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Dungeon Master’s Guide
guardian to attack its 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.
Every shield guardian has an amulet magically linked to it. A shield guardian can have only one corresponding amulet, and if that amulet is destroyed, the shield guardian is incapacitated until a
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
. 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
becomes inanimate and is too damaged to be of much use or value to anyone.
A guardian portrait looks like a finely rendered and beautifully framed work of art, usually depicting someone important in a
Monsters
Monster Manual
Bound. The guardian is magically bound to an amulet. While the guardian and its amulet are on the same plane of existence, the amulet’s wearer can telepathically call the guardian to travel to
it, and the guardian knows the distance and direction to the amulet. If the guardian is within 60 feet of the amulet’s wearer, half of any damage the wearer takes (round up) is transferred to
Magic Items
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
The amulet is a 4-inch-wide disk composed of silver-framed wood, with a rune carved into its face. A detect magic spell reveals a magical aura of enchantment around the amulet.
Every shield
guardian has an amulet magically linked to it. A shield guardian can have only one corresponding amulet, and if that amulet is destroyed, the shield guardian is incapacitated until a replacement amulet
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Bound. The drone is magically bound to an amulet. As long as the drone and its amulet are on the same plane of existence, the drone’s wearer can telepathically call the drone to travel to it
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
Berserk. Whenever the golem starts its turn with 40 hit points or fewer, roll a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Berserk"}. On a 6, the golem goes berserk. On each of its turns
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Immutable Form. The guardian is immune to any spell or other effect that would alter its form.
Magic Resistance. The guardian has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
.
Radiant Absorption. Whenever the guardian is subjected to radiant damage, it takes no damage and instead regains a number of hit points equal to the radiant damage.Multiattack. The guardian makes
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
mechanical animal or plant.
This Construct doesn’t have a control amulet and can’t be controlled like other shield guardian;shield guardians.Poison
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
must be modeled after a beast with a challenge rating of 2 or less. The ice creature has the same statistics as the beast it models, with the following changes: the creature is a construct with
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
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
The Blackstaff is a sentient, rune-carved staff set with thin silver veins. It is the symbol of office for the Blackstaff, the highest-ranking wizard in Waterdeep. As the rightful owner of the
.)
Destroying the staff would release the spirits trapped inside it, but in that event, Khelben’s spirit can lodge itself inside any one piece of the staff that remains. The piece containing Khelben&rsquo
Shield Guardian
Legacy
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
Bound. The shield guardian is magically bound to an amulet. As long as the guardian and its amulet are on the same plane of existence, the amulet's wearer can telepathically call the guardian to
travel to it, and the guardian knows the distance and direction to the amulet. If the guardian is within 60 feet of the amulet's wearer, half of any damage the wearer takes (rounded up) is transferred to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
to obtain a lost rune of power created by the giants more than forty thousand years ago. She believes dwarves stole the rune from the giants and hid it under Mount Waterdeep. Halaster found the rune
and hid it in on level 23, but he has agreed to part with it if the fire giants use their exceptional metal-forging abilities to build a giant construct for him. Work is under way, with the construct
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
to obtain a lost rune of power created by the giants more than forty thousand years ago. She believes dwarves stole the rune from the giants and hid it under Mount Waterdeep. Halaster found the rune
and hid it in on level 23, but he has agreed to part with it if the fire giants use their exceptional metal-forging abilities to build a giant construct for him. Work is under way, with the construct
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
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
Shield Guardian Wizards and other spellcasters create shield guardians for protection. A shield guardian treads beside its master, absorbing damage to keep its master alive as long as possible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
once a wizard’s bedchamber. The construct is an incapacitated shield guardian. Its control amulet can be found in area X9.
X35. Sleeping Guardian The furnishings of this bare stone room have succumbed to decrepitude. Standing in the center of the room, its head scraping the ten-foot-high ceiling, is a vaguely man-shaped
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
once a wizard’s bedchamber. The construct is an incapacitated shield guardian. Its control amulet can be found in area X9.
X35. Sleeping Guardian The furnishings of this bare stone room have succumbed to decrepitude. Standing in the center of the room, its head scraping the ten-foot-high ceiling, is a vaguely man-shaped
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
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
Shield Guardian Wizards and other spellcasters create shield guardians for protection. A shield guardian treads beside its master, absorbing damage to keep its master alive as long as possible
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
deactivated shield guardian that once served as a wizard’s bodyguard. The wizard died from extreme bad luck decades ago — he fell out of a tree during a particularly bad bout of blue mist fever, hit his
head on a rock that knocked him unconscious, and rolled into a puddle, where he drowned. The shield guardian has stood impassive and unmoving, awaiting orders, ever since. A character with proficiency
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
deactivated shield guardian that once served as a wizard’s bodyguard. The wizard died from extreme bad luck decades ago — he fell out of a tree during a particularly bad bout of blue mist fever, hit his
head on a rock that knocked him unconscious, and rolled into a puddle, where he drowned. The shield guardian has stood impassive and unmoving, awaiting orders, ever since. A character with proficiency
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
danger. When such a guardian is created, the magic that animates it is intertwined with a bonded command amulet. Any creature that has a shield guardian’s command amulet can control that Construct and, in
Carpenter
Shield Guardian Large Construct, Unaligned
AC 17 Initiative −1 (9)
HP 142 (15d10 + 60)
Speed 30 ft.
