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Blight Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

Necromantic energy washes over a creature of your choice that you can see within range, draining moisture and vitality from it. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. The target takes 8d8

necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. This spell has no effect on undead or constructs. If you target a plant creature or a magical plant, it makes the saving

Beholder Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

minute. The target awakens if it takes damage or another creature takes an action to wake it. This ray has no effect on constructs and undead. Petrification Ray. The targeted creature must make a

beholder becomes slimy; that area is difficult terrain until initiative count 20 on the next round. Walls within 120 feet of the beholder sprout grasping appendages until initiative count 20 on the round

Phantasmal Force Legacy

Spells Player’s Handbook (2014)

, creature, or other visible phenomenon of your choice that is no larger than a 10-foot cube and that is perceivable only to the target for the duration. This spell has no effect on undead or constructs

. Similarly, a phantasm created to appear as fire, a pool of acid, or lava can burn the target. Each round on your turn, the phantasm can deal 1d6 psychic damage to the target if it is in the phantasm

Death Tyrant Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

asleep and remain unconscious for 1 minute. The target awakens if it takes damage or another creature takes an action to wake it. This ray has no effect on constructs and undead. Petrification Ray

the next round. Walls sprout spectral appendages until initiative count 20 on the round after next. Any creature, including one on the Ethereal Plane, that is hostile to the tyrant and starts its

Lich Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

. Everything about a lich’s lair reflects its keen mind and wicked cunning, including the magic and mundane traps that secure it. Undead, constructs, and bound demons lurk in shadowy recesses

, the lich takes half the damage (rounded down), and the target takes the remaining damage. This tether lasts until initiative count 20 on the next round or until the lich or the target is no longer in

Arcturia

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

and traps. Everything about a lich’s lair reflects its keen mind and wicked cunning, including the magic and mundane traps that secure it. Undead, constructs, and bound demons lurk in shadowy

takes the remaining damage. This tether lasts until initiative count 20 on the next round or until the lich or the target is no longer in the lich’s lair. The lich calls forth the spirits of

Exethanter

Monsters Curse of Strahd

the magic and mundane traps that secure it. Undead, constructs, and bound demons lurk in shadowy recesses, emerging to destroy those who dare to disturb the lich’s work. A lich encountered in

remaining damage. This tether lasts until initiative count 20 on the next round or until Exethanter or the target is no longer in the Exethanter’s lair. Exethanter calls forth the spirits of

Valindra Shadowmantle Legacy

Monsters Tomb of Annihilation

reflects its keen mind and wicked cunning, including the magic and mundane traps that secure it. Undead, constructs, and bound demons lurk in shadowy recesses, emerging to destroy those who dare to disturb

initiative count 20 on the next round or until the lich or the target is no longer in the lich’s lair. The lich calls forth the spirits of creatures that died in its lair. These apparitions

Blight

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

, draining moisture and vitality from it. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. The target takes 8d8 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. This spell has

no effect on undead or constructs. If you target a plant creature or a magical plant, it makes the saving throw with disadvantage, and the spell deals maximum damage to it. If you target a nonmagical

Blight

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

, draining moisture and vitality from it. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. The target takes 8d8 necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. This spell has

no effect on undead or constructs. If you target a plant creature or a magical plant, it makes the saving throw with disadvantage, and the spell deals maximum damage to it. If you target a nonmagical

Adult Emerald Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

pool that connects to the caldera lake via an underwater channel. When the volcano is active, the waters here bubble up into the caves before draining down nearby lava tubes. During especially active

periods, the waters surge up into the nearest halls and corridors before draining away. Underwater Cache. The dragon stashes gold and gems in an underwater cave (at the bottom of the map), the entrance

Ancient Emerald Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

before draining down nearby lava tubes. During especially active periods, the waters surge up into the nearest halls and corridors before draining away. Underwater Cache. The dragon stashes gold and

within range of the dragon’s telepathy. The creature must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by the dragon until initiative count 20 on the next round. A creature charmed in

