mechanical skinned with only anchored from for long

Vampire Warden

Monsters Astarion's Book of Hungers

":"2d6+4", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Resilient Flesh"}.Stone-Skinned, Blood-Drinking Guardian Vampires need trusted guards for their lairs, minions, and treasures. After all, vampire familiars

don’t live for long and are inattentive while sleeping or simpering. Monstrous servants are often too unpredictable or simply unreliable. To keep their lairs safe, some vampires create more

Manshoon

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

;ve outlived their usefulness. Manshoon doesn’t care who suffers so long he’s able to crush his many enemies and force his subjects into paranoid and eager obedience. History The

knowledge of an even older version of himself. One of Manshoon’s enemies, Halaster Blackcloak, removed Manshoon’s left arm at the elbow. Manshoon now uses a mechanical prosthetic arm

Stone Shape Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

large rock into a weapon, idol, or coffer, or make a small passage through a wall, as long as the wall is less than 5 feet thick. You could also shape a stone door or its frame to seal the door shut

. The object you create can have up to two hinges and a latch, but finer mechanical detail isn't possible.

Yarnspinner

Monsters Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory

following structures out of webbing: A 3-inch-thick, opaque wall of webbing consisting of up to three 10-foot-square sections, each of which must be anchored on at least two sides by other walls

with a closable door and a comfortable bed made of webbing, sized for a Tiny, Small, or Medium creature. A message consisting of no more than twenty-five characters, anchored at various points so it

Web Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

their area. If the webs aren't anchored between two solid masses (such as walls or trees) or layered across a floor, wall, or ceiling, the conjured web collapses on itself, and the spell ends at the

. On a failed save, the creature is restrained as long as it remains in the webs or until it breaks free. A creature restrained by the webs can use its action to make a Strength check against your

Worker Robot

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

worker robots fill public-facing service roles. Antigravity technology and built-in tractor beams allow worker robots to effortlessly lift cargo and other heavy objects with their mechanical tentacles

specialized for its role. Robots are programmed with intelligence, understanding, and usually loyalty to their creators. Despite that, long-operating robots sometimes develop their own personalities and ideas

Human Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

These were the stories of a restless people who long ago took to the seas and rivers in longboats, first to pillage and terrorize, then to settle. Yet there was an energy, a love of adventure, that

sang from every page. Long into the night Liriel read, lighting candle after precious candle. She’d never given much thought to humans, but these stories fascinated her. In these yellowed

Darkling Elder Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Shortsword (Advantage)","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. Darkness (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The darkling elder casts darkness

, channeling some of the darkling's absorbed light away from its body. If the ritual succeeds, the darkling grows into a tall and fair form, like that of a gray-skinned elf. The darkling perishes if the ritual fails.

Troll (variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

only if it can’t regenerate. If it dies, so does the severed head. If the troll finishes a short or long rest without reattaching a severed limb or head, the part regrows. At that point, the

":"slashing"} slashing damage.Fearsome green-skinned giants, trolls eat anything they can catch and devour. Only acid and fire can arrest the regenerative properties of a troll’s flesh.

Gray Dwarf (Duergar) Legacy

Species Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

grim, ashen-skinned dwarves now take slaves of their own and are as tyrannical as their former masters. Physically similar to other dwarves in some ways, duergar are wiry and lean, with black eyes and

bald heads, with the males growing long, unkempt, gray beards. Duergar value toil above all else. Showing emotions other than grim determination or wrath is frowned on in their culture, but they can

Duergar Despot

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

":"damage", "rollAction":"Stomping Foot", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} to a prone target. Flame Jet. The duergar spews flames in a line 100 feet long and 5 feet wide. Each creature in the line must

will: mage hand, minor illusion 1/day: stinking cloudDuergar despots replace parts of their bodies with mechanical devices that they control through their psionic abilities. Duergar Duergar are

Arasta

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Armor of Spiders (Mythic Trait; Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If Arasta is reduced to 0 hit points, she doesn’t die or fall unconscious. Instead, she regains 200 hit points. In

sought out Arasta’s lair, as it is rumored that some of the strands of her web are anchored near the edge of the Underworld and can enable a traveler to reach that realm’s ashen shores. But

