before blinded dousing ceiling release

Trapper Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

False Appearance. While the trapper is attached to a ceiling, floor, or wall and remains motionless, it is almost indistinguishable from an ordinary section of ceiling, floor, or wall. A creature

":"1d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Smother","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage at the start of each of its turns. While grappled in this way, the target is restrained, blinded, and at risk of suffocating. The trapper can smother only one creature at a time.

Trapper

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

False Appearance. If the trapper is motionless on a floor, wall, or ceiling at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the trapper

move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the trapper isn’t part of the floor, wall, or ceiling. Spider Climb. The trapper can climb

Ancient Blue Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

same effect two rounds in a row: Part of the ceiling collapses above one creature that the dragon can see within 120 feet of it. The creature must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 10

(3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Ceiling Collapse","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone and buried. The buried target is restrained and

Adult Blue Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

effect two rounds in a row: Part of the ceiling collapses above one creature that the dragon can see within 120 feet of it. The creature must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 10

(3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Ceiling Collapse","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone and buried. The buried target is restrained and

Zikzokrishka

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

, Zikzokrishka can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects. She can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row: Part of the ceiling collapses above one creature that Zikzokrishka

can see. The creature must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 21 (6d6);{"diceNotation":"6d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Ceiling Collapse","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning

Astral Dreadnought Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

way the cone faces. The cone doesn't function while the dreadnought's eye is closed or while the dreadnought is blinded. Astral Entity. The astral dreadnought can't leave the Astral Plane, nor can it

resembles a stone cave roughly 1,000 feet in diameter with a ceiling 100 feet high. Like a stomach, it contains the remains of the dreadnought's past meals. The dreadnought can't be harmed from within

Ancient Brass Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

speed.A Brass Dragon’s Lair A brass dragon’s desert lair is typically a ruin, canyon, or cave network with ceiling holes to allow for sunlight. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing

. Each creature in it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be blinded for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself

Iymrith

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

row: Part of the ceiling collapses above one creature that the dragon can see within 120 feet of it. The creature must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6

","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Collapsing Ceiling","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone and buried. The buried target is restrained and unable to breathe or

Adult Brass Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

’s desert lair is typically a ruin, canyon, or cave network with ceiling holes to allow for sunlight. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action

Constitution saving throw or be blinded for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Regional Effects The region

Astral Dreadnought

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. The cone doesn’t function while the eye is closed or while the dreadnought is blinded. Astral Entity. The dreadnought can’t leave the Astral Plane, nor can it be banished or otherwise

diameter with a ceiling 100 feet high. Like a stomach, it contains the remains of past meals. The dreadnought can’t be harmed from within the demiplane. If the dreadnought dies, the demiplane

Hierophant Medusa

Monsters The Book of Many Things

);{"diceNotation":"3d10+6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Wrathful Strike", "rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage, and the target has the blinded condition until the end of its next turn

a surface such as a ceiling with no way to remain there (for example, sufficient handholds), it falls at the end of this movement. Regional Effects The region containing a medusa’s lair is

Delerium Fragment Legacy

Equipment

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

or a ceiling), which allows them to move as if they were climbing. Unattended objects float around randomly. 2 The nearest creature is affected by a hideous laughter spell (Save DC 15) but

Delerium Chip Legacy

Equipment

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

or a ceiling), which allows them to move as if they were climbing. Unattended objects float around randomly. 2 The nearest creature is affected by a hideous laughter spell (Save DC 15) but

Delerium Geode Legacy

Equipment

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

or a ceiling), which allows them to move as if they were climbing. Unattended objects float around randomly. 2 The nearest creature is affected by a hideous laughter spell (Save DC 15) but

Delerium Massive Cluster Legacy

Equipment

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

or a ceiling), which allows them to move as if they were climbing. Unattended objects float around randomly. 2 The nearest creature is affected by a hideous laughter spell (Save DC 15) but

Tri-flower Frond

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

. STR 1 (–5) DEX 10 (+0) CON 12 (+1) INT 1 (–5) WIS 10 (+0) CHA 1 (–5) Condition Immunities blinded, deafened, exhaustion, prone Senses blindsight 30

it can see within 5 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw, or it is covered with corrosive sap and takes 5 acid damage at the start of each of its turns. Dousing the

Delerium Crystal Legacy

Equipment

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

or a ceiling), which allows them to move as if they were climbing. Unattended objects float around randomly. 2 The nearest creature is affected by a hideous laughter spell (Save DC 15) but

Delerium Shard Legacy

Equipment

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

or a ceiling), which allows them to move as if they were climbing. Unattended objects float around randomly. 2 The nearest creature is affected by a hideous laughter spell (Save DC 15) but

Trapper

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

surroundings, while its soft, inward-facing side clings to the floor, wall, or ceiling in its hunting territory. When a target is within its reach, it peels itself away from the surface and wraps around

— Challenge 3 (700 XP) False Appearance. While the trapper is attached to a ceiling, floor, or wall and remains motionless, it is almost indistinguishable from an ordinary section of ceiling, floor

22. Stables

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

22. Stables The Blacktongue bullywugs raise “livestock” in this 20-foot-high, torch-lit cavern. If the bullywug handlers here are attacked, they release their carrion crawlers and shout for aid from

throughout the level have been used to fence off this dry area from floor to ceiling. The gaps between the slats are just wide enough for a melee weapon or a carrion crawler’s tentacle attack. A simple loop of rope keeps the gate closed.

