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Eldritch Blast

Spells Player’s Handbook

You hurl a beam of crackling energy. Make a ranged spell attack against one creature or object in range. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 Force damage. Cantrip Upgrade. The spell creates two beams at

level 5, three beams at level 11, and four beams at level 17. You can direct the beams at the same target or at different ones. Make a separate attack roll for each beam.

Eldritch Blast Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

A beam of crackling energy streaks toward a creature within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 force damage. The spell creates more than one beam

when you reach higher levels: two beams at 5th level, three beams at 11th level, and four beams at 17th level. You can direct the beams at the same target or at different ones. Make a separate attack roll for each beam.

Ogre Bolt Launcher

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

","rollAction":"Fist","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Bolt Launcher. Ranged Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bolt Launcher"} to hit, range 120/480

bolts are so large that few ogres can carry more than a half dozen at a time, but bolt launchers have been known to uproot small trees or tear beams out of buildings and launch those when their ammunition

Fensir Skirmisher

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

"} slashing damage if used with two hands. Magic Stone. Ranged Spell Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Magic Stone"} to hit, range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d12 + 2

. They retain prominent noses and a hint of green in their skin but otherwise resemble relatively small frost or stone giants. They use armor and weapons similar to what other combatants on Ysgard use

Fensir Devourer

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

", "rollAction":"Rend", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. Boulder. Ranged Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Boulder"} to hit, range 60/240 ft

appearance. They retain prominent noses and a hint of green in their skin but otherwise resemble relatively small frost or stone giants. They use armor and weapons similar to what other combatants on Ysgard

Oculorb

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Eye Beam"} to hit, range 120 ft., one creature. Hit: 14 (3d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"3d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Eye Beam

a beholder, an oculorb can fire beams of energy from its eyes, but an oculorb’s eyes lack the more sophisticated magical nature of a beholder’s eyestalks. Instead, an oculorb unleashes powerful waves of energy charged with negative emotions, cowing its foes with despair and ire.

Hierophant of the Comet

Monsters The Book of Many Things

":"Herald's Axe", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. Comet Blast. Ranged Spell Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Comet Blast"} to hit, range 120 ft., one

powerful warlocks with mighty spells at their disposal. They can commune with the alien mind of the All-Consuming Star, blast enemies with beams of eldritch energy, and conjure manifestations of this

Lantern Archon

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

hit", "rollAction":"Radiant Strike"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d6+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Radiant Strike", "rollDamageType

to subdue foes. However, against Fiends, archons are wrathful combatants, manifesting the righteous vengeance of Mount Celestia to strike down the wicked. Each archon’s form corresponds to its

Warforged Colossus

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Attack: +18;{"diceNotation":"1d20+18","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Eldritch Turret"} to hit, range 300 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (4d8);{"diceNotation":"4d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction

decisively, the colossi pulverized hundreds of soldiers beneath their feet and incinerated whole legions with beams of fiery light that shot from their mouths. This rampage was cut short on the Day of

Eldritch Blast

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

against one creature or object in range. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 Force damage. Cantrip Upgrade. The spell creates two beams at level 5, three beams at level 11, and four beams at level 17. You can direct the beams at the same target or at different ones. Make a separate attack roll for each beam.

Eldritch Blast Evocation Cantrip (Warlock) Casting Time: Action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You hurl a beam of crackling energy. Make a ranged spell attack

Eldritch Blast

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Eldritch Blast Evocation cantrip Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous A beam of crackling energy streaks toward a creature within range. Make a ranged spell

attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 force damage. The spell creates more than one beam when you reach higher levels: two beams at 5th level, three beams at 11th level, and four

Eldritch Blast

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

against one creature or object in range. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 Force damage. Cantrip Upgrade. The spell creates two beams at level 5, three beams at level 11, and four beams at level 17. You can direct the beams at the same target or at different ones. Make a separate attack roll for each beam.

