before blades diffusing carries reduced

Animate Objects

Spells Player’s Handbook

. Each target animates, sprouts legs, and becomes a Construct that uses the Animated Object stat block; this creature is under your control until the spell ends or until it is reduced to 0 Hit Points

any remaining damage carries over to that form. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The creature’s Slam damage increases by 1d4 (Medium or smaller), 1d6 (Large), or 1d12 (Huge) for each spell slot

Glaive

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

, and the target’s speed is reduced by 10 feet until the serrated bolt is removed. A target’s speed can be reduced by only one serrated bolt at a time. A creature can use its action to

", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Self-Preservation"}.Since the Mournland’s earliest days, Glaive has wielded her namesake weapon in service to the Lord of Blades’ bloody conquest of the

Skeletal Knight

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

free to pursue its own ends. Skeletal knights are relentless in battle and difficult to destroy. They cling to the sins that curse them, and they fight until their skulls are reduced to shards. Their

blades deal lingering wounds that sap their victims’ life force and leave blackened scars even after magical healing.Poison

Doomguard Rot Blade

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

everything it is wearing or carrying, except for magic items, reduced to ash.Rot blades are the entropic levers through which the Doomguard quickens the natural decay of the multiverse. These members wield weapons immersed in necrotic energy, which can turn their enemies to ash.Necrotic

, except for magic items, reduced to ash. Hit or Miss: The rot blade can cause the blade to emit a burst of entropic magic in a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on the weapon. Each creature in that area

Fire Giant Dreadnought

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Dual Shields. The giant carries two shields, which together give the giant +3 to its AC (accounted for above).Multiattack. The giant makes two Fireshield or Rock attacks. Fireshield. Melee Weapon

can excel at and gain rank through a specialized role: the dreadnought. Dreadnoughts are massively powerful fire giants who wield two huge shields like plow blades. These shields bear spikes on

Hound Archon

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

Mount Celestia, tasked with protecting the innocent and helpless. Loyal defenders, these bipedal warriors wield blades of shining radiance and can assume canine forms, allowing them to

transforms into any Medium or Large dog or wolf while retaining its game statistics (other than its size and losing its Shining Blade attack). The archon reverts to its true form if reduced to 0 hit points or if it uses a bonus action to do so.

Ogre Battering Ram

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

creature. If the attack hits, the target’s speed is reduced to 0 until the start of the ogre’s next turn.An ogre battering ram carries an enormous club that’s primarily used for bashing

Steel Crane

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

missile. The damage he takes from the attack is reduced by 1d10 + 10;{"diceNotation":"1d10+10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Deflect Missile"}. If the damage is reduced to 0, Steel Crane catches

Crane is tall and slender. He is exceptionally handsome, with neat silver hair and deep green eyes, and carries himself with the grace of a dancer. A strip of cloth was torn from the left sleeve of

Duergar Soulblade

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

invisible for up to 1 hour or until it attacks, it forces a creature to make a saving throw, or its concentration is broken (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the duergar wears or carries is

invisible with it.Soulblades are duergar combatants whose mastery of psionics allows them to manifest blades of psychic energy to slice apart their foes. Duergar Duergar are dwarves of the deep

Duergar Mind Master Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

, or 1 piercing damage and 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Mind","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage while reduced. Invisibility (Recharge 4–6);{"diceNotation

(as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the duergar wears or carries is invisible with it. Mind Mastery. The duergar targets one creature it can see within 60 feet of it. The target must

Bheur Hag

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Control Weather (1/Day). The hag can cast the control weather spell, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability. Graystaff Magic. The hag carries a graystaff, a

+ 3);{"diceNotation":"6d8+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Frost Shard", "rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage, and the target’s speed is reduced by 10 feet until the start of the hag’s

Khargra

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

shield takes a permanent and cumulative −1 penalty to the AC it offers. Armor reduced to an AC of 10 or a shield that drops to a +0 bonus is destroyed. The khargra can detach itself by spending 5 feet

tasty, refined metal their victim carries, they quickly flee—and will flee before that rather than risk death. Stealthy Couriers. A number of clans among the dwarves, duergar, and azers have trained

