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Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Special Equipment. Jarlaxle wears Leather, +3; +3 leather armor, a hat of disguise, a bracer of flying daggers (see appendix A), a cloak of invisibility, a knave's eye patch (see appendix A), and a
subjected to an effect that allows him to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, Jarlaxle instead takes no damage if he succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage if he fails
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the spider fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Spider Climb. The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without
turn.Absorb Blow. In response to being hit with an attack roll, the spider’s carapace absorbs some of the blow, reducing the damage it takes by 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10", "rollType":"roll
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Fire Absorption. Whenever the golem is subjected to fire damage, it takes no damage and instead regains a number of hit points equal to the fire damage dealt.
Immutable Form. The golem is immune to
iron golem's shape can be worked into any form, though most are fashioned to look like giant suits of armor. Its fist can destroy creatures with a single blow, and its clanging steps shake the earth
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Geryon fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Geryon has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
abilities. Members of his cult can gain the Crushing Blow trait. Cult leaders can also gain the Indomitable Strength trait.
Crushing Blow (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus action, the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Geryon fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Geryon has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
abilities. Members of his cult can gain the Crushing Blow trait. Cult leaders can also gain the Indomitable Strength trait.
Crushing Blow (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus action
Magic Items
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
disintegrates, and you take no damage instead.
As an action, you can blow the petals from the rose to produce a 20-foot cone of acid, lightning, poisonous gas, fire, or cold, as dictated by the rose
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
fall unconscious. Instead, the damage creates cracks in its carapace, revealing its hearts. Tromokratis has four hearts: two on its chest, one on its back, and one at the base of its tail. A heart has an
destroyed.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Tromokratis fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Weapons. Tromokratis’s weapon attacks are magical.
Siege Monster. Tromokratis
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The sibriex has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The sibriex makes three Chain attacks, and it uses Squirt Bile
target’s hands grow claws, which can be used as dagger;daggers.
16–20
One of the target’s legs grows longer than the other, reducing its walking speed by 10 feet.
21&ndash
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Zelennor, watches over the wizard’s frozen remains. It uses the weasel stat block in the Monster Manual but is a fey instead of a beast. If Zelennor is reduced to 0 hit points, Nass’s
. Nass’s personal sigil is inscribed on the spine, which also bears the title Lantomir’s Traveling Libram. The tome contains the following spells: clairvoyance, cloud of daggers, counterspell
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Nafas has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Noble Genie. Nafas doesn’t suffer any of the penalties that
ancient djinni born from the planar winds that blow through the myriad doors of the Infinite Staircase. He’s a timeless force of untold power, a genie made noble by the planes themselves. A cloud
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
/Day). If Halaster fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Rejuvenation. If Halaster dies in Undermountain, he revives after 1d10 days, with all his hit points and any missing body
, shield, silent image
2nd level (3 slots): arcane lock, cloud of daggers, darkvision, knock
3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, dispel magic, fireball
4th level (3 slots): confusion, hallucinatory
Horn of Blasting
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You can use an action to speak the horn's command word and then blow the horn, which emits a thunderous blast in a 30-foot cone that is audible 600 feet away. Each creature in the cone must make a DC
. Creatures and objects made of glass or crystal have disadvantage on the saving throw and take 10d6 thunder damage instead of 5d6.
Each use of the horn's magic has a 20 percent chance of causing the horn to explode. The explosion deals 10d6 fire damage to the blower and destroys the horn.
Conjurer
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
, unseen servant*
2nd level (3 slots): cloud of daggers,* misty step,* web*
3rd level (3 slots): fireball, stinking cloud*
4th level (3 slots): Evard's black tentacles,* stoneskin
5th level (2 slots
conjurer teleports up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space that it can see. If it instead chooses a space within range that is occupied by a willing Small or Medium creature, they both teleport, swapping
Spells
Acquisitions Incorporated
a ranged spell attack for each missile. On a hit, a missile deals 2d4 force damage to its target.
If the attack roll scores a critical hit, the target of that missile takes 5d4 force damage instead
of you rolling damage twice for a critical hit. If the attack roll for any missile is a 1, all missiles miss their targets and blow up in your face, dealing 1 force damage per missile to you.
At
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Melee Attacks (p. 195) The third paragraph now reads, “Instead of using a weapon to make a melee weapon attack, you can use an unarmed strike: a punch, kick, head-butt, or similar forceful blow (none
Yuan-ti Pureblood
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
many methods for capturing enemies, such as poisoning, knocking out an opponent instead of making a killing blow, throwing nets, using magic such as suggestion, or restraining them in the coils of a
the blood, as it once did.
Because their population is so small, the yuan-ti are aware they are vulnerable in open warfare. Instead, their current plans assume they will never rule outwardly in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Horn of Blasting Wondrous item, rare You can use an action to speak the horn’s command word and then blow the horn, which emits a thunderous blast in a 30-foot cone that is audible 600 feet away
much damage and isn’t deafened. Creatures and objects made of glass or crystal have disadvantage on the saving throw and take 10d6 thunder damage instead of 5d6. Each use of the horn’s magic has a 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Horn of Blasting Wondrous item, rare You can use an action to speak the horn’s command word and then blow the horn, which emits a thunderous blast in a 30-foot cone that is audible 600 feet away
much damage and isn’t deafened. Creatures and objects made of glass or crystal have disadvantage on the saving throw and take 10d6 thunder damage instead of 5d6. Each use of the horn’s magic has a 20
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Abyssal, Common, Draconic, Dwarvish, Elvish, Undercommon
Challenge 15 (13,000 XP)
Special Equipment. Jarlaxle wears +3 leather armor, a hat of disguise, a bracer of flying daggers (see appendix A
with a feather of diatryma summoning (see appendix A).
