piercing infected

Zuggtmoy Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

infected by these spores for 24 hours. On a failed save, the creature is infected with a disease called the spores of Zuggtmoy and also gains a random form of madness (determined by rolling on the Madness

of Zuggtmoy table) that lasts until the creature is cured of the disease or dies. While infected in this way, the creature can’t be reinfected, and it must repeat the saving throw at the end of

Chamberlain of Zuggtmoy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

appears, or that enters it later, must make a DC 12 Constitution saving throw. On a successful save, the creature can’t be infected by these spores for 24 hours. On a failed save, the creature is

infected with a disease called the spores of Zuggtmoy and also gains a random form of indefinite madness (determined by rolling on the Madness of Zuggtmoy table in appendix D) that lasts until the

Zuggtmoy

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

facets. Zuggtmoy’s cultists often follow her unwittingly. Most are fungus-infected to some degree, whether through inhaling her mind-controlling spores or being transformed to the point where

, if it is reduced to 0 hit points, each creature within 10 feet of it takes poison damage equal to its number of Hit Dice. Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing that is NonmagicalCold, Fire

Dracophage Subject

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d4+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing

throw or be infected with a disease—a minuscule slaad egg. A Humanoid host can carry only one slaad egg at a time. Over three months, the egg moves to the chest cavity, gestates, and forms a

Maurezhi

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

., one target. Hit: 14 (2d10 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d10+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a humanoid, its Charisma score is

contagion incarnate. Its bite can drain a victim’s sense of self. If this affliction is allowed to go far enough, the victim is infected with an unholy hunger for flesh that overpowers their

Vampiric Mind Flayer

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

);{"diceNotation":"1d6+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Tentacles","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, and if the target is a creature, it is grappled (escape DC 15). Drink Sapience. The

dementia and death. The results were vampiric mind flayers, feral atrocities spawned from mind flayer tadpoles infected with vampirism. These specialized but flawed terrors serve a single purpose: to drain

Vegepygmy Chief

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

", "rollAction":"Spear", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, or 6 (1d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d8+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Spear", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage if used

dies while infected, its corpse produces vegepygmies the same way russet mold does. Vegepygmies Vegepygmies are fungus creatures that live in simple bands, hunting for sustenance and spreading the

Blue Slaad Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d6+5","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation

damage. If the target is a humanoid, it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be infected with a disease called chaos phage. While infected, the target can’t regain hit points, and

Red Slaad Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (2d4 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d4+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20

+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing

Blue Slaad (control gem variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d6+5","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing

"} piercing damage. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d6+5","rollType

Red Slaad (control gem variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a humanoid, it must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be infected with a disease—a minuscule slaad

;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (2d4 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d4+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing

The Sleeper Wakes

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

The Sleeper Wakes As the psychic din awakens Araumycos from its trance, the shimmering colors piercing the silver of the Astral Plane flare even brighter. The following round, Araumycos enters into

full rapport with the characters and their myconid allies. The entity reveals that Zuggtmoy has already infected its mind with her demonic influence, which Araumycos can feel growing in strength. It’s

Plant Creatures

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

creature in the cloud when it appears, or that enters it later, must make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw. On a successful save, the creature can’t be infected by these spores for 24 hours. On a

failed save, the creature is infected with a disease called the spores of Zuggtmoy and also gains a random form of indefinite madness (determined by rolling on the Madness of Zuggtmoy table in appendix D

Madness of Zuggtmoy

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

, piercing, and slashing that is nonmagical Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, poisoned Senses truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 21 Languages all, telepathy 120 ft

creature in the cloud when it appears, or that enters it later, must make a DC 19 Constitution saving throw. On a successful save, the creature can’t be infected by these spores for 24 hours. On a

Blue Slaad

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

. The slaad makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with its claws. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) piercing damage. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack

: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) slashing damage. If the target is a humanoid, it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be infected with a disease called chaos

Gas Spore

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

beholder does. Piercing the shell with even the weakest attack causes the creature to burst apart, releasing a cloud of deadly spores. A creature that inhales the spores becomes host to them, and is often

gas spore explodes when it drops to 0 hit points. Each creature within 20 feet of it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take 10 (3d6) poison damage and become infected with a disease

Red Slaad

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

: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage. If the target is a humanoid, it must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be infected with a disease — a minuscule slaad egg. A humanoid host can carry only

its bite and two with its claws. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (2d4 + 3) piercing damage. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit

Maurezhi

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

allowed to go far enough, the victim is infected with an unholy hunger for flesh that overpowers their personality and transforms them into a ghoul. Maurezhi Medium fiend (demon), chaotic evil