Frostmourn

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

speed is reduced by 10 feet until the end of its next turn.Blizzard Escape. Immediately after a creature the frostmourn can see hits it with an attack roll, the frostmourn momentarily dissolves into a

keep them roaming the wilds for years after their murderers are slain. A frostmourn looks like a desiccated corpse mummified by exposure to bitter cold. It carries the marks of its death on its body: a

Animate Objects Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

, Huge targets count as eight objects. You can't animate any object larger than Huge. Each target animates and becomes a creature under your control until the spell ends or until reduced to 0 hit points

damage carries over to its original object form. If you command an object to attack, it can make a single melee attack against a creature within 5 feet of it. It makes a slam attack with an attack

Orthon Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

Invisibility Field. The orthon can use a bonus action to become invisible. Any equipment the orthon wears or carries is also invisible as long as the equipment is on its person. This invisibility

is on a different plane, the orthon knows which one, but not the exact location there.Explosive Retribution. When it is reduced to 15 hit points or fewer, the orthon causes itself to explode. All other

Relentless Juggernaut

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

":"damage","rollAction":"Slice","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, and if the target is a creature, its speed is reduced by 10 feet until the start of the juggernaut’s next turn. Fist. Melee

weapons with which they can slaughter prey. Sharp iron fences, crushing stalagmites and blades of glass all conveniently appear in order to aid a juggernaut’s brutality. Every juggernaut considers

Bak Mei

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If Bak Mei fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Special Equipment. Bak Mei carries a staff of striking with 10 charges. Unarmored Defense. While Bak

the missile. The damage he takes from the attack is reduced by 1d10 + 12;{"diceNotation":"1d10+12","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Deflect Missile"}. If the damage is reduced to 0, Bak Mei catches the

Duergar Mind Master

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

attacks, it forces a creature to make a saving throw, or its concentration is broken (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the duergar wears or carries is invisible with it. Mind Mastery

carrying. While reduced, the duergar is Tiny, reduces its weapon damage to 1, and makes attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws with disadvantage if they use Strength. It gains a +5 bonus to all

Draconic Shard

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

is turned; until it is reduced to 0 hit points; or until an effect that ends possession, such as a dispel evil and good spell, is used on it. When it leaves the object, it reappears in the nearest

wears or carries the inhabited object, the shard can grant the creature the following benefits: Each of the creature’s attacks deals an extra 1d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8", "rollType":"roll

Alustriel Silverhand

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Resistance (3/Day). If Alustriel fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead. Special Equipment. Alustriel carries a magic staff known as the Staff of Silverymoon. In the hands of anyone other

, the target has the incapacitated condition until the start of Alustriel’s next turn. On a successful save, the target’s speed is reduced by 10 feet until the start of Alustriel’s

Scion of Stronmaus

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

elemental might like few other forces in the multiverse can muster: blades of lightning, boulder-sized hailstones, and a storm of churning elements. Regional Effects The region surrounding a scion

an action to break away the ice. A creature hindered by ice has its speed reduced to 0. Lightning Bolts. Bolts of lightning strike down. Each creature in the cylinder must succeed on DC 25 Dexterity

Lord of Blades' Strike Squad

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Lord of Blades’ Strike Squad While the characters explore Landro, they’re pursued by a warforged named Glaive (see the accompanying stat block). Glaive is a high-ranking commander loyal to the Lord

of Blades. She has orders to find a ruined colossus suitable to transform into an outpost for the blades, and Landro fits this description perfectly. When she becomes aware of the party’s presence in

Example Complex Traps

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

, damage their components, or discern how to avoid them. The blades are disabled if their attack bonus is reduced to −8. Ways to reduce it are described below. Intelligence (Investigation), DC 15. As

Example Complex Traps The following complex traps can be used to challenge characters or to inspire your own creations. Path of Blades Complex trap (level 1–4, dangerous threat) Hidden within a

Doomguard Rot Blade

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

Doomguard Rot Blade Rot blades are the entropic levers through which the Doomguard quickens the natural decay of the multiverse. These members wield weapons immersed in necrotic energy, which can

items, reduced to ash. Hit or Miss: The rot blade can cause the blade to emit a burst of entropic magic in a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on the weapon. Each creature in that area other than the rot

Bears and Bows

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

distance from the Cairn Road is a makeshift camp in front of a cave entrance. Four surly humans sharpen their blades around the fire. Nearby is a wagon with a wooden cage atop it. Inside the cage, a black

creature that hurt it most recently. It runs off when reduced to fewer than half its hit points. Treasure Coins in the cave total 99 cp, 74 sp, and 13 gp, divided among several coin purses. The bandits also accumulated other plunder worth 100 gp, including numerous weapons.

