beast both diffusing constant reduces

Nightmare Beast

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures

Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the beast fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead. Siege Monster. The beast deals double damage to objects and structures.Multiattack. The beast makes

","rollAction":"Tusk","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. Disintegration Gaze (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Disintegration Gaze"}. The beast targets

Dybbuk Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

cause a quadruped to move as a biped. Any beast or humanoid that sees this behavior must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened of the dybbuk for 1 minute. The frightened creature can

":"Tendril"}. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0. Possess Corpse (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6

Yeenoghu

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

a separate Bite attack against each creature within 10 feet of him.The Beast of Butchery appears as a great scarred gnoll, towering 14 feet tall. Yeenoghu is the Gnoll Lord, and his creations are

others worship the Beast of Butchery, but those who do tend to take on a gnoll-like aspect, hunching over and filing their teeth down to points. Yeenoghu wants nothing more than slaughter and senseless

Soul Monger Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

reduces a creature to 0 hit points, the soul monger can gain temporary hit points equal to half the creature's hit point maximum. While the soul monger has temporary hit points from this ability, it has

advantage on attack rolls. Weight of Ages. Any beast or humanoid, other than a shadar-kai, that starts its turn within 5 feet of the soul monger has its speed reduced by 20 feet until the start of that

Forlarren

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

might present itself as a friendly, agreeable guide that helps travelers survive the Nine Hells. Another is a howling beast that attempts to destroy all in its path. One will show mercy and empathy

peppered with a parental attitude toward strangers. Another is a mirthful sybarite with an unfettered love of food, drink, and romance. When dealing with the forlarren, the only constant is the malleable

Yeenoghu Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

. When Yeenoghu reduces a creature to 0 hit points with a melee attack on his turn, Yeenoghu can take a bonus action to move up to half his speed and make a bite attack.Multiattack. Yeenoghu makes three

5 or more, the target falls prone. Savage (Costs 2 Actions). Yeenoghu makes a bite attack against each creature within 10 feet of him.The Beast of Butchery appears as a great battle-scarred gnoll

Coral

Monsters Misplaced Monsters: Volume One

a successful save, the target takes half as much damage only. If this damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target dies, and its body is reduced to fine dust. Created by Kenzie C. Coral

-smelling cloud of gas that surrounds and shields the target. The target has half cover until the gas disappears at the start of Coral’s next turn. Gift of Speech (1/Day). Coral targets one Beast she

Shadar-kai Soul Monger

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

spells and other magical effects. Soul Thirst. When it reduces a creature to 0 hit points, the shadar-kai can gain temporary hit points equal to half the creature’s hit point maximum. While the

shadar-kai has temporary hit points from this trait, it has advantage on attack rolls. Weight of Ages. Any Beast or Humanoid (except an elf) that starts its turn within 5 feet of the shadar-kai has its

Giant Hyena

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Giant Hyena Giant Hyena Large beast, unaligned Armor Class 12 Hit Points 45 (6d10 + 12) Speed 50 ft. STR 16 (+3) DEX 14 (+2) CON 14 (+2) INT 2 (−4) WIS

12 (+1) CHA 7 (−2) Skills Perception +3 Senses passive Perception 13 Languages — Challenge 1 (200 XP) Rampage. When the hyena reduces a creature to 0 hit points with a melee

Giant Wasp

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Giant Wasp Giant Wasp Medium beast, unaligned Armor Class 12 Hit Points 13 (3d8) Speed 10 ft., fly 50 ft. STR 10 (+0) DEX 14 (+2) CON 10 (+0) INT 1 (−5

+ 2) piercing damage, and the target must make a DC 11 Constitution saving throw, taking 10 (3d6) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the poison damage reduces

Nightmare Beast

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures

Nightmare Beast Nightmare beasts are enormous quadrupeds that stand 20 feet tall, or 40 feet tall when rearing on their hind legs. A nightmare beast’s legs end in claws, enabling it to climb well

disintegrate foes with its terrible gaze. Powerful spellcasters create nightmare beasts to serve as living siege engines. A single beast can lay waste to entire cities and armies. Nightmare Beast

