before boss during creature respond

Zone of Truth

Spells Player’s Handbook

fails on this save. An affected creature is aware of the spell and can avoid answering questions to which it would normally respond with a lie. Such a creature can be evasive yet must be truthful.

You create a magical zone that guards against deception in a 15-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point within range. Until the spell ends, a creature that enters the spell’s area for the first

Telepathic

Feats Player’s Handbook

language. Your communication doesn’t give the creature the ability to respond to you telepathically. Detect Thoughts. You always have the Detect Thoughts spell prepared. You can cast it without a

. You can speak telepathically to any creature you can see within 60 feet of yourself. Your telepathic utterances are in a language you know, and the creature understands you only if it knows that

Duergar Screamer Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

Engine of Pain. Once per turn, a creature that attacks the screamer can target the duergar trapped in it. The attacker has disadvantage on the attack roll. On a hit, the attack deals an extra 11

(2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Engine of Pain"} damage to the screamer, and the screamer can respond by using its Multiattack with its reaction.Multiattack. The screamer

Duergar Hammerer Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

Engine of Pain. Once per turn, a creature that attacks the hammerer can target the duergar trapped in it. The attacker has disadvantage on the attack roll. On a hit, the attack deals an extra 5 (1d10

);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Engine of Pain"} damage to the hammerer, and the hammerer can respond by using its Multiattack with its reaction. Siege Monster. The hammerer

Reduced-threat Otyugh

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

receiving creature to telepathically respond. Reduced Threat. This creature has -2 penalty on all ability checks and saving throws.Multiattack. The otyugh makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with

Limited Telepathy. The otyugh can magically transmit simple messages and images to any creature within 120 feet of it that can understand a language. This form of telepathy doesn't allow the

Zone of Truth Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

succeeds or fails on its saving throw. An affected creature is aware of the spell and can thus avoid answering questions to which it would normally respond with a lie. Such a creature can be evasive in its answers as long as it remains within the boundaries of the truth.

You create a magical zone that guards against deception in a 15-foot-radius sphere centered on a point of your choice within range. Until the spell ends, a creature that enters the spell's area for

Piercer (Ice variant)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.Drop. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Drop"} to hit, one creature directly underneath

from ordinary rock formations. Patient Hunters. Piercers can see, but they can also respond to noise and heat, waiting for living creatures to pass beneath them, then falling to attack. A piercer

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

lucky if their only punishment is demotion to the pariah caste. Sometimes another creature assumes control of a goblin tribe, by killing or subjugating the current boss and cowing most of the rest of

new leader can act as the real boss. If the creature brushes aside such manipulation, the tribe falls into line behind the new tyrant—better to abide the new rule than conspire against it and be

Narzugon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

creature with a soul, the soul rises from the River Styx as a lemure (see the Monster Manual) in Avernus in 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Hellfire Lance"} hours. If the

creature isn’t revived before then, only a wish spell or killing the lemure and casting true resurrection on the creature’s original body can restore it to life. Constructs and devils are immune

Neo-Otyugh

Monsters Infernal Machine Rebuild

receiving creature to telepathically respond. Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The neo-otyugh's innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 12). It can innately cast the following spells

Limited Telepathy. The otyugh can magically transmit simple messages and images to any creature within 120 feet of it that can understand a language. This form of telepathy doesn't allow the

Cadaver Collector Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

cadaver collector releases paralyzing gas in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a successful DC 18 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. A paralyzed creature repeats

. Cadaver collectors respond to a summons from a mortal only when they are called to the scene of a great battle — either where one is in progress, where one is imminent, or where one once took place

Kakkuu Spyder-Fiend

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

, without needing to make an ability check. Web Sense. When in contact with a web, the kakkuu knows the exact location of any other creature in contact with the same web. Web Walker. The kakkuu ignores

);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage. Reel. The kakkuu pulls each creature within 60 feet of itself that is grappled by its Web

Swarm of Maggots

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny maggot. The swarm can’t regain hit points or gain

","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer. A creature damaged by the swarm must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or contract a disease

Swarm of Scarabs

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

the appropriate type to the target. A creature reduced to 0 hit points by the swarm’s piercing damage dies.Base creatures are among the first to respond to sinister forces at work in a land. As

Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny scarab. The swarm can’t regain hit points or gain

Howler

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Pack Tactics. A howler has advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of the howler’s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn’t

":"recharge","rollAction":"Mind-Breaking Howl"}. The howler emits a keening howl in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or take 16 (3d10);{"diceNotation

Cadaver Collector

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. A paralyzed creature repeats the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending

wander the Material Plane for centuries, collecting corpses while searching for a way to return home. Cadaver collectors respond to a summons from a mortal only when they are called to the scene of a

Telepathic Legacy

Feats Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

doesn’t give the creature the ability to respond to you telepathically. You can cast the detect thoughts spell, requiring no spell slot or components, and you must finish a long rest before you

telepathically to any creature you can see within 60 feet of you. Your telepathic utterances are in a language you know, and the creature understands you only if it knows that language. Your communication

Boss Augustus

Monsters The Book of Many Things

(5d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"5d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 16 Strength saving

few words. He shares leadership of the guild with Boss Delour and has a knack for planning heists. Guild members consider him a brutal but fair leader. Some perceptive guild members—like Kathra

Boss Delour

Monsters The Book of Many Things

damage if he fails, provided he doesn’t have the incapacitated condition. Nimbleness. Delour can move through the space of a Medium or larger creature. Regeneration. Delour regains 10 hit points

"} poison damage.Delour the wererat is a sly trickster and consummate thief who rules the Moonstalkers alongside his friend Boss Augustus;Augustus. Delour’s honeyed words and calculating mind make

