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Returning 34 results for 'takes of annihilation'.
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Dungeon Master’s Guide
sphere but isn’t wholly engulfed and obliterated by it takes 8d10 Force damage.
Controlling the Sphere. A Sphere of Annihilation is stationary until someone takes control of it. If you are
that passes through it. Artifacts are the exception. Unless an Artifact is susceptible to damage from a Sphere of Annihilation, it passes through the sphere unscathed. Anything else that touches the
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
Suggestion on you at will (save DC 18), urging you to work toward the evil ends it desires. The dragon essence within the orb might want many things: the annihilation of a particular society or organization
, it can’t be used again for 1 hour.
Destroying an Orb. An Orb of Dragonkind has AC 20 and is destroyed if it takes damage from a Weapon, +3;+3 Weapon or a Disintegrate spell. Nothing else can harm it.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
incapacitated and can see the creature. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the creature is reduced to 0 hit points unless it is immune to the frightened condition. Otherwise, a creature takes 16
meantime, that creature must immediately make the saving throw.
Sunlight Hypersensitivity. The bodak takes 5 radiant damage when it starts its turn in sunlight. While in sunlight, it has disadvantage on
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Aura of Death. Creatures within 30 feet of Skall have disadvantage on death saving throws.
Cosmic Annihilation. A creature killed by Skall can be restored to life only by means of a true
takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Baleful Counterspell", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage if the spell fails.
Near-Death Experience. In response to
Magic Items
Tomb of Annihilation
by magic such as a dispel evil and good spell, it becomes trapped in the staff once more. Once it takes control of another creature, the spirit of the dead archmage attempts to destroy the staff
successful one. When the staff is destroyed, the life force of the Forgotten One is released to the afterlife. Where it goes is anyone’s guess.
Casting the staff into a sphere of annihilation
Bodak
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
Aura of Annihilation. The bodak can activate or deactivate this feature as a bonus action. While active, the aura deals 5 necrotic damage to any creature that ends its turn within 30 feet of the
. Otherwise, a creature takes 16 (3d10);{"diceNotation":"3d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Death Gaze","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage on a failed save.
Unless surprised, a creature can
Sphere of Annihilation
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Basic Rules (2014)
that passes through it. Artifacts are the exception. Unless an artifact is susceptible to damage from a sphere of annihilation, it passes through the sphere unscathed. Anything else that touches the
sphere but isn't wholly engulfed and obliterated by it takes 4d10 force damage.
The sphere is stationary until someone controls it. If you are within 60 feet of an uncontrolled sphere, you can use an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Annihilation, it passes through the sphere unscathed. Anything else that touches the sphere but isn’t wholly engulfed and obliterated by it takes 8d10 Force damage. Controlling the Sphere. A Sphere of
Annihilation is stationary until someone takes control of it. If you are within 60 feet of a sphere, you can take a Magic action to make a DC 25 Intelligence (Arcana) check. On a successful check, you
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
sphere unscathed. Anything else that touches the sphere but isn’t wholly engulfed and obliterated by it takes 8d10 Force damage. Controlling the Sphere. A Sphere of Annihilation is stationary until
Sphere of Annihilation Wondrous Item, Legendary This 2-foot-diameter black sphere is a hole in the multiverse, hovering in space and stabilized by a magical field surrounding it. The sphere
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Sphere of Annihilation Wondrous item, legendary This 2-foot-diameter black sphere is a hole in the multiverse, hovering in space and stabilized by a magical field surrounding it. The sphere
obliterates all matter it passes through and all matter that passes through it. Artifacts are the exception. Unless an artifact is susceptible to damage from a sphere of annihilation, it passes through the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Blob of Annihilation All-Consuming Cosmic Entropy Unleashed Habitat: Any; Treasure: Any Mathias Kollros Honey, I’ve seen horrors that would make you shit your drawers and reach for the nearest drink
. And then there’s the blob of annihilation. If you see it, run. And if you can’t get away from it, just hope you dissolve fast.
—Vi, Artificer of Eberron
The blob of annihilation is a coagulation
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
alphabetical order. Acererak Acererak (ah-SAIR-er-rack) is a powerful lich who travels between worlds and takes pleasure in devouring the souls of adventurers, whom he lures into trap-ridden dungeons to
of Omu in the jungles of Chult in the Forgotten Realms setting (described in the adventure Tomb of Annihilation).