Giant Centipede

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Giant Centipede Giant Centipede Small beast, unaligned Armor Class 13 (natural armor) Hit Points 4 (1d6 + 1) Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft. STR 5 (−3) DEX 14 (+2) CON 12

hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw or take 10 (3d6) poison damage. If the poison damage reduces the target

Teeth of Dahlver-Nar

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

(Perception) checks from constant whispers of memories and nearby minds. 9 The Disappearances of Half Hollow (vomerine tooth of a Large toad) 4 giant toad;giant toads Your long jump is up to 30

reduced by 2d10. If this reduces your hit point maximum to 0, you die. 16 Daughters of Bel (green steel pit fiend fang) 1 pit fiend You can use the tooth to cast dominate monster (DC 18). Once you

Giant Wolf Spider

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

beast, unaligned Armor Class 13 Hit Points 11 (2d8 + 2) Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft. STR 12 (+1) DEX 16 (+3) CON 13 (+1) INT 3 (−4) WIS 12 (+1) CHA

, and the target must make a DC 11 Constitution saving throw, taking 7 (2d6) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the poison damage reduces the target to 0 hit

Complex Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

. Usually, changes involving dramatic elements take effect at the end of each of the trap’s turns or in response to the characters’ actions. Constant Elements. A complex trap poses a threat even when it is

not taking its turn. The constant elements describe how these parts of the trap function. Most make an attack or force a saving throw against any creature that ends its turn within a certain area

Giant Spider

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Giant Spider Giant Spider Large beast, unaligned Armor Class 14 (natural armor) Hit Points 26 (4d10 + 4) Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft. STR 14 (+2) DEX 16 (+3) CON 12

the poison damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, even after regaining hit points, and is paralyzed while poisoned in this way. Web (Recharge 5–6

Giant Spider

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

Giant Spider Usually found underground, the lair of a giant spider is often festooned with webs holding helpless victims. Giant Spider Large beast, unaligned Armor Class 14 (natural armor) Hit

Constitution saving throw, taking 9 (2d8) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the poison reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target is stable but poisoned for 1

Giant Spider

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

ceilings or in dark, web-filled crevices. Such lairs are often festooned with web cocoons holding past victims. Giant Spider Large beast, unaligned Armor Class 14 (natural armor) Hit Points 26 (4d10

9 (2d8) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the poison damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, even after

Giant Spider

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

ceilings or in dark, web-filled crevices. Such lairs are often festooned with web cocoons holding past victims. Giant Spider Large beast, unaligned Armor Class 14 (natural armor) Hit Points 26 (4d10

9 (2d8) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the poison damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, even after

Soul Monger

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

reduces a creature to 0 hit points, the soul monger can gain temporary hit points equal to half the creature’s hit point maximum. While the soul monger has temporary hit points from this ability, it

has advantage on attack rolls. Weight of Ages. Any beast or humanoid, other than a shadar-kai, that starts its turn within 5 feet of the soul monger has its speed reduced by 20 feet until the start

Ancient Topaz Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

);{"diceNotation":"9d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Essential Reduction", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If this damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, it crumbles to dust.Decay and

plateau.A Topaz Dragon’s Lair Topaz dragons dwell where the sea meets the land, favoring sites where the constant action of the waves and tides is slowly reducing the land to gravel. They make their

Yeenoghu

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

Yeenoghu The Beast of Butchery appears as a great scarred gnoll, towering 14 feet tall. Yeenoghu is the Gnoll Lord, and his creations are made in his twisted image. When the demon lord hunted across

the Material Plane, packs of hyenas followed in his wake, and those that ate of great Yeenoghu’s kills became gnolls. Few others worship the Beast of Butchery, but those who do tend to take on a gnoll

