construct replaces going to have resist

Charlatan - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

resist taking a risk if there’s money involved. 5 I can’t resist swindling people who are more powerful than me. 6 I hate to admit it and will hate myself for it, but I’ll run and preserve my own hide if the going gets tough.

. Suggested Characteristics Charlatans are colorful characters who conceal their true selves behind the masks they construct. They reflect what people want to see, what they want to believe

Reborn

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

you like it now? 6 A memory carries a vivid smell or sensation. What are you going to do to recreate that experience? Reborn Origins Reborn might originate from circumstances similar to

body hosts a possessing spirit that shares its memories and replaces your missing appendages with phantasmal limbs. 8 In public, you pass as an unremarkable individual, but you can feel the

Archaeologist

Backgrounds Tomb of Annihilation

century old. Suggested Characteristics Few archaeologists can resist the lure of an unexplored ruin or dungeon, particularly if such a site is the source of legends or is rumored to contain

and preparing for my next expedition. 5 When given the choice of going left or right, I always go left. 6 I can’t sleep except in total darkness.

Simic Scientist

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

concepts explained to them. 5 I describe everything that happens as if it were going into my research notes (and it often is). 6 I am insatiably curious about the seemingly infinite forms and

adaptations of life. 7 I can’t resist prying into anything forbidden, since it must be terribly interesting. 8 I employ a highly technical vocabulary to avoid imprecision and ambiguity

Charlatan Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

there’s money involved. 5 I can’t resist swindling people who are more powerful than me. 6 I hate to admit it and will hate myself for it, but I’ll run and preserve my own hide if the going gets tough.

Characteristics Charlatans are colorful characters who conceal their true selves behind the masks they construct. They reflect what people want to see, what they want to believe, and how they see the

Satyr

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

of the fey realm has given them an innate ability to perform, to delight, and to resist magical intrusion. While they’re usually found in the Feywild, satyrs do wander to other planes of

;s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These

Larine Arneza

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

working on a solo synchronized swimming routine that replaces the other students with a shoal of fish. Rehearsals aren’t going well. As an employee of the Strixhaven Performing Arts Society, Larine is

Charlatan

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

can’t resist swindling people who are more powerful than me. 6 I hate to admit it and will hate myself for it, but I’ll run and preserve my own hide if the going gets tough.

kind of document or the handwriting you are trying to copy. Suggested Characteristics Charlatans are colorful characters who conceal their true selves behind the masks they construct. They reflect what

Optional Rule: Shadowfell Despair

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

character has disadvantage on all saving throws and gains the following flaw: “I am convinced that this place is going to kill me.” 6 Delusion. The character has disadvantage on ability checks and saving

, the new despair effect replaces the old one. After finishing a long rest, a character can attempt to overcome the despair with a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. (The DC is higher because it’s harder to

Let Them Speak Now …

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

helpless to intervene further in the conflict going on within the entity’s mind. You can have a group of oozes or spore servants from the Araumycos Encounters table appear in the cavern where the

the Astral Plane, the awakened Araumycos remains conscious enough to resist Zuggtmoy with a final effort, sufficient to distract the Demon Queen of Fungi and thereby allowing Juiblex to overwhelm her

Duergar Xarrorn

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

Duergar Xarrorn The xarrorn are specialists who construct weapons using a mixture of alchemy and psionics. Duergar Xarrorn Medium humanoid (dwarf), lawful evil Armor Class 18 (plate mail) Hit

resist being charmed or paralyzed. Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the duergar has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Actions

Sahuagin Stronghold

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

iron hand of domination over all races inhabiting the adjacent waters and coastal region. If this experiment proves successful, the sahuagin plan to construct more bases of this sort until their control

1 and 2 without drawing attention), they find most of the upper level empty and bare. Construction is still going on in area 19, and the noise of that work echoes through some of the level. Anywhere

Little Oak

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

information about Wayward Pool if the characters express interest in going there: Only unicorns can reach the shore of Wayward Pool, but the magic protecting the pool can’t tell the difference between

for duplicates. Oilcan. The oilcan is an animated Construct named Squirt (see the accompanying stat block). Squirt’s excesses and self-indulgences have left it feeling literally empty inside, and it