Deception +5 Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning, necrotic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks Damage Immunities poison Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, poisoned

Maurezhi

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

to go far enough, the victim is infected with an unholy hunger for flesh that overpowers their personality and transforms them into a ghoul. Maurezhi Medium Fiend (Demon), Typically Chaotic Evil

) Skills Deception +5 Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning, necrotic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks Damage Immunities poison Condition Immunities charmed

D: Sunward Fortress

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage. If the target is a Humanoid, it must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be infected with a disease—a minuscule slaad egg. A

room with the unconscious Rone (neutral, human scout), a hunter from Heart’s Hollow. Rone has been infected with an ailment Yearkal doesn’t know how to treat (see “Rone’s Fate” below). Yearkal is

Vegepygmies

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

13 (+1) INT 6 (-2) WIS 11 (+0) CHA 7 (-2) Skills Perception +2, Stealth +4 Damage Resistances lightning, piercing Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception

. Other vegepygmies defer to these so-called chiefs. A chief can expel its spores in a burst, infecting nearby creatures. If a creature dies while infected, its corpse produces vegepygmies the same way

Vegepygmies

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

, Stealth +4 Damage Resistances lightning, piercing Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12 Languages Vegepygmy Challenge 1/4 (50 XP) Plant Camouflage. The vegepygmy has advantage on

vegepygmies, so outsiders refer to such vegepygmies as chiefs. A chief can expel its spores in a burst, infecting nearby creatures. If a creature dies while infected, its corpse produces vegepygmies the

Vampiric Mind Flayer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

dementia and death. The results were vampiric mind flayers, feral atrocities spawned from mind flayer tadpoles infected with vampirism. These specialized but flawed terrors serve a single purpose: to drain

, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 11 (1d6 + 4) piercing damage, and if the target is a creature, it is grappled (escape DC 15). Drink Sapience. The mind flayer targets one creature it is grappling

16. Werebat Caves

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

twelfth, who is standing and telling a story. Drawings. Crude chalk drawings cover the walls. The stick-figure chalk drawings on the walls tell the story of a goblin tribe that became infected

and 1 hit point, ability scores of 5, and immunity to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from weapons that aren’t silvered. They also have the Shapechanger trait common to all werebats, but

Tepui Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

and has a faint green tinge. This mist is 50 feet thick and extends 100 feet from the cliff wall. Creatures that enter the mist must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or become infected

den. Characters who search through the debris find an electrum septum piercing worth 150 gp and a set of dimensional shackles.

The Nematode

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

infected eardrum, making the membrane thicker in some places and thinner in others. The Nematode’s mouth remains closed until the pressure of it brain fluid is released. Once the fluid is released

) check. Track Damage Dealt. Track all the damage characters deal to the membrane, deducting it from the membrane’s total hit points. At least 10 points of piercing damage applied to a proper place causes

Encounter Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

cavern was created by Xanthoria to conduct more experiments. Specifically, Xanthoria found herself able to communicate with other beings that had been infected with her spores and wanted to understand

disturbs the mycelium; roll a d6 and refer to the Mycelium Effects table. Fungus creatures and those that have been infected with saprophytic plague are immune to these effects and are not targeted by

Necropolis Locations (Y10-Y18)

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

that receives a vision must make a DC 20 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 10 (3d6) piercing damage as one of its eyes is magically plucked from its socket and teleported

infected by the slaad’s chaos phage, ordered her surviving apprentices to seal her inside the tower with the monster. In the years, decades, and centuries since, she has managed to keep the blue slaad

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

disease’s spread as the infected traveled to different houses of worship throughout the city, overwhelming the facilities at each. In the aftermath, the Lower City decided to consolidate. While

is a twisting series of crypts that extends down from an entrance behind the altar, at several points piercing the city’s sewers. For a small fee, anyone can have a corpse brought down into the cramped

Lower City Gazetteer

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

rethink their approach to medicine. Requiring individual victims to seek out healing from their respective clergies accelerated the disease’s spread as the infected traveled to different houses of worship

that extends down from an entrance behind the altar, at several points piercing the city’s sewers. For a small fee, anyone can have a corpse brought down into the cramped tomb, where hordes of sewer

Areas of the Lair

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

, resistance to slashing and piercing damage, and vulnerability to bludgeoning damage. If a cylinder is shattered, the fluid within it washes across the floor as the dead beholder lands with a wet plop

and expels 1d4 baby gas spores that grow to full size in 30 days. Any character infected by these gas spores gains the following flaw until the disease is cured: “I hate other beholders. If I see a

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