Z3. Wolf Den

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

wolf allies. A five-foot-high stone ledge overlooks this large cave, which has a smoldering campfire at the far west end. The floor is covered with gnawed bones. If Skennis is reduced to 0 hit points

, read: The old man cackles. “When Kiril returns,” he says to you with his last breath, “he’ll skin you alive.” Treasure Skennis’s electrum flute is nonmagical and worth 250 gp. Skennis also carries a pouch containing four 50 gp gemstones.

Exploring the Academy

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

checkpoints are set up throughout the academy, each guarded by three veterans. Each guard carries a shortsword that has a green-glowing blade. Any creature reduced to 0 hit points by one of these blades is

Wailing Battlefield

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

massive nodule. Smoke drifts across the battlefield, and a broken pyramid rises above the smoke. A blackened windmill with slowly turning blades keeps the smoke away. A pervasive wailing emanates from the

stone and wood of this windmill are blackened as though from a fire. Three of its four wood-and-canvas blades still turn, keeping the pungent smoke at bay. The fourth blade lies in a tumble on the ground

Random Encounters

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

individual encounter entry marked with an asterisk. Abyssal Prisons* d4 Encounter 1 1 reduced-threat hezrou 2 2d8 manes 3 1d4 quasits 4 1 reduced-threat vrock Blood Pens d4 Encounter 1 2d6 giant

troll* Golem Laboratories* d4 Encounter 1 1 reduced-threat flesh golem 2 1 flesh golem 3 1 reduced-threat clay golem 4 1 clay golem Special Encounters If creatures leave their normal areas to

Teeth of Dahlver-Nar

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

;green hags in a Green Hag (Coven Variant);coven When you damage a target that hasn’t taken a turn in this combat, the target takes an extra 3d10 slashing damage from ghostly blades. 5

reduced by 2d10. If this reduces your hit point maximum to 0, you die. 16 Daughters of Bel (green steel pit fiend fang) 1 pit fiend You can use the tooth to cast dominate monster (DC 18). Once you

Skyriders

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

, winged shapes gliding toward you — giant vultures! Each bird carries on its back a warrior in dull blue armor with a dirty white cloak. The attackers include one Feathergale knight and two Howling

reduced to half its hit points or less, its rider disengages and retreats. If any two riders are killed or retreat, the third flees. Treasure None of the riders carry treasure, but one of them has a

Ogre Battering Ram

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

Ogre Battering Ram An ogre battering ram carries an enormous club used primarily for bashing doors into kindling, but which also works well for smashing foes. These ogres are drilled in two simple

of the ogre’s reach without teleporting must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or have its speed reduced to 0 until the start of the ogre’s next turn.

Fire Giant Dreadnought

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

at and gain rank through a specialized role: the dreadnought. Dreadnoughts are massively powerful fire giants who wield two huge shields like plow blades. These shields bear spikes on their exterior

XP) Proficiency Bonus +5 Dual Shields. The giant carries two shields, which together give the giant +3 to its AC (accounted for above). Actions Multiattack. The giant makes two Fireshield or Rock

Duergar Soulblade

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

Duergar Soulblade Soulblades are duergar warriors whose mastery of psionics allows them to manifest blades of psychic energy to slice apart their foes. Duergar Soulblade Medium humanoid (dwarf

spell, it uses its Enlarge, or its concentration is broken (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the duergar wears or carries is invisible with it. [Tooltip Not Found]

Duergar Mind Master

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

: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage and 10 (3d6) psychic damage, or 1 piercing damage and 14 (4d6) psychic damage while reduced. Invisibility (Recharge 4–6). The

wears or carries is invisible with it. Mind Mastery. The duergar targets one creature it can see within 60 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 12 Intelligence saving throw, or the duergar

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