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Monster Manual
5 feet of itself that isn’t being worn or carried. The touch destroys a 1-foot Cube of the object.Reflexive Antennae. Trigger: An attack roll hits the rust monster. Response: The rust monster uses Antennae.
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Originally from the Elemental Plane of Water, many tritons entered the Material Plane centuries ago in response to the growing threat of evil elementals. Those tritons spread across the worlds&rsquo
” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
spelljamming helm that only beholders can attune to. Any beholder that occupies this chamber can attune to it. Reducing a tyrant ship to 0 hit points not only destroys it but also destroys the ship’s
spelljamming helm and eyestalk cannons. A tyrant ship can’t float on water, but it can safely land on the ground. Tyrant Ship Summary Armor Class: 17 (stone) Cargo: 20 tons Hit Points: 300 Crew: 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, but as a bodyguard for gnomes and other clockworks. Stone Defender
Medium construct, unaligned
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 52 (7d8 + 21)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
19(+4)
DEX
, and if the target is Large or smaller, it is knocked prone.
Reactions
Intercept Attack. In response to another creature within 5 feet of it being hit by an attack roll, the stone defender gives
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
, flowers, and small animals such as insects, mice, and frogs — things they can swallow whole. They would be no threat to anything else if not for their fierce and frenzied response to even a hint of
slowly turns to stone from the injury.
Cockatrice
Small monstrosity, unaligned
Armor Class 11
Hit Points 27 (6d6 + 6)
Speed 20 ft., fly 40 ft.
STR
6 (−2)
DEX
12 (+1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
, unaligned
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 136 (16d10 + 48)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
18 (+4)
DEX
9 (-1)
CON
16 (+3)
INT
6 (-2)
WIS
10 (+0)
CHA
.
Gore. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage.
Reactions
Flying Shards. In response to a creature hitting the statue with a melee weapon attack, the statue deals 11 (2d10) piercing damage to the attacker.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Yellow Musk Zombie Humanoid Hosts. A yellow musk creeper destroys the minds of humanoids, then implants bulbs in those it kills. Twenty-four hours after being implanted, a bulb sprouts a creeper vine
Medium undead, unaligned
Armor Class 9
Hit Points 33 (6d8 + 6)
Speed 20 ft.
STR
13 (+1)
DEX
9 (–1)
CON
12 (+1)
INT
1 (–5)
WIS
6 (–2)
CHA
3 (–4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
of that plane as it destroys all in its path. The quadrapod ambulates by flinging its mucus-covered tentacles out and dragging itself along, creating a horrid slurping sound as it advances
relentlessly toward its prey. Chaos Quadrapod
Large aberration, chaotic evil
Armor Class 14 (natural)
Hit Points 52 (7d10 + 14)
Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft.
STR
18 (+4)
DEX
13 (+1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Pentadrone Pentadrones oversee Mechanus’s worker populace and can improvise in response to new situations. Pentadrone
Large construct, lawful neutral
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
possessions. Julie Dillon
Tower Hand Medium Humanoid, Any Alignment
Armor Class 14 (Unarmored Defense)
Hit Points 22 (4d8 + 4)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
10 (+0)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
12 (+1)
INT
damage.
Reactions
Deflect Missile. In response to being hit by a ranged weapon attack, the tower hand deflects the missile. The damage it takes from the attack is reduced by 7 (1d10 + 2).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
significant threats on the battlefield, then eliminates those threats one by one. Koalinth Sergeant
Medium humanoid (goblinoid), lawful evil
Armor Class 14 (scale mail)
Hit Points 33 (6d8 + 6)
Speed
) frees the target without harming it and destroys the net.
Reactions
Spear the Helpless (2/Day). Whenever a creature within 30 feet of the sergeant becomes restrained, the sergeant can move its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Casting a Spell When a character casts any spell, the same basic rules are followed, regardless of the character’s class or the spell’s effects. Each spell description in Chapter 11 begins with a
time of 1 action.
