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Returning 35 results for 'commands reduced guardian to have release'.
Monsters
Monster Manual
Entangling Rope action. The rope has AC 20, HP 90, and Immunity to Poison and Psychic damage. The rope turns to dust if reduced to 0 Hit Points, if it is 5+ feet away from the erinyes for 1 hour or more
":"damage", "rollAction":"Entangling Rope", "rollDamageType":"Force"} Force damage, and the target has the Restrained condition until the rope is destroyed, the erinyes uses a Bonus Action to release
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
breathe, eat, or drink.
You can take a Magic action to remove the flask’s stopper and release the creature in the flask. The creature then obeys your commands for 1 hour, understanding those
commands even if it doesn’t know the language in which the commands are given. If you issue no commands or give the creature a command that is likely to result in its death or imprisonment, it
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
location. Absent commands from you, the snake defends itself.
As a Bonus Action, you can command the snake to revert to staff form in its current space, and you can’t use the staff's property again
for 1 hour. If the snake is reduced to 0 Hit Points, it dies and reverts to its staff form; the staff then shatters and is destroyed. If the snake reverts to staff form before losing all its Hit Points, it regains all of them.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
that is attuned to the book can release the clasp that holds it shut. Once the book is opened, the attuned creature must spend 80 hours reading and studying the book to digest its contents and gain its
that tries to read from the book takes 24d6 Radiant damage. This damage ignores Resistance and Immunity, and it can’t be reduced or avoided by any means. A creature reduced to 0 Hit Points by
Spells
Player’s Handbook
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Each target animates, sprouts legs, and becomes a Construct that uses the Animated Object stat block; this creature is under your control until the spell ends or until it is reduced to 0 Hit Points
the same command to each one). If you issue no commands, the creature takes the Dodge action and moves only to avoid harm. When the creature drops to 0 Hit Points, it reverts to its object form, and
Spells
Player’s Handbook
shares your Initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal commands (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses
ft. Hit: 1d10 + 3 plus the spell’s level Bludgeoning damage, and the target’s Speed is reduced to 0 until the start of the insect’s next turn.
Bonus Actions
Venomous Spew (Centipede
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
save, you are possessed by the creature, which controls you like a puppet. As a Magic action, the possessing creature can release you and appear in the closest unoccupied space to you. On a
lies a long-lost Artifact, Fraz-Urb’luu’s Staff. If the staff is dragged from the pocket plane, the tome is reduced to a mundane and out-of-date copy of the Tome of Zyx, the work that
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
is indistinguishable from a normal painting.Animated objects are crafted with potent magic to follow the commands of their creators. When not commanded, they follow the last order they received to the
. An animated object doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep.
The magic that animates an object is dispelled when the construct drops to 0 hit points. An animated object reduced to 0 hit points
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
it to grapple a creature. Anytime on his turn, he can release a creature grappled by the whip (no action required).
Heal Self (Recharges after a Long Rest). Steel Crane regains 2d8 + 4
missile. The damage he takes from the attack is reduced by 1d10 + 10;{"diceNotation":"1d10+10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Deflect Missile"}. If the damage is reduced to 0, Steel Crane catches
Magic Items
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the Monster Manual and disappears after 10 minutes or when reduced to 0 hit points. The spirit understands any language I speak and obeys my commands.
After the stone is used three times, it turns to dust.
(See Appendix B of Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden)
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
AttacksCommand Hair. The korred has at least one 50-foot-long rope woven out of its hair. The korred commands one such rope within 30 feet of it to move up to 20 feet and entangle a Large or smaller
use a bonus action to release the target, which is also freed if the korred dies or becomes incapacitated. A rope of korred hair has AC 20 and 20 hit points. It regains 1 hit point at the start of
Magic Items
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
damage when it hits.
As an action, a reigar can use its talarith to summon a duplicate that looks just like the reigar. The duplicate obeys the reigar’s commands and uses the reigar;reigar's
statistics, except it is a Construct that doesn’t have a talarith of its own. The duplicate vanishes after 1 hour, or when it is reduced to 0 hit points. After summoning a duplicate, the reigar must finish a short or long rest before this property can be used again.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
"} cold damage. A target that is hit by one or more of these attacks has its speed reduced by 10 feet until the end of the myrmidon’s next turn.Elemental myrmidons are Elementals conjured and bound
by magic into ritually created suits of plate armor. In this form, they possess no recollection of their former existence as free Elementals. They exist only to follow the commands of their creators.PoisonAcid; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
damage.Animated objects are crafted with potent magic to follow the commands of their creators. When not commanded, they follow the last order they received to the best of their ability, and can act independently
, or sleep.
The magic that animates an object is dispelled when the construct drops to 0 hit points. An animated object reduced to 0 hit points becomes inanimate and is too damaged to be of much use
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
);{"diceNotation":"2d4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. The target’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken
, and the vampire regains hit points equal to that amount. The reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to 0.The gnoll vampire Tekeli-li
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
are crafted with potent magic to follow the commands of their creators. When not commanded, they follow the last order they received to the best of their ability, and can act independently to fulfill
.
