5–6). The ooze
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
around me intended to speak with the Daughters of Sora Kell. All I could think about was the stories my grandmother used to tell me. Sora Maenya can crush a giant with her bare hands. She can eat the
whole creature and still be hungry. If you’re bad, she’ll come in the night and carry you away. She’ll make a lantern of your skull and torment you until the end of time. And she’s the least
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
in the three open hands of the statue, the hands magically close into fists that crush the gemstones to powder. The statue’s hands then open again. If this exercise is performed twice more, so that
door at the west end of the hallway slides open, and the stone juggernaut in area 62D rolls down the corridor. Each creature in the gas cloud that is not immune to the poisoned condition must succeed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
wines: the unremarkable Purple Grapemash No. 3, the slightly more tantalizing Red Dragon Crush, and the rich Champagne du le Stomp. Ten years ago, one of the vineyard’s magic gems was dug up and stolen
against the winery, antagonizing the wereravens like a bad neighbor. Five days ago, evil druids stole the third and final gem and bore it to Yester Hill (chapter 14). The wereravens launched a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
Snarla finds herself in a bad situation, she changes into werewolf form and attacks with desperate savagery, giving her advantage on all her attack rolls. If she is captured alive and made to talk, she
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
automatic failure is bad enough. And characters typically make so many attack rolls that they’re bound to roll dozens of natural 1s over time. What might seem like an interesting consequence, like breaking the weapon used for the attack, will quickly get tiresome.
. For example, rolling a 1 on a failed attempt to pick a lock might jam the lock, and rolling a 20 on a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check might reveal an extra clue. For attack rolls, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
as steel that can crush bones and lacerate flesh. These plates are so tough that a leucrotta can use them to peel plate armor away from the body of a slain knight. A leucrotta’s stench would normally
one Bite attack and one Hooves attack.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage. If the leucrotta scores a critical hit, it rolls the damage dice
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Bad Data The modron leader X01 isn’t just damaged—its mind has been overwhelmed. This is a result of flawed orders X01 received when it left Mechanus during the last Great Modron March, but more so
such information and succeeds on a DC 18 Charisma (Persuasion) check, the planar incarnate has disadvantage on attack rolls and saving throws until the start of the character’s next turn. Lost Data Once
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
useful: DM Screen. Many DMs like to use a screen to shield their notes and dice rolls from players. It’s bad manners to peek over the screen! Miniatures and Battle Grid. Some DMs use a battle grid and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
contest. Repeat these rolls for every 10 minutes a character participates in the fish catch. After 30 minutes, the contest ends and a winner is determined. Fish to Catch d20 Catch DC Fish 1–3
catching it makes a fisher an instant town legend. Benebog can be caught only once. If a character rolls a 20 on the Fish to Catch table after Benebog has been caught, a greater cuirassed carp tugs on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
issues from a maw that drips fluid corrupted with rot and digestive juices. In place of fangs, a leucrotta has bony ridges as hard as steel that can crush bones and lacerate flesh. These plates are so
with its hooves.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage. If the leucrotta scores a critical hit, it rolls the damage dice three times
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
only at the end of another creature’s turn. Olhydra regains spent legendary actions at the start of her turn.
Crush. One creature that Olhydra is grappling is crushed for 21 (3d10 + 5) bludgeoning
Olhydra’s presence in an elemental node creates a number of widespread effects — bad weather, strong tides, and increasing aggression from dangerous sea life. Violent downpours become frequent within 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
happy.” Bond. “I would like to find someone—anyone—who isn’t afraid of me and who enjoys my company.” Flaw. “When I’m upset, I do bad things.” Pidlwick II
Small construct, neutral evil
Armor Class 14
)
Ambusher. During the first round of combat, Pidlwick II has advantage on attack rolls against any creature that hasn’t had a turn yet.
Actions
Club. Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
creatures that enter the room using their Psychic Crush action option (see the “Variant: Psychic Gray Oozes” sidebar in the “Oozes” entry in the Monster Manual). While contained in the altar, the oozes
Charisma (spell save DC 11). While in sunlight, he has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Treasure. Xarann wears a piwafwi, a drow-made cloak of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
target. Hit: 17 (2d12 + 4) slashing damage.
Grumink the Renegade Grumink is a dwarf gone bad. He is a chaotic evil gold dwarf assassin with dwarf racial traits. Bloodthirsty, callous, and mercenary
17
Languages Common, Sahuagin
Challenge 7 (2,900 XP)
Assassinate. During its first turn, Ghald has advantage on attack rolls against any creature that hasn’t taken a turn. Any hit Ghald scores