brown before dread construct reactions

Summon Construct

Spells Player’s Handbook

You call forth the spirit of a Construct. It manifests in an unoccupied space that you can see within range and uses the Construct Spirit stat block. When you cast the spell, choose a material: Clay

slot’s level for the spell’s level in the stat block. Construct Spirit Medium Construct, Neutral AC 13 + the spell’s level HP 40 + 15 for each spell level above 4 Speed 30 ft

Beholder

Monsters Monster Manual

", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage. Until the end of the target’s next turn, the target’s Speed is halved; the target can’t take Reactions; and it can take either an action or a

, such as manipulating a tool or opening a door or container. 7: Sleep Ray. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 16 (the target succeeds automatically if it is a Construct or an Undead). Failure: The target has the

Death Tyrant

Monsters Monster Manual

", "rollAction":"Slowing ray", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage. Until the end of the target’s next turn, the target can’t take Reactions; its Speed is halved; and it can take

control on objects with this ray, such as manipulating a tool or opening a door or container. Sleep Ray. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 17 (the target succeeds automatically if it is a Construct or an Undead

Summon Construct

spells Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

feet of the construct, the construct can force it to make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, the target can’t use reactions and its speed is halved until the start

, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d8 + 4 + the spell’s level bludgeoning damage. Reactions Berserk Lashing (Clay Only). When the construct takes damage, it makes a slam attack against a random

Vecna the Archlich

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

reactions per round but only one per turn. Dread Counterspell. Vecna utters a dread word to interrupt a creature he can see that is casting a spell. If the spell is 4th level or lower, it fails and

’s level, the caster takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Dread Counterspell", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage if the spell fails. Fell Rebuke. In

Prisoner 13

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

Antimagic Susceptibility. In an area of antimagic, Prisoner 13’s tattoos and reactions don’t function, and she suffers the following modifications to her statistics: her AC becomes 13

hand, and down the length of each finger. The runes on her fingers, known as the keystone tattoo, form the key to the vault in Gauntlgrym. Mountain. Silver and brown mountain peaks cover her chest

Shadar-kai

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Shadar-kai are the elves of the Shadowfell, originally drawn to that dread realm by the Raven Queen. Over the centuries, some of them have continued to serve her, while others have ventured into the

, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures

Homunculus Servant

spells Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Construct, Neutral AC 13 HP 5 + 5 per spell level (the homunculus has a number of Hit Dice [d4s] equal to the spell's level) Speed 20 ft., Fly 30 ft. Mod Save STR 4

Ranged Attack Roll: Bonus equals your spell attack modifier, reach 5 ft. or range 30 ft. Hit: 1d6 plus the spell's level Force damage. Reactions Channel Magic. Trigger: You cast a spell

Aarakocra

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

taper to sharp talons. Feathers cover their bodies—usually red, orange, yellow, brown, or gray. Their heads are also avian, often resembling those of parrots or eagles. Creating Your Character

your character’s creature type is. Here’s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant

Zuggtmoy Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

mushrooms of pale yellow and rancid brown. These massive fungi are some of the largest in existence. They are surrounded by a field of acidic puffballs and poisonous vapors. The mushrooms themselves are all

can use their reactions to move up to their speed and make one weapon attack. Zuggtmoy uses either her Infestation Spores or her Mind Control Spores, centered on a mushroom or other fungus within her

Zuggtmoy

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

brown. These massive fungi are some of the largest in existence. They are surrounded by a field of acidic puffballs and poisonous vapors. The mushrooms are interconnected by bridges of shelf fungus, and

;t take the same lair action two rounds in a row: Rally Plants. Up to four Plant creatures that are friendly to Zuggtmoy and that Zuggtmoy can see can use their reactions to move up to their speed

Malaxxix

Monsters The Book of Many Things

damage, and the target can’t take reactions until the end of Malaxxix’s next turn. Hit or Miss: The hammer then magically returns to Malaxxix’s hand. Whip. Melee Weapon Attack: +12

attack.Legends describe the dread being Malaxxix as the child of one of the night hags who created the first yugoloths. Malaxxix is often lumped in with such Fiends, perhaps because it too has a grand

Githzerai

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

ages passed, githzerai explorers ranged out to other planes and worlds of the multiverse. Githzerai are generally slender, with speckled skin in shades of yellow, green, or brown. Eons of cultivating

