slashing striking

Sephek Kaltro

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

","rollAction":"Ice Longsword"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Ice Longsword","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage, or 8

(1d10 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d10+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Ice Longsword","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage if Sephek uses the weapon with two hands, plus 5 (2d4);{"diceNotation

Adult White Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Tail"} to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d8

ceiling, striking up to three creatures underneath that the dragon can see within 120 feet of it. The dragon makes one ranged attack roll (+7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction

Ancient White Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +14;{"diceNotation":"1d20+14","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Tail"} to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (2d8

ceiling, striking up to three creatures underneath that the dragon can see within 120 feet of it. The dragon makes one ranged attack roll (+7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction

Relentless Slasher

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

":"Slasher's Knife","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage plus 21 (6d6);{"diceNotation":"6d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Slasher's Knife","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If

range 30/60 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d6+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Slice","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. Vanishing Strike (Costs 3 Actions). The

Clockwork Oaken Bolter

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

":"slashing"} slashing damage if it escapes from the grapple or if it tries and fails. The clockwork can grapple only one creature at a time with its harpoon. Explosive Bolt (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation

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

Archduke Zariel of Avernus

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

lemures, which she can then promote to higher forms of devils. Only by tempting mortals with power on the Material Plane and striking bargains with them can she bind them to her in the afterlife

instead.Cold, Necrotic, PoisonFire, Radiant; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Silvered

Baernaloth

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage plus 17 (5d6);{"diceNotation":"5d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction

wounded foes alive, sometimes indefinitely, to prolong their suffering. Even striking against a baernaloth brings misery—they can cause an attacker’s old wounds to painfully reopen. All the

Relentless Juggernaut

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

’s next turn, and the implement vanishes. Scything Shrapnel. The target takes 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Scything Shrapnel","rollDamageType":"slashing

"} slashing damage, and the implement vanishes. At the start of each of its turns, the target takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Scything Shrapnel","rollDamageType":"necrotic

Storm Giant Quintessent

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

"} force damage to the target, striking unerringly. The javelin disappears after it hits.The giant can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used

effects end immediately. Rain, snow, and blowing dust abate gradually within 1d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Days"} days.Lightning, ThunderCold; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Storm Giant Quintessent Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

deals 19 (3d6 + 9);{"diceNotation":"3d6+9","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Wind Javelin","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage to the target, striking unerringly. The javelin disappears after

regional effects end immediately. Rain, snow, and blowing dust abate gradually within 1d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll"} days.Lightning, ThunderCold; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Graz'zt Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

);{"diceNotation":"4d6+6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Wave of Sorrow","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage plus 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Wave of Sorrow

the finest of things and the most attractive of servants, and he adorns himself in silks and leathers both striking and disturbing in their workmanship. His lair, and those of his cultists, are

Graz'zt

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, and he adorns himself in silks and leathers both striking and disturbing in their workmanship. His lair and those of his cultists are pleasure palaces where nothing is forbidden save moderation and

creature takes damage, it can magically grant 5 temporary hit points to itself and up to three allies within 30 feet of it. Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing that is NonmagicalCold, Fire

Young Sapphire Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

", "rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d6 + 5);{"diceNotation":"1d6+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. Debilitating

strategies and ambushes based on their ability to maneuver underground. A sapphire dragon often refrains from striking immediately, preferring to assess intruders first in order to devise the most

Oaken Bolter

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

Oaken Bolter 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

(+1) DEX 18(+4) CON 15(+2) INT 3(−4) WIS 10(+0) CHA 1(−5) Damage Immunities poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks that aren’t

Erinyes

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

Erinyes “They live by the sword and kill by the sword. Their beauty is nothing compared to their wrath.” — from THE BOOK OF VILE DARKNESS The most beautiful and striking of all lesser and greater

Resistances cold; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks that aren’t silvered Damage Immunities fire, poison Condition Immunities poisoned Senses truesight 120 ft., passive

Bone Devil (Osyluth)

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

in combat with their claws, bone devils also wield hooked polearms made of bone, which they use to subdue enemies before striking with their venomous tails. VARIANT: BONE DEVIL POLEARM Some bone

) INT 13 (+1) WIS 14 (+2) CHA 16 (+3) Saving Throws Int +5, Wis +6, Cha +7 Skills Deception +7, Insight +6 Damage Resistances cold; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing

Ancient Sapphire Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

+8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. Debilitating Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Debilitating

ability to maneuver underground. A sapphire dragon often refrains from striking immediately, preferring to assess intruders first in order to devise the most advantageous approach to dealing with them

Kamadan

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

combat. If a kamadan has both conscious and unconscious enemies within striking range, it tries to kill the conscious enemies first before finishing off any sleeping foes. Kamadan Large monstrosity

target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) slashing damage. Snakes. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) piercing damage, and the target must make a DC 12 Constitution saving

Adult Sapphire Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. Debilitating Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Debilitating Breath"}. The

sapphire dragon often refrains from striking immediately, preferring to assess intruders first in order to devise the most advantageous approach to dealing with them. Sapphire dragons watch for signs of

Assassin

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

Assassin Contract Killer Habitat: Any; Treasure: Implements, Individual Viko Menezes Assassins are professional killers skilled at stealthily approaching their victims and striking unseen. Most

Languages Common plus one other language CR 0 (XP 10; PB +2) Actions Rake. Melee Attack Roll: +1, reach 5 ft. Hit: 1 Slashing damage.

