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Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
is incapacitated for 1 minute.
13–14: “You’ve Disarmed Me!” One of the autognome’s arms falls off, reducing the number of Shock attacks it can make by 1 until a creature
uses an action to reattach the arm.
15–16: “Who Turned Out the Lights?” The autognome’s head falls off and deactivates, causing the autognome to be blinded and deafened until
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
addition, any creature Bavlorna has swallowed is immediately expelled and falls prone in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of her.Multiattack. Bavlorna makes one Bite attack and one Withering Ray attack
in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of Bavlorna, obeys her commands, and takes its turn immediately after hers. A lornling lasts for 1 hour, until it or Bavlorna dies, or until Bavlorna dismisses it
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
your own teeth falls out, and the drawn tooth takes its place, resizing to fit in your mouth. Once the tooth is implanted, you gain the effect noted in the Implanted Effect column. The tooth can
lightning damage and vulnerability to thunder damage.
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The Last Tarrasque (jagged sliver of tarrasque tooth)
1 tarrasque (ignores you and your commands; appears for 1d4 rounds then vanishes
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
undead, if it doesn't understand your language, or if your command is directly harmful to it.
Some typical commands and their effects follow. You might issue a command other than one described here
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Grovel. The target falls prone and then ends its turn.
Halt. The target doesn't move and takes no actions. A flying creature stays aloft, provided that it is able to do so. If it must move to stay
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
typical commands and their effects follow. You might issue a command other than one described here. If you do so, the DM determines how the target behaves. If the target can’t follow your command, the
its turn. Flee. The target spends its turn moving away from you by the fastest available means. Grovel. The target falls prone and then ends its turn. Halt. The target doesn’t move and takes no actions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
typical commands and their effects follow. You might issue a command other than one described here. If you do so, the DM determines how the target behaves. If the target can’t follow your command, the
its turn. Flee. The target spends its turn moving away from you by the fastest available means. Grovel. The target falls prone and then ends its turn. Halt. The target doesn’t move and takes no actions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
. Xia bitterly admonishes the zombies for their shabby work. At the first sign of trouble, Xia commands her ghouls to fight intruders while she withdraws to area T13 and asks the statue of Orcus for
painting and holding Ladders until a character engages them in combat. If either a zombie holding a Ladder or a zombie on a Ladder takes damage, the zombie on the Ladder falls. That zombie falls 10 feet and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
conversation. If captured, however, they agree to lead their captors to area 11 to speak with the drow priestess who commands them. Treasure. Each drow elite warrior wears an obsidian scarab bearing the
. On a failed check, the creature slips and falls prone on the makeshift bridge — but on a check that fails by 5 or more, the creature plunges into the crevasse.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Dungeon Master’s Guide). 12a. Hell Hounds Ceiling. This hall has an arched, 30-foot-high ceiling.
Hounds. Five hell hounds patrol the hall. They obey the commands of fire giants and attack intruders on
western pit is 20 feet deep, the central pit is 50 feet deep, and the eastern pit is 10 feet deep. Any creature that falls into the pit lands on jagged shards of metal and takes slashing damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
ceiling, roughly 30 feet above the floor. Upon detecting intruders, he casts animate objects on five of the drow statues and commands them to attack while he hides above the giant spider sculpture. If
immunity to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical weapons that aren’t adamantine. Any creature underneath the sculpture when it falls must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
outer casing painted with gnomish features. It walks with a stiff gait, clanking, wheezing, whirring, and buzzing wherever it goes. An autognome obeys its creator’s commands when it is functioning
.
11–12: “My Mind Is Going. I Can Feel It.” The autognome is incapacitated for 1 minute.
13–14: “You’ve Disarmed Me!” One of the autognome’s arms falls off, reducing the number of Shock attacks it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
great is a solar’s celestial might that even demon princes shrink at its resonant commands. It is said that only twenty-four solars exist. The few solars that are known are stewards of specific deities
hovering sword is targeted by any effect, the solar is considered to be holding it. The hovering sword falls if the solar dies.
