cunning result goblins to have require

Goblin Psi Brawler

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

other Aberrations, which help them transform in return for their service as shock troops. Regardless, the result is the same: a goblin with unnatural and barely contained psychic power. Psionic goblins

physical might. Their strikes crackle with psychic energy, and while angered, goblin psi brawlers can unleash a telekinetic thrust strong enough to knock enemies to the ground. Psionic Goblins The

Goblin Psi Commander

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

triggering attack roll, potentially causing it to miss.Goblin psi commanders are among the few psionic goblins who manage to fully control the power within themselves. Awakened to the total breadth

Goblins The specifics of how a psionic goblin comes to exist vary. Some are born, changed by energy leaking from the Far Realm. Others transform themselves with their psionic power or enter into agreements

Guthash

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

":"roll","rollAction":"Bite"} every 24 hours. If the target's hit point maximum drops to 0 as a result of this disease, the target dies.A monstrously swollen female diseased giant rat [6 feet long] that

the goblins call Guthash (Bloated One). The giant rats that hunt in the Sunless Citadel all descend from her.

Oblex Spawn

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

until the end of its next turn. Unusual Nature. The oblex doesn’t require sleep.Pseudopod. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Pseudopod"} to hit

, the oblex—a slime capable of assaulting the minds of other creatures. These pools of jelly are cunning hunters that feed on thoughts and memories. The sharper the mind, the better the meal, so

Feywild Shard

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

holding or wearing the shard, you can roll on the Wild Magic Surge table in the Player’s Handbook. If the result is a spell, it is too wild to be affected by your Metamagic, and if it normally

requires concentration, it doesn’t require concentration in this case; the spell lasts for its full duration. If you don’t have the Wild Magic Sorcerous Origin, once this property is used to roll on the Wild Magic Surge table, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.

Gem Stalker

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Spider Climb. The gem stalker can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Unusual Nature. The gem stalker doesn’t require food or

that amount.When a gem dragon kills an aberrant creature from the Far Realm, the dragon sometimes reshapes the alien corpse into a gem stalker—a cunning predator capable of traversing the

Allip

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

":"Incorporeal Movement", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage if it ends its turn inside an object. Unusual Nature. The allip doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Maddening Touch. Melee Spell

allip’s choice that the allip can see. Constructs and Undead are immune to this effect.When a creature uncovers a secret that a powerful being has protected with a mighty curse, the result is often

Maw of Yeenoghu

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

result is a ravenous monster called a maw of Yeenoghu, which is wholly devoted to the demon lord. A maw of Yeenoghu grows a mane of hair and hunches over like a gnoll. Its jaw grows and widens, and

relief, but the teeth quickly regrow. Cunning maws use this phenomenon as a ready supply of weaponry, throwing clusters of teeth at their foes. A maw of Yeenoghu charges at its prey on all fours with its mouth wide open, scraping the ground like a plow.

Stone Cursed

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Cunning Opportunist. The stone cursed has advantage on the attack rolls of opportunity attack;opportunity attacks. False Appearance. If the stone cursed is motionless at the start of combat, it has

the stone cursed isn’t a statue. Unusual Nature. The stone cursed doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Petrifying Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType

Naiad

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

personality. Aquatic Collectors. Curious by nature, naiads often seek out what the seas and rivers claim. As a result, they might be found among sunken ruins and shipwrecks, sifting through the remains

facets of nature might employ nymphs as messengers, guardians, or scouts. Immortal Nature. A nymph doesn’t require food, drink, or sleep. PoisonPsychic

Tarul Var

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

Focused Conjuration. While Var is concentration on a conjuration spell, his concentration can't be broken as a result of taking damage. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Var fails a saving throw, he

lich doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.PoisonCold, Lightning, Necrotic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Oread

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

to alter the natural course of destruction, neither will they make another nymph's home part of any calamity they encourage. As a result, part of what makes an alseid's field or a dryad's grove seem

times of special need, deities tied to facets of nature might employ nymphs as messengers, guardians, or scouts. Immortal Nature. A nymph doesn't require food, drink, or sleep. Fire, Poison

Boss Augustus

Monsters The Book of Many Things

cursed with lycanthropy. While cursed in this way, the target retains its alignment, languages, and equipment but otherwise uses the werewolf stat block, excluding actions that require equipment the

transformed. He reverts to his humanoid form if he dies. Cunning Action. Augustus takes the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.

