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Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
throws against spells and other magical effects.
Unusual Nature. The magen doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The magen makes two melee attacks.
Greatsword. Melee Weapon
guards.
Magen are magical, humanlike beings created by a wizard spell (see the create magen spell in appendix D) or by other arcane methods.
Though magen look like humanoids with green skin, they
Monsters
Thieves’ Gallery
child, and she guards her adoptive community with nature’s ferocity. The Circle of the Moon has taught her to heed her primal instincts, which rarely lead her astray. She can be brusque, but
Neverwinter targeted her woodland home for its resources, Doric rallied the resistance.FireChange Shape (5/Day). Doric magically transforms into a Beast with a challenge rating of 3 or less or into an
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
. Interlopers who discover his quarters are set upon by the lich and his dread warrior guards, but if Var is brought to the brink of death, he might bargain for a chance to escape the dungeon.
Undead Nature. A
lich doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.PoisonCold, Lightning, Necrotic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
"} slashing damage.Strahd zombies are undead that serve the vampire Strahd von Zarovich. Created from the long-dead guards of Castle Ravenloft, they were called into being through dark magic by Strahd
any part damages the whole creature.
Undead Nature. A Strahd zombie doesn't require air or sleep.Poison
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
’t require sleep.Multiattack. The elf makes two Longsword or Radiant Ray attacks.
Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Longsword
important individuals and locations is entrusted to astral elf honor guards, highly trained warriors who are more than capable of holding their own in combat.
Astral Elves
Long ago, some elves ventured
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
to all nonmagical damage, except the damage it takes from sunlight.
Unusual Nature. The vampire doesn’t require air.
Vampire Weaknesses. The vampire has the following flaws:
Enraged by
wearing perfume or carrying an open container of it.
Stake to the Heart. If a piercing weapon made of wood is driven into the vampire's heart while the vampire is incapacitated in its resting place, the
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
polymorphs into a humanoid, beast, or giant that has a challenge rating no higher than her own, or back into her true form. She reverts to her true form if she dies. Any equipment she is wearing or
powers they would wield if they were ever unleashed upon the world.
Immortal Nature. An overlord doesn't require air, food, drink or sleep. It also can't die permanently. Upon its death, it reforms
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
places where such creatures are willing to live side by side.
Some beholderkin serve Belashyrra as guards and agents, while others spend their lives in deep meditation, pursuing inner visions known only
, Belashyrra has a challenge rating of 23 (50,000 XP).
Lair Actions.
While within the Citadel of Lidless Eyes, Belashyrra can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Tulkhesh magically polymorphs into a humanoid, beast, or giant that has a challenge rating no higher than his own, or back into his true form. He reverts to his true form if he dies. Any equipment he
form. The stat blocks provided here reflect the powers they would wield if they were ever unleashed upon the world.
Immortal Nature. An overlord doesn't require air, food, drink or sleep. It also
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
their army in battle centuries ago.
3
An ancient sapphire dragon guards the phylactery of a lich who helped the dragon establish a lair centuries before becoming Undead.
4
Lolth the Spider
stone to come and go.
The challenge rating of a legendary sapphire dragon increases by 1 when it’s encountered in its lair.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
instead.
Unusual Nature. The dragon turtle doesn't require food or drink.Multiattack. The dragon turtle makes one Bite or Tail attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +16
an dragon turtle;adult or ancient dragon turtle access to lair actions, increasing its challenge rating by 1. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon turtle can take one of the
spells
Choose a number of corpses, within range. You can reanimate up to 5 Challenge Rating 2 or lower Undead creatures from these corpses.
On each of your turns, you can take a Bonus Action to mentally
spell in this manner doesn’t require spell components with a GP cost.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. You can animate one additional Undead creature for each spell slot level above 5.
Beholder
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
ray, such as manipulating a simple tool or opening a door or a container.
Sleep Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or fall asleep and remain unconscious for 1
closing to melee range. A beholder encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 14 (11,500 XP).
Lair Actions
When fighting inside its lair, a beholder can invoke the ambient magic to take lair
Death Tyrant
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
fine control on objects with this ray, such as manipulating a simple tool or opening a door or a container.
Sleep Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or fall
it contains more trappings of death and decay. A death tyrant encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 15 (13,000 XP).
Lair Actions
When fighting inside its lair, a death tyrant can invoke
Demilich (Variant)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
Nature. A demilich doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. So great is a demilich’s will to survive that it always has the maximum number of hit points for its Hit Dice, instead of average
lair has a challenge rating of 23 (50,000 XP).