’s creature type is. Here’s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid

Summon Construct

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

spell save DC. On a failed save, the target can’t use reactions and its speed is halved until the start of its next turn. Actions Multiattack. The construct makes a number of attacks equal to half

Summon Construct 4th-level conjuration Casting Time: 1 action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S, M (an ornate stone and metal lockbox worth at least 400 gp) Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour You

Prepare to Be Scared

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

atmosphere of the adventure. Don’t consider fear a tactical disadvantage or something to be avoided. As part of playing a frightening game, you’re a participant in building and reinforcing a sense of dread

, discuss with your group how much fear ties into the game’s rules. Would you prefer to keep frightful reactions narrative, or would you like to use game rules that present additional challenges and

Resting

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

recaptured or replaced, and new challenges could be set up to foil incursions. Alter the dungeon’s contents as you see fit to account for the returning party’s previous actions and the reactions of

their foes. A few other events specified in the adventure can raise or lower the alert level. Dread Warriors Szass Tam devised the ritual that enables the creation of dread warriors (described in

Summon Construct

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

Summon Construct Level 4 Conjuration (Wizard) HECTOR ORTIZ Construct Spirit (Stone) Casting Time: Action Range: 90 feet Components: V, S, M (a lockbox worth 400+ GP) Duration: Concentration

, up to 1 hour You call forth the spirit of a Construct. It manifests in an unoccupied space that you can see within range and uses the Construct Spirit stat block. When you cast the spell, choose a

Servitor Thrull

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

, and keep their masters’ expensive robes from trailing on the dirty street. They are utterly loyal, lacking any concept of thinking for themselves. Servitor Thrull Small construct, unaligned Armor

hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d8 + 1) slashing damage. Reactions Self-Sacrifice. When a creature within 5 feet of the thrull is hit by an attack, the thrull swaps places with that creature and is hit instead.

Phaerimm Agent

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel

makes three attacks, using Dread Stinger or Mindwarp Ray in any combination. Dread Stinger. Melee Attack Roll: +7, reach 5 ft. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) Piercing damage plus 13 (2d12) Poison damage. Mindwarp

: Clairvoyance, Major Image, Synaptic Static Bonus Actions Teleport. The phaerimm teleports up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. Reactions Protective Magic (3/Day). The phaerimm casts Counterspell or Shield in response to the spell’s trigger, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.

Death Knight Aspirant

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

. The aspirant makes three Dread Blade attacks. Dread Blade. Melee Attack Roll: +9, reach 5 ft. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5) Slashing damage plus 10 (3d6) Necrotic damage. Hellfire Orb (Recharge 5–6

(Necrotic), Dispel Magic Reactions Parry. Trigger: The aspirant is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The aspirant adds 4 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.

Death Knight

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

three Dread Blade attacks. Dread Blade. Melee Attack Roll: +11, reach 5 ft. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) Slashing damage plus 13 (3d8) Necrotic damage. Hellfire Orb (Recharge 5–6). Dexterity Saving Throw: DC

/Day Each: Destructive Wave (Necrotic), Dispel Magic Reactions Parry. Trigger: The death knight is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The death knight adds 6 to its AC

Magic Items (M)

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

damage rolls made with this magic weapon. The bonus increases to +3 when you use the mace to attack a construct. When you roll a 20 on an attack roll made with this weapon, the target takes an extra

7 bludgeoning damage, or 14 bludgeoning damage if it’s a construct. If a construct has 25 hit points or fewer after taking this damage, it is destroyed. Mace of Terror Weapon (mace), rare (requires

Minotaur Living Crystal Statue

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Minotaur Living Crystal Statue Given life through powerful magic, a large, crudely carved crystal minotaur guards the tunnels in Isle of the Abbey. Minotaur Living Crystal Statue Large construct

. 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.

