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True Polymorph

Spells Player’s Handbook

creature into another kind of creature, the new form can be any kind you choose that has a Challenge Rating equal to or less than the target’s Challenge Rating or level. The target’s game

kind of creature, as long as the creature’s size is no larger than the object’s size and the creature has a Challenge Rating of 9 or lower. The creature is Friendly to you and your allies

Clockwork Dragon

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

Breath","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.These intricately crafted constructs are typically made to reflect the forms of the metallic

that deals fire damage, some might be constructed to deal acid, cold, or lightning damage, depending on their makers' whims.Poison, Psychic

True Polymorph Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

’t affected by this spell. Creature into Creature. If you turn a creature into another kind of creature, the new form can be any kind you choose whose challenge rating is equal to or less than

the target’s (or its level, if the target doesn’t have a challenge rating). The target’s game statistics, including mental ability scores, are replaced by the statistics of the new

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

, emerging to destroy those who dare to disturb the lich’s work. A lich encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 22 (41,000 XP). Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative

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

closing to melee range. A beholder encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 14 (11,500 XP). Lair Actions When fighting inside its lair, a beholder can invoke the ambient magic to take lair

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

recesses, emerging to destroy those who dare to disturb the lich’s work. A lich encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 22 (41,000 XP). Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing

Malaxxix

Monsters The Book of Many Things

actions (see below) while astride the palanquin. When encountered on the palanquin, Malaxxix’s challenge rating is 19 (22,000 XP). The Unborn Palanquin The Unborn Palanquin is a wormlike

hear an incessant scraping sound in their minds. Grinding Gears. Constructs within 1 mile of the palanquin move sluggishly. Constructs’ speeds are halved, and they have disadvantage on Dexterity

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

its lair has a challenge rating of 22 (41,000 XP). Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Exethanter can take a lair action to cause one of the following magical effects

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

it contains more trappings of death and decay. A death tyrant encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 15 (13,000 XP). Lair Actions When fighting inside its lair, a death tyrant can invoke

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

the lich’s work. A lich encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 22 (41,000 XP). Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the lich can take a lair action to cause

Monsters with Classes

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

recalculate its challenge rating as though you had designed the monster from scratch. Depending on the monster and the number of class levels you add to it, its challenge rating might change very

), ignoring the class’s Hit Die progression. The monster’s proficiency bonus is based on its challenge rating, not its class levels. Once you finish adding class levels to a monster, feel free to tweak

Malaxxix's Lair

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

palanquin. When encountered on the palanquin, Malaxxix’s challenge rating is 19 (22,000 XP). The Unborn Palanquin The Unborn Palanquin is a wormlike leviathan of screeching gears made up of hundreds of

hours within 1 mile of the palanquin hear an incessant scraping sound in their minds. Grinding Gears. Constructs within 1 mile of the palanquin move sluggishly. Constructs’ speeds are halved, and they

True Polymorph

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

creature into another kind of creature, the new form can be any kind you choose that has a Challenge Rating equal to or less than the target’s Challenge Rating or level. The target’s game statistics

long as the creature’s size is no larger than the object’s size and the creature has a Challenge Rating of 9 or lower. The creature is Friendly to you and your allies. In combat, it takes its turns

True Polymorph

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

creature into another kind of creature, the new form can be any kind you choose that has a Challenge Rating equal to or less than the target’s Challenge Rating or level. The target’s game statistics

the creature’s size is no larger than the object’s size and the creature has a Challenge Rating of 9 or lower. The creature is Friendly to you and your allies. In combat, it takes its turns immediately

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

shadowy recesses, emerging to destroy those who dare to disturb the lich’s work. A lich encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 22 (41,000 XP). Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing

True Polymorph

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

, it isn’t affected by this spell. Creature into Creature. If you turn a creature into another kind of creature, the new form can be any kind you choose whose challenge rating is equal to or less than

the target’s (or its level, if the target doesn’t have a challenge rating). The target’s game statistics, including mental ability scores, are replaced by the statistics of the new form. It retains

True Polymorph

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

isn’t affected by this spell. Creature into Creature. If you turn a creature into another kind of creature, the new form can be any kind you choose whose challenge rating is equal to or less than the

target’s (or its level, if the target doesn’t have a challenge rating). The target’s game statistics, including mental ability scores, are replaced by the statistics of the new form. It retains its

Mythals

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

Mythals Mythals are some of the most powerful magic in the world of Toril, constructs that bind and shape the Weave in a particular location, sometimes so powerfully that the rules of magic or even

twist and reknit themselves depending on the magic involved. Dispel Magic. Dispel magic unwinds and prematurely ends magic, unraveling whatever construct of the Weave was put in place. Antimagic

Type

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

a good alignment is a horrifying rarity. Celestials include angels, couatls, and pegasi. Constructs are made, not born. Some are programmed by their creators to follow a simple set of instructions

, while others are imbued with sentience and capable of independent thought. Golems are the iconic constructs. Many creatures native to the outer plane of Mechanus, such as modrons, are constructs shaped

