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Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Multiattack. The cairnwight makes two Slam attacks or two Rock attacks, and it uses its Petrifying Touch if available.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10", "rollType":"to hit
", "rollAction":"Slam"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (3d10 + 6);{"diceNotation":"3d10+6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Slam", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Rock
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
considered magical.
Rock. Ranged Weapon Attack: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Rock"} to hit, range 60/240 ft., one target. Hit: 30 (4d10 + 8);{"diceNotation":"4d10+8
","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Rock","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Spellcasting. Zephyros casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, the giant can inscribe a fire rune on an object in its possession when it finishes a short or long rest.Multiattack. The giant makes three Forge Hammer attacks or two Heated Rock attacks.
Forge
target. Metal objects in that area glow red-hot until the start of the giant’s next turn. Any creature in physical contact with a heated object at the start of its turn must make a DC 19 Constitution
Zaratan
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
wave deals 100 thunder damage to all structures in contact with the ground in the area. If a creature is near a structure that collapses, the creature might be buried; a creature within half the
":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Spit Rock. Ranged Weapon Attack: +17;{"diceNotation":"1d20+17","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spit Rock"} to hit, range 120 ft./240 ft., one target. Hit: 31
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
"} thunder damage.
Spit Rock. Ranged Weapon Attack: +17;{"diceNotation":"1d20+17", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Spit Rock"} to hit, range 120 ft./240 ft., one target. Hit: 31 (6d8 + 10
);{"diceNotation":"6d8+10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Spit Rock", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage.
Spew Debris (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Spew
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
be knocked prone, in addition to the normal damage for contact with molten rock.
A thick cloud of black smoke and burning embers fills a 40-foot-radius sphere within 120 feet of Imix, lasting until
physical contact with metal objects (for example, carrying metal weapons or wearing metal armor) takes 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage. Each creature
Kobold
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
responsible for blocking tunnels to deter pursuit.
Kobolds feel a cool affinity or something like kinship for other members of their tribe, but they are rarely affectionate with each other. Two kobolds
resources or territory. Such conflicts aren’t common, because two tribes will always prefer to expand in different directions if they come into contact, but they do happen.
For example, two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Light of Xaryxis
To the Rock of Bral Assuming the characters repel the astral elves, the Moondancer resumes its journey to the Rock of Bral. Even if the characters didn’t interrogate the astral elves, Captain Sartell
has a hunch that the astral elves have something to do with the calamity befalling the party’s home planet and says as much. She also mentions knowing someone on the Rock of Bral who might be willing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
tasks, retreating into a spacious cavern and blocking out all distractions. Creating a masterwork can become such a driving obsession that death can’t stop it: a giant who dies while creating art might
Actions
Multiattack. The cairnwight makes two Slam attacks or two Rock attacks, and it uses its Petrifying Touch if available.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
each minute a creature spends in contact with the blood, the creature takes this damage again. Caved-In Artery. A 10-foot-wide petrified artery leads from this chamber. The artery has caved in, blocking that exit from the chamber. Characters can clear that exit as described in area A2.
book’s introduction. Caved-In Artery. A 10-foot-wide petrified artery leads from this chamber. The artery has caved in, blocking that exit from the chamber. A character who uses an action to dig through
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
sets down his lantern and hides. The following descriptive text assumes this is the case: An enormous chamber with a twenty-foot ceiling has been carved out of the rock here. A lighted lantern rests
flee through a secret door (see below). He triggers a rock fall to cover his escape. Larrakh is in disgrace among the Black Earth priesthood after bungling some earlier missions. He is determined to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
characters approach either bridge, they can make out the initial details of the rift and can see the guards blocking the path. Read the following to set the scene: A rift in the earth divides Elturel into
prayers to Torm to activate the runes for 1 minute. While the runes are active, any fiend or undead creature that starts its turn in contact with the bridge takes 22 (4d10) radiant damage. When this effect ends, the runes cannot be activated again for 1 hour.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
rock draperies formed by water seepage.
