mechanics spores with only ambush from for like

Sinensa

Monsters Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

adult;Adult myconids live and work together in colonies and practice a form of communal meditation called a meld, in which they seek to transcend mundane reality through shared hallucination. Myconid leaders like Sinensa use their Hallucination Spores to help myconids create melds.

Distress Spores. When the myconid takes damage, all other myconids within 240 feet of it can sense its pain. Sun Sickness. While in sunlight, the myconid has disadvantage on ability checks, attack

Chamberlain of Zuggtmoy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

Mushroom Portal. The chamberlain counts as a mushroom for the Fungus Stride feature of the bridesmaid of Zuggtmoy. Poison Spores. Whenever the chamberlain takes damage, it releases a cloud of spores

":"Slam"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d6+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Slam","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Infestation Spores (1/Day

Egg Hunter Adult

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

check.Multiattack. The egg hunter makes two Barbed Proboscis attacks, and it can use Torpor Spores if it's available. Barbed Proboscis. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit

necrotic damage dealt. Torpor Spores (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Torpor Spores"}. The egg hunter releases a billow of sparkling blue spores. Each creature

Campestri

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 bludgeoning damage. Spores (1/Day). A 5-foot radius of spores extends from the campestri. These spores can go around corners, and they have no effect on

creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.Campestris are happy-go-lucky mushroom-like creatures with few cares or worries. They

Snap Vine Sap

Equipment

Combat Utility Whimsy 0 2 0 Snap vines are carnivorous plants with a thick central stalk and many thinner grasping, hook-like tendrils that they use to ambush unsuspecting birds and small rodents. The sap is a viscous orange-red fluid.

Adult Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

or uses its action to end it. Nightmare Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Nightmare Breath"}. The dragon exhales a cloud of spores in a 60-foot cone

be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. Commanding Spores. The dragon releases spores around a

Jammer Leech

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

":"force"} force damage and be stunned until the end of its next turn.A jammer leech is a barnacle-like creature that begins life as a space-dwelling spore that attaches to the hull of a spelljamming ship

shell is affixed to the ship by a glue-like substance secreted by the leech. The shell grows until it’s about 1 foot in diameter. The leech inside is reddish-purple in color, with a body resembling

Ancient Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

conjures sludge-like moss that briefly covers surfaces in the lair. The ceiling, floor, and walls of the lair become difficult terrain until initiative count 20 on the next round. Toxic Spores. The

hit points or uses its action to end it. Nightmare Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Nightmare Breath"}. The dragon exhales a cloud of spores in a 90

Swarm of Campestris

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

fewer. Spores (1/Day). A 20-foot radius of spores extends from the swarm. These spores can go around corners, and they have no effect on Constructs, Elementals, Plants, or Undead. Each other creature

of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.Campestris are happy-go-lucky mushroom-like creatures with few cares or worries. They are captivated by music, though they can’t

Harengon Brigand

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

ambush their victims. They delight in extorting travelers for safe passage while rudely mocking them. These bullies are particularly antagonistic toward those who appear to be lost or in a hurry. The

Feywild, through they often migrate to the Material Plane. They love to travel on foot and rarely stay in one place for long. Not all harengons are mean-spirited bullies like the ones presented here

Neo-Otyugh

Monsters Infernal Machine Rebuild

perpetually ravenous maw. Like an otyugh, a neo-otyugh buries itself under mounds of offal and carrion to ambush prey. Their improved intellect and innate spellcasting makes them especially effective against humanoid targets, as they use their powers of control to split off a straggler from a party, then attack.

target takes half the bludgeoning damage and isn't stunned.A neo-otyugh is a stronger, more intelligent version of an otyugh—a grotesque aberration sporting three legs, snake-like tentacles, and a

Cave Fisher

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Filament.A cave fisher is a subterranean arachnid with a long snout that houses spinnerets, enabling the creature to produce sticky filaments, much like the strands of a spider;spider's webbing

cover a large area with filaments, but as soon as one captures potential food, every cave fisher in the area competes for the prize. If a victim escapes from the initial ambush, a cave fisher can

Gaj

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

success.Disgorged from the Far Realm, Gaj are hideous hunters that prey on other life forms. They crawl on six insectile legs and attack with their mandibles. They ambush prey by burying themselves under sand or

finger-like appendages hang over its mouth. A gaj can try to read the thoughts of another creature by wrapping its antennae around the creature’s head. Regardless of whether the attempt succeeds, this mental probe is painful and takes a toll on the victim’s well-being.