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the demilich rolls a d20;{"diceNotation":"1d20","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Take Lair
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Special Traits Special traits (which appear after a monster's challenge rating but before any actions or reactions) are characteristics that are likely to be relevant in a combat encounter and that
require some explanation. Innate Spellcasting A monster with the innate ability to cast spells has the Innate Spellcasting special trait. Unless noted otherwise, an innate spell of 1st level or higher
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Special Traits Special traits (which appear after a monster’s challenge rating but before any actions or reactions) are characteristics that are likely to be relevant in a combat encounter and that
require some explanation. Innate Spellcasting A monster with the innate ability to cast spells has the Innate Spellcasting special trait. Unless noted otherwise, an innate spell of 1st level or higher
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
levels. The latter two options require a bit of explanation. Using a Monster Stat Block The Monster Manual contains statistics for many generic NPCs that you can customize as you see fit, and chapter 9 of
). Challenge Rating. An NPC built for combat needs a challenge rating. Use the rules in chapter 9 to determine the NPC’s challenge rating, just as you would for a monster you designed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
as in combat, interactions with objects are limited: one free interaction per turn. That interaction must occur during a creature’s movement or action. Any additional interactions require the Utilize
worrying about the weight of those objects. If you try to haul an unusually heavy object or a massive number of lighter objects, the DM might require you to abide by the rules for carrying capacity in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
as in combat, interactions with objects are limited: one free interaction per turn. That interaction must occur during a creature’s movement or action. Any additional interactions require the Utilize
worrying about the weight of those objects. If you try to haul an unusually heavy object or a massive number of lighter objects, the DM might require you to abide by the rules for carrying capacity in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
container. Each stasis pod contains an unconscious Humanoid prisoner in a state of magical suspended animation. Most of these prisoners are commoners, but if you want to introduce a particular NPC to help
powered, closed stasis pod for 1 minute, the creature has the unconscious condition and is in stasis. While in stasis, the creature doesn’t require air, food, or drink, and it doesn’t age. If the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
NPC Stat Blocks The Monster Manual contains stat blocks for common NPC archetypes such as bandits and guards, as well as tips for customizing them. Those tips include adding racial traits from the
and add the features listed in the NPC Features table. If the NPC’s AC, hit points, attack bonus, or damage changes, recalculate its challenge rating. NPC Features Race Ability Modifiers Features
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
are recognized as weapons: if guards are securing swords and bows, they’ll also require you to turn over your staff.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
guards stand outside each of the front and back doors (leading to areas H1 and H6) at all hours. Rooms have 10-foot-high ceilings, with 8-foot-high passages and 7-foot-high doorways connecting them
. Windows are fitted with iron bars that require a successful DC 30 Strength (Athletics) check to bend. Doors are made of iron-bound oak and unlocked. All areas are brightly lit by continual flame spells
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
countess uses the simulacra as guards and castle decorations. Their poise and striking plumage are the envy of the cloud giant nobility, and they obey their mistress’s commands without question. An
aarakocra simulacrum has the statistics of an aarakocra, with the following changes: Each simulacrum has 6 hit points and a challenge rating of 1/8 (25 XP). When a simulacrum drops to 0 hit points or is subjected to a successful dispel magic spell (DC 17), it reverts to ice and snow and is destroyed.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
stationed inside the gatehouse, one in each tower. Four guards (male and female humans) man the adjacent walls. If the characters are seen flying or climbing over the walls, the guards assume that the
guards plus forty commoners (male and female humans) armed with handaxes. The double doors are made of thick wood planks bound with iron bands and sealed shut with a heavy wooden bar held in iron
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
with your hand—the ammunition from a container. Second, the act of drawing the ammunition is included in the attack and therefore doesn’t require its own action and doesn’t use up your free
ammunition property: “Drawing the ammunition from a quiver, case, or other container is part of the attack.” The sentence tells us two important things. First, you’re assumed to be drawing—that is, extracting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
Astral Elf Honor Guard The safety of important individuals and locations is entrusted to astral elf honor guards, highly trained warriors who are more than capable of holding their own in combat
put it to sleep.
Unusual Nature. The elf doesn’t require sleep.
Actions
Multiattack. The elf makes two Longsword or Radiant Ray attacks.
Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
2,400 4,900 7,300 10,900 20th 2,800 5,700 8,500 12,700 CHALLENGE RATING
When putting together an encounter or adventure, especially at lower levels, exercise caution when using monsters whose
challenge rating is higher than the party’s average level. Such a creature might deal enough damage with a single action to take out adventurers of a lower level. For example, an ogre has a challenge rating
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
to the vault, or pulls coins from the vault through the same sigil. Withdrawals of more than 250 gp require a second cashier to confirm the transaction. Transactions occurring through the sigils are
Areas Entering an employee-only area requires a pass card (see “Employee Pass Cards” earlier in the adventure). Security guards who encounter unauthorized individuals in employee-only areas immediately
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
tower.
Light. The cavern outside the tower is dark, for the inhabitants of Araj require no light. Inside the tower, occasional driftglobes shed dim light, with the rest of the place in darkness
.
Guards and Wards.The interior of the tower is under the effect of a permanent guards and wards spell to thwart intruders. Vizeran suspends the spell’s effects for his guests, allowing them to enter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
. When circumstances require that it cast off its guise, a deva is a beautiful humanoid-like creature with silvery skin. Its hair and eyes gleam with an unearthly luster, and large feathery wings unfurl
points and is freed from any curse, disease, poison, blindness, or deafness.
Change Shape. The deva magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating equal to or less than
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Deathlock Wight In Dead in Thay, two kinds of wights serve the Red Wizards as guards and workers. The deathlock wight resembles a normal wight, except that its undead form courses with dark magic
. Undead Nature. A wight doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. Deathlock Wight Medium undead, neutral evil
Armor Class 12 (15 with mage armor)
Hit Points 37 (5d8 + 15)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
11
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
threats require a united front. The agents of the Lords’ Alliance work to maintain the delicate network of information and diplomacy that sustains their order, alert for anything that might threaten
. Lord Eravien Haund
Lawful neutral half-elf noble
Ideals: Order, society, peace, stability
Personality: Charming, sly, worldly
Potential Resources: Lords’ Alliance guards and spies
The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
the front doors. To the north is a grand staircase draped in rich carpet.
Two guards patrol this area. The two statues flanking the information desk animate if a character comes within 5 feet of
of the hallway is another secret door that doesn’t require an ability check to spot from inside the hall. This secret door pulls open to reveal a similarly sized exhibit room in area V4. V4: Ancient