before blocking defends constructs rating

Conjure Celestial Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You summon a celestial of challenge rating 4 or lower, which appears in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. The celestial disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell

required by you), as long as they don't violate its alignment. If you don't issue any commands to the celestial, it defends itself from hostile creatures but otherwise takes no actions. The GM has the

Conjure Elemental Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You call forth an elemental servant. Choose an area of air, earth, fire, or water that fills a 10-foot cube within range. An elemental of challenge rating 5 or lower appropriate to the area you chose

that you issue to it (no action required by you). If you don't issue any commands to the elemental, it defends itself from hostile creatures but otherwise takes no actions. If your concentration is

Conjure Fey Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You summon a fey creature of challenge rating 6 or lower, or a fey spirit that takes the form of a beast of challenge rating 6 or lower. It appears in an unoccupied space that you can see within

defends itself from hostile creatures but otherwise takes no actions. If your concentration is broken, the fey creature doesn't disappear. Instead, you lose control of the fey creature, it becomes

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

Conjure Celestial

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

don’t issue any commands to the celestial, it defends itself from hostile creatures but otherwise takes no actions. The DM has the celestial’s statistics. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a 9th-level spell slot, you summon a celestial of challenge rating 5 or lower.

Conjure Celestial 7th-level conjuration Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 90 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You summon a celestial of challenge rating 4 or lower, which

Conjure Celestial

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

don’t issue any commands to the celestial, it defends itself from hostile creatures but otherwise takes no actions. The DM has the celestial’s statistics. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a 9th-level spell slot, you summon a celestial of challenge rating 5 or lower.

Conjure Celestial 7th-level conjuration Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 90 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You summon a celestial of challenge rating 4 or lower, which

Conjure Fey

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

Conjure Fey 6th-level conjuration Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 90 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You summon a fey creature of challenge rating 6 or lower, or a fey

spirit that takes the form of a beast of challenge rating 6 or lower. It appears in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. The fey creature disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the

Conjure Fey

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

Conjure Fey 6th-level conjuration Casting Time: 1 minute Range: 90 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You summon a fey creature of challenge rating 6 or lower, or a fey

spirit that takes the form of a beast of challenge rating 6 or lower. It appears in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. The fey creature disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the

Conjure Elemental

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

water) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You call forth an elemental servant. Choose an area of air, earth, fire, or water that fills a 10-foot cube within range. An elemental of challenge rating

own turns. It obeys any verbal commands that you issue to it (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any commands to the elemental, it defends itself from hostile creatures but otherwise takes

Conjure Elemental

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

water) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You call forth an elemental servant. Choose an area of air, earth, fire, or water that fills a 10-foot cube within range. An elemental of challenge rating

own turns. It obeys any verbal commands that you issue to it (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any commands to the elemental, it defends itself from hostile creatures but otherwise takes

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

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

X27. Lich's Lair

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

know its cantrips. In its current condition, the lich has a challenge rating of 10 (5,900 XP). A greater restoration spell restores the lich’s memory and all of its spells. Another casting of the spell

the temple don’t threaten the characters as long as the lich is with them. The lich defends itself if attacked and turns to dust if it is reduced to 0 hit points. The lich assumes that the characters

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

fraught with tests of strength, fierce competition and nothing in the way of maternal or paternal love. From the time a child can wield a stick or a crude knife, it asserts itself and defends itself

serve as a battering ram if a settlement dares to close its gates, blocking the way to the treasures and tasty food that lie within. A heavily laden wagon that requires the strongest orcs to return it to

16. Old Dwarven Halls

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

. These scaladar obey the commands of illithids and attack any creatures that aren’t mind flayers or their thralls. Trobriand’s rings no longer have any effect on these constructs. 16b. South Guard

these mind flayers are attacked, one maintains contact with the crystal pedestal while the other defends it. The diamond no longer floats if removed from its place above the pedestal. A creature

Smoldertown (Areas L7–L9)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

, and green copper. Its heavy iron gauntlets are clenched into fists, and the ominous helm that forms its head turns slowly from side to side. Shield Guardian. The construct blocking passage into

to create a new amulet, rendering the shield guardian autonomous. The shield guardian has been loyal to Tockworth ever since. It defends itself if attacked and attacks anyone who tries to slip past

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

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

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

Life in the Tribe

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

fraught with tests of strength, fierce competition and nothing in the way of maternal or paternal love. From the time a child can wield a stick or a crude knife, it asserts itself and defends itself while

ram if a settlement dares to close its gates, blocking the way to the treasures and tasty food that lie within. A heavily laden wagon that requires the strongest orcs to return it to the lair is a

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

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

Command Level

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

into a 5-foot-diameter tunnel that leads to a similar door blocking entry to area X4. No ability check is needed to find either secret door from inside the tunnel. DUERGAR NAMES Here are some names

door behind the brazier in the southwest corner. This 5-foot-wide, 10-foot-tall stone door swings into a 5-foot-diameter tunnel that leads to a similar door blocking entry to area X3. No ability

Forge Level (X27-X37)

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

attacks. It retains its Magic Resistance and its telepathy, however. Its challenge rating is 0 (0 XP). The mind flayer doesn’t expect sympathy from the characters and shies away from them. If the

-foot-tall stone door swings into a 5-foot-diameter tunnel that leads to a similar door blocking entry to area X34. X30. Eastern Elevator The elevator shaft terminates in this room. A large stone wheel

Tresendar Manor Dungeon

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

archmage Hoobur Gran’Shoop. The constructs remain motionless until the adventurers move close or attack. These scarecrows can cut the rope holding them with their claws, but they prefer to remain hanging

) bludgeoning damage from the fall. Climbing the rough walls requires a successful DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check. Development. If the characters defeat the scarecrows and search the constructs, large

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

Appendix D: Magic

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

turns bright green. The lantern doesn’t pinpoint the creature’s exact location, however. Lantern of Tracking d10 Creature Type 1 Aberrations 2 Celestials 3 Constructs 4

. Undead have disadvantage on this saving throw. Any object that touches the globe, other than an artifact or the mythallar’s cradle, is disintegrated instantly (no save). A tomb tapper defends the

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