before binding dead construct relative

Thessalheart Construct

Monsters Infernal Machine Rebuild

unconscious while poisoned in this way.A thessalheart construct is created with a connection to the life energy of another creature, allowing that creature to regenerate back from the dead as long as the

Telepathic Bond. While the construct is on the same plane of existence as its master, it can magically convey what it senses to its master, and the two can communicate telepathically.Claws. Melee

Corpse Flower Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

up to nine dead humanoids. These remains have total cover against attacks and other effects outside the corpse flower. If the corpse flower dies, the corpses within it can be pulled free. While it has

space. The corpse flower animates one dead humanoid in its body, turning it into a zombie. The zombie appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the corpse flower and acts immediately after it in

Necromancer Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

, ray of sickness* 2nd level (3 slots): blindness/deafness,* ray of enfeeblement,* web 3rd level (3 slots): animate dead,* bestow curse,* vampiric touch* 4th level (3 slots): blight,* dimension door

neither a construct nor undead with a spell of 1st level or higher, the necromancer regains hit points equal to twice the spell’s level, or three times if it is a necromancy spell.Withering

Granite Juggernaut

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

you’re close enough to see the expression carved onto a granite juggernaut’s face, you’re as good as dead.” —Teythorn, Oerthian Adventurer A granite juggernaut is a

lumbering Construct that can be found trundling across battlefields and down dungeon corridors. Granite juggernauts have dense, boxy bodies atop massive rollers they use for locomotion. Their fronts

Lorehold Pledgemage

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

":"damage", "rollAction":"Reduce to Memory", "rollDamageType":"thunder"} thunder damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A Construct has disadvantage on the saving throw

each: comprehend languages, locate object 1/day each: mage armor, speak with dead, stone shapeLearn from the Past (2/Day). When another creature within 60 feet of the pledgemage misses a target with an

Nightmare Shepherd

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Aura of Nightmares. Undead creatures within 30 feet of the shepherd gain a +5 bonus to attack and damage rolls. When any other creature that isn’t undead or a construct starts its turn within

dead that it torments and occasionally feeds upon. Overseers of the Underworld. Nightmare shepherds are Nyxborn, drawn from the god-energy of Erebos to be guides of the dead, shepherding them to one of

Vampiric Mist Legacy

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

Life Sense. The mist can sense the location of any creature within 60 feet of it, unless that creature’s type is construct or undead. Forbiddance. The mist can’t enter a residence

first encountered, a vampiric mist appears as a billowing mass of light clouds. As the creature feeds, its coloration darkens to a deep crimson. In the Temple of Blood inside the Doomvault (Dead in Thay

Lorehold Apprentice

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

":"thunder"} thunder damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A Construct has disadvantage on the saving throw. Spellcasting. The apprentice casts one of the following spells

arcane artifacts and speaking with long-dead adventurers to uncover secrets lost to time. Though many Lorehold students bury themselves in old tomes, others take a more cavalier approach to their

Shauth Blade

Equipment

These strange, curved blades are jagged and deadly weapons made of alchemically strengthened teeth of dead urdefhans. They are typically named for the urdefhan whose teeth were forged into the weapon

and are often carried (and revered) by that urdefhan’s descendants. If you score a Critical Hit against a creature that isn’t a Construct or Undead while using this weapon, you deal an

Breath Drinker

Monsters The Book of Many Things

point maximum to 0. Drink Breath. The breath drinker targets a creature that has the incapacitated condition or that the breath drinker is grappling and that isn’t a Construct or an Undead. The

reduces the target’s Charisma to 0, the target dies. Until the breath drinker dies, the dead target can’t be returned to life by any means short of divine intervention. On a successful save

Corpse Flower

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

the corpse flower or one of its zombie;zombies must make a DC 14 Constitution saving throw, unless the creature is a Construct or an Undead. On a failed save, the creature is poisoned until the start

Dead. The corpse flower swallows one unsecured Humanoid corpse within 10 feet of it, along with any equipment the corpse is wearing or carrying.A corpse flower can sprout atop the grave of an evil

Lich Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

, detect thoughts, invisibility, mirror image 3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, counterspell, dispel magic, fireball 4th level (3 slots): blight, dimension door 5th level (3 slots): cloudkill, scrying

haunts the abode it favored in life, such as a lonely tower, a haunted ruin, or an academy of black magic. Alternatively, some liches construct secret tombs filled with powerful guardians and traps