Shield Guardian Detention Drone

Monsters The Book of Many Things

Bound. The drone is magically bound to an amulet. As long as the drone and its amulet are on the same plane of existence, the drone’s wearer can telepathically call the drone to travel to it

a +2 bonus to the wearer’s AC if the drone is within 5 feet of the wearer.Detention drones vary in size, strength, and shape, though most are shaped like some kind of mechanical animal or plant.Poison

Clockwork Oaken Bolter

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

much damage on a successful one.No ordinary ballista, an oaken bolter is a Construct capable of striking at long distances. The bolts it launches can rend flesh, destroy armor, or drag enemies toward

traps or melee-oriented clockworks—and at shorter ranges, burst with explosive force. Clockworks Gnomes’ tinkering with magic and mechanical devices has produced many failed Constructs

Clockwork Bronze Scout

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage. Lightning Flare (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). Each creature in contact with the ground within 15 feet of the

. If detected, it sends electrical shocks through the ground toward pursuers while it retreats. Clockworks Gnomes’ tinkering with magic and mechanical devices has produced many failed

Nafas

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

lasts as long as Nafas maintains concentration (as if concentrating on a spell). When the vortex appears, each creature other than Nafas in the vortex’s area must make a DC 22 Strength saving throw

of twinkling stardust follows Nafas wherever he goes, as evidence of his cosmic might. No bottle, vase, ring, or lamp can contain Nafas. The genie is bound to the Infinite Staircase itself, anchored

Verdan

Species Acquisitions Incorporated

, the verdan found that they were often mistaken for smaller, green-skinned half-elves. Attracting curiosity but no real questions, they have thus been able to make their way reasonably freely in the

little interest in what people say about it. Ongoing Mutations Because the verdan have not dwelled long in the world, they are still discovering new things about themselves. Chief among these

Mistshore: Autumn

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

harbor to keep it from falling into enemy hands. A character can recover the sunken stone by using a detect magic spell to help pinpoint its location. Big Belchy A mechanical dragon turtle, dubbed Big

, the Eyecatcher, which is anchored in the middle of the harbor 1 mile away. Big Belchy has AC 18, 75 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. If it is reduced to 0 hit points, it sinks once

7. Frog Landing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen

7. Frog Landing When they aren’t swimming in the underground lake, most of the giant frogs in the cavern sit on this rocky shelf, occasionally snatching bats out of the air with their long tongues

bullywugs swim for the underwater exit in the southeast corner of the pool (see area 6). Bones of larger animals brought here by the bullywugs and fed to the frogs also litter the ground. Most disturbing of all are three sets of iron shackles anchored to the stone, with human, elf, dwarf, and halfling bones.

Arrival

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention

aloud: Two magnificent ships are anchored just beyond the marshy shore. Both have long strips of decorative cloth stretched from the tops of their masts down to the railings around their decks. The

Arrival Icingdeath and Twinkle are anchored near the shore ten miles west of Leilon. The characters can travel overland or take barges. When they can see the ships, read the following boxed text

G2. Waterfall and Rope Bridge

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

G2. Waterfall and Rope Bridge The waterfall plunges 60 feet, its mist lightly obscuring a 35-foot-long rope bridge firmly anchored to 20-foot-high ledges. The bridge is difficult terrain (see the

Constructs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade

most common are modrons, mechanical denizens of Mechanus that seek to enforce order on the plane. Outlands Constructs d4 Encounter 1 A tyrannical homunculus rules over the small domain of its long

has been transformed into the walking hive that’s home to numerous swarms of insects (wasps). Quintin Gleim Mechanical dinosaurs roam an orderly realm influenced by the lawful energies of Mechanus

7. Frog Landing

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

7. Frog Landing When they aren’t swimming in the underground lake, most of the giant frogs in the cavern sit on this rocky shelf, occasionally snatching bats out of the air with their long tongues

bullywugs swim for the underwater exit in the southeast corner of the pool (see area 6). Bones of larger animals brought here by the bullywugs and fed to the frogs also litter the ground. Most disturbing of all are three sets of iron shackles anchored to the stone, with human, elf, dwarf, and halfling bones.

