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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
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
saving throw or take 18 (4d8);{"diceNotation":"4d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Lightning Bolts", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage and have the stunned condition until the end of its next turn.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
;t reduced, but it can move only in directions that bring it closer to the clockwork. A creature takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Harpoon", "rollDamageType
much damage on a successful one.No ordinary ballista, an oaken bolter is a Construct capable of striking at long distances. The bolts it launches can rend flesh, destroy armor, or drag enemies toward
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Oaken Bolter No ordinary ballista, an oaken bolter is a construct capable of striking at long distances. The bolts it launches can rend flesh, destroy armor, or drag enemies toward traps or melee
creature’s speed isn’t reduced, but it can move only in directions that bring it closer to the oaken bolter. A creature takes 5 (1d10) slashing damage if it escapes from the grapple or if it tries and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
characters teleport to the sundial, they are greeted by the terrible sound of villagers screaming, a dragon roaring, and lightning bolts tearing houses to splinters. When they reach the edge of the
hope to stop her? Give me the mask!”
This dragon is loyal to the cult, but it has no intention of getting killed before Tiamat’s glorious return. It fights until it is reduced to 75 hit points, then flies away to recuperate.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
characters teleport to the sundial, they are greeted by the terrible sound of villagers screaming, a dragon roaring, and lightning bolts tearing houses to splinters. When they reach the edge of the garden
her? Give me the mask!”
This dragon is loyal to the cult, but it has no intention of getting killed before Tiamat’s glorious return. It fights until it is reduced to 75 hit points, then flies away to recuperate.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Halaster’s voice, “Terrible and painful magical death! Fireballs and lightning bolts! Begone!” It speaks and understands Common, but voices nothing but empty threats and a desire to continue its “work
psychic damage, and ability scores of 10. It can’t be charmed or frightened, and it is not subject to exhaustion. It speaks and understands Common, has no attacks, and falls to pieces if reduced to 0 hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
boxes sealed with wax, 200 ballista bolts, 1000 yards of sailcloth, 500 feet of uncut silk rope, and four kegs of resin. Two drowned blades and two drowned ascetics wait for intruders toward the ship’s
blind. The encounter distance is reduced to 10 feet in these instances (see “Unusual Environments” in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). For characters with a magical light source or darkvision
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
chop tables in half with it if he so desires. He also can pull out a double crossbow (a heavy crossbow with reduced range that fires two bolts at the same target). Still, if he gets involved in a brawl
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
(10d10) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Creatures inside the wagon or within 5 feet of it have disadvantage on the saving throw. The wagon is reduced to
that holds a battleaxe, a flail, a morningstar, a light crossbow, and 10 silvered crossbow bolts A narrow wardrobe containing three sets of fine clothes, two sets of traveler’s clothes, several pairs
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
magic of shadow, which lets them take on a ghastly appearance and disappear, as well as twist shadow into terrifying bolts of energy that drain the vigor of their victims. Death Giant Reaper Huge Giant
regains all its hit points at the end of every turn, but it turns to dust if reduced to 0 hit points or when the giant dies. If the rune is destroyed, the giant can inscribe a death rune on another skull
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
characters’ ship and the Xaryxia. In between actions, you can narrate glimpses of what’s going on in the larger battle—for example, stray ballista bolts whizzing past the characters’ ship or an aartuk
targets the ship and its weapons. If either dragon is reduced to 50 hit points or fewer, it flees. The dragons also break off their assault if a character stands on the deck of their ship and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
enters a space within 5 feet of the ogre, the ogre makes a Bash attack against that creature. If the attack hits, the target’s speed is reduced to 0 until the start of the ogre’s next turn.