Mod Save
Str 18 +4 +4
Dex 8 −1 −1
Con 18 +4 +4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Construct Animated Armor
Animated Broom
Animated Flying Sword
Animated Rug of Smothering
Brazen Gorgon
Clay Golem
Colossus
Flesh Golem
Gorgon
Helmed Horror
Homunculus
Iron Golem
Modron Duodrone
Modron Monodrone
Modron Pentadrone
Modron Quadrone
Modron Tridrone
Scarecrow
Shield Guardian
Stone Golem
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
(level 4, area 16a). A rune on the shield guardian’s head matches a rune inscribed on the back of its amulet. When the shield guardian sees the characters, it wastes its actions on feeble
the comings and goings of the guild’s goblinoids for some time. Shield Guardian The Dungeon Level is home to a meandering, defective shield guardian operating under the delusion that it’s a wizard’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
(level 4, area 16a). A rune on the shield guardian’s head matches a rune inscribed on the back of its amulet. When the shield guardian sees the characters, it wastes its actions on feeble
the comings and goings of the guild’s goblinoids for some time. Shield Guardian The Dungeon Level is home to a meandering, defective shield guardian operating under the delusion that it’s a wizard’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Construct Animated Armor
Animated Broom
Animated Flying Sword
Animated Rug of Smothering
Brazen Gorgon
Clay Golem
Colossus
Flesh Golem
Gorgon
Helmed Horror
Homunculus
Iron Golem
Modron Duodrone
Modron Monodrone
Modron Pentadrone
Modron Quadrone
Modron Tridrone
Scarecrow
Shield Guardian
Stone Golem
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
danger. When such a guardian is created, the magic that animates it is intertwined with a bonded command amulet. Any creature that has a shield guardian’s command amulet can control that Construct and, in
Carpenter
Shield Guardian Large Construct, Unaligned
AC 17 Initiative −1 (9)
HP 142 (15d10 + 60)
Speed 30 ft.
Mod Save
Str 18 +4 +4
Dex 8 −1 −1
Con 18 +4 +4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
thessalhydra and another creation of Moghadam’s known as the thessalheart construct. Thessalhydra When the characters first enter the temple, roll a d4. On a 1–2, the temple’s guardian thessalhydra is
. Accustomed to inspiring fear, and having grown somewhat lazy in its guardian role, it is usually content to let foes flee from it rather than pursuing. Each time the characters finish a long rest in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
thessalhydra and another creation of Moghadam’s known as the thessalheart construct. Thessalhydra When the characters first enter the temple, roll a d4. On a 1–2, the temple’s guardian thessalhydra is
. Accustomed to inspiring fear, and having grown somewhat lazy in its guardian role, it is usually content to let foes flee from it rather than pursuing. Each time the characters finish a long rest in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
their true forms. “Thought it was a person at first,but then I saw its head. Next, its arm.I knew I had to run.”
—Werthil,
kender adventurer
Moonlight Guardian Medium Construct, Unaligned
Moonlight Guardian Moonlight guardians are gleaming bipedal statues made of silver and mithral. They were originally created by a desperate mage on Krynn who drew the Moon card from a Deck of Many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
their true forms. “Thought it was a person at first,but then I saw its head. Next, its arm.I knew I had to run.”
—Werthil,
kender adventurer
Moonlight Guardian Medium Construct, Unaligned
Moonlight Guardian Moonlight guardians are gleaming bipedal statues made of silver and mithral. They were originally created by a desperate mage on Krynn who drew the Moon card from a Deck of Many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
face. (This rune matches the one on the shield guardian’s forearms and is the personal sigil of the wizard who created both.) This particular shield guardian amulet is a rare magic item that requires
cross the tundra without fear of freezing to death. guardian amulet Amulet. The object on the table is the amulet for a shield guardian. Dzaan retrieved it from area P15 and brought it here for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
face. (This rune matches the one on the shield guardian’s forearms and is the personal sigil of the wizard who created both.) This particular shield guardian amulet is a rare magic item that requires
cross the tundra without fear of freezing to death. guardian amulet Amulet. The object on the table is the amulet for a shield guardian. Dzaan retrieved it from area P15 and brought it here for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
1. Into the Maze These caves have 20-foot-high ceilings. Their floors are covered by a 2-foot-thick layer of fog. 1a. Rusty Head The rusted, severed head of a shield guardian lies on its side in the
middle of the cave, under the fog. The minotaurs destroyed the construct and carried off its body for use in fashioning weapons, leaving its head behind. 1b. Foggy Alcove The fog obscures the skeleton
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
1. Into the Maze These caves have 20-foot-high ceilings. Their floors are covered by a 2-foot-thick layer of fog. 1a. Rusty Head The rusted, severed head of a shield guardian lies on its side in the
middle of the cave, under the fog. The minotaurs destroyed the construct and carried off its body for use in fashioning weapons, leaving its head behind. 1b. Foggy Alcove The fog obscures the skeleton
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Guardian”). A rune on the back of the amulet matches a similar rune on the construct. 16b. Lake of the Aboleth Monsters. Illuun the aboleth and two chuuls lurk in the water, which is dark, slimy, and
companion. The matching boot was swept downriver and eventually found by a goblin werebat named Vool (see level 5, area 17). The amulet controls the wandering shield guardian on level 1 (see “Shield
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