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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
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Druid
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Basic Rules (2014)
Holding high a gnarled staff wreathed with holly, an elf summons the fury of the storm and calls down explosive bolts of lightning to smite the torch-carrying orcs who threaten her forest.
Crouching
the world from the incursion of aberrations.
Class Features
As a druid, you gain the following class features.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Ballista Large Object Armor Class: 15 Hit Points: 50 Ballista Bolt (Requires Load and Aim). Ranged Attack Roll: +6, range 120/480 ft. Hit: 16 (3d10) Piercing damage. A Ballista is a massive crossbow
that fires heavy bolts. Loading a Ballista requires the Utilize action, and aiming it requires another Utilize action. Then a crew member can take the Ballista Bolt action.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead
lift the heavy ballista bolts, so it must be loaded by hand. Enchanted Ballista Large Object Armor Class: 15 Hit Points: 50
Ballista Bolt (Requires Load). Ranged Attack Roll: +6, range 120/480 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Class Features As a fighter, you gain the following class features. Hit Points Hit Dice: 1d10 per fighter level Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + your Constitution modifier Hit Points at Higher Levels
equipment granted by your background: (a) chain mail or (b) leather armor, longbow, and 20 arrows (a) a martial weapon and a shield or (b) two martial weapons (a) a light crossbow and 20 bolts or (b) two handaxes (a) a dungeoneer’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Class Features As a warlock, you gain the following class features. Hit Points Hit Dice: 1d8 per warlock level Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8
crossbow and 20 bolts or (b) any simple weapon (a) a component pouch or (b) an arcane focus (a) a scholar’s pack or (b) a dungeoneer’s pack Leather armor, any simple weapon, and two daggers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Class Features As a cleric, you gain the following class features. Hit Points Hit Dice: 1d8 per cleric level Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8
(if proficient) (a) scale mail, (b) leather armor, or (c) chain mail (if proficient) (a) a light crossbow and 20 bolts or (b) any simple weapon (a) a priest’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack A shield and a holy symbol
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Class Features As a sorcerer, you gain the following class features. Hit Points Hit Dice: 1d6 per sorcerer level Hit Points at 1st Level: 6 + your Constitution modifier Hit Points at Higher Levels
background: (a) a light crossbow and 20 bolts or (b) any simple weapon (a) a component pouch or (b) an arcane focus (a) a dungeoneer’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack Two daggers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Starting Equipment You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background: any two simple weapons of your choice a light crossbow and 20 bolts your choice of
classes.
Ability Score Minimum. As a multiclass character, you must have at least an Intelligence score of 13 to take a level in this class, or to take a level in another class if you are already an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
missile as 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 buildings and launch those when their ammunition runs low. Ogre Bolt Launcher
Large giant, chaotic evil
Armor Class 13 (hide armor)
Hit Points 59 (7d10 + 21)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
19(+4
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->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->Storm King's Thunder
NPCs Augrek Brighthelm Medium Humanoid (Dwarf), Lawful Good
Armor Class 15 (chain shirt, shield)
Hit Points 13 (2d8 + 4)
Speed 25 ft.
STR
14 (+2)
DEX
11 (+0)
CON
15 (+2
crossbow bolts.
Roleplaying Information
Sheriff’s deputy Augrek guards the southwest gate of Bryn Shander and welcomes visitors to town. She has a good heart.
Ideal: “You’ll get farther in life with a
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->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
Deathlock Mastermind Deathlock Mastermind
Medium undead, neutral evil
Armor Class 13 (16 with mage armor)
Hit Points 110 (20d8 + 20)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
11(+0)
DEX
16(+3)
CON
+ 3 necrotic damage).
Grave Bolts. Ranged Spell Attack: +6 to hit, range 120 ft., one or two targets. Hit: 18 (4d8) necrotic damage. If the target is Large or smaller, it must succeed on a DC 16
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
aurumachs to protect the neutrality of the multiverse. Ferrumachs gleam with the sheen of bare iron. Their bodies are honed to razor edges, and from it they can fling bolts of sharpened metal. Ferrumach
Rilmani Medium Celestial, Typically Neutral
Armor Class 18 (natural armor)
Hit Points 136 (16d8 + 64)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
19 (+4)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
18 (+4)
INT
15 (+2)
WIS
14 (+2
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
-oriented clockworks — and at shorter ranges, burst with explosive force. Oaken Bolter
Medium construct, unaligned
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 58 (9d8 + 18)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
12
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->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->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->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->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->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->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Equipment You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background: any two simple weapons of your choice a light crossbow and 20 bolts your choice of studded
Level—
Level
Proficiency Bonus
Class Features
Infusions Known
Infused Items
Cantrips Known
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
1st
+2
Magical Tinkering, Spellcasting
—
—
2
2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
or more upgrades to help it excel at its intended functions, but all androids are capable of defending themselves with concentrated bolts of force up close or from a distance. Despite an android’s
android’s critical faculties, causing it to behave erratically. Android Medium Construct, Typically Lawful Neutral
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 91 (14d8 + 28)
Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
archons strike with searing bolts of focused light, flitting from place to place between blasts to confound their foes. CoupleofKooks “Some souls’ll do anything a flying head with a candle tells them
. Not that I’d know anything about that.”
–Morte
Lantern Archon Small Celestial, Typically Lawful Good
Armor Class 13
Hit Points 22 (5d6 + 5)
Speed 0 ft., fly 60 ft. (hover)
STR
1 (−5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
of its ten eyes, synchronizing them to deadly effect. Decaton Modron Large Construct, Typically Lawful Neutral
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 144 (17d10 + 51)
Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft
ten tentacles, each of which can grapple one target.
Lightning Rays (Recharge 6). The decaton unleashes a barrage of lightning bolts from its eyes. Each creature within 30 feet of the decaton must
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
loose bolts of lightning and blow holes in enemy ranks. Armanite
Large Fiend (Demon), Typically Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 94 (9d10 + 45)
Speed 60 ft.
STR
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
comes to danger. For example, a tressym that sees a human use a wand of lightning bolts remembers the danger of “sticks of wood held by humans” for the rest of its life. A lucky, healthy tressym can
Class 12
Hit Points 5 (2d4)
Speed 40 ft., climb 30 ft., fly 40 ft.
STR
3 (–4)
DEX
15 (+2)
CON
10 (+0)
INT
11 (+0)
WIS
12 (+1)
CHA
12 (+1