Storm Giant Quintessent

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

, Cha +9 Skills Arcana +8, History +8, Perception +10 Damage Resistances cold; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks Damage Immunities lightning, thunder Senses truesight

-like form and hurls it at a creature it can see within 600 feet of it. The javelin is considered a magic weapon and deals 19 (3d6 + 9) piercing damage to the target, striking unerringly. The javelin

18. Iron Mine

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

, Valtagar’s wife. The area is filled with the sounds of hammers and picks striking stone. The ceiling is roughly 10 feet high throughout. 18a. Old Scaffolding A mine track passes through this cave

), dealing 13 (1d10 + 8) slashing damage on a hit, or 19 (2d10 + 8) slashing damage in her enlarged duergar form. Instead of Cold Breath, she breathes acid in a 60-foot-long, 5-foot-wide line. The breath

Baernaloth

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

use their wicked power to keep mortally wounded foes alive, sometimes indefinitely, to prolong their suffering. Even striking against a baernaloth brings misery—they can cause an attacker’s old wounds

Skills Arcana +12, Insight +9, Perception +9 Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning, necrotic, psychic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks Damage Immunities acid, poison

Relentless Killer

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

’ grisly work swiftly becomes the stuff of legends, striking fear into innocents across lands and over ages. Relentless Slasher A relentless slasher conducts its bloody work in silence then vanishes

. Slasher’s Knife. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 30/60 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4) slashing damage plus 21 (6d6) necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it

Finding Torg's

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

Coast, but wears no armor or cold weather clothing and doesn’t appear to be armed. His most striking feature is his eyes, which are as blue as a frozen lake. The best way to deal with Sephek is to

) slashing damage, or 8 (1d10 + 3) slashing damage if Sephek uses the weapon with two hands, plus 5 (2d4) cold damage. Ice Dagger. Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage plus 5 (2d4) cold damage.

Other Things Characters Can Do

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

duergar gets within striking distance, it attacks and becomes visible. Following its initial attack, it uses an action to increase its size, then presses its attack. Malevolent Townsfolk

that one first!” The character is singled out by 1d4 + 2 commoners who have become corrupted by the chardalyn dragon’s Malevolent Presence. Each one wields a handaxe that deals 3 (1d6) slashing damage

Graz'zt

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

of servants, and he adorns himself in silks and leathers both striking and disturbing in their workmanship. His lair and those of his cultists are pleasure palaces where nothing is forbidden save

+9, Con +12, Wis +12 Skills Deception +15, Insight +12, Perception +12, Persuasion +15 Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning Damage Immunities poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing that

Storm Giant Quintessent

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

Resistances cold; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks Damage Immunities lightning, thunder Senses truesight 60 ft., passive Perception 20 Languages Common, Giant Challenge 16

. Wind Javelin. The giant coalesces wind into a javelin-like form and hurls it at a creature it can see within 600 feet of it. The javelin deals 19 (3d6 + 9) force damage to the target, striking

Draconians

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

: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d12 + 2) slashing damage. Energy Ray. Ranged Spell Attack: +6 to hit, range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d10 + 3) force damage. Noxious Breath (Recharge

DC 12): 1/day each: enlarge/reduce, invisibility, stinking cloud, web Kapak Draconian Kapak draconians are created using copper dragon eggs. These cunning opponents relish striking foes who are

Clockworks

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

. The target takes 13 (3d8) poison damage. Oaken Bolter No ordinary ballista, an oaken bolter is a Construct capable of striking at long distances. The bolts it launches can rend flesh, destroy armor

(1d10) slashing damage if it escapes from the grapple or if it tries and fails. The clockwork can grapple only one creature at a time with its harpoon. Explosive Bolt (Recharge 5–6). The clockwork

Giants

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

gains a +4 bonus to the damage roll. The giant has resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. Actions Multiattack. The giant makes two attacks with its greataxe. Greataxe. Melee

Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 26 (3d12 + 7) slashing damage, or 30 (3d12 + 11) slashing damage while raging. Rock. Ranged Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, range 60/240 ft., one

Magic Item Descriptions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

, you are proficient with attacks made using this shield. On a hit, it deals 1d6 slashing damage. If you throw the shield, it reappears in your hand the instant after it hits or misses a target. Bow of

force, such as those created by Forcecage or Wall of Force. Striking a Large or smaller structure of magical force with this weapon automatically shatters that structure. If the target is a Huge or larger

The Morkoth

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

and unconscious while bound in this manner. Four chains bind him. The chains are secured to the hull and must be broken to release the giant from his stasis or free him from the ship’s hold. Striking

a chain alerts any Morkoth crew members not already engaged in battle. Each chain has AC 20, 10 hit points, and immunity to all damage except bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from adamantine

Chromatic Dragons

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

. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +15 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d6 + 8) slashing damage. Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +15 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (2d8 + 8) bludgeoning

Attack: +11 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (2d10 + 6) piercing damage plus 4 (1d8) acid damage. Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d6 + 6) slashing

Palace Garden Locations

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

speaks Common, with a Bite attack identical to the shrub’s Rake attack except it deals piercing damage instead of slashing damage). Sumai wants Yamzu to stop devouring his livestock, but he doesn’t want

skill. The hags have instructed the badgers to entertain visitors and discourage them from entering the palace until the Hourglass Coven gets around to striking bargains with them. The badgers proudly

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