Boss Delour

Monsters The Book of Many Things

but otherwise uses the wererat stat block, excluding actions that require equipment the target doesn’t have. During any night when there’s a full moon in the sky, the target becomes an NPC

hybrid, a Medium giant rat, or his humanoid form. His statistics, other than his size and speed, are the same in each form. Any equipment he is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. He reverts to his humanoid form if he dies. Cunning Action. Delour takes the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.

Elder Brain Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

dragon doesn’t require air or sleep.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack, two Claw attacks, and one Tentacle attack. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +15;{"diceNotation":"1d20+15","rollType":"to

tentacles into the dragon’s brain. An elder brain dragon is the nightmarish result. Using the mobility of the dragon’s body, the elder brain can now serve as a powerful general to illithid

Adult Oblex

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

until the end of its next turn. Unusual Nature. The oblex doesn’t require sleep.Multiattack. The oblex makes two Pseudopod attacks, and it uses Eat Memories. Pseudopod. Melee Weapon Attack: +7

flayers created a special breed of Ooze, the oblex—a slime capable of assaulting the minds of other creatures. These pools of jelly are cunning hunters that feed on thoughts and memories. The

Elder Oblex

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

until the end of its next turn. Unusual Nature. The oblex doesn’t require sleep.Multiattack. The elder oblex makes two Pseudopod attacks, and it uses Eat Memories. Pseudopod. Melee Weapon Attack

jelly are cunning hunters that feed on thoughts and memories. The sharper the mind, the better the meal, so oblexes hunt targets more likely to be intelligent, such as wizards and other spellcasters. When

Simic Scientist

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

’t be found. Unearthing the deepest secrets of the multiverse can require an adventure or even a whole campaign. Simic Guild Spells Prerequisite: Spellcasting or Pact Magic class feature For you

alterations in yourself or others, the result often displays the characteristics of fish, amphibians, or other water-dwelling creatures. Blue-green eddies of magical energy sometimes accompany your

Teeth of Dahlver-Nar

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

result is rolled after it’s been used, you draw the next lowest unused tooth on the table. Sowing Teeth. To sow the tooth, you place it on the ground in an unoccupied space within your reach

lasts for 24 hours or until you break it. 3 The Golden Age of Dhakaan (golden goblin bicuspid) 10 goblin;goblins, 1 goblin boss When you are hit by an attack and an ally is within 5 feet of you

Worg Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.A worg is an evil predator that delights in hunting and devouring creatures weaker than itself. Cunning and malevolent, worgs roam across

the remote wilderness or are raised by goblins and hobgoblins. Those creatures use worgs as mounts, but a worg will turn on its rider if it feels mistreated or malnourished. Worgs speak in their own language and Goblin, and a few learn to speak Common as well.

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

appreciation for the finer things! — Volo Goblins occupy an uneasy place in a dangerous world, and they react by lashing out at any creatures they believe they can bully. Cunning in battle and

cruel in victory, goblins are fawning and servile in defeat, just as in their own society lower castes must scrape before those of greater status and as goblin tribes bow before other goblinoids

Yuan-ti Malison (Type 3) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

’t be bound for long by brute force, and that many creatures will refuse to serve. As a result, yuan-ti first influence other creatures with the promise of wealth and power. Time and again

are cunning and ruthless tacticians who readily sacrifice lesser yuan-ti if potential victory justifies such losses. They have no sense of honorable combat and strike first in decisive ambush if they

