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Returning 23 results for 'piercing initial'.
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Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
(1d6 + 1);{"diceNotation":"1d6+1","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.
Mace. Melee weapon attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit
creature within 5 feet of the norker makes a melee attack against it, the norker can use its reaction to cause 4 piercing damage to it.Cruel, vicious, and lazy even by the standards of goblinoids
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d6+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.
Greataxe. Melee weapon attack: +5
make a single melee attack.Defensive Rebuke. If a creature within 5 feet of the norker makes a melee attack against it, the norker can use its reaction to cause 6 piercing damage to it.Cruel, vicious
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
":"1d4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Dagger","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.
Curse (Recharges after a Long Rest). Madam Eva targets one creature that she can see within 30 feet of her
components to do so: animal friendship, charm person, or hold person. If the target succeeds on the initial saving throw, Madam Eva is blinded until the end of her next turn. Once a target succeeds on a
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
(1d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"1d8+5","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"1 Rapier","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.
+1 Handaxe. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6
+ 4);{"diceNotation":"1d6+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Silvered Shortsword","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.
Curse (Recharges after a Long Rest). Ezmerelda targets one creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
distance. This long-lost god may have been Maglubiyet’s first conquest and his followers the initial, unwilling recruits into his crusade. Today, hobgoblins chafe at the suggestion that creatures as
hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1) piercing damage.
Mace. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1) bludgeoning damage.
Reactions
Defensive Rebuke. If a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
alongside goblins and monstrous vermin. Though the crew fended off this initial attack, they suffered heavy casualties. The final entry records the captain’s fear that this attack might have been the
through (AC 15, 18 hit points, immunity to poison and psychic damage, resistance to piercing and slashing damage). Sheets of webbing fill this room, such that anything more than 10 feet from the entrance
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
prefer to communicate via telepathy and use their telepathy when issuing commands to their thralls. When an illithid meets strong resistance, it avoids initial combat as it orders its thralls to attack
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Extract Brain. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one incapacitated humanoid grappled by the mind flayer. Hit: The target takes 55 (10d10) piercing damage. If this damage reduces the target to 0
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3
, dealing 1 (1d4 - 1) bludgeoning damage on a hit. The ball has AC 13 and 50 hit points. It is immune to all damage except for magical effects that deal acid, fire, force, piercing, or slashing damage
. Roll initiative. The ball uses its initial actions to bounce off the walls and strike at characters, trying to get them to strike back. When a character’s attack hits the ball, it bounces off the south
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, regenerate
8th level (1 slot): earthquake
Actions
Dagger. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2 (1d4) piercing damage.
Curse (Recharges after a Long Rest). Madam Eva
friendship, charm person, or hold person. If the target succeeds on the initial saving throw, Madam Eva is blinded until the end of her next turn. Once a target succeeds on a saving throw against this effect, it is immune to the Evil Eye power of all Vistani for 24 hours.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d8 + 5) piercing damage.
+1 Handaxe. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) slashing damage
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Silvered Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) piercing damage.
Curse (Recharges after a Long Rest). Ezmerelda targets one creature that she can see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
of the nearest longhouse, loses his balance, and falls. You have never seen such a clumsy, disheveled halfling.
Not long after the initial attack on Goldenfields, the abbot received reports of
spots the Eye Stabbers while wandering through town, half-drunk, mulling over lyrics for a new song. Using his powerful set of lungs, he sounds the initial alarm and rushes back toward the inn. Defense
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
Soulmonger is an artifact of evil — a Huge object with AC 15; 200 hit points; vulnerability to radiant damage; and immunity to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks. Adamantine
, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks; and immunity to fire, poison, and psychic damage. When a strut drops to 0 hit points, it breaks and causes the other two struts to snap as the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
of biting, stinging insects that emerge from the demonic faces. The creature takes 5 (2d4) piercing damage and 5 (2d4) poison damage, and must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or fall off the
the throne and quickly fills the chamber. Each creature in the room takes 9 (2d8) piercing damage and 9 (2d8) poison damage. For 1 minute thereafter, each creature that ends its turn in the room
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Raxivort’s location instead point to the nearest xvart. Although the initial rush of enemies against him has subsided, Raxivort knows that the planar powers are patient. He remains in hiding, a wretch of a
xvart can communicate with ordinary bats and rats, as well as giant bats and giant rats.
Actions
Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 2 (1d4) piercing damage and 28 (8d6) poison damage and has the poisoned condition for 1 hour. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage only
when the spears are released must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 28 (8d6) piercing damage, is pinned to the north wall, and has the grappled condition (escape
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
. D4: Barricaded Room The entrance to this room is barricaded by heavy mining equipment. Inside are two Dragon Army captives who escaped the initial slaadi attack and Virruza (see area D5 for details
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
mounted. This lance deals 25 (3d12 + 6) piercing damage in the giant’s hands. A character who speaks Giant can use an action to try to change the frost giant’s attitude from hostile to indifferent
characters encounter Reghed nomads, determine which tribe the nomads belong to and their initial attitude toward the characters by rolling on the Reghed Tribes table. You can make a hostile encounter with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
neighbors. A character who lifts the floorboard triggers a trap: a tiny dart shoots up, making an attack against the character. Its attack bonus is +5. If it hits, it deals 2 (1d4) piercing damage, and the
the initial impact, and Aleitha was gravely injured. As I tended her wounds, she clutched her talisman and breathed soft prayers. I asked her what the talisman signified. She told me love. Her husband
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
the elixir exposes the drinker to the same disease that the diseased rat might impart with its bite, except the initial saving throw DC is 15. Northeast Chamber. Extra weapon stores include five
takes 1 piercing damage from the briars. A 5-foot-by-5-foot area of briars can be cleared if it takes 20 damage of any type other than psychic. Creatures. Ten twig blights, less any that were
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
) that is shackled and chained to the floor in four places. The undead attack interlopers, using pikes as weapons (1d10 piercing damage). The undead have magic weapons (see “Treasure” below). Shackled
After their initial subjugation, captured demons are held in the Halls of Conditioning, where they are properly broken to service. 12. False Pit Gauntlet Communicate the boxed text before any character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Lantomir, learned about the expedition and decided to form her own. Not long after they arrived in Bryn Shander, the three wizards who had formed the initial expeditionary force parted company, each one
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INT
17 (+3)
WIS
12 (+1)
CHA
17 (+3)
Damage Resistances acid, fire, lightning, thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage that isn’t magical
Damage Immunities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
throw, taking 31 (7d8) piercing damage from its thorns on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. Roses. The lovely scent of the roses fills the arbor inside the hedge walls, causing a
the characters arrive. The archfey is friendly toward the characters and curiously inquires as to their business in the domain. After some initial investigation of the characters’ intentions, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
mounted atop her griffon. If six or more frost giants fall in battle, the rest retreat to their ship. Left alone, the surviving frost giants (including those that didn’t participate in the initial
and has a +5 bonus to hit with the weapon, which deals 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage on a hit, plus an extra 10 (3d6) piercing damage against a sworn enemy. (See chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide






