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Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Multiattack. The enforcer makes three Dagger attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Lightning Cage if available.
Dagger. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType
plus 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Dagger", "rollDamageType":"Poison"} Poison damage.
Lightning Cage (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
roll against a creature if at least one of the sea lion’s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn’t incapacitated.
Swimming Leap. With a 10-foot swimming start, the sea
White Plume Mountain might discover a group of these creatures confined in a watery cage.
These large marine mammals live along coastal regions and around islands at sea. One sea lion is kept in a cell in the lowest reaches of the sahuagin fortress in The Final Enemy.
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
This spell snatches the soul of a humanoid as it dies and traps it inside the tiny cage you use for the material component. A stolen soul remains inside the cage until the spell ends or until you
destroy the cage, which ends the spell. While you have a soul inside the cage, you can exploit it in any of the ways described below. You can use a trapped soul up to six times. Once you exploit a soul
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
. If the target is a creature, it is addled by recursive thoughts, reducing its speed to 0 until the start of Tanazir’s next turn.
Diminution Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6
","rollAction":"Diminution Breath","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and is weakened until the start of Tanazir’s next turn. While weakened, it has disadvantage on the following rolls that rely
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Mouth of Madness"} at the start of each of the giant’s turns to determine its action for that turn:
1–3: The giant makes three
against one random creature within reach. If no other creatures are within reach, its eyes glaze over and it is stunned until the start of its next turn.
8–10: The giant makes one Bite attack and
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, range 5/20 ft., one target. Hit: 2 (1d4);{"diceNotation":"1d4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Alchemist's Fire", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage at the start of each of the target’s
","rollAction":"Green Slime Pot","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage at the start of each of its turns.
Rot Grub Pot. The kobold throws a clay pot into a 5-foot-square space within 20 feet of it, and it
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
":"damage","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage at the start of each of the target’s turns. A creature can end this damage by using its action to make a DC 10 Dexterity check to extinguish the
, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Skunk in a Cage. The kobold releases a skunk into an unoccupied space within 5 feet of it. The skunk has a walking speed of 20 feet, AC 10, 1 hit point
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Soul Cage 6th-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 reaction, which you take when a humanoid you can see within 60 feet of you dies Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a tiny silver cage worth 100 gp
) Duration: 8 hours This spell snatches the soul of a humanoid as it dies and traps it inside the tiny cage you use for the material component. A stolen soul remains inside the cage until the spell ends or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
these creatures confined in a watery cage. Sea Lion Large monstrosity, unaligned
Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 90 (12d10 + 24)
Speed 10 ft., swim 40 ft.
STR
17 (+3)
DEX
15 (+2
least one of the sea lion’s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn’t incapacitated.
Swimming Leap. With a 10-foot swimming start, the sea lion can long jump out of or across the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
weapon manifest luminous patterns of geometric light. These take various forms, such as an interlocking cage around the target of a spell or a wave of infinitely replicating fractal swirls in the area
damage. If the target is a creature, it is addled by recursive thoughts, reducing its speed to 0 until the start of Tanazir’s next turn.
Diminution Breath (Recharge 5–6). Tanazir exhales a weakening
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
from the rest of the community, often trapping them in a cage or tying them to a post. A priest of Grolantor visits the famished giant daily, trying to read portents in the puddles of bile the hill giant
of its turns, the giant uses all its movement to move toward the nearest creature or whatever else it might perceive as food. Roll a d10 at the start of each of the giant’s turns to determine its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
passive Wisdom (Perception) score of 14 or higher notices the grick before it attacks; any other characters start the encounter surprised. H2. Hag Shack This run-down shack is the occasional home of a night
grotesque menagerie.
The door to each cage is barred on the outside and features a small window through which the characters can see what’s inside. Seven of the cages are empty (though their doors are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
start of each of its turns or take 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage and 3 (1d6) piercing damage. Characters who take 12 damage also are knocked prone. Single-target attacks against the pigs have little effect
reduced-threat creatures (see “Reduced-Threat Monsters” above): Cage A. One remorhaz Cage B. Two basilisks Cage C. Five darkmantles Cage D. Five ettercaps Cage E. Two carrion crawlers Cage F. One behir (no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm Lord’s Wrath
of various ages and size, but two of them bear cages. Each cage contains four humans, and you recognize four of them, by their uniform, as the soldiers you were sent to rescue.
A tall lizardfolk
even learn more about the tribe’s own troubles. The subchief Hissain orders one of the lizardfolk to start boiling a pot of water to “leave the trolls a distraction.” He then discusses plans, after the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
useful. If a fight breaks out (and there’s little reason one should unless the characters start it), Valindra lets her undead servants deal with the adventurers, then slips through her teleportation
. A desk and several wooden crates stand against the left-hand wall. Opposite the entrance are two open doorways into smaller chambers and, between them, a large iron cage.
Valindra’s undead patrols
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
target. Hit: 7 (2d6) acid damage. Alchemist’s Fire. The kobold throws a flask of alchemist’s fire. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 5/20 ft., one target. Hit: 2 (1d4) fire damage at the start of
) acid damage at the start of each of its turns. Rot Grub Pot. The kobold throws a clay pot into a 5-foot-square space within 20 feet of it, and it breaks open on impact. A swarm of rot grubs (in this
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
orcs aren’t particularly vigilant, but they do start shooting if the sentries in area 1 call for help. The orcs are armed with longbows instead of javelins: +3 to hit (range 150/600 ft.); 5 (1d8 + 1
from within the southeastern passageway, and a crude wooden cage door closes off the southern exit. The floor is covered with sleeping furs, crates, sacks, and rubbish.
The second orc raiding party
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
held together with clay. The inside walls are made of smooth clay painted with colorful murals of breathtaking landscapes. The yakfolk imprison their workers in iron cages at night. Each cage is fitted
takes an action to douse the fire, the creature takes 10 (3d6) fire damage at the start of each of its turns. A creature can extinguish the flames by using a quart or more of water, a thick blanket, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
. Alchemist’s Fire. The kobold throws a flask of alchemist’s fire. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 5/20 ft., one target. Hit: 2 (1d4) fire damage at the start of each of the target’s turns. A
, and the target must make a DC 9 Constitution saving throw, taking 4 (1d8) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Skunk in a Cage. The kobold releases a skunk into
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
vortex takes 18 (4d8) force damage. In addition, its speed becomes 0 feet, it can’t benefit from any bonus to its speed, and it can’t be seen by others. The creature takes the damage again at the start
that hang down from holes in the sixty-foot-high ceiling. Three of the cages are occupied. Suspended in midair outside each cage is a pixie holding a tiny, gilded wand.
Zargash (see appendix B) is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, two chuuls lurk behind the plateaus. They step out of hiding and attack interlopers as soon as the Crushing Wave reavers start hurling javelins. If a chuul paralyzes a foe, it allows the current to
elemental water.
In the center of the cavern, a wrought-iron cage dangles from a rope lashed to a stalactite. Three-fourths of the cage hangs submerged in the pool that fills the middle of the cavern. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
pressure here and in area C12, the basins in areas area C14 and area C15 start to overflow. After 10 minutes, those areas become difficult terrain due to flooding. Five minutes after that, the denizens
Pressure. If the characters maximize the water pressure both here and in area C12, the basins in areas C14 and area C15 start to overflow (see area C8 for more information). C13: Wall Crossing This small
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
the bubbling chimneys of kettle-shaped teahouses to macabre ballrooms in the boughs of decaying pines. Goodberry Grove Celebrations start small in Goodberry Grove. The idyllic thicket of charming
arrangement of eight ancient menhirs looms over a silent clearing. Worn by time, the standing stones’ inscriptions are inscrutable to wandering partygoers. Some believe the monument was once a cage for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
. After hearing out the characters, Qarbo chooses one of the following options: If the party seems ready to join the cult, Qarbo explains that they must start with a period of self-denial and reflection
padlock securing a swinging gate. Inside, a number of prisoners huddle on miserable straw pallets.
The cage door leading into each of these pens is locked. Jurth (in area M18) holds the key. Forcing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
. The bottoms of these unlocked cages hang 3 feet above the floor. Necromancy magic on the cages restores 20 hit points per hour to an undead creature in a cage. A non-undead creature in a cage takes the
same amount of necrotic damage at the end of each minute it remains in the cage. Doors. If the 800-pound stone block holding these doors open is removed, they magically slam shut. It takes a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn. If the giant takes acid or fire damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of its next turn. The giant dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit
points and doesn’t regenerate.
Vaprak’s Rage (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus action, the giant can enter a rage at the start of its turn. The rage lasts for 1 minute or until the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
(lawful neutral) who are wearing patchwork rags and furs (AC 12). Strapped to the back of each stilt walker is a wire cage padded with straw and filled with 1d20 eggs of various sizes and colors. These
detach from their body, move across the walls of the house, and crawl through an open window. 5 A satyr whistles to himself as he reclines in a metal cage that dangles off the end of a boom over a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
disturbance in area C1, each cage contains a sleeping owlbear. The cage doors are locked with latches on the outside, which can be undone or relocked as an action. If the owlbears are freed, they
minute. While poisoned, the creature is delirious and feels the need to frolic. At the start of its turn, the poisoned creature rolls on the Frolic Direction table and moves its full speed in a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
).
Heart of the Dragon. If the kobold is frightened or paralyzed by an effect that allows a saving throw, it can repeat the save at the start of its turn to end the effect on itself and all kobolds
at the start of each of the target’s turns. A creature can end this damage by using its action to make a DC 10 Dexterity check to extinguish the flames.
3. Basket of Centipedes. The kobold throws a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
situated before the archway.
Southwest Alcove. A successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check reveals that the dust in the room is disturbed by tracks that start in the southwest alcove, though the
, scribed in bright green dye, decorate this large and irregularly shaped crumbling chamber. A large pit in the center shows evidence of a recent fire. A metallic cage in the middle of the southern wall
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
automatically. An unconscious character is restrained by the vines and takes 66 (12d10) piercing damage at the start of each of its turns until it is no longer restrained in this way. Characters can kill the
can be seen writhing inside their mouths. Any creature swallowed by a parasite-infested behir must succeed on a DC 19 Constitution saving throw at the start of each of the behir’s turns or be feasted
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
horror known as a chaos quadrapod (see appendix B). It uses its Chaos Cloud at the start of combat, then surges forward to lay into stunned characters. Each round, it focuses its grappling ability on
to aid the ship is made with disadvantage. Calm the Beast. A tiger being transported on the main deck in a large metal cage is frightened by the storm and trying to escape. Its keeper Bendari (N male
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
prisms must make a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw at the start each of his or her turns. The first time each character fails the save, a wraith that looks like a shadowy duplicate of that character erupts
Var’s steel key disables the trap for 1 minute when it is used to open the door to area 5.) At the start of the fourth round, and every 2 rounds thereafter, one circle (chosen randomly) glows white. At
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
next to the iron cage turns constantly. West of the wheel is a duergar encased in a cruel-looking exoskeletal construct, his face a mask of pain.
The construct is a duergar hammerer (see appendix C
. The creature takes this damage again at the start of each of its turns until it is released. A creature can use an action to try to break out of an iron maiden, doing so with a successful DC 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
wooden cage in which squawk a dozen irritable waterfowl.
The open barrels contain apples, pears, mixed nuts, and the carcass of a giant constrictor snake pickled in brine. The wicker basket holds
from the rear. A ROUGH START
If the characters approach from the sea and enter the lair by way of area 49, they face serious opposition from the outset. Luckily for them, the lizardfolk have prepared