The magic that animates an object is dispelled when the construct drops to 0 hit points. An animated object reduced to 0 hit points becomes inanimate and is too damaged to be of much use or value to
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
duplicate that looks just like the reigar. The duplicate obeys the reigar’s commands and uses the reigar’s statistics, except it is an unaligned Construct that doesn’t have a talarith of its
own. The duplicate takes its turn immediately after the reigar. It vanishes after 1 hour or when it is reduced to 0 hit points.Reigar were once cephalopods similar to octopi. They inhabited the
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Malfunction. Whenever the autognome takes 15 damage or more from a single source and isn’t reduced to 0 hit points by that damage, roll a d20;{"diceNotation":"1d20","rollType":"roll
autognome obeys its creator’s commands when it is functioning properly, but a design flaw can cause an autognome to go rogue, forget its orders, and wander Wildspace doing anything except what it
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw, or its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to half the necrotic damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest, and the
target dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to 0.
Spellcasting. The yagnoloth casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, but it turns to dust if reduced to 0 hit points or when the giant dies. If the rune is destroyed, the giant can inscribe a frost rune on an object in its possession when it finishes a short or long
until the end of its next turn. On a successful save, the target’s speed is reduced by 10 feet until the end of its next turn.
Ice Wolves (Requires Frost Rune). The giant magically summons 1d4
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
if the target is a creature, the target’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target
dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to 0.
Shadow Web. Ranged Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Shadow Web"} to hit, reach 120 ft., one creature. Hit: 16
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
cloud are blinded and can’t be seen.
Create Fire Elemental (Costs 3 Actions). Maegera’s hit points are reduced by 50 as part of it separates and becomes a fire elemental with 102 hit
fire elemental obeys Maegera’s commands and fights until destroyed.Fire, PoisonBludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
, and the fractine can’t be harmed from within the demiplane.
The fractine can imprison only one creature at a time and can release that creature as a bonus action. If the fractine is reduced
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Overheat. When the maschin-i-bozorg is reduced to 0 hit points, its power source overloads, briefly superheating its outer shell. Each creature within 10 feet of the maschin-i-bozorg must make a DC
underside. Maschin-i-bozorgs typically act as guardians and sentries, tirelessly patrolling the sites they’re assigned to protect. Each machine obeys the commands of its creator.
A machin-i-bozorg
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
damage.Animated objects are crafted with potent magic to follow the commands of their creators. When not commanded, they follow the last order they received to the best of their ability, and can act independently
, drink, or sleep.
The magic that animates an object is dispelled when the construct drops to 0 hit points. An animated object reduced to 0 hit points becomes inanimate and is too damaged to be of much use
Monsters
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
. The target must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or have its hit point maximum reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point
head retain their former shapes, but its legs have split into shadowy tentacles. The drowned master is tethered to a source of powerful magic that prevents it from traveling far. It commands other drowned ones, compelling them to serve as agents in its dark plots.Poison
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
"} piercing damage plus 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. The target’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount
reduced to 0.
Claws (Vampire Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claws"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d4 + 5);{"diceNotation
Spells
The Book of Many Things
You call forth a spirit that embodies death. The spirit manifests in an unoccupied space you can see within range and uses the reaper spirit stat block. The spirit disappears when it is reduced to 0
verbal commands (no action required by you). If you don’t issue the spirit any commands, it takes the Dodge action and uses its movement to avoid danger.
Reaper Spirit
Medium Undead, Neutral
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
creatures whose combined average hit points don’t exceed 500. These creatures magically rise up from the ground or otherwise form in unoccupied spaces within 300 feet of Orcus and obey his commands
Monster Manual). These Undead obey his telepathic commands, which can reach anywhere in the lair.
Regional Effects
The region containing Orcus’s lair is warped by his magic, creating one or more
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
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The creature is friendly to you and your companions. It understands your languages and obeys your spoken commands. If you issue no commands, the creature defends itself but takes no other actions
a 1, you lose control of the figurine, and it becomes hostile to you and your companions until it is reduced to 0 hit points, at which point it reverts to figurine form.
Prehistoric Figurine of
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
"} necrotic damage and is incapacitated until the end of its next turn. On a success, a creature takes half as much damage and isn’t incapacitated. A creature dies if reduced to 0 hit points by this
use that action again until he finishes a long rest:
Clay Behemoth. A clay golem erupts from the floor in an unoccupied space within 15 feet of the ritual circle. The golem obeys Murgaxor's commands
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
long rest. The target’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to half the poison damage taken. This reduction lasts until the poisoned condition is removed. The target dies if its hit
point maximum is reduced to 0.
Spellcasting. Geryon casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 21):
At will
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
creator’s commands. The ice object or creature appears in an unoccupied space within 60 feet of Artus. It melts into a pool of normal water after 24 hours or when it drops to 0 hit points. In
ancient guardian naga, can help him. As such, his search has been focused on locating the ruins of Orolunga, where the naga is said to dwell. Fate has handed Artus a saurial traveling companion named
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
, the creature takes half as much damage, and its speed isn’t reduced.
Spellcasting (Psionics). The dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as
parent.
3
A faerie dragon (older);violet faerie dragon is the playmate and guardian of an amethyst dragon wyrmling.
4
An amethyst dragon wyrmling lives alone in a lair, cared for by a cadre
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
disappear if Ogrémoch is reduced to 0 hit points.Ogrémoch can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at
creatures standing on the ground in that radius must succeed on a DC 23 Dexterity saving throw or fall prone.
Create Gargoyle (Costs 3 Actions). Ogrémoch’s hit points are reduced by 50 as he