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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
creature within 5 feet. Failure: The target is pulled into the spore’s space and has the Grappled condition (escape DC 16). Until the grapple ends, the target has the Blinded and Restrained
, ancient forests, and miasmic lagoons touched by Abyssal evil.
A spore of Moander has no grand agenda beyond spreading death and sorrow. Still, cultists of Moander look on these terrible creatures
Monsters
D&D Beyond Drops
has Disadvantage on ability checks made to escape the grapple during that time as well.
Mud Form. The elemental can move through a space as narrow as 1 foot without expending extra movement to do
forms with protrusions that can look like arms, legs, or tentacles.
Mud elementals encountered in mortal worlds might appear anywhere that earth and water come into contact: shorelines, river banks, or
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
smaller creature, the target is grappled (escape DC 15). Until this grapple ends, the target takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Clockwork Claw", "rollDamageType
":"piercing"} piercing damage at the start of each of the mastermind’s turns. The mastermind has two claws, each of which can grapple only one target.
Generate Gadget (Recharge 5–6
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
: 16 (2d10 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d10+5","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Mandibles","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 17). Until this grapple ends
live alone for an unknown length of years, emerging from the lair only to hunt, to look for potential threats, and to mate. Mating is a once-in-a-lifetime urge that sees each deep crow involved in the
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage, and if the target is a creature, it is grappled (escape DC 15). The yggdrasti has four roots, each of which can grapple one target.
Lightning
Tree, yggdrasti look like gigantic, dead trees covered with barnacles. They fly through Wildspace and the Astral Sea with their topmost branches leading the way and their withered roots trailing behind
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
saving throw or be grappled (escape DC 13). Until the grapple ends, the target takes 13 (3d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"3d6+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Smother", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning
with its body, making them look like irregularities in the surface. The creature might instead attach itself to a nearby wall or a ceiling, using the remnants as bait; any creature that stops to
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage and the target is grappled (escape DC 14). Until this grapple ends, the crab folk can automatically hit the target with its claw, and the crab folk
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
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
(1d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"1d8+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Tentacle", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage at the start of each of its turns until the grapple ends. The brain breaker
breakers look like giant brains with stout legs, and they wear steel armor made from interlocked links of Ilvaash’s runes (knots of tentacles, brains, and jagged lines reminiscent of jaws).Psychic
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goliath, and fewer still can claim friendship with them. Goliaths wander a bleak realm of rock, wind, and cold. Their bodies look as if they are carved from mountain stone and give them great
battle, at the peak of strength and skill, than endure the slow decay of old age. Few folk have ever meet an elderly goliath, and even those goliaths who have left their people grapple with the urge to
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 19). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained and takes 15 (3d6 + 5);{"diceNotation":"3d6+5","rollType":"damage","rollAction
","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage and must succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw or become paralyzed until the start of her next turn.
Look at Me (Costs 3 Actions). Hythonia can force a sighted creature she has grappled to see her eyes and be affected by her gaze.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Tree Blight Tree blights look like ancient, dead trees with gnarled limbs and splintered hollows. Imbued with bloodlust, these blights feed on the living. Evidence of their past meals is often
(escape DC 16) from one of six roots. Until the grapple ends, the target takes 13 (2d6 + 6) Bludgeoning damage at the start of each of its turns.
Bonus Actions
Gnash. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 17, one creature Grappled by the blight. Failure: 19 (3d8 + 6) Piercing damage. Success: Half damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade
seven flexible limbs. CoupleofKooks “You ever notice how certain modrons sort of look like some kind of wacky dice?”
–Morte
Septon Modron Large Construct, Typically Lawful Neutral
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condition (escape DC 14). Until this grapple ends, the septon can’t use this tentacle against other targets. The septon has seven tentacles, each of which can grapple one target.
Lightning Network. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising
11. Olhydra’s Canal When the characters look into the wreckage of this small ship, read or paraphrase the following boxed text: You see gently sloping sand, leading up the length of this sunken
) check to escape the grapple. Unrestrained characters in the area must save against this effect at the beginning of their turn each round. As the characters are being grappled, a freezing fog fills the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
Attack: +7 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage, and if the target is a Medium or smaller creature, the target is grappled (escape DC 15). Until this grapple ends, the
target takes 10 (3d6) piercing damage at the start of each of the mastermind’s turns. The mastermind has two claws, each of which can grapple only one target.
Generate Gadget (Recharge 5–6). The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
seize it and carry it back to their lairs. If necessary, they resort to violence to claim the metal. Brutal Raiders. Each year, when the warm summer gives way to the chill of autumn, the crab folk look
folk makes two claw attacks.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 14). Until this grapple ends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
language. The grells try to grapple and subdue intruders on sight. Treasure. The chest of drawers contains torn-up scraps of clothing. In the bottom drawer is an unlocked coffer containing 300 gp, a
polished crystal orb carved to look like a glistening doppelganger eyeball (usable as an arcane focus), and a spell scroll of flesh to stone.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
and hunting tactics. A roper can hold still for long hours, shutting its single eye to look like nothing more than a mundane formation of rock. Creatures that come too close are surprised when that eye
grappled (escape DC 15). Until the grapple ends, the target is restrained and has disadvantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws, and the roper can’t use the same tendril on another target.
Reel. The roper pulls each creature grappled by it up to 25 feet straight toward it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures
Yggdrasti Thought to be cast-off splinters of Yggdrasil, the World Tree, yggdrasti look like gigantic, dead trees covered with barnacles. They fly through Wildspace and the Astral Sea with their
grapple one target.