Chwinga Astronaut

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

glittering spores, a statuette resembling its former self, a chunk of ice, or a sponge shaped like a dodecahedron (DM’s choice).Magical Gift (1/Day). The chwinga targets a Humanoid it can see

, animated dolls with mask-like faces, spindly limbs, and wild hair. They don’t have names and can’t speak. Chwingas normally avoid other creatures, but they find the trappings of civilization

Yuan-ti Malison (Type 3) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

their humanity to become like the serpent gods in form, as well as in thought and emotion. Serpent Kings of Fallen Empires. The yuan-ti view their physical transformation as a transcendent moment for

their race, allowing them to shed their frail humanity like dead skin. Those that did not transform eventually became slaves or food for the blessed of the serpent gods. The yuan-ti empires withered

Blindheim

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage and be blinded until the end of the blindheim's next turn. Creatures with the Sunlight Sensitivity trait have disadvantage on this saving throw.These frog-like

the surface world. But when they have superior numbers or engage creatures that appear weak, blindheims will often ambush to take what they want. Strange Outcasts. The blindheims speak of an ancient era

Deep Dragon Wyrmling Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

cloud of spores in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 11 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage

nightmarish cousins of chromatic dragons. The warped magical energy of their subterranean realm gives them the ability to exhale magical spores that instill fear and scar the mind. Deep dragons&rsquo

Memory Web

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

webs lie in ambush draped over plant life, wrapped around corpses, or stuck to ossuaries in dark catacombs. Memory webs feed on memories and require daily sustenance. When a memory web’s prey

draws close, the web springs at the creature and wraps it in sticky, cord-like fibers. The web then drains its victim’s memories, sapping the creature’s life force in the process. A memory web

Young Deep Dragon Legacy

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

", "rollAction":"Nightmare Breath"}. The dragon exhales a cloud of spores in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 22 (4d10

in the depths of the Underdark, deep dragons are nightmarish cousins of chromatic dragons. The warped magical energy of their subterranean realm gives them the ability to exhale magical spores that

Lichen Lich

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

"} necrotic damage. The lich regains a number of hit points equal to the amount of damage that the creature takes.Lichen liches are undead remnants of powerful druids. A lichen lich looks like a

skeleton covered with fungi and bark-like lichen. A lichen lich has vines within its chest cavity. These vines exude viscid and poisonous black fluid.On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the

Grung

Species One Grung Above

THIS IS NONCORE D&D MATERIAL These game mechanics are usable in your campaign if your DM allows them but not refined by final game design and editing. Grungs are aggressive froglike

lookout for creatures they can capture and enslave. Grungs use slaves for all manner of menial tasks, but mostly they just like bossing them around. Slaves are fed mildly poisoned food to keep them

Myconids

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Reproduction. Like other fungi, myconids reproduce by mundane sporing. They carefully control their spores’ release to avoid overpopulation.

myconids that work, live, and meld together. A meld is a form of communal meditation that allows myconids to transcend their dull subterranean existence. The myconids’ rapport spores bind the participants

Across the Fungal Fields

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

defeated. The creature bursts like an overfull wineskin, releasing a clear ichor and a cloud of dusty spores. The deflating bulk of its body sinks back beneath the shimmering fungal field where you

Across the Fungal Fields Once the characters receive Basidia’s spores and overcome Juiblex’s black pudding spies, they should set out at once for the depths of Araumycos as the rapport takes hold

Bugbear Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

, bugbears are ambush predators accustomed to long periods of inactivity broken by short bursts of murderous energy. Ferocious though they may be, bugbears aren’t built for extended periods of exertion

