Search Results
All Results
                Characters
                Compendium
                Spells
                Items
                Monsters
                Vehicles
                Forums
                
                        Returning 35 results for 'monks amid armor'.
                    
                
                        
                            
                                Other Suggestions:
                            
                            
                                    
                                        monks aid armor
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        moves acid armor
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        monks aids armor
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        monks aside armor
                                    
                                
                                    
                                        moves avoid armor
                                    
                                
                        
                    
                
                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Unarmored Defense. While Steel Crane is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, his AC includes his Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. Steel Crane makes three attacks.
Force Strike. Melee Weapon Attack
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    .â
Flaw. âThe monks of my old temple know my shameful history. I can never return.âPoison, Psychic
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Unarmored Defense. While the adept is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. The adept makes three Unarmed Strike attacks or five Dart attacks
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     damage is reduced to 0, the adept catches the missile if itâs small enough to hold in one hand and the adept has a hand free.Martial arts adepts are disciplined monks with extensive training in
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Formed by the Mists. When created, the horrorâs body composition takes one of four forms: Aberrant Armor, Loathsome Limbs, Malleable Mass, or Oozing Organs. This form determines certain traits
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     more, the target is also blinded until the end of its next turn.Untold, half-formed evils lurk amid the Mists, the yet-to-be-realized imaginings of the Dark Powers and the remnants of ruined domains
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Formed by the Mists. When created, the horrorâs body composition takes one of four forms: Aberrant Armor, Loathsome Limbs, Malleable Mass, or Oozing Organs. This form determines certain traits
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     deafened until the end of its next turn. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the target is also blinded until the end of its next turn.Untold, half-formed evils lurk amid the Mists, the yet-to-be
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Formed by the Mists. When created, the horrorâs body composition takes one of four forms: Aberrant Armor, Loathsome Limbs, Malleable Mass, or Oozing Organs. This form determines certain traits
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     throw fails by 5 or more, the target is also blinded until the end of its next turn.Untold, half-formed evils lurk amid the Mists, the yet-to-be-realized imaginings of the Dark Powers and the remnants
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Formed by the Mists. When created, the horrorâs body composition takes one of four forms: Aberrant Armor, Loathsome Limbs, Malleable Mass, or Oozing Organs. This form determines certain traits
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     evils lurk amid the Mists, the yet-to-be-realized imaginings of the Dark Powers and the remnants of ruined domains. While such nightmares typically manifest as nothing more than impressions, whispers, or
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Formed by the Mists. When created, the horrorâs body composition takes one of four forms: Aberrant Armor, Loathsome Limbs, Malleable Mass, or Oozing Organs. This form determines certain traits
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     by 5 or more, the target is also blinded until the end of its next turn.Untold, half-formed evils lurk amid the Mists, the yet-to-be-realized imaginings of the Dark Powers and the remnants of ruined
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     nature was altered by constant regeneration and rebirth amid the energy of Ysgard, slowly changed into entirely new creatures: fensirs.
Fensirsâ troll ancestry is hardly apparent in their appearance
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . They retain prominent noses and a hint of green in their skin but otherwise resemble relatively small frost or stone giants. They use armor and weapons similar to what other combatants on Ysgard use