Ogre Bolt
quickly as a dwarf handles a crossbow. The bolts are so large that few ogres can carry more than a half dozen at a time, but bolt launchers have been known to uproot small trees or tear beams out of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
save, the creature takes 44 (8d10) bludgeoning damage. A creature reduced to 0 hit points by this damage is crushed to a pulp. After they slam shut, the blocks take 1 minute to retract into the walls
heavy crossbows and 100 crossbow bolts packed in straw Clay urn 1 Empty Clay urn 2 Empty Clay run 3 (painted with pegasi images) Ten 50-foot-long coils of hempen rope (1 gp each) Clay urn 4 (painted with squid images) 10 gallons of dark purple ink
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
orange flames, while an air elemental spirit creates a ring of lightning and occasionally sends jagged lightning bolts streaking across the ship’s surface. Suppressing the Elemental Core At the command of
core is the target of the Dispel Magic spell, the core is suppressed for 1 minute and can’t be reengaged for the duration. While the elemental core is suppressed, the airship’s Fly Speed is reduced to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
from the others with a wall of force spell. It then uses its Mind Blast to stun its prey as a prelude to extracting its brain.
If N’ghathrod is reduced to 55 hit points or fewer, its survival
aboard the ship. Formed out of psionic energy, this duplicate lasts until it is reduced to 0 hit points, until it is dispelled (DC 15), or until N’ghathrod takes another lair action. The duplicate has
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
minor wounds and insufficient nourishment, but they are still able to fend for themselves. If the door is opened on an occupied cage, the animal inside immediately bolts (or flies) for freedom, doing
Hanah’s side and minister to her. Hanah has been reduced to 0 hit points from the hag’s rough treatment, but she is stable. If the characters don’t administer healing of their own, one of the other dryads
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
that falls onto the cloud sinks into it without taking damage. Any creature that tries to pass through the cloud can do so, treating it as difficult terrain. Inside the cloud, visibility is reduced to
, angled to fire bolts at flying creatures outside. A giant can aim and fire a ballista with a single action.
Doors. Each of Lyn Armaal’s doors is 27 feet high and made of ornately carved, 6-inch-thick
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
attack the characters unless attacked first. He disappears if reduced to 0 hit points, but the magic that binds him to this place causes him to re-form at full health after 1 minute with no knowledge
, the first stone golem and one more mummy per character emerge from stasis. When the first stone golem is reduced to 0 hit points, its key rune pops out of its crumbling form and the second stone golem
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
character who examines Quintus and succeeds on a DC 11 Intelligence (Arcana) or Wisdom (Medicine) check determines that the aasimar was killed by three bolts of magical force identical to those created by
, thieves’ tools or tinker’s tools, and a successful DC 11 Dexterity check. Opening the compartment causes the wand to tumble out. If Higglesworth is reduced to 0 hit points, its body disintegrates
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
. The target takes 13 (3d8) poison damage.
Oaken Bolter No ordinary ballista, an oaken bolter is a Construct capable of striking at long distances. The bolts it launches can rend flesh, destroy armor
, and the target is grappled (escape DC 12). While grappled in this way, a creature’s speed isn’t reduced, but it can move only in directions that bring it closer to the clockwork. A creature takes 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
lists the item that is typically used to store each type; storage must be bought separately. Ammunition Type Amount Storage Weight Cost Arrows 20 Quiver 1 lb. 1 GP Bolts 20 Case 1½ lb. 1 GP
Speed reduced to 0 until the start of its next turn. It takes 10 minutes to recover the Caltrops. Candle (1 CP) For 1 hour, a lit Candle sheds Bright Light in a 5-foot radius and Dim Light for an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Cost Arrows 20 Quiver 1 lb. 1 GP Bolts 20 Case 1½ lb. 1 GP Bullets, Firearm 10 Pouch 2 lb. 3 GP Bullets, Sling 20 Pouch 1½ lb. 4 CP Needles 50 Pouch 1 lb. 1 GP Antitoxin (50 GP) As a Bonus Action
15 Dexterity saving throw or take 1 Piercing damage and have its Speed reduced to 0 until the start of its next turn. It takes 10 minutes to recover the Caltrops. Candle (1 CP) For 1 hour, a lit Candle
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
, characters approaching can hear the rattle and clank of immense chains. Gigantic steel bolts have been driven into the stone floor of this immense area, attached to heavy chains. These trail down into
reduced-threat dragon turtle (see “Reduced-Threat Monsters” above) — it has no tail attack — recently taken from Lake Thaylambar, has been chained here while the insidious mind control magic of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
hand crossbow bolts. 19e. Hall of Spiders This dark hallway crawls with hundreds of harmless spiders. Visitors to the keep are led down the hall to area 19k to meet with Erelal and Drivvin. The
unoccupied space within 60 feet of him, acts as his ally, and can’t summon other demons. The summoned demon remains until Drivvin dismisses it as an action or until the demon is reduced to 0 hit points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
door is a secret door that leads to area R7. Racks of weapons line the walls of this chamber, including spears, swords, crossbows, and bolts. A dozen dirty red cloaks hang from hooks by the door.