Lightning Discharge (3/Day). The yggdrasti shoots lightning at one creature within 120 feet of itself. The target must make a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw, taking 31 (7d8) lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
snow. A trapper that lurks on the floor of its hunting grounds can cover any remains there with its body, making them look like irregularities in the surface. The creature might instead attach itself to
or smaller creature within 10 feet of the trapper must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or be grappled (escape DC 13). Until the grapple ends, the target takes 13 (3d6 + 3) bludgeoning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
cover these remains with own body, making them look like irregularities in the surface. The creature might also attach itself to a wall or a ceiling close to a recent kill, effectively using the
creature within 5 feet of the trapper must succeed on a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw or be grappled (escape DC 14). Until the grapple ends, the target takes 17 (4d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage plus 3 (1d6
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
ability checks and saving throws made to escape a grapple.
Your skin is covered by slime. You must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw to sit down, open doors, and perform other mundane tasks of the
DM’s determination.
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Flowers turn to face you as you pass them.
Mundane animals can’t look at you.
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Each time you finish a short rest, you suddenly sprout a covering of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1) piercing damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it is grappled (escape DC 10). Until this grapple ends, the monk cannot use its
patronage (maps, notebooks, and so forth). Once contact has been made, they look to help the characters — especially if this also leads to their own escape. However, most of the other prisoners are former
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Orzhov Syndicate or the Azorius Senate. Loxodons believe that the members of a group have a responsibility to look out for each other. Once they have joined a guild or bonded with other individuals in any
: lift, drop, hold, push, or pull an object or a creature; open or close a door or a container; grapple someone; or make an unarmed strike. Your DM might allow other simple tasks to be added to that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
, emerging from the lair only to hunt, to look for potential threats, and to mate. Mating is a once-in-a-lifetime urge that sees each deep crow involved in the pairing produce a cluster of four to eight
17). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the deep crow can’t use its mandibles on another target.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
yes, the feature is magical. Let’s look at a white dragon’s Cold Breath and ask ourselves those questions. First, Cold Breath isn’t a magic item. Second, its description mentions no spell. Third, it’s
grapple with a creature and then pull it underground and leave it there to die? No. An earth elemental’s Earth Glide is meant to apply to itself only. The elemental doesn’t take other creatures with it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
about unusual cases like the green-flame blade spell? The spell, which appears in the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide, tells you to make a melee attack with a weapon. Look at the table above, and you see
, the spell’s description says so. For examples, take a look at fire bolt and ray of frost. Both say it—“spell attack.” What does “melee weapon attack” mean: a melee attack with a weapon or an attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
laughter echoes through the chasm as you look around, the sound ricocheting off the walls that make its origin impossible to pinpoint.
Chyzka, the fang of Yeenoghu, encourages internal fighting
still has one javelin left. The berserker tries to grapple any character he can reach through the bars; if he succeeds, he tries to stab the grappled character with his javelin on his next turn. If he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
various game features distinguish between the armor you don and a Shield you wield. Take a look at the Monk’s Unarmored Defense feature and compare it to the Barbarian’s version. In the Monk’s version
Player’s Handbook for examples. If you grapple or shove an enemy, does that end a Sanctuary spell cast on you? No. The Sanctuary spell ends only if the warded creature makes an attack roll, casts a spell, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
) bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 19). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained and takes 15 (3d6 + 5) bludgeoning damage at the start of each of its turns, and Hythonia can’t
(2d6) poison damage and must succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw or become paralyzed until the start of her next turn.
Look at Me (Costs 3 Actions). Hythonia can force a sighted creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
with this diet, the roper is eager for larger prey.
Even characters who look closely at the roper can’t tell that it’s anything other than a stalagmite unless it moves. The roper is difficult to
checks to escape the grapple due to the force of the current. The river poses a severe hazard in itself, though; see “Fast-Flowing Water” below.
Development. The roper is satisfied, ending the attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Strength score of 22 and makes one melee weapon attack against the creature: +7 to hit, 24 (4d8 + 6) bludgeoning damage. Instead of dealing damage, a tentacle can grapple its target (escape DC 16). If the
that, Acererak raises his staff, utters some arcane syllables, and is gone.
If the characters succeed in killing Acererak before he has a chance to escape, read: A look of horror passes over the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
surprise, and look for chances to launch sudden attacks from positions of concealment whenever possible. The soldiers of the Crushing Wave cult are highly loyal to the cult priests, but they rarely fight to
many of the resistances elemental creatures possess, as well as the ability to grapple and crush their enemies with their watery bodies. Fathomers often serve as spies, infiltrators, and assassins for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
this place is cared for by a druid. Creatures that attack a village under the protection of the god’s druids soon learn the error of their ways when all manner of plants lash out to grapple and sting
this assertion, halflings look for signs from their departed loved ones. One might be thinking about catching butterflies with his grandmother long ago, when suddenly a butterfly lands on his hand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
armor in the equipment rules in the Player’s Handbook, but various game features distinguish between the armor you wear and a shield you wield. Take a look at the monk’s Unarmored Defense feature and
spellcaster and the DM. See the Trinkets table in the Player’s Handbook for examples. If you grapple or shove an enemy creature, does that end a sanctuary spell cast on you? If you use the grapple or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
ability determines its ability modifier, as shown in the Ability Scores and Modifiers table in the Player’s Handbook. If you can’t decide what a monster’s ability scores should be, look for comparable
the attack Having the monster grapple the target on a hit Allowing the monster to knock the target prone on a hit Imposing a condition on the target if the attack hits and the target fails a saving