50. Mirror of Life Trapping

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

invisible stalker and the troll. The stirge attacks A’tan, killing him in 1 round. After draining A’tan’s blood, the stirge flies away to digest its meal. The doppelganger tries to flee but doesn’t go far

or carrying. Constructs automatically succeed on the saving throw. The mirror currently has three vacant cells. If the mirror traps a creature when its twelve cells are already occupied, it releases

A Lich's Lair

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

powerful guardians and traps. Everything about a lich’s lair reflects its keen mind and wicked cunning, including the magic and mundane traps that secure it. Undead, constructs, and bound demons lurk in

remaining damage. This tether lasts until initiative count 20 on the next round or until the lich or the target is no longer in the lich’s lair. The lich calls forth the spirits of creatures that

21. Drow Statues

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

statistics of animated armor, except that they are elementals instead of constructs. The statues attack until destroyed but don’t leave this area. If the characters spend 1 round or longer in the chamber

18. Study

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

character on the first round. Every round after that, two more cyclones form, to a maximum of three per character. Treat these paper whirlwinds as swarms of ravens, but they are constructs instead of

Phantasmal Force

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

choice that is no larger than a 10-foot cube and that is perceivable only to the target for the duration. This spell has no effect on undead or constructs. The phantasm includes sound, temperature, and

acid, or lava can burn the target. Each round on your turn, the phantasm can deal 1d6 psychic damage to the target if it is in the phantasm’s area or within 5 feet of the phantasm, provided that the

18. Study

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

character on the first round. Every round after that, two more cyclones form, to a maximum of three per character. Treat these paper whirlwinds as swarms of ravens, but they are constructs instead of

Druid Subclass

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

of your Wild Shape and choose a point within 60 feet of yourself. Vitality-giving flowers and life-draining thorns appear for a moment in a 10-foot-radius Sphere centered on that point. Each creature

choose expended spell slots to recover. The spell slots can have a combined level that is equal to or less than half your Druid level (round up), and none of them can be level 6+. For example, if

33. Chamber of Opposition

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

duplicate moves backward, the duplicate moves toward the font. If the character then mimes drinking from the font, the duplicate slurps up the “soup” at a rate of 5 pints per round, draining the font in 8

Slithering Tracker

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

tracker tastes the ground it courses over, seeking any trace of its prey. To kill, a slithering tracker rises up and enshrouds a creature, attempting to drown the prey while also draining it of blood. A

Challenge 3 (700 XP) Ambusher. In the first round of a combat, the slithering tracker has advantage on attack rolls against any creature it surprised. Damage Transfer. While grappling a creature

The Weeping Colossus

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

chambers. Chambers and Passages. The various open spaces were formed from flows of lava that crusted over and cooled, with the hotter middle draining away. Where the walls and ceilings are solid

. Lava Rain. At the start of a round, lava droplets form on the ceiling and fall in a 20-foot-diameter area, dealing 9 (2d8) fire damage to any creature that enters the area for the first time on a turn

Chapter 6: Bestiary

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Air, a fire giant of Evil Fire, a frost giant of Evil Water, and a stone giant of Evil Earth. The fomorian deep crawler and the storm herald—a storm giant transformed into a monstrous Aberration—round

enormous Constructs appear here (the flesh colossus and the runic colossus), as well as an Ooze that lives in giants’ bags—the aptly named bag jelly. Tables at the end of this chapter list all the creatures herein by giant kind, challenge rating, and creature type. Dmitry Burmak

Beholder

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

ray has no effect on constructs and undead. Petrification Ray. The targeted creature must make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature begins to turn to stone and is restrained

one of the following effects: A 50-foot square area of ground within 120 feet of the beholder becomes slimy; that area is difficult terrain until initiative count 20 on the next round. Walls within 120

Goristro

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

affected by unpredictable magic. Magic-users who fail in their attempts to bind elemental spirits to the bodies of Constructs might also accidentally create gray oozes. Mark Behm Gray Ooze

spell on the weapon. The ooze can eat through 2-inch-thick, nonmagical metal or wood in 1 round. Actions Pseudopod. Melee Attack Roll: +3, reach 5 ft. Hit: 10 (2d8 + 1) Acid damage. Nonmagical armor