Erebos

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

, secure in the knowledge that everything belongs to him in the end. Erebos most frequently appears as a slender, gray-skinned humanoid with two large, outward-curving horns, wielding an impossibly long

Web

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

of your choice within range. The webs fill a 20-foot cube from that point for the duration. The webs are difficult terrain and lightly obscure their area. If the webs aren’t anchored between two solid

have a depth of 5 feet. Each creature that starts its turn in the webs or that enters them during its turn must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is restrained as long as

D2. Damaged Balloon

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

D2. Damaged Balloon Looming above a ramshackle wooden pier is a balloon anchored by four thick ropes tied around wooden posts driven deep into the mire. The balloon’s bladder expands and sags at

irregular intervals as swamp gas fills it briefly before leaking out through various tears in its patchwork fabric. A bullywug stands near the top of a ladders and is using a long silver needle and a

Mechanical Guides

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

Mechanical Guides Each mechanical guide is programmed to teleport through space and time to the adventure’s set locations, effectively dropping the characters at the start of chapter 3 or chapter 4

a guide can be restored during a long rest with a successful DC 14 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools or tinker’s tools. A damaged guide can also be restored to full hit points by the use of a

Stone Shape

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

large rock into a weapon, idol, or coffer, or make a small passage through a wall, as long as the wall is less than 5 feet thick. You could also shape a stone door or its frame to seal the door shut

. The object you create can have up to two hinges and a latch, but finer mechanical detail isn’t possible.

Stone Shape

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

large rock into a weapon, idol, or coffer, or make a small passage through a wall, as long as the wall is less than 5 feet thick. You could also shape a stone door or its frame to seal the door shut

. The object you create can have up to two hinges and a latch, but finer mechanical detail isn’t possible.

3. Hungry Gnome

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

3. Hungry Gnome Corpses. Eight drow corpses are splayed like rag dolls across the floor of this 10-foot-high cavern. Troll in Gnome Form. A naked, hairless, gray-skinned deep gnome is gnawing on

they give it food. It fights alongside the party, as long as it remains happy and fed. If Xlorp is mistreated in any way, it goes berserk and attacks everyone. The drow were killed by the behir. A

Web

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

of your choice within range. The webs fill a 20-foot cube from that point for the duration. The webs are difficult terrain and lightly obscure their area. If the webs aren’t anchored between two solid

have a depth of 5 feet. Each creature that starts its turn in the webs or that enters them during its turn must make a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is restrained as long as it

Hurricane Tower

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

400-foot-tall cliff. Thick spider webs woven throughout the base of the tower keep it anchored to the cliff. Hurricane Tower is made of stone, but it is an unsteady structure; it’s also the only

. The wind muffles shouted commands and shreds war-banners, and troops exposed to the wind for too long become slow and erratic. Without the tower’s protection, Camlash’s forces are exposed to assault

Sample Traps

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

on the statue destroys the trap. Pits Mechanical trap Four basic pit traps are presented here. Simple Pit. A simple pit trap is a hole dug in the ground. The hole is covered by a large cloth anchored

Sample Traps The magical and mechanical traps presented here vary in deadliness and are presented in alphabetical order. Collapsing Roof Mechanical trap This trap uses a trip wire to collapse the

24. Halls of Statues

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

mason’s tools can use the superior set to destroy a sacred statue with a successful DC 13 Dexterity check. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 or more charges in this area causes one sacred statue per charge to age and crumble to rubble, as long as the statue is not occupied by the eidolon.

24. Halls of Statues This series of long hallways are each lined with statues created by the temple’s sculptors through the ages. Many depict Moloch, but other archdevils, demon lords, and former

The Enhanced Sphinx

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

willing to pay the price. Seeker of Knowledge. As a custodian of rare knowledge, the sphinx might have long coveted the knowledge of the monastery’s brains in jars — all of them creatures with

toll. Restoring Old Debts. If the sphinx is slain, the mechanical items that circle around her (functioning as Ioun stones) might all be released. The life force they contain (in the form of

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