being blades diffusing constructs round

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

beholder becomes slimy; that area is difficult terrain until initiative count 20 on the next round. Walls within 120 feet of the beholder sprout grasping appendages until initiative count 20 on the round

Phantasmal Force Legacy

Spells Player’s Handbook (2014)

, creature, or other visible phenomenon of your choice that is no larger than a 10-foot cube and that is perceivable only to the target for the duration. This spell has no effect on undead or constructs

. Similarly, a phantasm created to appear as fire, a pool of acid, or lava can burn the target. Each round on your turn, the phantasm can deal 1d6 psychic damage to the target if it is in the phantasm

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

the next round. Walls sprout spectral appendages until initiative count 20 on the round after next. Any creature, including one on the Ethereal Plane, that is hostile to the tyrant and starts its

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

, the lich takes half the damage (rounded down), and the target takes the remaining damage. This tether lasts until initiative count 20 on the next round or until the lich or the target is no longer in

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

takes the remaining damage. This tether lasts until initiative count 20 on the next round or until the lich or the target is no longer in the lich’s lair. The lich calls forth the spirits of

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

remaining damage. This tether lasts until initiative count 20 on the next round or until Exethanter or the target is no longer in the Exethanter’s lair. Exethanter calls forth the spirits of

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

initiative count 20 on the next round or until the lich or the target is no longer in the lich’s lair. The lich calls forth the spirits of creatures that died in its lair. These apparitions

35. Scythe-Seeing

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

empty except for two doors. The door in the north wall is round and made of adamantine (see area 39c). Corpse. Between the northern and southern halves of the room, where the room is narrowest, a

female dwarf has fallen prey to a scythe trap, her dead body pinned between the trap’s blades and the western wall. Halaster has placed a teleport trap (see “Teleport Traps”) just south of the scythe

Example Complex Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Example Complex Traps The following complex traps can be used to challenge characters or to inspire your own creations. Path of Blades Complex trap (level 1–4, dangerous threat) Hidden within a

and initiative count 10. Active Elements. The Path of Blades includes a set of whirling blades along the first 80 feet of the trap, crushing pillars that slam down from the ceiling to the floor before

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

remaining damage. This tether lasts until initiative count 20 on the next round or until the lich or the target is no longer in the lich’s lair. The lich calls forth the spirits of creatures that

Rogue Subclasses

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

Subclass Level 3: Assassinate You’re adept at ambushing a target, granting you the following benefits. Initiative. You have Advantage on Initiative rolls. Surprising Strikes. During the first round of each

combat, you have Advantage on attack rolls against any creature that hasn’t taken a turn. If your Sneak Attack hits any target during that round, the target takes extra damage of the weapon’s type

2. What Is Dead May Never Die

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

lurking outside the coral mountain, these creatures take this opportunity, joining the battle at the end of the the second round in the hopes of overwhelming the party. The giant shark is too big to get

21. Drow Statues

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

statistics of animated armor, except that they are elementals instead of constructs. The statues attack until destroyed but don’t leave this area. If the characters spend 1 round or longer in the chamber

18. Study

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

character on the first round. Every round after that, two more cyclones form, to a maximum of three per character. Treat these paper whirlwinds as swarms of ravens, but they are constructs instead of

Phantasmal Force

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

choice that is no larger than a 10-foot cube and that is perceivable only to the target for the duration. This spell has no effect on undead or constructs. The phantasm includes sound, temperature, and

acid, or lava can burn the target. Each round on your turn, the phantasm can deal 1d6 psychic damage to the target if it is in the phantasm’s area or within 5 feet of the phantasm, provided that the

18. Study

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

character on the first round. Every round after that, two more cyclones form, to a maximum of three per character. Treat these paper whirlwinds as swarms of ravens, but they are constructs instead of

College of Whispers

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Whispers Features Bard Level Feature 3rd Psychic Blades, Words of Terror 6th Mantle of Whispers 14th Shadow Lore Psychic Blades When you join the College of Whispers at 3rd level, you gain the ability

that target. You can do so only once per round on your turn. The psychic damage increases when you reach certain levels in this class, increasing to 3d6 at 5th level, 5d6 at 10th level, and 8d6 at

Fighting the Reavers

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy

initiative order, after the characters have taken their turns. More reavers then appear during the round (see below). At the start of each character’s turn, roll on the Battle Events table to

and glowing pink eyes 5 Enormous nose and ears 6 Helicopter blades mounted on head (flying speed of 10 feet, with a maximum hovering altitude of 3 feet) 7 Infantile second head that continually spits

Rakdos Carnival

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

saving throw, taking 10 (3d6) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Any creature that starts its turn in the flames must also make the saving throw. Whirling blades

throw or use its movement each round to move toward the carnival. It can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success. On a successful save, the creature

50. Mirror of Life Trapping

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

or carrying. Constructs automatically succeed on the saving throw. The mirror currently has three vacant cells. If the mirror traps a creature when its twelve cells are already occupied, it releases

invisible stalker and the troll. The stirge attacks A’tan, killing him in 1 round. After draining A’tan’s blood, the stirge flies away to digest its meal. The doppelganger tries to flee but doesn’t go far

