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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
sentinels is a mystery, and of all Purphoros’s original anvilwroughts, this construct is the most difficult to control. A sentinel often operates without a master, stalking the high places of
role, with some behaving like companionable creatures or stoic guardians.
A few extremely rare and valuable anvilwroughts were crafted by the hand of Purphoros himself. A number of these magnificent
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
their true nature, as each construct is shielded by a spell that makes it seem nonmagical.
Though these constructed villagers can physically interact with the environment around them and hold lengthy
a lifeless wooden mannequin. Overnight, the mannequin disappears, and a replacement villager is generated by the demiplane to take over the “slain” villager’s place and role in the
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
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Sanguine Sense. While Y’demi isn’t blinded, she can see any creature that isn’t an Undead or a Construct within 60 feet of itself, even through total cover, heavily obscured areas
elevation to the role of Oracle of Strixhaven, but when the Founder Dragons passed him over in favor of Jadzi, his bitterness knew no bounds. He now uses the Oriq to gather the spells and magical energy he
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
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Sanguine Sense. While the blood mage isn’t blinded, it can see any creature that isn’t an Undead or a Construct within 60 feet of itself, even through total cover, heavily obscured areas
to the role of Oracle of Strixhaven, but when the Founder Dragons passed him over in favor of Jadzi, his bitterness knew no bounds. He now uses the Oriq to gather the spells and magical energy he needs
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
neogi and often fills the role of captain aboard a nightspider (see the Astral Adventurer’s Guide). The void hunter pledges fealty to one or more stellar entities in exchange for a taste of
with an eel’s neck and head. It can poison the body and the mind of its targets and can subjugate even beings that are physically superior.
Neogi usually dwell in far-flung locations on the
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
A winged people who originated on the Elemental Plane of Air, aarakocra soar through the sky wherever they wander. The first aarakocra served the Wind Dukes of Aaqa—mighty beings of air&mdash
your character’s creature type is.
Here’s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Giff are tall, broad-shouldered folk with hippo-like features. Some have smooth skin, while others have short bristles on their faces and the tops of their heads. As beings of impressive size and
divine beings who created giff have likewise been forgotten. Their titanic petrified bodies drift on the Astral Sea, isolated and unrecognizable in their current forms.
Although they don’t realize
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
cultivated over eons in the Astral Plane. Now all githyanki can use their psychic bond with that plane to access splinters of knowledge left behind by beings who travel, live, and die among the silver
in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some
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Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
branch.
Today, hadozees are sapient, bipedal beings eager to leave behind the fearsome predators of their home world and explore other worlds.
In addition to being natural climbers, hadozees have feet
order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the
Warforged
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Warforged Personality
The warforged were built to serve and to fight. For most of their existence, warforged had a clearly defined function and were encouraged to focus purely on that role. The Treaty
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Warforged Names
Most warforged were assigned numerical designations for use in military service. Many of them adopted nicknames, often given to them by their comrades. As independent individuals, some have
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Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Autognomes are mechanical beings built by rock gnomes. Sometimes, because of a malfunction or a unique circumstance, an autognome becomes separated from its creator and strikes out on its own.
An
treated by your creator, so you ran away from home.
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You were built to complete a special mission.
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You felt trapped in the role for which you were built and abandoned your creator
Species
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
guilds is their sense of the size of the community they belong to. For loxodons in the Selesnya Conclave, their community is the world and all living beings in it—everything valuable, meant to live
’s resonant nasal chambers, that indicate status, family connection, and community role. Since most non-loxodons can’t distinguish these underlying tones, let alone produce them, loxodons
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Named for the warlord who infamously employed it, the Mighty Servant of Leuk-o is a fantastically powerful, 10-foot-tall machine that turns into an animate construct when piloted. Crafted of a
conjecture than fact, often referring to otherworldly beings, the mysterious Barrier Peaks in Oerth, and the supposedly related device known as the Machine of Lum the Mad. The best details on the device
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Warforged Ignacio Bazan-Lazcano Warforged are mechanical beings built as weapons to fight in the Last War. An unexpected breakthrough produced sentient beings made from wood and metal that
an artificer to customize the look of their face, limbs, and plating. Warforged Traits Creature Type: Construct
Size: Medium (about 6–8 feet tall) or Small (about 3–4 feet tall), chosen when you
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Underdark near the lairs of the earliest dragons. In some lands, kobolds serve chromatic or metallic dragons—even worshiping them as divine beings. In other places, kobolds know too well how
, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
float above oceans of volcanic rock, below which are icy caverns so enormous as to hold entire kingdoms of giants, humans, dwarves, gnomes, and other beings. Heroes come to Ysgard to test their mettle
heroes who wage eternal battle on fields of glory. Any creature, other than a construct or undead, that is killed by an attack or a spell while on Ysgard is restored to life at dawn the next day. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
thessalhydra and another creation of Moghadam’s known as the thessalheart construct. Thessalhydra When the characters first enter the temple, roll a d4. On a 1–2, the temple’s guardian thessalhydra is
. Accustomed to inspiring fear, and having grown somewhat lazy in its guardian role, it is usually content to let foes flee from it rather than pursuing. Each time the characters finish a long rest in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
of the Lords of Dust or the Quori and the Dreaming Dark. Even those without evil motives are often inscrutable—the agendas of immortal beings spanning millennia. What role you might play in an
Other Immortal Beings The Korranberg
CHRONICLE
Eldeen FRACAS Fulfills Prophecy
“In the darkest night of the Dragon Below, storm and dragon are reunited, and they break together upon the legions
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Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Plasmoids are amorphous beings with no typical shape. In the presence of other folk, they often adopt a similar shape, but there’s little chance of mistaking a plasmoid for anything else. They
character’s creature type is.