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    âs time to lay eggs and hatch a new brood of young.
These scorpion folk deposit their eggs in warm places out of direct sunlight, often amid a stand of cacti near their present encampment. The
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     clothing, or mine metals. Instead, they scavenge much of what they need or want. They do, however, melt down scavenged metal to forge crude weapons, armor, and tools.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     nature was altered by constant regeneration and rebirth amid the energy of Ysgard, slowly changed into entirely new creatures: fensirs.
Fensirsâ troll ancestry is hardly apparent in their
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     appearance. They retain prominent noses and a hint of green in their skin but otherwise resemble relatively small frost or stone giants. They use armor and weapons similar to what other combatants on Ysgard
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Mei is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, his AC includes his Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. Bak Mei attacks three times: twice with Thunder Strike and once with his staff of striking.
Thunder
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     superiors.
Bak Mei is notorious among the monks of Faerûn. Some see him as a vagabond, exiled from his order for traitorous acts and disregard for tradition. Others see him as a radical seeker of
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     monastery of githzerai warrior-monks, an adult amethyst dragon sends them aid against a mind flayer colony.
7
An apostate community of githyanki follows the tutelage of an adult amethyst dragon
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     area and the chamber at the opposite end of the upper level. The magic of the lair sometimes makes it appear as though the dragon were sleeping amid both caches, creating the impression that two dragons
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Backgrounds
                                                    Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     family, similar to an order of monks. Although there are organizations, such as the Knights of the Shield, that use the trappings of knighthood without necessarily being warriors, most folk of Faer
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Ă»n who hear the word âknightâ think of a mounted warrior in armor beholden to a code. Below are a few knightly organizations.
Knights of the Unicorn. The Knights of the Unicorn began
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     laid claim to a cave complex under the monastery and plundered treasure-laden shipwrecks amid the islandâs vast coral reefs. The monks felt grateful for the dragonâs company and protection. Six
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the island of Najkir, where Ishyllia once liked to go to escape the politics and violence of her homeland. There, Skalanthas struck up a friendship with the monks that has lasted for years. The dragon
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     (see âEquipmentâ) Armor Training None Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Spear, 5 Daggers, Artisanâs Tools or Musical Instrument chosen for the tool proficiency above, Explorerâs Pack, and 11 GP; or
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     (B) 50 GP  Monks use rigorous combat training and mental discipline to align themselves with the multiverse and focus their internal reservoirs of power. Different Monks conceptualize this power in
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     flowers
  Monks walk a path of contradiction. They study their art as a wizard does, and like a wizard, they wear no armor and typically eschew weapons. Yet they are deadly combatants, their
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     abilities on a par with those of a raging barbarian or a superbly trained fighter. Monks embrace this seeming contradiction, for it speaks to the core of all monastic study. By coming to know oneself
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Playerâs Handbook
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Choose one type of Artisanâs Tools or Musical Instrument (see chapter 6) Armor Training None Starting Equipment Choose A or B: (A) Spear, 5 Daggers, Artisanâs Tools or Musical Instrument chosen for the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     tool proficiency above, Explorerâs Pack, and 11 GP; or (B) 50 GP  Monks use rigorous combat training and mental discipline to align themselves with the multiverse and focus their internal reservoirs of
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Monk
 Medium humanoid (gith), lawful neutral
 Armor Class 14
 Hit Points 38 (7d8 + 7)
 Speed 30 ft.
   STR
  12 (+1) 
 