Eldritch Blast Evocation Cantrip (Warlock) Casting Time: Action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You hurl a beam of crackling energy. Make a ranged spell attack

Eldritch Blast

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

Eldritch Blast Evocation cantrip Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous A beam of crackling energy streaks toward a creature within range. Make a ranged spell

attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 force damage. The spell creates more than one beam when you reach higher levels: two beams at 5th level, three beams at 11th level, and four

Circle of Power

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

Circle of Power 5th-level abjuration Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (30-foot radius) Components: V Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes Divine energy radiates from you, distorting and

diffusing magical energy within 30 feet of you. Until the spell ends, the sphere moves with you, centered on you. For the duration, each friendly creature in the area (including you) has advantage on saving

Tracking Position at Long Range

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

Tracking Position at Long Range If combat erupts between two groups that are hundreds of feet away from each other, try the following techniques to keep track of who’s where: Note Paper. List all

combatants on a piece of paper, and keep a running tally of each creature’s distance from the party’s starting point (the party starts at 0 feet). As the characters advance, increase their numbers; as

Quadrone

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

Quadrone Astute combatants, quadrones serve as artillery and field officers in the regiments of modron armies. Quadrone Medium construct, lawful neutral Armor Class 16 (natural armor) Hit

shortbow attacks. Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1) bludgeoning damage. Shortbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 80/320 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage.

Cult Assets

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

Leaders. Wearers of Purple are venerated leaders among the cultists, and most of them are powerful combatants in their own right. Cultist Troops. The Cult of the Dragon has thousands of combatants at the

Well of Dragons, all armed and dedicated to the glory of the Dragon Queen. Chromatic Dragons. The exact number of chromatic dragons present at the Well of Dragons is up to you, and could range from a

6. Three Hounds Parlor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

6. Three Hounds Parlor The stout beams overhead are stained black with smoke. A comfortable table and chairs, a small wardrobe, and suit of dull black armor stand in the room. A large tapestry shows

when it is hanging on a wall, teleporting creatures to a random location out to a range of five miles; it does not work if placed on the floor like a carpet and loses its magical property if damaged in any way. It is worth 2,500 gp, or 400 gp if it loses its teleportation property.

Ogre Bolt Launcher

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

missile as quickly as a dwarf handles a crossbow. The bolts are so large that few ogres can carry more than a half-dozen at a time, but bolt launchers have been known to uproot small trees or tear beams

) Actions Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d4 + 4) bludgeoning damage. Bolt Launcher. Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, range 120/480 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (3d10 + 1) piercing damage. [Tooltip Not Found]

6. Three Hounds Parlor

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

6. Three Hounds Parlor The stout beams overhead are stained black with smoke. A comfortable table and chairs, a small wardrobe, and suit of dull black armor stand in the room. A large tapestry shows

, teleporting creatures to a random location out to a range of five miles; it does not work if placed on the floor like a carpet and loses its magical property if damaged in any way. It is worth 2,500 gp, or 400 gp if it loses its teleportation property.

Assigning Assets

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

against the adventurers. See appendix D for Rath Modar’s statistics. Cult Leaders. Wearers of Purple are venerated leaders among the cultists, and most of them are powerful combatants in their own right

. Cultist Troops. The Cult of the Dragon has thousands of combatants at the Well of Dragons, all armed and dedicated to the glory of the Dragon Queen. Chromatic Dragons. The exact number of chromatic

Making an Attack

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

Making an Attack Whether you’re striking with a melee weapon, firing a weapon at range, or making an attack roll as part of a spell, an attack has a simple structure. Choose a target. Pick a

target within your attack’s range: a creature, an object, or a location. Determine modifiers. The DM determines whether the target has cover and whether you have advantage or disadvantage against the

Sorcerer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

improves one of the rays of a scorching ray spell or one of the beams of an eldritch blast spell. Can Empowered Spell affect all the rays of a scorching ray spell, or just one? A sorcerer’s Empowered

to affect a particular spell? You can use Twinned Spell on a spell that … targets only one creature doesn’t have a range of self is incapable of targeting more than one creature at the spell’s current

Creature Size

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

that reason, there's a limit to the number of creatures that can surround another creature in combat. Assuming Medium combatants, eight creatures can fit in a 5-foot radius around another one

enter a square of difficult terrain. Corners. Diagonal movement can’t cross the corner of a wall, large tree, or other terrain feature that fills its space. Ranges. To determine the range on a grid