Traveling the Outer Planes

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

its banks. Any creature other than a fiend that tastes or touches the water is affected by a feeblemind spell. The DC of the Intelligence saving throw to resist the effect is 15. The Styx churns

nondescript door. Beyond the portal lies a small landing with an equally nondescript stairway leading up and down. The Infinite Staircase changes appearance as it climbs and descends, going from simple stairs

Autognome

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

battling a lunar dragon wyrmling, for instance, it would come to the wyrmling’s defense. Autognome Small Construct, Any Alignment Armor Class 16 (natural armor) Hit Points 39 (6d6 + 18) Speed 20

. 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

11. Hobgoblin Base Camp

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

are locked and magically trapped, and that Zox is protected by a tall, golem-like construct (Rex the shield guardian). Yargoth wants Zox’s scaladar control ring for her efforts; if the characters

giant fire beetle glands illuminate the rust monster pen. Each gland is the size of a small loaf of bread and glows for 1d3 days before going dark.

Duergar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

against their enemies while urging them to acts of brutality, all the while concealing his identity. Duergar Hammerer The hammerer is a bipedal construct with a duergar strapped inside it. One of its arms

invaders. Duergar Hammerer Medium construct, lawful evil Armor Class 17 (natural armor) Hit Points 33 (6d8 + 6) Speed 20 ft. STR 17 (+3) DEX 7 (−2) CON 12 (+1) INT

Outside Combat

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

minion that it doesn’t want to destroy outright. Fear Ray A beholder uses its fear ray to psychologically torture and interrogate a prisoner until the creature loses the will to resist. Slowing Ray A

beholder could also use its telekinetic ray to forcibly transport a creature immune to charm effects (such as a construct or some kinds of undead). Sleep Ray When it parlays with other creatures, a beholder

Horror Characteristics

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

. 8 I need to find the best in everyone and everything, even when that means denying obvious malice. 9 I’ve seen the evil of a type of place—like forests, cities, or graveyards—and resist going

If the Characters Decline

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

ensuring that the rod won’t sunder again. Missing Malaina If the characters resist resting in their quarters, Alustriel approaches them privately. She’s concerned that her wife, Malaina, left the

contact her, Alustriel tells the characters. When she left, Malaina told Alustriel that she was going to a shop called Velgar’s Vittles in Sigil’s Market Ward. The Wizards Three were busy, so Alustriel

Monsters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

take damage from falling? Yes, that monster is still going to feel the hurt of a fall, because a fall is not a weapon. What actions can monsters use to make opportunity attacks? Are Multiattack and

groups of creatures. However, its cloudkill is listed under Innate Spellcasting. Because of that, would a paladin’s Aura of Warding resist it? Yes, because cloudkill is a spell, Aura of Warding would be

Xaos

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

that resist the town’s volatile nature—nothing remains for long. Most homes and businesses are owned by githzerai, sculpted from currents of instability into ordered redoubts: towers of latticed

alive—a hovering, sapient Construct that feeds on Xaos’s disorderly residents. Periodically, Automata deploys modrons to recover the lost unit, but they are swallowed just the same, absorbed into the

The Thornapple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

under the effects of biza’s breath, they each randomly make one melee attack against Zenia or a character on their turns. All three divas fail their saving throws to resist the poison affecting them

apologize profusely, explaining they weren’t in control of their bodies. If asked about what happened to them prior to going on stage, the performers recall that just before they entered the tavern, a

Connected Creatures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

stalking 4 1 storm crab* (attitude: 1d8) traveling in a straight path with purpose 5 1 frost giant of Evil Water* (attitude: 1d6) considering going on a rampage 6 1 marid singing as it

to understand their place in the cosmos Giant Construct Encounters Use the Giant Construct Encounters table to populate ancient giants’ ruins that have been sealed from the outside world for

Areas of the Villa

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

the door without a key or anyone not of Cassalanter blood who opens Victoro’s desk. The Cassalanter children know about this construct and warn friendly characters about it. Desk. Victoro’s desk is

dancing in it. Stairs lead down to the foyer (area C5) and up to a hallway outside areas C17 and C19. Dancing Construct. The dressed “mannequin” is a magical construct that serves as a dance partner. It

