loses speed

Ghost

Monsters Monster Manual

Humanoid the ghost can see within 5 feet. Failure: The target is possessed by the ghost; the ghost disappears, and the target has the Incapacitated condition and loses control of its body. The ghost now

statistics are the same, except it uses the possessed target’s Speed, as well as the target’s Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution modifiers. The possession lasts until the body drops to 0 Hit

Strahd Zombie

Monsters Curse of Strahd

can see it. The severed head has a speed of 0 feet. It can make a bite attack, but only against a target in its space. The zombie’s speed is halved if it’s missing a leg. If it loses both

damage it takes is subtracted from the zombie’s hit points. A severed leg is unable to attack and has a speed of 5 feet. A severed arm has a speed of 5 feet and can make one claw attack on its

Ornithopter of Flying

Magic Items The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

You can use this contraption to fly, provided your weight (including whatever you are wearing or carrying) doesn’t exceed 300 pounds. The ornithopter has a flying speed of 30 feet, and it moves

according to your spoken directions while you are riding it. It can’t hover. If the ornithopter loses its rider while airborne, it falls and can’t fly again for 1d6 + 4 days. The ornithopter is 8 feet long, has a 14-foot wingspan, and weighs 25 pounds.

Hook of Fisher's Delight

Magic Items Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Result 1-10 Green with copper bands This tasty fish provides a day’s worth of nourishment to one creature that eats it. The fish loses this property and rots if it’s not eaten

a flying speed of 30 feet. 19-20 Gold with silver stripes This tasty fish provides a day’s worth of nourishment to one creature that eats it and grants 2d10 temporary hit points to that

Swarm of Sunflies

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

on it. Neutral Plane. If the target is concentrating on a spell or similar effect, it loses its concentration. Lower Plane. The target’s speed is reduced by 10 feet until the end of its next

Spawn of Kyuss

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. Worms. If the spawn of Kyuss is targeted by an effect that cures disease or removes a curse, all the worms infesting it wither away, and it loses its Burrowing Worm action. Unusual Nature. The spawn of

;4) in every ability score, and a speed of 1 foot. While on the target’s skin, the worm can be killed by normal means or scraped off using an action (the spawn can use Burrowing Worm to launch a

Yan-C-Bin

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

pale and cloudy, and he loses the Air Form trait. He can remain in polymorphed form for up to 1 hour. Reverting to his true form requires an action. Summon Elementals (1/Day). Yan-C-Bin summons up

to three air elemental;air elementals and loses 30 hit points for each elemental he summons. Summoned elementals have maximum hit points, appear within 100 feet of Yan-C-Bin, and disappear if Yan-C-Bin

Theran Chimera

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Composition d4 Attack 1 Plains Creature. The chimera’s body is that of a large lowland creature, such as a bull or a bear, and it lacks wings and a flying speed. The chimera is

gains a swimming speed equal to its walking speed and can breathe air and water. 3 Mountain Creature. The chimera’s body is that of a mountain-dwelling creature, such as a ram or a dragon

Gauth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

all magical properties until the start of the gauth’s next turn. If the object is a charged item, it also loses 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll"} charges. Determine the affected item

Strength saving throw or be pushed up to 15 feet directly away from the gauth and have its speed halved until the start of the gauth’s next turn. 6: Sleep Ray. The targeted creature must succeed

Prisoner 13

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

, she loses her immunity to psychic damage and the charmed condition, and her Tattooed Strike becomes a melee attack that deals 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction

. When a creature Prisoner 13 can see within 60 feet of herself ends its turn, Prisoner 13 makes one Tattooed Strike attack or uses River Tattoo. She can then move up to her speed without provoking

Nilbog

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

possesses only goblins. When bereft of a host, the spirit has a flying speed of 30 feet, it can’t be attacked, and it is immune to all damage and conditions. Acting on initiative count 20 (losing

knows there’s another potential host nearby. A goblin stripped of their nilbog spirit reverts to their normal statistics and loses the traits they gained while possessed.Nimble Escape. The nilbog takes the Disengage or Hide action.