Chapter 6: Bestiary

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

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

Constructing Your Deck

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

creatures need to belong to groups. You can add as many unaffiliated creatures as you like to your encounter deck. Create groups depending on how you’d like the characters to encounter the creatures

its turns. A friend’s challenge rating should be 1 or 2 lower than the level of the characters. Flumphs are always friend-shaped. Lurker Card. A lurker is a sneaky, wandering opportunist that attacks

Study

Actions

of knowledge and call to mind an important piece of information about it.The Areas of Knowledge table suggests which skills are applicable when you take this action, depending on the area of

knowledge the Intelligence check is about.Areas of KnowledgeSkillAreasArcanaSpells, magic items, eldritch symbols, magical traditions, planes of existence, and certain creatures (Aberrations, Constructs

Outer Planes

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

Celestials. The Lower Planes are the home of Fiends. The planes in between host their own unique denizens: for example, modrons are Constructs that inhabit Mechanus, and slaadi are Aberrations that thrive

first layer of a multilayered plane. This layer is depicted as the top or bottom layer, depending on the plane. As the arrival point for most visitors, the first layer functions like an antechamber

Random Encounters in Blingdenstone

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

and later animated by Ogrémoch’s Bane (see “Settlers, Squatters, and Invaders” later in this chapter). They have the statistics of animated armor, except they are elementals instead of constructs

. Treat them as giant wolf spiders with a challenge rating of 1/2 (100 XP), resistance to cold, fire, and lightning damage, and immunity to poison damage. They are also immune to the poisoned condition

Headquarters

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

believed that Hilarion is the only being who knows how to access the vault, but knights of the Solar Bastion suspect traps, other angels, or perhaps heavenly Constructs protect the vault as well

). Hilarion keeps a wasp ship—a lightweight spelljamming vessel that can be crewed by as few as five sailors—in the harbor, but there’s room for a few more vessels depending on their size. Knights sometimes

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

is typically a large, spacious cavern with high ceilings, where it can attack without fear of closing to melee range. A beholder encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 14 (11,500 XP). Lair

Using Aurnozci in a Game

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

in themselves. A map of Gorewood and an overview of the locations within this Abyssal realm appear later in this chapter. Depending on your players’ actions, the characters might resolve their final

save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Aurnozci’s Lair Aurnozci’s lair is a layer of the Abyss called Xulregg. See below for details about this realm. The challenge rating of Aurnozci is 23

Mournland Environment

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

warforged who follow the Lord of Blades constitute the closest thing to a humanoid society that can be found in the Mournland. Similarly, golems and other constructs were largely unaffected by the Mourning

mutations on this table might increase a creature’s challenge rating by 1 or 2. Use the guidelines in chapter 9 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to determine whether its challenge rating should increase and

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

encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 15 (13,000 XP). Lair Actions When fighting inside its lair, a death tyrant can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count 20

Clockwork Dragon

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

Clockwork Dragon These intricately crafted constructs are typically made to reflect the forms of the metallic dragons. Plated in brass, bronze, copper, or faux gold and silver, they are often taken

damage, depending on their makers’ whims. Clockwork Dragon Medium construct, neutral Armor Class 16 (natural armor) Hit Points 22 (4d8 + 4) Speed 30 ft., fly 60 ft. STR 14 (+2

Lyn Armaal, Level 3

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

progress, all of the pieces are in their starting locations. The constructs don’t attack unless one of them is attacked first, or unless they are commanded to do so by Sansuri or Thullen. A chess piece

gains the Spellcasting feature described below. He speaks Common, Draconic, Druidic, and Giant. He has a challenge rating of 10 (5,900 XP). Spellcasting. Thullen casts one of the following spells

Middle Level (M1-M9)

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

Medium swarm of Tiny constructs Armor Class 12 (natural armor) Hit Points 22 (4d8 + 4) Speed 0 ft., fly 30 ft. (hover) STR 10 (+0) DEX 13 (+1) CON 12 (+1) INT

, petrified, poisoned, prone Senses blindsight 120 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 7 Languages — Challenge Rating 1/4 (50 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 False Object. If the broom

Beholders

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

possible. After it drains its prey, it abandons the corpse to scavengers. A death kiss prefers to hunt alone. If it meets another death kiss, it might fight, flee, or team up, depending on its health

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

Locations in Saltmarsh

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

. The constructs do not attack dwarves and can be disabled for 10 minutes if the command word “Tatalot” is spoken to them. Manistrad and her close advisors know the command word. 6. Keledek Tower This

from it. Kiorna is keenly interested in acquiring hides from exotic creatures to craft into expensive leather. She pays a fee in gold pieces equal to 100 times a creature’s challenge rating for the

The Foundry

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2

south or to the west, depending on location) each round. If it spends its action to make a DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check and the check is a success, it can reduce the distance traveled by the amount

increase his challenge rating to 2 (450 XP): He has 45 (7d8 + 14) hit points. His Intelligence is 14 (+2). He has an additional trait: Spellcasting. Snurrevin is a 3rd-level spellcaster. His spellcasting

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