Oculorb

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

given gruesome, corporeal form. Like a beholder, an oculorb can fire beams of energy from its eyes, but an oculorb’s eyes lack the more sophisticated magical nature of a beholder’s eyestalks. Instead, an

+ 4) psychic damage, or 25 (6d6 + 4) psychic damage if the target has the frightened condition. Eye Beam. Ranged Spell Attack: +8 to hit, range 120 ft., one creature. Hit: 14 (3d6 + 4) psychic damage

L4. Training Grounds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

courtyard is surrounded by weapon racks, balance beams, sandbags, and wooden training posts for striking. From sunrise to sunset, the inhabitants of the temple train here under harsh conditions. Violence is

next turn. Poisoned Dart. Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) piercing damage plus 7 (3d4) poison damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution

Siege Equipment

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

: +6 to hit, range 120/480 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d10) piercing damage. Cannon Large object Armor Class: 19 Hit Points: 75 Damage Immunities: poison, psychic A cannon uses gunpowder to propel heavy

. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 600/2,400 ft., one target. Hit: 44 (8d10) bludgeoning damage. Cauldron, Suspended Large object Armor Class: 19 Hit Points: 20 Damage Immunities: poison, psychic A

Warforged Colossus

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

everything in their paths and leaving ruin behind them. Meant to end the war decisively, the colossi pulverized hundreds of soldiers beneath their feet and incinerated whole legions with beams of fiery

the colossus can push the target up to 20 feet away from it. Eldritch Turret. Ranged Spell Attack: +18 to hit, range 300 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (4d8) force damage, and if the target is a creature

The Remains of Tammeraut

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

missing. The interior of the sunken ship is a ruin. The decks have all but collapsed, creating a tangled maze where ooze and muck cling to sundered timbers and beams. An eerie, many-colored light

can range abroad, Syrgaul is forever trapped within the rift near the source of his dark unlife. As the characters explore this area, Syrgaul and one drowned blade rise from the pile of bones and

Example Members

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

. The aspirant has advantage on saving throws against the charmed and frightened conditions. Actions Spear. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 4

powerful warlocks with mighty spells at their disposal. They can commune with the alien mind of the All-Consuming Star, blast enemies with beams of eldritch energy, and conjure manifestations of this entity

Bathhouse Locations

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

or rely on darkvision to see in the dungeon.) The 5-foot-wide corridors throughout the dungeon have 8-foot-high ceilings. Rooms have 9-foot-high ceilings, often braced with wooden beams. Each beam is a

Large object with AC 15, 10 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. Destroying all the beams in an area has a 25 percent chance of triggering a roof collapse. Each creature under the

Combat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

, initiative is rolled as normal. Then, the first round of combat starts, and the unsurprised combatants act in initiative order. A surprised creature can’t move or take an action or a reaction until its

sides. What happens with surprise when a third group of combatants sneaks up, hidden from the melee, and ambushes? The surprise rule is relevant only when a combat is starting. Any ambushes during the

Rampaging Giant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

different combatants to maneuver. The giant moves in the characters’ direction and lashes out. Two duergar guards and two duergar xarrorn (see appendix C) respond to the giant’s roaring, racing in to join

characters attacking from range and attacks opponents in melee at random, including the duergar. Both the giant and the guards fight until they drop to 0 hit points. Development Without the characters’ help

Sample Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

supports keeping an unstable section of a ceiling in place. The trip wire is 3 inches off the ground and stretches between two support beams. The DC to spot the trip wire is 10. A successful DC 15

, the trap triggers. Anyone who inspects the beams can easily determine that they are merely wedged in place. As an action, a character can knock over a beam, causing the trap to trigger. The ceiling

Ogres of War

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

quickly as a dwarf handles a crossbow. The bolts are so large that few ogres can carry more than a half dozen at a time, but bolt launchers have been known to uproot small trees or tear beams out of

) Proficiency Bonus +2 Actions Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d4 + 4) bludgeoning damage. Bolt Launcher. Ranged Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, range 120/480

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