Here’s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
expanding labyrinth that grows to protect the evil imprisoned at its heart
2 A forest where every tree grows from the body of a mummified hero
3 A magical factory that distills living beings
fractured mind-scape of a powerful but dormant sentient weapon
6 A massive construct-cathedral built to exact the ultimate expression of faith and sacrifice
7 A palace where the nonhumanoid
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
Autognome Autognomes are mechanical beings built by rock gnomes. Sometimes, because of a malfunction or a unique circumstance, an autognome becomes separated from its creator and strikes out on its
home. 5 You were built to complete a special mission. 6 You felt trapped in the role for which you were built and abandoned your creator, determined to find a greater purpose.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
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A character who draws the Flames card from a Deck of Many Things attracts the ire of a powerful Fiend. The three malevolent beings described in this chapter can each fill that role, but you can
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Stone Defender Thick plates of stone riveted onto a stone defender give it substantial protection and allow it to conceal itself against a stony surface. Its chief role isn’t as an ambusher, however
, but as a bodyguard for gnomes and other clockworks. Stone Defender
Medium construct, unaligned
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 52 (7d8 + 21)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
19(+4)
DEX
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
judges the needs of planar beings seeking uniquely binding terms and forges ironclad agreements. Those who break these contracts are pursued by maruts (detailed in Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the
questions have been satisfied, they report back to their creator, allowing the Kolyarut to impose accurate judgments. Kolyaruts are four-armed beings of magic and machinery. Like maruts, they are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
those cards. All manner of mysterious beings consider a spirit board’s use an invitation to communicate with the living, resulting in messages shared from beyond the grave and frightful revelations. This
features séances employing a spirit board. When making use of this game prop, you take the role of the forces guiding the planchette. Move the planchette subtly to reveal mysterious messages appropriate to your adventures.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
their true nature, as each construct is shielded by a spell that makes it seem nonmagical. Though these constructed villagers can physically interact with the environment around them and hold lengthy
wooden mannequin. Overnight, the mannequin disappears, and a replacement villager is generated by the demiplane to take over the “slain” villager’s place and role in the village a few days later. If
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
hungry. Once the prison of the lich Azalin Rex, Darkon stretched between two oceans, its lands filled with gothic cities and the monuments of forgotten wizard-tyrants. Largely ignoring his role as
the threat, dismissing reports of vanished regions as rumors and fearmongering. As the domain splits into crumbling islands, ambitious beings vie for Azalin’s power, each claiming to be the lost
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
Creature Roles Each creature has a role listed next to their challenge rating. Roles are descriptive and most don’t follow special rules—they simply help you build encounters and use the creature
Minions are weak creatures who find strength in numbers. For more information, see the “Minions” section. Retainer Retainers are sapient beings meant to accompany player characters on adventures. For
Kobold
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
they were demigods — mighty beings of divine descent. This isn’t a casual sort of worship or lip service; kobolds are awed in the presence of a dragon, as if an actual avatar of a deity
on. Even a stupid or physically weak kobold is given a role in the tribe, whether something as simple as picking mushrooms for food or watching over hatchlings, and they all understand that their
Goblin
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
traps, snares, and nets to catch the unwary, and when their hunting patrols encounter other beings, they always look for ways to capture their foes instead of killing them. Goblins that run up against
; and the word is part of the name they give to any of its practitioners. A goblin with access to booyahg becomes a member of the lashers and can often rise to the role of boss.
“Booyahg&rdquo
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
are masterfully sculpted to resemble living beings, others have only vaguely humanlike forms. Hinchel Or
These golems obey their creators’ orders and protect what their makers value most. Some
sight.
3 Prevent any Fiend from crossing a bridge.
4 Remove any who enter its creator’s workshop.
Clay Golem Large Construct, Unaligned
AC 14 Initiative +3 (13)
HP 123 (13d10 + 52
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
piercing or slashing weapon. Several of Thessalar’s prized sculptors have been lured away from the temple by Moghadam, his rival artificer, with promises of false payment to help construct the Tomb of
‘Gygax,’ and for her role in crafting Queen Ehlissa’s Marvelous Nightingale, one of the artifacts appearing in the first edition Dungeon Masters Guide. When operated, this magical-mechanical marvel would shoot eye rays of different colors and effects, and produce songs able to work magical wonders.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
and Nene and restored them to be protectors of the spirit’s mountain. Over ages, Yarana has protected Chimagua and learned the ways of the Feywild. But everything changed in recent days when beings
from the Far Realm attacked the Ghost Orchid Tepui. Yarana would like to take a more active role in combating the threats to her original home, but her immortality is tied to the Feywild. If she leaves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
android’s critical faculties, causing it to behave erratically. Android Medium Construct, Typically Lawful Neutral
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 91 (14d8 + 28)
Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft
designs suited for its role (choose or roll a d6): 1, aerialist; 2, diplomat; 3, diver; 4, duelist; 5, medic; 6, sentry. This design determines certain traits in this stat block.
Lightning Overload. When
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
purpose. Types of Ancient Beings From brooding dragons to unfathomable voices whispering from the dark, ancient beings guide and empower mortals for inscrutable reasons. The relationship your group has
to its patron might be a clearly defined exchange, or it could be uncertain or forceful. Whatever the nature of the being, as long as your group fulfills its role, the being offers rewards. Roll or