The
, six light crossbows, and eight quivers holding twenty crossbow bolts each. Three of the weapons are especially well made: a shortsword whose pommel and guard are set with semiprecious stones, and two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
creature that ends its turn in the room takes 1 poison damage. Creatures reduced to 0 hit points by the gas have the unconscious condition but are stable rather than dying. If all characters succumb
bolts disarms the traps; the central crossbow is already empty. When a creature opens the door on the east or west cylinder, a crossbow trap shoots a bolt at that creature. The target must succeed on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
characters into the hold’s interior. If reduced to 50 hit points or fewer, Kalimrax retreats to her lair in area B10. Cranes. Three large, wooden cranes extend over the harbor. They are used to lift cargo
doors at each end are readily visible from inside the hallway and don’t require an ability check to find. B13: Prison Cells The door to this chamber bolts from the outside. Inside, bundles of rags have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
succeed on a DC 26 Strength saving throw or have the prone condition.
Lightning Barrage (Recharge 5–6). The cradle hurls multiple magical lightning bolts at up to two creatures it can see within
damage and be hindered by ice formations for 1 minute or until it or another creature within reach of it uses an action to break away the ice. A creature hindered by ice has its speed reduced to 0
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
badly it appears as if it could collapse at any moment. Several buildings once stood outside the forge, but they’ve been reduced to their foundations.
The entrance gradually narrows to just 5 feet
the dwarves’ armor doesn’t fit them. This chamber includes six each of battleaxes, greataxes, mauls, morningstars, war picks, warhammers, and heavy crossbows, plus two hundred crossbow bolts and four
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
thirty-year-old man with bloodshot eyes. He has the statistics of an assassin but doesn’t speak, and he disappears into the ether if reduced to 0 hit points. The assassin’s summoner can command him to kill
to master (see “Teleportation Circle” below). The trunk contains several bolts of silk cloth, needles and thread, and a half-finished wizard’s robe. Victor started to make the robe for himself but
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Klondorn, it tosses aside the miter, revealing its true form, and attacks. If reduced to 0 hit points, the devil vanishes in a cloud of black smoke and returns to the Nine Hells, leaving its hat of
in this hall, which can’t be disabled by any other means. Any creature that enters the hall for the first time on a turn or starts its turn in the hall is struck by bolts of lightning that leap from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
twenty halberds, fifteen longswords, fifteen shortswords, ten pikes, ten heavy crossbows, five light crossbows, and hundreds of crossbow bolts. The armory is guarded by a spectator that treats the
disabled if it is reduced to 0 hit points: Gate Control. Twenty-four switches on the console open and close the gates to the prison cells. A master switch opens or closes all the gates at once. Flipping
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
sanctum. Manshoon awaits them in area E12. Characters who are reduced to 0 hit points by Manshoon’s defenders are knocked unconscious. If the entire party is defeated, the unconscious characters are
archery for it. Vajra Safahr offers the characters membership in Force Grey, a cape of the mountebank, and a wand of lightning bolts for the book. Stone of Golorr. If Manshoon has the Stone of Golorr, he keeps it in the drawer of the table along with his ledger.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13
twenty halberds, fifteen longswords, fifteen shortswords, ten pikes, ten heavy crossbows, five light crossbows, and hundreds of crossbow bolts. The armory is guarded by a spectator that treats the
disabled if it is reduced to 0 hit points: Gate Control. Twenty-four switches on the console open and close the gates to the prison cells. A master switch opens or closes all the gates at once. Flipping
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
anyone using the greataxe as a weapon. T7: Armory Other than a few broken shields and warped crossbow bolts on battered shelves and hooks, nothing remains in this room.
Six dust mephits lair here with
Shelves cover the stone walls of this room from floor to ceiling. Sagging books that have been reduced to little more than scraps and dust fill the shelves, although a few books bound in metal have