Reactions Some spells can be cast as reactions. These spells take a fraction of a second to bring about and are cast in response to some event. If a spell can be cast as a reaction
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
. Ready Prepare to take an action in response to a trigger you define. Search Make a Wisdom (Insight, Medicine, Perception, or Survival) check. Study Make an Intelligence (Arcana, History
, Investigation, Nature, or Religion) check. Utilize Use a nonmagical object. Player characters and monsters can also do things not covered by these actions. Many class features and other abilities provide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
. Ready Prepare to take an action in response to a trigger you define. Search Make a Wisdom (Insight, Medicine, Perception, or Survival) check. Study Make an Intelligence (Arcana, History
, Investigation, Nature, or Religion) check. Utilize Use a nonmagical object. Player characters and monsters can also do things not covered by these actions. Many class features and other abilities provide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
neutral
Armor Class 5
Hit Points 217 (14d20 + 70)
Speed 10 ft.
STR
18 (+4)
DEX
1 (–5)
CON
20 (+5)
INT
12 (+1)
WIS
10 (+0)
CHA
3 (–4)
Damage Resistances acid, cold, fire
indistinguishable from white stone.
Killer Response. Any creature that starts its turn in White Maw’s space is targeted by a pseudopod attack if White Maw isn’t incapacitated.
Actions
Pseudopod. Melee Weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
of combat to master. A few become bodyguards, trading their combat prowess and loyalty for food and lodging. Martial Arts Adept
Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Armor Class 16
Hit
. Dart. Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage.
Reactions
Deflect Missile. In response to being hit by a ranged weapon attack, the adept
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
border on precognition, allowing them to unconsciously act before their foes. Transcendent Order Conduit Small or Medium Humanoid, Any Alignment
Armor Class 18 (Unarmored Defense)
Hit Points 97
.
Deflect Attack. In response to being hit by an attack roll, the conduit partially deflects the blow. The damage the conduit takes from the attack is reduced by 1d10.
Don’t Be There. When the conduit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Bone Naga In response to the long history of conflict between the yuan-ti and the nagas, yuan-ti created a necromantic ritual that could halt a naga’s resurrection by transforming the living naga
into a skeletal undead servitor. A bone naga retains only a few of the spells it knew in life. Bone Naga
Large undead, lawful evil
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 58 (9d10 + 9)
Speed 30
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
animation and reveal themselves to be monks of considerable capability. Martial Arts Adept Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
Armor Class 16
Hit Points 60 (11d8 + 11)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
/60 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage.
Reactions
Deflect Missile. In response to being hit by a ranged weapon attack, the adept deflects the missile. The damage it takes from the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
dohwar’s life, often in response to the dohwar experiencing an overwhelming emotion. Instead of wings, it has arms and tiny hands. Dohwars prefer to communicate through a form of telepathy they call
merging, in which two dohwars stay in mental contact while both are telepathically linked with a third creature. Dohwar
Small Fey, Any Alignment
Armor Class 11
Hit Points 10 (3d6)
Speed 20 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
against dangerous and wild forces, particularly unnatural creatures. Of the options in the Sacred Oath class feature, the Oath of the Crown (described below) and the Oath of Devotion (described in the
planes of existence, especially on the Lower Planes. Many paladins and non-paladins have joined the order in response to its call to cast fiendish incursions out of the world. In recent years, many have
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
last commands, seeks revenge for its creator’s death, or destroys itself. Construct Nature. A scarecrow doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. Scarecrow
Medium construct, chaotic evil
Armor
Class 11
Hit Points 36 (8d8)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
11 (+0)
DEX
13 (+1)
CON
11 (+0)
INT
10 (+0)
WIS
10 (+0)
CHA
13 (+1)
Damage Vulnerabilities fire
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
Barbatos Barbatos
Medium humanoid (human), neutral evil
Armor Class 15 (studded leather)
Hit Points 78 (12d8 + 24)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
11 (+0)
DEX
16 (+3)
CON
14 (+2
object isn’t being worn or carried, the touch destroys a 1-foot cube of it. If the object is being worn or carried by a creature, the creature can make a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw to avoid Barbatos’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
the hardiest foes. Balor
Huge fiend (demon), chaotic evil
Armor Class 19 (natural armor)
Hit Points 262 (21d12 + 126)
Speed 40 ft., fly 80 ft.
STR
26(+8)
DEX
15(+2)
CON
successful one. The explosion ignites flammable objects in that area that aren’t being worn or carried, and it destroys the balor’s weapons.
Fire Aura. At the start of each of the balor’s turns, each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
, you can transfer some or all of the sword’s bonus to your Armor Class, instead of using the bonus on any attacks that turn. For example, you could reduce the bonus to your attack and damage rolls to
creature can make a DC 30 Strength (Athletics) check. On a success, the creature breaks free and destroys the shackles.