Planar Wanderer

Feats Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

use this benefit on that portal again until you finish a long rest. On a successful check, you can force the portal open or closed for 1 hour. For that duration, the portal doesn’t respond to

its portal key unless a creature employing the key succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) check as an action. Portal Sense. You know the direction to the last planar portal you used while you and

Emerald Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

", "rollAction":"Disorienting Breath"}. The dragon exhales a wave of psychic dissonance in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 12 Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, the

creature takes 17 (5d6);{"diceNotation":"5d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Disorienting Breath", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage, and until the end of its next turn, when the creature

Nafas

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

Nafas drops to 0 hit points, his body disintegrates into a whirl of multiversal dust that surrounds one creature responsible for his demise. That creature then hears Nafas’s last wish: for the

creature to take his place. If the creature accepts, it is transformed into a noble djinni. The creature’s game statistics are replaced by those of Nafas (including this trait), though it

Villain Actions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer

, summon a lackey or three, buff the boss, debuff the characters, or move the creature into an advantageous position. They’re just a taste of what’s to come. The second villain action provides crowd

Villain Actions Every action-oriented creature has three villain actions they can use after an enemy’s turn. Villain actions are similar to legendary actions with the following exceptions: A creature

Ranger Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

the creature while he readies his bow. Far from the bustle of cities and towns, past the hedges that shelter the most distant farms from the terrors of the wild, amid the dense-packed trees of

grouse and whine about the hardships of the wild, rangers respond with some mixture of amusement, frustration, and compassion. But they quickly learn that other adventurers who can carry their own weight

7. Natural Chimney

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

7. Natural Chimney A chimney has formed in the 7-foot-high ceiling of this small side cave. The chimney is 5 feet wide and has abundant handholds and footholds. A creature can climb up or down the

of the shaft. Snigbat’s job is to watch for intruders and report what she sees to Boss Hark. Snigbat considers this duty a form of punishment. If she sees one or more well-armed adventurers, Snigbat

Young Emerald Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

psychic dissonance in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 31 (9d6);{"diceNotation":"9d6", "rollType":"damage

", "rollAction":"Disorienting Breath", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage, and until the end of its next turn, when the creature makes an attack roll or an ability check, it must roll a d6

Assignments

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

. Your group’s patron might occasionally come to you and give you an assignment. This can be an easy way to get into an adventure. Of course, it’s up to you how you respond to your patron’s demands, and

, and universities are typically highly autonomous. In a player-directed organization, you don’t have a patron because your adventuring party is in charge. You’re the boss; you tell others what to do

Tough Boss

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Tough Boss Tough bosses leverage their street smarts, brawling prowess, and reputation to compel others to follow their demands. Tough Boss Medium or Small Humanoid, Neutral AC 16 Initiative +2 (12

tough has Advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the tough’s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally doesn’t have the Incapacitated condition. Actions

Goblin Boss

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Goblin Boss Goblin bosses are often the most imaginative, disruptive, or forceful goblins. Through a combination of luck, cowardice, and callousness, these leaders avoid harm at the expense of their

followers. Goblin Boss Small Fey (Goblinoid), Chaotic Neutral AC 17 Initiative +2 (12) HP 21 (6d6) Speed 30 ft. Ability Score Mod Save Str 10 +0 +0 Dex 15 +2 +2 Con 10

Goblin Boss

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands

Goblin Boss Bossy Goblin Leader Goblin bosses are often the most imaginative, disruptive, or forceful goblins. Goblin Boss Small Fey (Goblinoid), Chaotic Neutral AC 17 Initiative +2 (12) HP 21

Escape. The goblin takes the Disengage or Hide action. Reactions Redirect Attack. Trigger: A creature the goblin can see makes an attack roll against it. Response: The goblin chooses a Small or Medium

Language

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

Language The Donjon Sphere’s creators spoke and wrote Infernal. All instructions, labels, and other visible text in the sphere are in this language. The doors respond only to Infernal. Creatures

native to the sphere presume anyone communicating with them in a language other than Infernal is a trespasser, though drones overlook the offense if the offender has a key card or is accompanied by a creature that does.

Monsters in This Book

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

Monsters in This Book The Stat Blocks by Challenge Rating table sorts the creatures in this book by challenge rating. Stat Blocks by Challenge Rating CR Stat Block Creature Type Chapter 1/4

10 7 Talon beast Monstrosity 21 9 Boss Augustus Monstrosity 11 9 Boss Delour Monstrosity 11 9 Gremorly’s ghost Undead 15 9 Solar Bastion knight Humanoid 10 11 Enchanting infiltrator Fey 6 11

Goblin Boss

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Goblin Boss Goblin Boss Small humanoid (goblinoid), neutral evil Armor Class 17 (chain shirt, shield) Hit Points 21 (6d6) Speed 30 ft. STR 10 (+0) DEX 14 (+2) CON 10

target. Hit: 3 (1d6) piercing damage. Reactions Redirect Attack. When a creature the goblin can see targets it with an attack, the goblin chooses another goblin within 5 feet of it. The two goblins swap places, and the chosen goblin becomes the target instead.

Teeth of Dahlver-Nar

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

lasts for 24 hours or until you break it. 3 The Golden Age of Dhakaan (golden goblin bicuspid) 10 goblin;goblins, 1 goblin boss When you are hit by an attack and an ally is within 5 feet of you

Charisma check against a humanoid, you can roll a d10 and add the number rolled as a bonus to the result. The creature then becomes hostile to you at the next dawn. 7 The Donkey’s Dream

Telepathic

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

that language. Your communication doesn’t give the creature the ability to respond to you telepathically. Detect Thoughts. You always have the Detect Thoughts spell prepared. You can cast it without a

Utterance. You can speak telepathically to any creature you can see within 60 feet of yourself. Your telepathic utterances are in a language you know, and the creature understands you only if it knows

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