11. Crickets and Bats

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

directions, but most lead west toward the drow fortress.) Bat Alarm. Hundreds of bats cling to the 30-foot-high domed ceiling. The drow use the bats as an alarm of sorts, knowing that the creatures become

agitated and expect to be fed whenever humanoids enter the cave. Web Cables. The tunnels leading to areas 12a and 12b rise up out of the fog and are strung with web cables. The drow release crickets

Scavenger

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

CHA 0 Damage Immunities fire, poison, psychic Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, stunned, unconscious Crushing Wheels. The Scavenger

make the claw release whatever it’s holding. 2 Harpoon Flingers (Each Station Requires 1 Crew and Grants Half Cover). Ammunition: 10 harpoons. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d8 + 1) piercing damage.

T3. Cage Trap

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

T3. Cage Trap If the party continues east along the tunnel past area T2, they walk into a trap. Read the following text only if a character examines the ceiling: The ceiling consists of square stone

continues down the passage. Ten iron cages are suspended from chains over the hallway, and the “panels” are the cage bottoms. The true ceiling is 25 feet high, and each cage hangs from 5 feet of heavy

17. Stone Temple Pileup

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

basilisk is disturbed, the centipedes emerge and attack the nearest creature. Treasure. The basilisk clutches a driftglobe. The creature’s claw must be pried open to release the globe. 17b. Desecrated

Temple Ceiling. The ceiling is 60 feet high. Petrified Creatures. Eleven lifelike statues in a variety of poses are clustered together in the south end of the room. (These statues are petrified

4. Steep Passage

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

. Add: In the shadows of the ceiling to the north, you can just make out the dim shape of a rickety bridge of wood and rope crossing over the passage ahead of you. Another passage intersects this one

the east to inform its companions in area 7 to release a flood (see the “Flood!” section of area 5). The goblin moves undetected if its Dexterity (Stealth) check exceeds the passive Wisdom

21. Animated Ballistae

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

21. Animated Ballistae Light. The arched, 30-foot-high ceiling of this long hall is studded with glowing red crystals that cast dim light throughout the hall. (Crystals pried out of their fixtures go

feet and is blind beyond this distance. It can’t be blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, or poisoned, and it can’t right itself if knocked prone. As an action, it can fire a

19. Obo'laka's Shrine

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

from this side, though three knock spells will do the trick. 19C. Sun Pool A glorious sun is carved on the ceiling, directly above a pool of still water. The ceiling reflected in the pool doesn’t show a

characters enter this room via the pool, read: A full moon is carved on the ceiling here, directly above the pool. The walls are decorated with reliefs of the Omuan people carrying out daily chores

12. Trapped Chest

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

treasure chest dangles from rusty chains embedded in the ceiling. The chest is 6 feet long, 3 feet wide, 3 feet high, and suspended 1 foot above the surface of the 5-foot-deep pool. A keyhole shaped

, the magical trap teleports the character making the check inside the locked chest, whereupon the character is restrained. The chains holding the chest then release it into the water, where it sinks to

Trapper

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

surroundings, while its soft, inward-facing side clings to the floor, wall, or ceiling in its hunting territory. It remains motionless as it waits for prey to come close. When a target is within its

cover these remains with own body, making them look like irregularities in the surface. The creature might also attach itself to a wall or a ceiling close to a recent kill, effectively using the

Trapper

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

surroundings, while its soft, inward-facing side clings to the floor, wall, or ceiling in its hunting territory. It remains motionless as it waits for prey to come close. When a target is within its reach

a nearby wall or a ceiling, using the remnants as bait; any creature that stops to investigate the bones for valuables becomes the trapper’s next meal. A trapper needs to eat a halfling-sized meal

6. Dire Den

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

throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, and knocked unconscious. The Spider King senses when intruders enter its domain and can’t be surprised by them. Along with two normal

the walls and ceiling, getting into position above creatures on the floor. The Spider King and the giant spiders fight to the death, but they don’t follow prey that flees. Development Sounds of combat here alert the duergar in area 7.

Yellow Musk Creeper

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

Points 60 (11d8 + 11) Speed 5 ft., climb 5 ft. STR 12 (+1) DEX 3 (–4) CON 12 (+1) INT 1 (–5) WIS 10 (+0) CHA 3 (–4) Condition Immunities blinded

targeted by a remove curse spell or similar magic before it animates. Yellow Musk (3/Day). The creeper’s flowers release a strong musk that targets all humanoids within 30 feet of it. Each target must

Living Spells

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

+2 Damage Immunities poison Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, unconscious Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12

Immunities poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks Condition Immunities blinded, deafened, exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, restrained, unconscious

35. Xipe's Audience Chamber

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3

skins. A cat-o’-nine-tails hangs beside them. To the west the room widens to accommodate a statue that towers almost to the ceiling. The statue is an ogre-like figure, outfitted in flayed skins and

twenty-five-foot-high ceiling, a five-foot-wide opening can be discerned in the red light of the room. The statue represents Xipe, “Our Lord of the Flayed Skins.” The chamber serves as the foyer to

Grell

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

Grell A grell resembles a bulbous floating brain with a wide, sharp beak. It prefers to ambush lone creatures or stragglers, hovering silently near the ceiling of a passage or cavern until a suitable

) Skills Perception +4, Stealth +6 Damage Immunities lightning Condition Immunities blinded, prone Senses blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 14 Languages Grell

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