Appendix 1. Creature Statistics

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma

Challenge 2 (450 XP) Duergar Resilience. The duergar has advantage on saving throws against poison, spells, and illusions, as well as to resist being charmed or paralyzed. Phalanx Formation. The

duergar has advantage on saving throws against poison, spells, and illusions, as well as to resist being charmed or paralyzed. Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the duergar has disadvantage on

Appendix D: Roleplaying Cards

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

breeze!” Ideal. “The pursuit of true love compels me! Never shall I wilt if I have such a cause to champion.” Bond. “The beautiful Pollenella—a vision in stripes.” Flaw. “I cannot resist a pretty

a liar speak.” Ideal. “Honor is what makes a knight, even beyond duty or prowess with a weapon.” Bond. “Ballooning. There’s nothing quite like taking flight in a balloon and going where the winds

Specific Spells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium

end that spell, so you might not want to take them and keep the spell going instead, so as to continue benefiting from the cold damage it delivers. How does barkskin work with shields, cover, and

effects of polymorph have other spell effects on them, or are those game statistics also replaced by the those of the beast form? Polymorph replaces only the target’s character sheet or stat block with the

Appendix: Roleplaying Cards

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

!” Ideal. “The pursuit of true love compels me! Never shall I wilt if I have such a cause to champion.” Bond. “The beautiful Pollenella—a vision in stripes.” Flaw. “I cannot resist a pretty face

liar speak.” Ideal. “Honor is what makes a knight, even beyond duty or prowess with a weapon.” Bond. “Ballooning. There’s nothing quite like taking flight in a balloon and going where the winds

Command Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

is a gift from Xardorok; it’s a lawful evil construct that understands Draconic and Dwarvish but can’t speak. It otherwise has the statistics of a pseudodragon. After telling her bodyguards to stand

, Undercommon Challenge 2 (450 XP) Duergar Resilience. Grandolpha has advantage on saving throws against poison, spells, and illusions, as well as to resist being charmed or paralyzed. Innate

Areas of the Earth Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

Urnrayle replaces the guards in a few hours with the cultists from area B14. In a few days, he augments this force with two ogres. B5. East Guardroom The crumbling masonry in this old guardroom

now stands watch in area B24, and the other is here. The ancient construct is equivalent to a stone golem with 102 hit points and no Multiattack action (challenge rating 4 instead of 8). Roleplaying

NPCs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

of them.” Flaw: “I can’t resist taking risks to feed my ambitions.” Lifferlas Huge Plant, Unaligned Armor Class 13 (natural armor) Hit Points 59 (7d12 + 14) Speed 20 ft. STR 19 (+4

Laeral Silverhand of Waterdeep. She and the Lords’ Alliance are going to bring some much-needed order to this lawless land.” Flaw: “I’m too smart to be wrong about anything.” Oren Yogilvy Small

Fortress Level 1

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

area 1. Development. If the gong in area 1 has not been rung and the fight at the entrance is going badly for the defenders, one of the sahuagin tries to flee to area 12 to summon reinforcements. It

observation, the sahuagin have selected the coldest part of level 1 in which to construct their larder. The natural temperature here allows dead creatures to be stored for extended periods of time without

City Celebrations

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

. Many festhalls sponsor Founders’ Day costume contests, with prizes going to those who wear the best recreations of the garb of historical personages. Once banned as frivolous and distracting, the

: Stoneshar Stoneshar is an all-faiths day during which folk strive not to be idle. Even children at play are encouraged to dig holes, build sand castles, or construct crude models. Waterdavians

Locations on the Grove Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1

to a week before the summer solstice, a ruby red fruit grows. Someone other than a construct who eats a quarter or more of it regains 70 hit points. In addition, any blindness, deafness, and diseases

, reverberating with primal power for those who can tap it.” What’s with the stick-monsters? “The twig blights grow from seeds of the tree’s fruit.” What’s going on with the fruit? “I give fruit to

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