Healing Touch (4/Day). The solar touches another creature. The target
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
incapacitated until someone speaks the command word (“Khazan”) within 10 feet of it, whereupon the armor follows the commands of the one who activated it. If 24 hours pass without its receiving a new
instruction from its controller, the animated armor becomes incapacitated until someone reactivates it. If it is reduced to 0 hit points, the armor falls to pieces and is destroyed. A lavender aroma emanates
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
mascot stat block in chapter 7 to represent them), obeying Dean Tullus’s commands. After activating them, Dean Tullus (lawful neutral human Lorehold professor of order; see chapter 7) joins the fray
her action on any given round, but if characters succeed on making these checks on three different rounds, Tullus clutches her head and screams “No!” She then falls unconscious. Murgaxor’s Orb
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Death Knight When a paladin that falls from grace dies without seeking atonement, dark powers can transform the once-mortal knight into a hateful undead creature. A death knight is a skeletal warrior
cast divine spells. However, no death knight can use its magic to heal. A death knight also attracts and commands lesser undead, although death knights that serve powerful fiends might have fiendish
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
draft horses, which are magically tethered to the wagon and can’t be separated from it. The horses and wagon have a speed of 30 feet, and the horses heed the driver’s simple commands. The driver can
looped around it, and the wire is connected to a flask of alchemist’s fire hanging from the wagon’s ceiling. When the door is opened, the flask falls and explodes, igniting one hundred more flasks of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
booming, bear-like roar. Qurrok likes physical challenges. He neither shies away from combat nor backs down from a fight unless his mother, Speleosa, commands him to. FALLING FROM MADDGOTH'S CASTLE
If a
creature that is reduced to one-twelfth its normal size falls from the castle, it will travel over 600 relative feet before hitting the cavern floor due to the reducing effect around the castle, which
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
gauntlet.
The githyanki warriors follow orders without question and have no authority to negotiate; that task falls to the knights in area 7c. A fight here brings reinforcements from areas 7b and 7c. Arch
githyanki obey the knights in area 7c and won’t accept healing from strangers without their superiors’ consent. The water spouting from the stone fish falls into the semicircular basin beneath it and drains
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
9. Guard Barracks A character who listens at this door with a successful DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check hears several gruff voices issuing demeaning commands in the Goblin tongue. Examples include
amusement. Your sudden appearance causes the goblin to faint.
Three bugbears and one goblin are present. The goblin, Droop, falls unconscious at the sight of the party, but another creature can use an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
their corpses, turning them into zombie thralls. It calls forth the zombies in area 38 (assuming they haven’t been defeated) and commands them to attack all intruders. If the characters haven’t silenced
could this happen?! This is unbelievable! This might be the greatest upset in the history of Undermountain!” It then falls silent for the rest of the time the characters spend on this level.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
mentally command its every action. If the crawling claw’s creator doesn’t command it, the claw follows its last command to the best of its ability.
Commands given to a crawling claw must be simple. A
falls into a coma. Destroying the crawling claw while it is away from the body kills the murderer. However, killing the murderer has no effect on the crawling claw.
Undead Nature. A crawling claw doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
. Have the captain make a DC 14 Charisma (Intimidation or Persuasion) check to steady the crew and prepare them for the pilot’s commands. Pilot. Have the pilot attempt a DC 13 Dexterity check to chart a
prepare them for the pilot’s commands. This check is made with disadvantage if the pilot failed their check in the previous event. Pilot. Have the pilot attempt two DC 14 Dexterity checks to chart a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Ruxithid commands it to kill you.
The statue is a shield guardian under Ruxithid’s control and fights alongside its master. The shield guardian stores a phantasmal killer spell from its original duergar
Disturbing Truth Revealed If Ruxithid is slain, read the following: Ruxithid falls to the ground, and his crystalline brain splits asunder. The sanctum fills with a cacophony, like thousands of voices crying
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
life, and commands it to attack them. Kalain is a half-elf bard (see appendix B), with these changes: She is chaotic evil. She has these racial traits: She has advantage on saving throws against being
1 minute, when it is reduced to 0 hit points, or when Kalain dies or falls unconscious. Path to the Vault A heavy stone trapdoor in the floor of area W4a can be found with a thorough search of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
swallowed is immediately expelled and falls prone in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of her.