Evasion. If he is subjected to an effect that allows him to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, Jarlaxle instead takes no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
damage to its target. If the attack roll scores a critical hit, the target of that missile takes 5d4 force damage instead of you rolling damage twice for a critical hit. If the attack roll for any
missile is a 1, all missiles miss their targets and blow up in your face, dealing 1 force damage per missile to you. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Unarmed Strike Instead of using a weapon to make a melee attack, you can use a punch, kick, headbutt, or similar forceful blow. In game terms, this is an Unarmed Strike—a melee attack that involves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
can choose to succeed instead.
Spider Climb. The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Web Walker. The spider ignores
spider’s next turn.
Reactions
Absorb Blow. In response to being hit with an attack roll, the spider’s carapace absorbs some of the blow, reducing the damage it takes by 11 (2d10).
Helge C. balzer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Unarmed Strike Instead of using a weapon to make a melee attack, you can use a punch, kick, headbutt, or similar forceful blow. In game terms, this is an Unarmed Strike—a melee attack that involves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Unarmed Strike Instead of using a weapon to make a melee attack, you can use a punch, kick, head-butt, or similar forceful blow. In game terms, this is an Unarmed Strike—a melee attack that involves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
applying the resistance), the rose disintegrates, and you take no damage instead. As an action, you can blow the petals from the rose to produce a 20-foot cone of acid, lightning, poisonous gas, fire, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
feat of your choice for which you qualify. You gain this feature again at Barbarian levels 8, 12, and 16. Level 5: Extra Attack You can attack twice instead of once whenever you take the Attack action
type dealt by the weapon or Unarmed Strike, and you can cause one Brutal Strike effect of your choice. You have the following effect options. Forceful Blow. The target is pushed 15 feet straight away
Orc
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with orcs tells of confronting a hulking foe that can cleave through a warrior with a single blow, part of a force that can cut down enemies as though they were trembling stalks of wheat before the
, injury, or age) often join these cults instead of facing daily humiliation, exile, or death.
Serving as the bridge between the two parts of the tribe are the priestesses of Luthic, the orc goddess who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
locked. Two town guards (LG male and female humans) stand just inside each gate. Instead of spears, they carry pikes (reach 10 ft., 1d10 + 1 piercing damage on a hit). These weapons are long enough
walls). The town can also muster a militia of fifty able-bodied human commoners armed with clubs, daggers, and torches.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
clubs, two daggers, and six wooden shields. Hark’s Larder At the north end of the cave is a smaller cave where Boss Hark keeps prisoners before feeding them to his giant rats. Cowering in the back of this
with Hark Characters can try to negotiate with Hark instead of attacking him. He agrees to release the remaining villagers if the characters do one of the following things (and leave the goblin lair in
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
. Level 5: Extra Attack You can attack twice instead of once whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. Level 5: Fast Movement Your speed increases by 10 feet while you aren’t wearing Heavy armor
have the following effect options. Forceful Blow. The target is pushed 15 feet straight away from you. You can then move up to half your Speed straight toward the target without provoking Opportunity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
slots): cloud of daggers,* misty step,* web*
3rd level (3 slots): fireball, stinking cloud*
4th level (3 slots): Evard’s black tentacles,* stoneskin
5th level (2 slots): cloudkill,* conjure
to 30 feet to an unoccupied space that it can see. If it instead chooses a space within range that is occupied by a willing Small or Medium creature, they both teleport, swapping places.
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
giant suits of armor. Its fist can destroy creatures with a single blow, and its clanging steps shake the earth beneath its feet. Iron golems wield enormous blades to extend their reach, and all can
(15,000 XP)
Fire Absorption. Whenever the golem is subjected to fire damage, it takes no damage and instead regains a number of hit points equal to the fire damage dealt.
Immutable Form. The golem
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
casting spells that have verbal components. They can’t leave the room. They have the ice storm spell prepared instead of banishment, and the finger of death spell prepared instead of teleport. If
more XP, however. Treasure Turbulence carries a soot-stained spellbook containing all the spells she has prepared, plus the following: alter self, cloud of daggers, hypnotic pattern, and wall of fire.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
+0 +0
Ability Score Mod Save
Int 10 +0 +0
Wis 8 −1 −1
Cha 8 −1 −1
Skills Stealth +6
Gear Daggers (3)
Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 9
feet of itself. The goblin and that ally swap places, and the ally becomes the target of the attack instead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
descriptions. Instead of using a weapon to make a melee weapon attack, you can use an unarmed strike: a punch, kick, head-butt, or similar forceful blow (none of which count as weapons). On a hit, an
ability modifier to the damage of the bonus attack, unless that modifier is negative. If either weapon has the thrown property, you can throw the weapon, instead of making a melee attack with it