  DEX
  15 (+2) 
 
  CON
  12 (+1) 
 
  INT
  13 (+1) 
 
  WIS
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     each: feather fall, jump, see invisibility, shield
 Psychic Defense. While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.
 Actions
 Multiattack. The
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     (area L5), but far enough away to provide Bak Mei with solitude he requires. L2a. Monk Quarters This room contains several narrow, hard bunks where the Immortal Lotus monks sleep. L2b. Private Quarters
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     made from small tree stumps. Monks take their meals in shifts. Bak Mei usually keeps to himself, rarely eating among his students. L2f. Garden Next to the living quarters is a well, north of which is
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     of monks that appear to be preparing for some horrid ceremony. Hanging on the walls around the table are a number of grotesque leather masks.
 The leather masks that hang around the room are the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     flayed faces of monks and prisoners, recognizable as such with a successful DC 13 Wisdom (Perception) check or by any character who has seen the horrid leather robe worn by the Grand Master. Creatures
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Githzerai Monk Githzerai monks pursue control of their minds by honing their physical and psionic talents. They might be found beyond githzerai sanctuaries, testing themselves amid the dangerous
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . Though the vast majority of those recruits have perished or been imprisoned at the hands of the Grand Master, twenty-five monks â all a motley assemblage of evil humanoids â currently occupy various areas
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Master. Wherever they are initially stationed, the monks all gather together if a general alarm is sounded, or to witness an audience in the central abbey (area M3). Each monk is a cultist that carries
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    H16. Armory Weapon racks that once stood against the north and south walls lie smashed on the floor amid the remains of wooden mannequins. Rusty hooks on the walls once held armor, shields, and helms.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Booâs Astral Menagerie
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Night Scavver Night scavvers are 15 feet long. Their coloration resembles that of Wildspace itself: white spots (representing stars) sprinkled amid dark patches and patterns of color. They fearlessly
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , Unaligned
 Armor Class 14 (natural armor)
 Hit Points 114 (12d12 + 36)
 Speed 0 ft., fly 40 ft.
   STR
  20 (+5) 
  DEX
  15 (+2) 
  CON
  17 (+3) 
  INT
  1 (â5) 
  WIS
  10 (+0
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     on the floor amid tidy piles of iron arms and armor.
 This room houses six duergar and four Sacred Stone monks (see chapter 7). During the day, the monks work in the dojo (area M15) and the kitchen
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     right direction. All outside doors are locked after nightfall. M2. Basalt Hall At night, no one is here, but during the day, two Sacred Stone monks (see chapter 7) are stationed here. If the monks are
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     slaadi live here and swim amid this chaos, creating nothing, whereas githzerai monks build entire monasteries with their minds.  Optional Rule: Power of the Mind As an action, a creature on Limbo can make
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Kalashtar The kalashtar have bonded with good-aligned quori spirits, which communicate with their hosts through dreams and visions. Descended from monks who offered their bodies as sanctuaries to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     those quori escaping the evil of Dal Quor, the kalashtar now fight to herald in a new age of light and balance.   Kalashtar
 Medium humanoid (kalashtar), any alignment
 Armor Class 12
 Hit Points 16
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    K70. Kingsmen Hall This thirty-foot-square room is a shambles. Scattered furniture lies in heaps near the walls. Broken bones lie scattered amid crumpled and crushed plate armor. Shields and swords
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    X39. Plundered Treasury The amber doors that once sealed this great stone room have been smashed, their pieces lying amid crushed bones, armor, and weapons. The ceiling here is 30 feet high and flat
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     one of Bak Meiâs most senior students, Steel Crane, and four Immortal Lotus monks (see the accompanying stat blocks). They are on the lookout for trouble and spoiling for a fight. When the characters
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , youâll have to deal with meâSteel Crane!â
 As Steel Crane presses his attack, the monks use the steles for cover and leap between them to engage the characters in close-quarters combat. Red Key. Steel
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     animation and reveal themselves to be monks of considerable capability. Martial Arts Adept Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
 Armor Class 16
 Hit Points 60 (11d8 + 11)
 Speed 40 ft.
  STR
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     (usually Common)
 Challenge 3 (700 XP)
 Unarmored Defense. While the adept is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.
 Actions
 Multiattack. The adept makes
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Martial Arts Adept Martial arts adepts are disciplined monks who have extensive training in hand-to-hand combat. Some protect monasteries; others travel the world seeking enlightenment or new forms
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     of combat to master. A few become bodyguards, trading their combat prowess and loyalty for food and lodging.  Martial Arts Adept
 Medium humanoid (any race), any alignment
 Armor Class 16
 Hit
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     boulders (see area M33 for details). M3: Dock Stone posts support this wooden dock from below (see area M32). Tied to the dock is a Rowboat, which the monks primarily use for fishing. The boatâs oars are
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     door reveals a tiny peephole situated above the knocker (for tall monks) and another one situated below the knocker (for short monks). The door is barred from the inside. The size and weight of the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the primary teaching tool employed by Bak Mei and his apprentices, leaving the students well acquainted with pain. Jade Tigress (see the accompanying stat block) and four Immortal Lotus monks (see
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     attacking tiger.
 Jade Tigress charges into battle with the monks. All of them are willing to die for Bak Mei and are determined to stop the characters from reaching the Jagged Sanctum. Red Key. Jade
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     room. Shields, weapons, and tapestries once festooned the walls here, but orcs tore down and destroyed the decor. A dozen humanoid skeletons in rusty armor lie scattered amid the debris. (All died of
                                                
                                            
                                        