Valindra Shadowmantle Legacy

Monsters Tomb of Annihilation

3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, counterspell, dispel magic, fireball 4th level (3 slots): blight, dimension door 5th level (3 slots): cloudkill, scrying 6th level (1 slot): disintegrate, globe

a lonely tower, a haunted ruin, or an academy of black magic. Alternatively, some liches construct secret tombs filled with powerful guardians and traps. Everything about a lich’s lair

Murgaxor

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

. While Murgaxor isn’t blinded, he can see any creature that isn’t an Undead or a Construct within 60 feet of himself, even through total cover, heavily obscured areas, invisibility, or any

caught. Sightings soon stopped, and no further evidence of Murgaxor’s presence was found. Offcials assumed he was dead and struck Murgaxor from Strixhaven’s records, as they considered him

Orzhov Representative

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

command, illusory script 2nd enthrall, ray of enfeeblement, zone of truth 3rd bestow curse, speak with dead, spirit guardians 4th blight, death ward

priests. 5 A Gruul druid hates me but would never dare to touch me. 6 I know an Izzet engineer who is desperate to pay off a debt accrued by a deceased relative. 7 Roll an additional

History of Ravnica

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

Ravnica. The text of the Guildpact spelled out specific roles for each guild within the infrastructure of Ravnica, allowing the city to grow while the guilds coexisted in relative peace. But the true

power of the Guildpact was the strength of its magically binding force, which absolutely prevented large-scale violence among the guilds. For ten millennia, the city grew and flourished under this

Thessalheart Construct

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

Thessalheart Construct A thessalheart construct is created with a connection to the life energy of another creature, allowing that creature to regenerate back from the dead as long as the construct

is not destroyed. The artificer Thessalar created this crafty construct, and uses it to imbue his greater monstrous creations with even more power. Thessalheart Construct Tiny construct, neutral

Cleric Spells

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

Object Prayer of Healing Protection from Poison Silence Spiritual Weapon Warding Bond Zone of Truth 3rd Level Animate Dead Beacon of Hope Bestow Curse Clairvoyance Create

Speak with Dead Spirit Guardians Tongues Water Walk 4th Level Banishment Control Water Death Ward Divination Freedom of Movement Guardian of Faith Locate Creature Stone

Cleric Spells

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

Flame Strike Geas Greater Restoration Hallow Insect Plague Legend Lore Mass Cure Wounds Planar Binding Raise Dead Scrying 6th Level Blade Barrier Create Undead Find the

Protection from Poison Silence Spiritual Weapon Warding Bond Zone of Truth 3rd Level Animate Dead Beacon of Hope Bestow Curse Clairvoyance Create Food and Water Daylight

Character Death

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

Character Death When a character dies, the player has a few options. Soul Binding The rebel Red Wizards can use the mighty magic of the Doomvault, which traps souls, to raise fallen adventurers as

soul-bound dead. If a player chooses this option, the dead character returns to play with no changes. Syranna warns such characters that a soul-bound creature created in this way will die permanently

Replacing Dead Characters

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

Replacing Dead Characters If a character dies in the Tomb of the Nine Gods and you need a hook to introduce a new party member, choose from the suggestions below or work with the character’s player

trapped in stasis within the tomb as one of Acererak’s trophies. If the character is touched, the archlich’s binding magic ends. The replacement character is a clone of the fallen adventurer. The hags

Bard Spells

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

Person Dream Geas Greater Restoration Hold Monster Legend Lore Mass Cure Wounds Mislead Modify Memory Planar Binding Raise Dead Scrying Seeming Teleportation Circle

Death Glyph of Warding Hypnotic Pattern Leomund’s Tiny Hut Major Image Nondetection Plant Growth Sending Speak with Dead Speak with Plants Stinking Cloud Tongues 4th Level

Bard Spells

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

Dream Geas Greater Restoration Hold Monster Legend Lore Mass Cure Wounds Mislead Modify Memory Planar Binding Raise Dead Scrying Seeming Teleportation Circle 6th Level Eyebite