Actions
Multiattack. Bavlorna makes one Bite attack and one Withering Ray attack.
Bite. Melee Weapon
Bavlorna, obeys her commands, and takes its turn immediately after hers. A lornling lasts for 1 hour, until it or Bavlorna dies, or until Bavlorna dismisses it as an action. Bavlorna can have no more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
2 Actions). Zariel turns her magical gaze toward one creature she can see within 120 feet of her and commands it to burn. The target must succeed on a DC 26 Wisdom saving throw or take 22 (4d10) fire
can see if it isn’t incapacitated. It can swap the initiative results of the chosen creatures among them.
That which falls from grace may yet rise to regain it. If Zariel were to return to her celestial self, how glorious would be the tales!
—Mordenkainen
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
ground above where the pit formed must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature falls to the bottom of the pit, taking 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage and landing prone. On a
. IYMRITH
Known as the Dragon of the Statues and the Doom of the Desert, the ancient blue dragon Iymrith commands an army of gargoyles and has studied magic for centuries in the hope of transcending
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
no farther falls to the floor inside the curtain. Spell effects that would not reasonably pass through the watery curtain are stopped by the barrier as though it were a solid wall. For example, a magic
receive XP for killing Ichthyglug more than once.) The marid commands the quippers to attack anyone who dares to enter his pool. The swarms pose no danger to creatures on land. Treasure. Ichthyglug
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
creature steps on this area, the floor collapses into a 10-foot-deep pit with poisoned spikes lining its floor. Any creature on the collapsing floor falls into the pit, taking 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage and
than Vidorant) that aren’t wearing guard uniforms. They obey Vidorant’s spoken commands. If she’s not present, they obey anyone wearing a guard uniform, even if commanded to attack another guard. They
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
aarakocra are alert but remain perfectly still; they do nothing other than defend themselves and obey Sansuri’s commands. Any creature that jumps or falls into the hole plummets to the ground far below unless
, and commands the griffons to take flight and circle the castle, attacking intruders on sight and returning here when she calls them off. A simple clasp mechanism, 10 feet above the floor, secures each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
talks of the great ritual to summon Nangnang. Once the characters are rested, Groak commands them to help Krr’ook make final preparations. If the party looks capable of putting up a good fight, they are
pit with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. The first character to step on a pit falls in, taking 3 (1d6) bludgeoning damage and landing on 1d4 stakes, each of which deals 3 (1d6) piercing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
. Vizeran DeVir and every member of the Society of Brilliance also knows that Cyrog is named after an ancient elder brain that commands the settlement, which lies deep in the Underdark, thousands of miles to
triple-headed flail at a beholder, crushing it. As the eye tyrant falls to the floor, a pack of hyenas leaps onto the corpse and tears off its eyestalks while the demon lord licks the gore off his weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
circle falls within an antimagic field, or if dispel magic (DC 17) is successfully cast on it. E7. Manshoon’s Simulacrum This room is extremely cold and contains the following features: Frigid air blows
. Zhents. Vevette and Agorn are two of Manshoon’s most trusted followers. Vevette commands the wizard’s forces against the Xanathar Guild, while Agorn commands those who oppose the Zhents that aren’t loyal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. On a failed check, the climber falls 40 feet. The safer route across the bridge can be accessed only through the warehouse. The warehouse workers don’t want any trouble. If the characters bully their
slaad, but they follow its commands because they are furiously loyal to Dory. The manticores roam freely through the warehouse at night. They spend their days in the loft but respond quickly to any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
slips and falls 20 feet. When the characters reach the cave at the bottom of the cliffs, read or paraphrase the following description: Eerie light suffuses the frigid fog with an orange glow. The sound
intruders that come from the south. They throw pieces of the broken ice statue from across the river and seek to goad intruders into combat. They guffaw if anyone falls into the river. Interrogating the