Death Tyrant

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

awakens if it takes damage or another creature takes an action to wake it. This ray has no effect on constructs and undead. Petrification Ray. The targeted creature must make a DC 17 Dexterity saving

tentacles. To creatures other than the death tyrant, that area is lightly obscured and difficult terrain until initiative count 20 on the next round. Walls sprout spectral appendages until initiative

Underlevel Locations

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

on the floor. Four mechanical constructs resembling wolf-sized, dog-headed cockroaches march in a circle around the perimeter of the cylinders. The constructs are four skitterwidgets (see the end of

that it angles away from the door causes valves to open at the bottom of the well, draining it in 1 minute. Returning the lever to its previous position seals the valves but doesn’t refill the well

Appendix B: Creatures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Scions of Elemental Evil

casting the Mending spell on the weapon. The ooze can eat through 2-inch-thick, nonmagical metal or wood in 1 round. Actions Pseudopod. Melee Attack Roll: +3, reach 5 ft. Hit: 10 (2d8 + 1) Acid

Long Rest, it can shape-shift into an Incubus, using that stat block instead of this one. Actions Multiattack. The succubus makes one Fiendish Touch attack and uses Charm or Draining Kiss. Fiendish

The Fissure

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

rats arrive and attack 1 round later. All the rats are dyed a bright green from trap C in area 3. Treasure. When the final rat dies, it coughs up a humanoid finger bearing a platinum ring worth 20 gp

ceiling. A character who succeeds on a DC 15 Intelligence (Nature) or Wisdom (Survival) check recognizes the vines as blood weeds — a carnivorous plant that feeds on creatures by draining blood with

Mortuary Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

Shortly after the characters enter, a chaotic evil ghost and three specters free themselves from the necrotic slurry and attack. One more specter escapes from the liquid at the end of each round until

the reservoir is drained. Draining the Reservoir. To drain the reservoir and flush the apparitions from Sigil, the characters must manually activate three of the machine’s pumps—convoluted-looking

Appendix A: Creatures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead

attacks and uses Unsettling Visage if available. Slam. Melee Attack Roll: +6 (with Advantage during the first round of each combat), reach 5 ft. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) Bludgeoning damage. Read

D20 Tests. Actions Draining Swipe. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) Necrotic damage, and the target’s Strength score decreases by 1d4. The target dies if this reduces that

Druid Subclasses

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

a Magic action, you can expend a use of your Wild Shape and choose a point within 60 feet of yourself. Vitality-giving flowers and life-draining thorns appear for a moment in a 10-foot-radius Sphere

, when you finish a Short Rest, you can choose expended spell slots to recover. The spell slots can have a combined level that is equal to or less than half your Druid level (round up), and none of them

Beholders

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

with its food, slowly squeezing and draining the life out of a creature. Death Kiss Large aberration, neutral evil Armor Class 16 (natural armor) Hit Points 161 (17d10 + 68) Speed 0 ft., fly 30

14 Wisdom saving throw or fall asleep and remain unconscious for 1 minute. The target awakens if it takes damage or another creature takes an action to wake it. This ray has no effect on constructs

Appendix 1. Creature Statistics

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma

heal spell. Constructs, oozes, plants, and undead succeed on the save automatically. While memory drained, the target must roll a d4 and subtract the number rolled from any ability check or attack

Condition Immunities charmed, frightened, prone Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11 Languages Deep Speech Challenge 5 (1,800 XP) Ambush. On the first round of each combat, the mangler has

Super-Secret Basement

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

Modrons” above. If the characters disturb any tarp covering a monodrone, the constructs all spring to life, whirring and clanking. Issuing a metallic cry of “Intruders!”, the replica monodrones attack

has an easily spotted 6-inch-wide slot on its back, with the edge of a round disk protruding from it. A character within 5 feet of the buzz saw who succeeds on a DC 10 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand

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