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Fearsome Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Fearsome Claw"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (2d4+1);{"diceNotation":"2d4+1", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction
":"Fearsome Claw", "rollDamageType":"Slashing"} Slashing damage, and the target has the Frightened condition until the end of the scarecrow’s next turn.
Terrifying Glare. Wisdom Saving Throw
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it starts its turn in sunlight. While in sunlight, it has Disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.Multiattack. The mind flayer makes two Claw attacks, or one Claw attack and one Tentacles
attack, and uses Mind Burst if available.
Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d8+4", "rollType
Nosferatu
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. The nosferatu doesn’t require air.Multiattack. The nosferatu makes two Claw attacks followed by one Bite attack. If both Claw attacks hit the same creature, the Bite attack is made with
advantage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"1d8+5","rollType":"damage
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe both air and water.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit
);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit
Young Deep Dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target
", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target
", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +9
":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +12
":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +12;{"diceNotation
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +10
", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +10
Ancient Deep Dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +12
", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +12
Adult Deep Dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +9
", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +13
", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +13
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Nosferatu Vicious, undead hunters, nosferatu possess the endless thirst of vampires but none of their grace. For them, existence is nothing more than an everlasting string of cold, desperate nights
two Claw attacks followed by one Bite attack. If both Claw attacks hit the same creature, the Bite attack is made with advantage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
starts its turn in sunlight. While in sunlight, it has Disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.
Actions
Multiattack. The nosferatu makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite
nosferatu regains Hit Points equal to that amount.
Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +8, reach 5 ft. Hit: 9 (1d8 + 5) Slashing damage.
Blood Spew (Recharge 5–6). Constitution Saving Throw: DC 16, each creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
they force their targets to desperate limits, night hags claim their victims’ tormented spirits, capturing them in sinister traps called soul bags. The hags then slip between planes of existence to
hag can create a new bag after 7 days.
Actions
Multiattack. The hag makes two Claw attacks.
Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +7, reach 5 ft. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) Slashing damage.
Nightmare Haunting (1/Day
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
by holding torches in each of its hands.
Creatures Five neutral human sculptors (use the cultist stat block) originally from the Temple of Moloch are here creating stonework for the tomb. Desperate
Moghadam’s magical passes, using the torches as weapons. Use the statistics for the girallon’s claw attack, but a torch attack deals bludgeoning damage plus 2 (1d4) fire damage. Murals If the murals are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Actions
Multiattack. The neogi makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to
can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (2d4 + 3) slashing damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
sorrowsworn makes one Bite attack and one Claw attack.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage plus 13 (3d8) necrotic damage.
Claw. Melee
grappling a creature, the sorrowsworn can’t make a Claw attack.
Lonely Sorrowsworn The sorrow of isolation afflicts many creatures that lurk in the Shadowfell, but the need for companionship is
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
. Success: The target is immune to this ghast’s Stench for 24 hours.
Actions
Multiattack. The ghast makes two Horrific Necrosis attacks. It can replace one attack with a Claw attack.
Claw. Melee
. Particularly desperate or vengeful ghosts might possess the living to fulfill their ends.
Steven Belledin
Ghost Medium Undead, Neutral
AC 11 Initiative +1 (11)
HP 45 (10d8)
Speed 5 ft., Fly
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Servant of Superstition
Habitat: Grassland; Treasure: None
Spirits of vengeance bound to crude frames, scarecrows arise from folk magic, the prayers of desperate commoners, or possession by
Fearsome Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +3, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (2d4 + 1) Slashing damage, and the target has the Frightened condition until the end of the scarecrow’s next turn.