Olhydra

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

"} bludgeoning damage, and the target is knocked prone if it fails a DC 19 Strength saving throw. Summon Elementals (1/Day). Olhydra summons up to three water elemental;water elementals and loses 30

":"2d12","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Violent downpours"} hours, and lasts 1d3 hours. Downpours are so heavy that creatures moving overland travel at half normal speed. Within 5 miles of the lair

Mighty Servant of Leuk-o

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

(for either attuned creature), you can command it in the following ways: Open or close the hatch (no action required, once per turn) Move the servant up to its speed (no action required) As an

destruction. Once every 24 hours, the servant, at the DM’s discretion, takes one action while uncrewed. If the servant loses half of its hit points or more, each creature attuned to it must succeed

Iggwilv's Cauldron

Magic Items The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

be aged to the point of decrepitude. In this state, the creature’s speed is halved, the range of its vision and hearing is reduced to 30 feet, and it has disadvantage on all ability checks

shatters the cauldron into eight pieces of roughly equal size, whereupon all ongoing effects created by the cauldron end as it loses its magic. The destruction of Iggwilv’s Cauldron causes all hags

Troll (variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

. If it loses both legs, it falls prone. If it has both arms, it can crawl. With only one arm, it can still crawl, but its speed is halved. With no arms or legs, its speed is 0, and it can’t

severed leg is unable to attack and has a speed of 5 feet. A severed arm has a speed of 5 feet and can make one claw attack on its turn, with disadvantage on the attack roll unless the troll can see

Succubus Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

. Shapechanger. The fiend can use its action to polymorph into a Small or Medium humanoid, or back into its true form. Without wings, the fiend loses its flying speed. Other than its size and speed, its statistics

Incubus Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

. Shapechanger. The fiend can use its action to polymorph into a Small or Medium humanoid, or back into its true form. Without wings, the fiend loses its flying speed. Other than its size and speed, its statistics

Spawn of Kyuss Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

is targeted by an effect that cures disease or removes a curse, all the worms infesting it wither away, and it loses its Burrowing Worm action.Multiattack. The spawn of Kyuss makes two attacks with

target succeeds on a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw. The worm is a Tiny undead with AC 6, 1 hit point, a 2 (−4) in every ability score, and a speed of 1 foot. While on the target's skin, the worm can

Gauth Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

until the start of the gauth’s next turn. If the object is a charged item, it also loses 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll"} charges. Determine the affected item randomly, ignoring

feet directly away from the gauth and have its speed halved until the start of the gauth’s next turn. 4. Fire Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw or take

Nilbog Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

possesses only goblins. Bereft of a host, the spirit has a flying speed of 30 feet and can’t speak or be attacked. The only action it can take is to attempt to possess a goblin within 5 feet of it. A

possess. The spirit can leave its host at any time, but it won’t do so willingly unless it knows there’s another potential host nearby. A goblin stripped of its nilbog spirit reverts to its normal statistics and loses the traits it gained while possessed.

Strahd Zombie

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

. If it loses both legs, it falls prone. If it has both arms, it can crawl. With only one arm, it can still crawl, but its speed is halved. With no arms or legs, its speed is 0 feet, and it can’t benefit

damages the whole creature. Undead Nature. A Strahd zombie doesn't require air or sleep. Strahd Zombie Medium undead, unaligned Armor Class 8 Hit Points 30 (4d8 + 12) Speed 20 ft. STR 13(+1

Ornithopter of Flying

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

has a flying speed of 30 feet, and it moves according to your spoken directions while you are riding it. It can’t hover. If the ornithopter loses its rider while airborne, it falls and can’t fly again for 1d6 + 4 days. The ornithopter is 8 feet long, has a 14-foot wingspan, and weighs 25 pounds.

Skeletal Juggernaut

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Skeletal Juggernaut As seen lumbering across the beaches in Isle of the Abbey, a skeletal juggernaut is an oversized, bipedal assembly of bones that loses a portion of its mass with each step. These

Points 142 (19d10 + 38) Speed 30 ft. STR 16 (+3) DEX 14 (+2) CON 15 (+2) INT 6 (-2) WIS 8 (-1) CHA 5 (-3) Damage Vulnerabilities bludgeoning

Skeletal Juggernaut

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

Skeletal Juggernaut A skeletal juggernaut is an oversized, bipedal assembly of bones that loses a portion of its mass with each step. These skeletal guardians hold together for only a short time

before disassembling into a gang of individual undead. Skeletal Juggernaut Large undead, lawful evil Armor Class 13 (armor scraps) Hit Points 142 (19d10 + 38) Speed 30 ft. STR 16 (+3