Winged Thrull

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

for their Orzhov masters and tend to mimic the mannerisms and movements of the oligarchs they serve. Winged Thrull Small construct, unaligned Armor Class 12 Hit Points 31 (7d6 + 7) Speed 30

., one target. Hit: 7 (2d4 + 2) slashing damage. Rock. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) bludgeoning damage. Reactions Self-Sacrifice. When a

Zuggtmoy's Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Zuggtmoy’s Lair Zuggtmoy’s principal lair is her palace on Shedaklah. It consists of two dozen mushrooms of pale yellow and rancid brown. These massive fungi are some of the largest in existence

are friendly to Zuggtmoy and that Zuggtmoy can see can use their reactions to move up to their speed and make one weapon attack. Zuggtmoy uses either her Infestation Spores or her Mind Control Spores

Warforged Warrior

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

. In the aftermath of that conflict, they struggle to understand their place in the world. Warforged Warrior Medium Construct, Any Alignment Armor Class 16 (natural armor) Hit Points 30 (4d8 + 12

+ 3) piercing damage. Reactions Protection. When an attacker the warforged can see makes an attack roll against a creature within 5 feet of the warforged, the warforged can impose disadvantage on the attack roll. Claudio Pozas

Duergar Constructs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

Construct (Dwarf), Any Alignment Armor Class 17 (natural armor) Hit Points 33 (6d8 + 6) Speed 20 ft. STR 17 (+3) DEX 7 (-2) CON 12 (+1) INT 5 (-3) WIS

., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage. Reactions Engine of Pain. Immediately after a creature within 5 feet of the hammerer hits it with an attack roll, the hammerer makes a Hammer

Stone Defender

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

Nimblewright

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Nimblewright A nimblewright is a magical construct created to serve as a guard or assassin. Composed predominantly of lightweight wood and powered by magic, it can pass for humanoid while wearing

, food, drink, or sleep. Damage it takes can be repaired with mending spells, but a nimblewright reduced to 0 hit points is permanently destroyed. Nimblewright Medium construct, unaligned Armor Class

Types of Cultists

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

spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15): At Will: Detect Thoughts, Minor Illusion Reactions Counterspell (2/Day). The cultist casts Counterspell in response to that spell’s trigger, using the same

. The cultist makes three attacks, using Dread Scythe or Deathly Ray in any combination. Dread Scythe. Melee Attack Roll: +7, reach 10 ft. Hit: 9 (1d10 + 4) Slashing damage plus 11 (2d10) Necrotic

Stone Golem

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

and ordinary weapons. Creatures that fight a stone golem can feel the ebb and flow of time slow down around them, almost as though they were made of stone themselves. Stone Golem Large construct

one or more creatures it can see within 10 feet of it. Each target must make a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw against this magic. On a failed save, a target can’t use reactions, its speed is halved, and it

Shield Guardian

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

enemies or to guard the wielder against attack. If an attack threatens to injure the wearer, the construct can magically absorb the blow into its own body, even at a distance. A spellcaster can

amulet. Construct Nature. A shield guardian doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. Shield Guardian Large construct, unaligned Armor Class 17 (natural armor) Hit Points 142

Blade Lieutenant

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Construct (Warforged), Typically Lawful Evil Armor Class 16 (natural armor) Hit Points 153 (18d8 + 72) Speed 30 ft. STR 18 (+4) DEX 13 (+1) CON 19 (+4) INT 14 (+2) WIS 14 (+2

charmed and frightened conditions on itself and each creature of its choice that it can see within 30 feet of itself. Reactions Parry. The lieutenant adds 3 to its AC against one melee attack that would hit it. To do so, the lieutenant must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.

Ochre Jelly

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

Ochre Jelly Multiplying Amoeboid Hunter Habitat: Underdark; Treasure: None Mark Behm Ochre jellies are giant, yellow-brown amoebas that digest organic creatures. They tirelessly hunt any prey

along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Actions Pseudopod. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 12 (3d6 + 2) Acid damage. Reactions Split. Trigger: While the jelly is

Using a Stat Block

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie

Humanoid 1/2 Space eel Beast 1/2 Ssurran poisoner Monstrosity 1 Jammer leech Plant 1 Psurlon ringer Aberration 2 Aartuk starhorror Plant 2 Aartuk weedling Plant 2 Autognome Construct 2 Hadozee explorer

Humanoid 3 Githyanki buccaneer Humanoid 3 Neogi hatchling swarm Aberration 3 Neogi pirate Aberration 3 Plasmoid warrior Ooze 3 Solar dragon wyrmling Dragon 3 Ssurran defiler Monstrosity 4 Brown scavver

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