. Gang Mentality Since bugbears aren’t a particularly fecund race, their overall population is small and spread over a wide area. Bugbears live in family groups that operate much like gangs. The

A Deep Dragon's Lair

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

fill their lairs with secret passages and hiding places that allow them to escape or ambush visitors if the need arises. A well-cultivated lair abounds with Underdark fungi and plants, with the floor

). The spell ends early if the dragon uses this lair action again or if the dragon dies. Mossy Sludge. The dragon conjures sludge-like moss that briefly covers surfaces in the lair. The ceiling, floor

Zabou

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

releases its spores in a 10-foot-radius sphere. A zabou can also be hurled up to 30 feet away or dropped like a grenade, releasing its cloud of spores on impact. Any creature in that area must

Zabou Zabou mushrooms feed on offal and the rotting wood of dead trees. If handled carefully, a zabou can be picked or uprooted without causing it to release its spores. If crushed or struck, a zabou

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

cannibalizing their victims, and then performed a sorcerous ritual while writhing in pools filled with living snakes that enabled them to mix their flesh with that of serpents, becoming like the gods in

agents infiltrate enemy governments to discover weaknesses that their leaders can exploit. The yuan-ti look forward to the day when their empire rises again and spreads across the world like venom through

Myconids

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

meditation called a meld, in which they seek to transcend mundane reality through shared hallucination. Myconid leaders like Sinensa use their Hallucination Spores to help myconids create melds. Myconid

) WIS 11 (+0) CHA 5 (−3) Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10 Languages — Challenge 0 Proficiency Bonus +2 Distress Spores. When the myconid takes damage, all other

Remorhazes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Remorhazes Super-Heated Arctic Arthropods Habitat: Arctic; Treasure: None Remorhazes are centipede-like terrors that burrow through snow and ice to ambush smaller creatures that trespass in their frozen territories.

Gas Spore

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Gas Spore The first gas spores are thought to have been spawned from dead beholders, whose moldering corpses fed a parasitic fungus with aberrant magic. Having long since adapted into a unique plant

, balloon-like fungus that resembles a beholder from a distance, though its true nature becomes increasingly obvious as one approaches it. The monster possesses a blind central “eye” and rhizome

23. Way to Skullport

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

stand watch in the middle of this 20-foot-high cave. Fungus. A shelf-like fungus resembling a mass of rotting flesh clings to the north wall. The fungus is called ripplebark (see “Ripplebark

Shriekers Conical Roof. This enormous cavern has a conical roof that rises to a peak 50 feet overhead. Spores and Gardens. The air is full of harmless, dimly luminescent spores that form clouds around

Egg Hunter Adult

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Egg Hunter Adult The salamander-like adult of the species can inflate its bulbous tail so that it takes on the shape and texture of a dragon egg. It uses this mimicry to establish itself in a nest

tended by a dragon or other creatures. If an egg hunter is discovered, it releases spores that make other creatures lethargic, allowing it to scurry to safety. If things turn dire, the egg hunter’s

Plant Creatures

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

patches must be Large or bigger. Actions Hallucination Spores. The bridesmaid ejects spores at one creature it can see within 5 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving

success. Infestation Spores (1/Day). The bridesmaid releases spores that burst out in a cloud that fills a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on it, and the cloud lingers for 1 minute. Any flesh-and-blood

Campestris

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

Campestris Campestris are happy-go-lucky mushroom-like creatures with few cares or worries. They are captivated by music, though they can’t distinguish a well-played performance from a bad one. If

has heard, albeit in a nasal falsetto. Actions Head Butt. Melee Weapon Attack: +0 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 bludgeoning damage. Spores (1/Day). A 5-foot radius of spores extends from

Edible Fungi

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

tasteless) food. Zurkhwood Zurkhwood is a massive mushroom that can reach a height of thirty to forty feet. Its large grain-like spores are edible and nutritionally equivalent to 1d4 + 4 pounds of food, but

“grain of the Underdark,” a bluecap is inedible, but its spores can be ground to make a nutritious, bland flour. Bread made from bluecap flour is known as sporebread or bluebread. One loaf is

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