Karrnathi Undead Soldier

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

plague. In desperation, King Kaius I embraced the Blood of Vol, whose priests bolstered the armies of Karrnath with undead. Initially, those skeletons and zombies required constant control and served

of the creature and the ally isn’t incapacitated. Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the soldier to 0 hit points, it must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless

Adult Topaz Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Essential Reduction", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If this damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, it crumbles to dust.Decay and despair are bound up in

Lair Topaz dragons dwell where the sea meets the land, favoring sites where the constant action of the waves and tides is slowly reducing the land to gravel. They make their lairs in caves set into sea

Wight

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

places, surrounded by dead plants, noticeably blackened, and avoided by bird and beast. Humanoids slain by a wight can rise as zombies under its control. Motivated by hunger for living souls and driven by

reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0. A humanoid slain by

Yeenoghu

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

Yeenoghu The demon lord Yeenoghu, also known as the Beast of Butchery and the Gnoll Lord, appears as a battle-scarred gnoll towering 14 feet tall. He has matted fur covered with patchwork armor made

. Yeenoghu’s weapon attacks are magical. Rampage. When Yeenoghu reduces a creature to 0 hit points with a melee attack on his turn, Yeenoghu can take a bonus action to move up to half his speed and

Coral

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Misplaced Monsters: Volume One

(4d10) force damage and has the prone condition. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage only. If this damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target dies, and its body is

. Gift of Speech (1/Day). Coral targets one Beast she can see within 10 feet of herself. The target gains the ability to understand and speak Common or Sylvan (Coral’s choice) for 10 minutes.

Dybbuk

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

, such as vomit blood, twist its head all the way around, or cause a quadruped to move as a biped. Any beast or humanoid that sees this behavior must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom saving throw or become

a creature, its hit point maximum is also reduced by 3 (1d6). This reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0

Devkarin Lich

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

memories, their personalities, and especially their ambition. They also retain the grace and stature of living elves, but their bodies are in a constant state of slow decay. Various forms of fungus grow in

. Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the lich to 0 hit points, it must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a success

Fierna and Belial

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

admire one another in equal measure and are in constant competition. Every time Belial outthinks Fierna, she talks her way out of whatever trap he has devised. Fierna stages insurrections against

. The flames either bring searing agony that reduces a devil to a weaker form, or ecstatic joy that transforms it into a mightier being. Soul Searching Like the rulers of the other layers, Belial and

Little Oak

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

threaten the children incur the wrath of Little Oak, which uproots itself and thunders to their defense. If the treant or one of its animated trees reduces a character to 0 hit points with a melee

you?” as it fights to the death. The oni has a pet displacer beast kitten (see the accompanying stat block) named Star, which it abandons if its curse is ended. Characters who aided Dirlagraun in the

Tiger District

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

locals don’t recollect the fog and beast attacks that Wan-Ha’s gwishin uses to impede their work, they’re aware that accidents, vandalism, and missing workers delay construction. When the characters

can also share the following details: Her laborers are in constant fear. They think some creature or gang is trying to harm them. No one’s seen anything, but accidents and sabotage are common. She’s

Forlarren

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

travelers survive the Nine Hells. Another is a howling beast that attempts to destroy all in its path. One will show mercy and empathy peppered with a parental attitude toward strangers. Another is a

mirthful sybarite with an unfettered love of food, drink, and romance. When dealing with the forlarren, the only constant is the malleable, chaotic, and temperamental nature they all share. When its

Planar Philosopher

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

portal key (such as a bag of golden tea leaves or the tooth of a planar beast), a manifesto of your guiding philosophy, a set of common clothes in your faction’s style, and a pouch containing 10 gp

faction to another—the only constant in the City of Doors is the Lady of Pain herself. If you’d like to create and be part of your own faction, ask your DM about doing just that. Your faction should

Shadow Magic

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

reduces you to 0 hit points, you can make a Charisma saving throw (DC 5 + the damage taken). On a success, you instead drop to 1 hit point. You can’t use this feature if you are reduced to 0 hit

monstrosity, not a beast. It appears with a number of temporary hit points equal to half your sorcerer level. It can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. The hound

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