Crab Folk

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

can't make attacks with that claw against other targets. The crab folk has two claws, each of which can grapple only one target.The crab folk are the result of a magical ritual used long ago by a mighty

, their lack of cunning foiled her plans. Many tumbled into the sea and drowned, too simpleminded and impatient to learn how to swim. Others smashed caravans and crushed their defenders most effectively

Demilich (Variant) Legacy

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

Action"}. On a result of 11 or higher, the demilich takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects. It can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row. The tomb trembles violently for

Psionic Goblins

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Psionic Goblins Claudio Pozas The specifics of how a psionic goblin comes to exist vary. Some are born, changed by energy leaking from the Far Realm. Others transform themselves with their psionic

power or enter into agreements with other Aberrations, which help them transform in return for their service as shock troops. Regardless, the result is the same: a goblin with unnatural and barely

Settlements and Sites

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

the region ill-suited to agriculture, and deadly predators, murderous goblins, and cunning fey haunt the wilds. Despite this, the land around the community of Viktal is a haven of peace and bounty. Most

Secret of Chief Yarb-Gnock

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

dragged them back to their caves in the mountains to be eaten. Spellix, whom the goblins overlooked, followed them and devised a cunning plan to free his companions. Using materials scavenged from the

hellscape it is today, Spellix Romwod was traveling through the mountain pass with a small caravan when it was caught in an avalanche. The goblins who triggered the avalanche captured Spellix’s mates and

Running This Chapter

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

to make the journey more interesting, consider rolling on the Triboar Trail Random Encounters table in chapter 3. Reroll a result of “Cragmaw goblin band” since the characters dealt with the goblins in that chapter.

Kobolds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

their warlord Kethelrax the Cunning. Beyond this, a handful of Kobolds can be found scattered across Khorvaire, sometimes mingling with the city goblins in the great cities.

Hobgoblin

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

Hobgoblin Hobgoblins are cunning, disciplined warriors who crave conquest. They impose a strict military hierarchy and are often found in the company of goblins and bugbears. Hobgoblin Medium

Clockworks

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

Clockworks The gnomes’ efforts to invent and tinker with magic and mechanical devices produce many failed constructs, but also result in genuine advances, such as clockworks. Since their discovery

, the methods used to craft clockworks have passed from one community of gnomes to another and down the generations. Constructed Nature. A clockwork doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.

Oblex

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

of other creatures. Cunning hunters, these pools of jelly stalk prey, searching for the memories they so desperately crave. When oblexes feed on those thoughts, sometimes killing their victims, they

plunders the creature’s mind, leaving its prey befuddled and confused. Ooze Nature. An oblex doesn’t require sleep.

Aftermath of the Last War

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

enslaved. As a result, many burnt-out farms and abandoned villages have stood empty for decades. The broken paths of the lightning rail make travel into the interior difficult, and only the largest cities

clan lord holds absolute power in their town. Some clans are friendly to outsiders and welcome commerce. Others despise non-goblins. Lhesh Haruuc has abolished slavery in Rhukaan Draal, but some of

Vampires

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

the youngest vampires might be little more than bloodthirsty servants of their creators, the eldest possess incredible cunning and control over supernatural forces of the night. Undead vampires lie

dormant during the day, retreating to resting places hidden from foes and the sun’s searing rays. Roll on or choose a result from the Vampire Resting Places table to inspire a vampire’s grim sanctuary

Wilderness Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver

monster of that sort. Multiply that value by the number of creatures encountered, then divide the total equally among the characters. Wilderness Encounters Day Roll Night Roll Result 1–2 1–3 Stirges

(1d8 + 2) — 4 Ghouls (1d4 + 1) 3–4 — Ogre (1) 5–6 5 Goblins (1d6 + 3) 7–8 6 Hobgoblins (1d4 + 2) 9–10 7–8 Orcs (1d4 + 2) 11 9–10 Wolves (1d4 + 2) 12 11–12 Owlbear (1) Stirges. These flying predators

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