Fungi. Growing out of mounds of bat guano are several towering zurkhwoods, as well as patches of barrelstalk, bluecap, and trillimac.
Noise. Eerie clicking
to avoid contact with large, well-armed groups. A party of adventurers moving through the cavern with light sources is enough to keep the hook horrors at bay, as they click and chirp eerily to one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Earthquake 8th-level evocation Casting Time: 1 action Range: 500 feet Components: V, S, M (a pinch of dirt, a piece of rock, and a lump of clay) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You create a
creatures and structures in contact with the ground in that area. The ground in the area becomes difficult terrain. Each creature on the ground that is concentrating must make a Constitution saving throw
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Earthquake 8th-level evocation Casting Time: 1 action Range: 500 feet Components: V, S, M (a pinch of dirt, a piece of rock, and a lump of clay) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You create a
creatures and structures in contact with the ground in that area. The ground in the area becomes difficult terrain. Each creature on the ground that is concentrating must make a Constitution saving throw
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Characters who make telepathic contact with the myconids are greeted warmly. The myconids offer to take visitors to their sovereign (area 4b) or escort them to the edge of their domain. The friendly
fungus folk are blissfully unaware of the conflict happening outside their caverns, but they’re afraid of the “rock giants” (Halaster’s stone golems) and “rock demons” (gargoyles) that dwell in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Earthquake Level 8 Transmutation (Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer) Casting Time: Action
Range: 500 feet
Components: V, S, M (a fractured rock)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Choose a point
contact with the ground in the area when you cast the spell and at the end of each of your turns until the spell ends. If a structure drops to 0 Hit Points, it collapses. A creature within a distance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Earthquake Level 8 Transmutation (Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer) Casting Time: Action
Range: 500 feet
Components: V, S, M (a fractured rock)
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
Choose a point
contact with the ground in the area when you cast the spell and at the end of each of your turns until the spell ends. If a structure drops to 0 Hit Points, it collapses. A creature within a distance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
-looking path, road, or trails occasionally become sharp for 100-foot intervals. Walking on these areas is like walking on caltrops. Small avalanches of rock intermittently fall, blocking a path or burying
creates one or more of the following additional regional effects within 1 mile of her lair: Small avalanches of snow intermittently fall, blocking a path or burying intruders. A buried creature is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Giants of the Star Forge
possession when it finishes a short or long rest.
Actions
Multiattack. The giant makes three Forge Hammer attacks or two Heated Rock attacks.
Forge Hammer. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit
area glow red-hot until the start of the giant’s next turn. Any creature in physical contact with a heated object at the start of its turn must make a DC 19 Constitution saving throw. On a failed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
possession when it finishes a short or long rest.
Actions
Multiattack. The giant makes three Forge Hammer attacks or two Heated Rock attacks.
Forge Hammer. Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit
area glow red-hot until the start of the giant’s next turn. Any creature in physical contact with a heated object at the start of its turn must make a DC 19 Constitution saving throw. On a failed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
. A plaque on the door reads “ENGINE ROOM” in Common and Gnomish. The room has the following features: The engine room is filled with machines that hiss, whir, and clatter constantly. A rock gnome
. U7b. Command Center. Three rock gnome engineers named Lorella Middenpump, Tervaround Waggletop, and Anverth Leffery are on duty here, along with two drow elite warriors named Karabal L’enz and Marro
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
succeed on a DC 25 Constitution saving throw or the creature’s concentration is broken.
The shock wave deals 100 thunder damage to all structures in contact with the ground in the area. If a
. Melee Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 26 (3d10 + 10) bludgeoning damage.
Spit Rock. Ranged Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, range 120 ft./240 ft., one target. Hit: 31 (6d8 + 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
., one target. Hit: 26 (3d10 + 10) thunder damage.
Spit Rock. Ranged Weapon Attack: +17 to hit, range 120 ft./240 ft., one target. Hit: 31 (6d8 + 10) force damage.