Terrifying Glare. Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
might fight low-level agents of the Order of the Emerald Claw and grow to loathe the sight of their claw-shaped symbol and green cloaks. As they attain higher levels, the characters will face
aberrant dragonmarks in the desperate hope of preventing another War of the Mark. 2 The villain is suffering under a terrible curse, and their increasingly serious crimes are an effort to fight off the curse
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
became a Vampire Umbral Lord. Death Cultists, along with desperate and deluded souls, have flocked to the ancient stargazer, forming the cult around Grayl and her discoveries despite their leader’s
they find, they drag through secret paths beneath the waves to their ritual site under the island called Dagon’s Claw. Those who join the cult and participate in its induction rituals develop shark-like organs (see “Cult Dark Gifts”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
they ride forth upon the mortal world, terrified mortals make offerings in a desperate attempt to appease them, but the ashen riders aren’t merciful, and they delight in reducing the paragons of the
then hits it with a claw attack on the same turn, that target must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. If the target is prone, the lion can make one bite attack against it as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
as they claw at each other. Floating near them is the half-eaten corpse of a bearded devil clutching a glaive. The pool is 20 feet wide and 40 feet long, with a horseshoe-shaped ledge around it.
Two
used as arcane focuses for spellcasting. Other curios include an empty casket sized for a human infant, a copper cowbell, a rope noose, a nothic’s shriveled claw on the end of a black cord, a soot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
passes through the tunnel mouth has a 50 percent chance to trip it and trigger two mechanisms. The first mechanism is a spring-loaded wooden contraption resembling a claw that swings out from the wall of
the mine shaft up-slope from this tunnel to snap across the tunnel mouth. Whoever triggered the trap must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity throw or take 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage from the claw. One round
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
with 50 hit points remaining and has no poison coating his weapons, reducing his challenge rating to 3 (700 XP). He’s trying to kick open the door to area G15b in a desperate attempt to capture Lord
to the east has been drawn back, revealing a claw-footed bathtub. Area G15b is a wood-paneled bedchamber with a birdcage on a table and a permanent teleportation circle inscribed on the floor. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
have already eaten their sled dogs. Now, Gunvald has decided that desperate times require desperate measures. He plans to kill four of the tribe’s eldest members and cook them to feed the rest of the
engraved with a giant snowflake. Two caryatids depicting a towering woman stand on either side of a door in the south wall. In the middle of the room is a five-foot-tall, claw-shaped lectern with a white
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
retreat. Go to Event 12: “Last Stand.” The characters abandon the townsfolk. Go to Event 13: “Ghost Tower.” Event 12. Last Stand The party makes a desperate stand to allow the defenders to escape. Read
than three victories. Read the following aloud: Before you can act, the dragon extends a ghostly claw from its body and snatches a glowing red stone from the air above its head. With a triumphant roar
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, providing miserable housing for desperate people. Lower Dura Malleon’s Gate A poor district originally inhabited by goblins, Malleon’s Gate has become a haven for monstrous immigrants from Droaam and Darguun
goods. Due to the significant shifter population in Lower Northedge, North Market offers goods and services aimed at shifters (grooming services, claw care, and so forth) as well as those reflecting an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
and laborers, the Gravemakers guard the dead — and Tumbledown — from threats. With so much death concentrated in one spot, undead are a constant problem. Skeletons and revenants regularly claw
out of the city, forcing them out the Basilisk Gate in the middle of the night and taxing them for the privilege. Desperate and weary, the refugees finally found succor in a caravansary run by a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Tumbledown — from threats. With so much death concentrated in one spot, undead are a constant problem. Skeletons and revenants regularly claw spontaneously out of their graves, while ghouls and ghasts burrow
middle of the night and taxing them for the privilege. Desperate and weary, the refugees finally found succor in a caravanserai run by a fellow Calishite in the Outer City. There they used what little
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
or the ability to burrow. However, the artificial blades increase its claw damage to 14 (2d8 + 5) slashing damage. The angry, trapped umber hulk eagerly attacks anything it can reach. If the
picks and shovels. They are desperate to escape but are thoroughly intimidated. If they mistake the characters for Black Earth cultists, they cringe and work harder. If they realize that the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
giants. If the characters stay at the Calling Horns Inn for a night, they and Tamalin are awakened in the wee hours by a strange racket. Two trolls are trying to claw their way into the inn’s stable to
. Surrounding it are several wood-frame buildings that make up the town, and all is contained within a crumbling wall that’s in desperate need of repair. Winter roses along the wall blossom throughout the