Top to Bottom: Demon Armor,
Defender, and Dimensional Shackles
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
. The card—which destroys all magic items possessed by anyone who draws it—might have been named after the beast, or vice versa. I wish talon beasts would use some of their absorbed magic to conjure fur
, or clothes, or something! But no. They have to be upsettingly naked-looking.
Talon Beast Large Monstrosity, Unaligned
Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
Hit Points 114 (12d10 + 48)
Speed 40 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Medium Humanoid, Any Alignment
Armor Class 16 (Unarmored Defense)
Hit Points 60 (11d8 + 11)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
11 (+0)
DEX
17 (+3)
CON
13 (+1)
INT
11 (+0
response to being hit by a ranged weapon attack, the adept deflects the missile. The damage it takes from the attack is reduced by 1d10 + 3. If the damage is reduced to 0, the adept catches the missile if it’s small enough to hold in one hand and the adept has a hand free.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
Hit Points 95 (10d8 + 50)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
18 (+4)
DEX
13 (+1)
CON
20 (+5)
INT
9 (−1)
WIS
9 (−1)
CHA
9 (−1
) slashing damage.
Bonus Actions
Aggressive. The tanarukk moves up to its speed toward an enemy that it can see.
Reactions
Unbridled Fury. In response to being hit by a melee attack, the tanarukk can make one Bite or Greatsword attack with advantage against the attacker.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
of prosperity, Won-Ha ensured that the city was expanded with care for the wilderness, and the lower-class laborers and artisans of Yeonido reaped the benefits of the city-state’s success. The common
story during her lifetime, her gwishin believes she has been forgotten by the city’s people. In response, Won-Ha’s gwishin has cursed the city’s people, causing them to forget the source of the ruin she brings down upon them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
world in the name of Ogrémoch. Stone Giant of Evil Earth Huge Giant, Typically Neutral Evil
Armor Class 20 (plate)
Hit Points 137 (11d12 + 66)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
23 (+6)
DEX
13 (+1)
CON
has no more boulders to throw.
Reactions
Unyielding. In response to failing a saving throw to avoid being moved, having the prone condition, or both, the giant succeeds instead.
Katerina Ladon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
battlefield power and versatility, they can’t be beat.”
—Camlash,
balor general of Lolth
Citadel Spider Gargantuan Monstrosity, Typically Neutral Evil
Armor Class 18 (natural armor)
Hit Points
spider’s next turn.
Reactions
Absorb Blow. In response to being hit with an attack roll, the spider’s carapace absorbs some of the blow, reducing the damage it takes by 11 (2d10).
Helge C. balzer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
Boneclaw Boneclaw
Large undead, chaotic evil
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 127 (17d10 + 34)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
19(+4)
DEX
16(+3)
CON
15(+2)
INT
13(+1
light or darkness.
Reactions
Deadly Reach. In response to a visible enemy moving into its reach, the boneclaw makes one claw attack against that enemy. If the attack hits, the boneclaw can make a second claw attack against the target.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
Playing a Temporary Character Playing a new character for a brief period can be fun and liberating, giving the player a chance to experiment with new class features in a low-stakes environment. For
has been tracking the party’s Deck of Many Things. This character is eager to help recover the lost soul; after all, the Solar Bastion was founded in response to a mortal being imprisoned by the Void
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
spontaneously created swarms can rapidly turn a single annoying gremishka into a chittering, magic-reflecting wave of teeth and claws. Gremishka
Tiny Monstrosity
Armor Class 12
Hit Points 10 (4d4
. The swarm uses the gremishka’s initiative.
Swarm of Gremishkas
Medium Swarm of Tiny Monstrosities
Armor Class 12
Hit Points 24 (7d6)
Speed 25 ft.
STR
12 (+1)
DEX
14 (+2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
white). White abishais are the weakest. They fight with reckless fury on the battlefield. White Abishai
Medium fiend (devil), lawful evil
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 68 (8d8 + 32
.
Reactions
Vicious Reprisal. In response to taking damage, the abishai makes a bite attack against a random creature within 5 feet of it. If no creature is within reach, the abishai moves up to half its speed toward an enemy it can see, without provoking opportunity attacks.