Spew Debris (Recharge 5–6). The
Constitution saving throw or the creature’s concentration is broken.
The shock wave deals 100 thunder damage to all structures in contact with the ground in the area. If a creature is near a structure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
placed to be phosphorescent mushrooms.
The lights are proper lamps flanking two massive stone gates blocking the tunnel. Before you get a chance to examine the intricate carvings on the gates
piers made from zurkhwood, stone, and plain rock jutting out along the edge of a huge cavern.
As the characters draw closer, they can see that the eastern docks are the least crowded. If Buppido is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
two exits, including an adamantine portcullis blocking a passage to the north. Set into a metal plate above the portcullis is a row of five red crystals shaped like drops of blood.
The adamantine
. Gehenna Wardrobe This door depicts a grinning night hag with a swaddled human infant in her arms. When it is opened, read: The door opens above the caldera of an active volcano. Shards of black rock
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
creature that ends its turn in contact with Shockerstomper’s body (saucer or turrets) must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 22 (4d10) lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage
plug the nozzle of a lightning turret with a 10-pound rock or similar object, doing so with a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check. A plugged turret can’t shoot lightning until a creature uses an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
, blocking a short staircase that climbs to a turret, is a ten-foot-tall marble statue of a reindeer.
The statue is a stone golem that guards the way to area P12. Zorhanna, her simulacrum, or someone
throw, taking 14 (4d6) cold damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. No more than once per day, while Zorhanna is immersed in the pool, she can use it to contact the Prince
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
great Shaengarne river rushes through a deep canyon of rock and ice in a series of cascades and waterfalls, throwing up freezing froth as it bashes against massive spires of rock that rise from the
centuries, following the veins of metal. This brought them into contact with duergar of the Deepkingdom a generation back, and Ironmaster has been at war with them ever since. Storn was himself a veteran
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
Gate. A black gate is set into the northeastern edge of the area, not immediately visible from the entrance. Contact Stone. A contact stone is on the wall just north of the black gate. Dungeon State
. Any hook horrors there attack only if the intruders slay or drive off the gorgons. White Gate. A white gate is situated in the opening in the rock wall that leads to the Forest of Recovery. Forest of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
collapsed. The corpses of five small dwarf-like creatures with gray skin and wild, white hair sprawl on the floor, partially buried under fallen rock.
This guardroom was once the sole entrance to the derro
: Overseer’s Room The walls and ceiling of this devastated room have mostly collapsed, and falling rock has smashed all the furniture except a sturdy chest in the south corner. Vials of blood, pouches
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
with a pungent odor of brimstone. Strange, flickering orange light illuminates the smoke. This area is free of fungal growth; instead, crystals grow from the rock. To your right, a large cluster of
Elemental Plane of Fire—another dimension of reality that is the cosmic source of fiery energy. The Plane of Fire is the origin of both the orange crystal blocking the vent (which is actually an egg case
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
rock, is a contact stone.
If the characters come from the north, add the following. Southwest of the doors is an alcove that contains a black gate.
Creatures. Eight zombies and two ogre zombies
suspended in the air.
In the west side of the room is a black gate, and on the wall near it is a contact stone.
Creatures. One reduced-threat aboleth (see “Reduced-Threat Monsters” above) dwells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
ship trying to sail though must make a DC 10 Intelligence check. If the check succeeds, the ship gets past the rocks safely. If it fails by 4 or less, the ship strikes a rock and springs a few leaks
but suffers no serious damage and can continue seeking a passage through. If the check fails by 5 or more, a rock causes significant damage; the ship lists badly and its speed is halved until the hull
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
against intruders, and their plans always include knowing the best escape routes and who is responsible for blocking tunnels to deter pursuit. Kobolds feel a cool affinity or something like kinship for
tribes will always prefer to expand in different directions if they come into contact, but they do happen. For example, two neighboring tribes that want exclusive claim to a flock of mountain goats might