Chapter 6: Bestiary

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Air, a fire giant of Evil Fire, a frost giant of Evil Water, and a stone giant of Evil Earth. The fomorian deep crawler and the storm herald—a storm giant transformed into a monstrous Aberration—round

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

Complex Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Complex Traps A complex trap poses multiple dangers to adventurers. After a complex trap activates, it remains dangerous round after round until the characters avoid it or disable it. Some complex

can be disarmed only by someone who is exposed to the trap’s effect. For example, the mechanism that controls a hallway filled with scything blades is on the opposite end from the entrance, or a

Ooze Grottos

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

three contain ochre jellies (O). Usually, wights use ooze prods to keep the oozes in the vats. If the wights are engaged in combat, roll a d6 at the end of every round. If the indicated ooze is still in

that connects with the Augmentation Chambers. Beyond the secret door to the east is a gate that offers access to the Blood Pools. 68. Arch of Blades A large archway of worked stone stands at the

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

one of the following effects: A 50-foot square area of ground within 120 feet of the beholder becomes slimy; that area is difficult terrain until initiative count 20 on the next round. Walls within 120

Traps in Play

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

inconvenient to deadly, making use of elements such as arrows, spikes, blades, poison, toxic gas, blasts of fire, and deep pits. The deadliest traps combine multiple elements to kill, injure, contain

24d10 Complex Traps Complex traps work like standard traps, except once activated they execute a series of actions each round. A complex trap turns the process of dealing with a trap into something more

Traps in Play

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

from inconvenient to deadly, making use of elements such as arrows, spikes, blades, poison, toxic gas, blasts of fire, and deep pits. The deadliest traps combine multiple elements to kill, injure

18d10 24d10 Complex Traps Complex traps work like standard traps, except once activated they execute a series of actions each round. A complex trap turns the process of dealing with a trap into something

Goristro

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

affected by unpredictable magic. Magic-users who fail in their attempts to bind elemental spirits to the bodies of Constructs might also accidentally create gray oozes. Mark Behm Gray Ooze

spell on the weapon. The ooze can eat through 2-inch-thick, nonmagical metal or wood in 1 round. Actions Pseudopod. Melee Attack Roll: +3, reach 5 ft. Hit: 10 (2d8 + 1) Acid damage. Nonmagical armor

Mummy Lord

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

and personality of its former life, and is gifted with supernatural resilience. Dead emperors wield the same infamous rune-marked blades that they did in legend. Sorcerer lords work the forbidden

row. Each undead creature in the lair can pinpoint the location of each living creature within 120 feet of it until initiative count 20 on the next round. Each undead in the lair has advantage on saving

Orcs

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

blades, tactical experts who advise their chief in matters of war. Blades lead from the front, wading into combat fearlessly while barking orders at lesser soldiers. A blade knows how to use orcish

hits a target with a weapon attack (included in its attacks). Shargaas’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the orc’s darkvision. Slayer. In the first round of a combat, the orc has advantage on

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

tentacles. To creatures other than the death tyrant, that area is lightly obscured and difficult terrain until initiative count 20 on the next round. Walls sprout spectral appendages until initiative

Ecstasy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

dulls the blades of anger and hostility in its vicinity. At all hours, a pacifying aura radiates from the Bone Plinth in a 300-foot radius. Any creature that starts its turn in this area is targeted

. Mortals and petitioners alike enjoy its rich comforts, particularly its warm, spiced ciders and fruity wines. Thanks to Elysium’s influence, vineyards in Ecstasy yield luscious grapes year-round, and

Super-Secret Basement

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

Modrons” above. If the characters disturb any tarp covering a monodrone, the constructs all spring to life, whirring and clanking. Issuing a metallic cry of “Intruders!”, the replica monodrones attack

until destroyed. Buzz Saw of Doom. The cylindrical object in the room’s center looks like two barrels placed atop one another, with sharp, circular blades jutting out in various directions. When the

Skytower Shelter Locations

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

stone, set with a crude gate made of thick lumber and festooned with metal blades. Gaps in the gate allow you to see an unusually tall figure in hide armor standing ten feet behind it and clutching a

wooden bars seal the gate. The blades affixed to the gate and the surrounding barricade make climbing impossible. The goliaths attack anyone who bypasses the gate without Arn’s consent. Nine goliath

Spire of Iriolarthas (Y19i-Y19hq)

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

is glowing, the wall of force can’t be dispelled. Two living blades of disaster (see appendix C) guard the double door that blocks the way to area Y19l. The blades attack intruders that move in range

of their blindsight (30 feet), and the blades can pass right through the wall of force. Green Crystal. This glowing crystal sustains the wall of force but has become loose in its stone fixture

Roleplaying Prisoner 13

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13

her neck and across her shoulder blades reads, “Endless dreams entombed in stone.” Flames. A roiling storm of brilliant flames covers her back and ribs. Shroud. Black and gray smoke and shadows coil

to see if they notice the commotion. If they succeed, roll initiative for the guards. They investigate on the following round. Trade for the Key. If the characters acquire the prisoner files from the

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