Clairvoyance Dispel Magic Fear Glyph of Warding Hypnotic Pattern Major Image Nondetection Plant Growth Sending Speak with Dead Speak with Plants Stinking Cloud Tongues 4th Level

Fractal Mascot

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

fractal as its mascot, and many a Quandrix student can be found playing fetch with a fractal companion in between lessons. Fractal Mascot Small Construct, Typically Neutral Armor Class 12 Hit

Immunities poisoned Senses passive Perception 10 Languages understands the languages of its creator but can’t speak Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Relative Density. The fractal can move

Never Alone

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

the temple, the thessalhydra leaves its current zone and takes up a patrol in the other zone. The thessalheart construct switches to the opposite zone (see below). Thessalheart Construct The

Location Overview

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention

Location Overview Over a thousand years ago, the black dragon Chardansearavitriol, commonly known as Ebondeath, settled in the Mere of Dead Men, making his lair in the ruined citadel of Uthtower

pantheon, his worshipers have quested across the seas to rekindle Ebondeath’s spirit. Led by the death priest Ularan Mortus, they unearthed the dragon’s mausoleum and awakened its slumbering soul, binding

Mordenheim's Powers and Dominion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

secrets to achieve goals known only to her. While this might lead to plots involving all manner of amoral science, the doctor’s work includes the following routine abominable operations. Construct

Creation. Dr. Mordenheim can create any Construct or corporeal Undead by working in her laboratory for a number of uninterrupted days equal to the creature’s challenge rating. At the end of the final day

Karrnathi Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

logical feats for Karrnathi warriors; Polearm Master or Shield Master are also appropriate, depending on personal preference. The Dead. Undead soldiers have served in Karrnath’s armies for decades

. How do you feel about the undead? Are you a follower of the Blood of Vol who considers the undead to be a practical tool? Do you have a relative or friend currently serving? Or do you despise the Blood of Vol and the use of necromancy?

Siblings

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

you have. If you are a dwarf or an elf, subtract 2 from your roll. Then, roll on the Birth Order table for each sibling to determine that person’s age relative to yours (older, younger, or born at the

or roll on the Alignment supplemental table. Status. By now, each of your siblings might be alive and well, alive and not so well, in dire straits, or dead. Roll on the Status supplemental table

Progressing Stages

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Progressing Stages The plague’s progress begins at stage one, advances to stage four, and then either wanes back to stage one or ends when everyone in a community is dead. Each stage can last for

for Jacqueline Renier to withdraw her infected rat swarms. The cities then repopulate swiftly, with new residents emerging from the Mists to little notice. This ensures that after a period of relative peace, the plague’s next wave is just as devastating as the last.

16. Central Cavern

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

creature knocked off a ledge goes tumbling down the inward-sloping rock walls to the bottom of the cavern (area 16b), which is strewn with rocks, bones, and the bodies of two dead umber hulks. At the

creature that is reduced to one-twelfth its normal size falls from the castle, it will travel over 600 relative feet before hitting the cavern floor due to the reducing effect around the castle, which

Spaceship Encounters, Level 1

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

worker robot offers to carry the characters’ equipment. 5 Two malfunctioning worker robots construct a pile of space helmets. The robots attack any who disturb their hoard. 6 A short-circuiting android

the corpse of a long-dead passenger. 9 A cloaker with a moan like a klaxon 10 A roper with a metallic sheen

Speaker's Quest

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

-Towns in search of a rare crystal known as chardalyn. With it, they’re building a mighty construct that will lay waste to Ten-Towns if nothing is done to stop it. “Our militia captured one of the

his kin. If the characters insist on seeing the duergar, the speaker takes them to a cellar where the body is being kept. Any character who casts a speak with dead spell on the dead duergar can

Kolyarut

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade

Kolyarut Created by Primus, the leader of the modrons, the Kolyarut is a wondrous machine capable of forging binding contracts between parties. From the Hall of Concordance in Sigil, the Kolyarut

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

Hollow Deck Havoc

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy

and parts from dead autognomes to construct a fourth clockwork horror, which is only half assembled. Once these creatures notice the characters, read or paraphrase the following: The insectile

to one another, so thri-kreen characters understand what they say as they attack. The creatures mockingly praise the characters for bringing a spelljamming helm onto the tyrant ship, so the horrors can take command of the vessel once the characters are all dead.

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