Flying Creatures and Falling

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Flying Creatures and Falling A flying creature in flight falls if it is knocked prone, if its speed is reduced to 0 feet, or if it otherwise loses the ability to move, unless it can hover or it is

current flying speed from the distance it fell before calculating falling damage. This rule is helpful to a flier that is knocked prone but is still conscious and has a current flying speed that is

Powered Armor

Magic Items Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

or sacrifice hit points to gain one of the following benefits: Emit a force field to gain 2d6 + 5 temporary hit points (1 charge or 5 hit points). Activate boosters to gain a flying speed of 15

possessed by the armor. While possessed, the user is incapacitated and loses control of its body but retains its awareness. The armor uses the possessed user’s statistics (as adjusted by the armor

Cair Ophidian Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

flower to increase your speed by 30 feet until the start of your next turn. The flower is then destroyed. The flower loses its magic 1d6 days after being plucked. 15–17 Drowsing Lavender. This

start of your next turn. Once used this way, the flower is destroyed. The flower loses its magic 1d8 days after being plucked. 18–19 Iron Peony. This flower’s petals are silver-tipped. As a

Snow Golem

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

Golem Medium construct, unaligned Armor Class 8 Hit Points 39 (6d8 + 12) Speed 10 ft. STR 15 (+2) DEX 6 (−2) CON 14 (+2) INT 1 (−5) WIS 6 (−2) CHA 1

area of extreme heat, the golem loses 1d6 hit points at the start of each of its turns. Unusual Nature. The golem doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep. Actions Multiattack. The golem makes

Stirge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

. Stirge Tiny Beast, Unaligned Armor Class 14 (natural armor) Hit Points 2 (1d4) Speed 10 ft., fly 40 ft. STR 4 (−3) DEX 16 (+3) CON 11 (+0) INT 2 (−4

target loses 5 (1d4 + 3) hit points. The stirge can detach itself by spending 5 feet of its movement. It does so after it drains 10 hit points from the target or the target dies. A creature, including the target, can use its action to detach the stirge.

Stirge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

(natural armor) Hit Points 2 (1d4) Speed 10 ft., fly 40 ft. STR 4(−3) DEX 16(+3) CON 11(+0) INT 2(−4) WIS 8(−1) CHA 6(−2) Senses darkvision 60 ft

the target. While attached, the stirge doesn’t attack. Instead, at the start of each of the stirge’s turns, the target loses 5 (1d4 + 3) hit points due to blood loss. The stirge can detach itself

Stirge

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

hooked claws. Stirge Tiny beast, unaligned Armor Class 14 (natural armor) Hit Points 2 (1d4) Speed 10 ft., fly 40 ft. STR 4 (−3) DEX 16 (+3) CON 11 (+0) INT 2

., one creature. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage, and the stirge attaches to the target. While attached, the stirge doesn’t attack. Instead, at the start of each of the stirge’s turns, the target loses

Stirge

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

, unaligned Armor Class 14 (natural armor) Hit Points 2 (1d4) Speed 10 ft., fly 40 ft. STR 4 (-3) DEX 16 (+3) CON 11 (+0) INT 2 (-4) WIS 8 (-1) CHA

) piercing damage, and the stirge attaches to the target. While attached, the stirge doesn’t attack. Instead, at the start of each of the stirge’s turns, the target loses 5 (1d4 + 3) hit points due to

Airship Description

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

. The balloon is roped to a gondola that has been fitted with steel runners. The airship has a speed of 8 miles per hour while skiing across ice or snow or flying in the air. A strong headwind reduces

the ship’s speed to 4 mph, while a strong tailwind increases its speed to 12 mph. By changing altitude, the ship can use air currents to move in a particular direction. A propeller aft of the gondola

Modifying a Monster

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Monster Manual, but the quaggoth is a humanoid predator with a climbing speed. You could borrow the quaggoth stat block for your new monster, changing nothing but the creature’s name. You can also

to fire, and allow it to deal fire damage with its attacks. Need a flying monkey? Consider a baboon with wings and a flying speed. Almost any monster you can imagine can be built using one that

Tyrannosaurus Zombie

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

undead, unaligned Armor Class 11 (natural armor) Hit Points 136 (13d12 + 52) Speed 40 ft. STR 25 (+7) DEX 6 (–2) CON 19 (+4) INT 1 (–5) WIS 3 (–4

, roll a d6. On a roll of 1, the tyrannosaurus zombie runs out of zombies to disgorge and loses this trait. If the tyrannosaurus zombie still has this trait when it dies, 1d4 normal zombies erupt from its

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