Adamantine Adamantine is one of the hardest substances in existence, a dark metal
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Sphere of Annihilation Wondrous item, legendary This 2-foot-diameter black sphere is a hole in the multiverse, hovering in space and stabilized by a magical field surrounding it. The sphere
obliterates all matter it passes through and all matter that passes through it. Artifacts are the exception. Unless an artifact is susceptible to damage from a sphere of annihilation, it passes through the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
jungle. Tomb of Annihilation is a Dungeons & Dragons adventure that takes place on the peninsula of Chult in the Forgotten Realms. Chult is a tropical wilderness composed mostly of jungles, plateaus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement
human faces and crude jewelry made from human bones and teeth. Chwinga A chwinga (see Tomb of Annihilation) takes an interest in the characters. It attempts to steal something valuable from an
Annihilation) might appear, cast guidance or resistance on the character, and then disappear on its next turn. Snout of Omgar Encounters Encounter Land Water Almiraj 01–05 — Axe beaks 06–10 — Baboons 11–15
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, then unleashed to spread death in Orcus’s name. Orcus created the first bodaks in the Abyss from seven devotees, called the Hierophants of Annihilation. These figures, as mighty as balors, have free
will but serve the Prince of Undeath directly. Any one of these bodaks can turn a slain mortal into a bodak with its gaze. Like each Hierophant of Annihilation, every bodak bears the mark of Orcus as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
life
Challenge 6 (2,300 XP)
Aura of Annihilation. The bodak can activate or deactivate this feature as a bonus action. While active, the aura deals 5 necrotic damage to any creature that ends its
to the frightened condition. Otherwise, a creature takes 16 (3d10) psychic damage on a failed save.
Unless surprised, a creature can avert its eyes to avoid the saving throw at the start of its turn
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
)
Aura of Annihilation. The bodak can activate or deactivate this feature as a bonus action. While active, the aura deals 5 necrotic damage to any creature that ends its turn within 30 feet of the bodak
. Otherwise, a creature takes 16 (3d10) psychic damage on a failed save.
Unless surprised, a creature can avert its eyes to avoid the saving throw at the start of its turn. If the creature does so, it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
can see the creature. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the creature is reduced to 0 hit points unless it is immune to the frightened condition. Otherwise, a creature takes 16 (3d10) psychic
bodak until the start of its next turn. If the creature looks at the bodak in the meantime, that creature must immediately make the saving throw.
Sunlight Hypersensitivity. The bodak takes 5 radiant
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
sharpened wooden or iron spikes at the bottom. A creature falling into the pit takes 11 (2d10) piercing damage from the spikes, in addition to any falling damage. Even nastier versions have poison smeared
target that is hit takes 2 (1d4) piercing damage and must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 11 (2d10) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
telepathically warning intruders to leave immediately or face annihilation. Creatures that don’t comply are attacked. Kites. The three kites are hideous amalgamations of flesh and bone that serve as aerial
. If the sigil detonates, each creature in the cave must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 18 (4d8) bludgeoning damage and is knocked prone and restrained by
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
inhospitable plane are the toad-like slaadi. Slaadi are undisciplined and have no formal hierarchy, although weaker slaadi obey stronger ones under threat of annihilation. The Spawning Stone. Long ago
: SLAAD CONTROL GEMS
As a slaad emerges from the Spawning Stone, the stone magically implants a fragment of itself in the slaad’s brain. This fragment takes the form of a magic gem roughly the size and
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
things: the annihilation of a particular society or organization, freedom from the orb, to spread suffering in the world, to advance the worship of Tiamat, or something else the DM decides. Random
property, it can’t be used again for 1 hour. Destroying an Orb. An Orb of Dragonkind has AC 20 and is destroyed if it takes damage from a +3 Weapon or a Disintegrate spell. Nothing else can harm it.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
takes 11 (2d10) psychic damage.
Menace (Costs 2 Actions). The champion chooses any number of creatures it can see within 30 feet of itself. Each target must succeed on a DC 19 Wisdom saving throw or
leave in their wake. Their lives might be condemned to undeath and annihilation, but then they stampede across the multiverse, violently killing so many innocents whose stories have yet to be written. I
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
to it, and the orb casts Suggestion on you at will (save DC 18), urging you to work toward the evil ends it desires. The dragon essence within the orb might want many things: the annihilation of a
1 hour. Destroying an Orb. An Orb of Dragonkind has AC 20 and is destroyed if it takes damage from a +3 Weapon or a Disintegrate spell. Nothing else can harm it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
, but his possessions are left behind for the characters to pilfer. The sphere of annihilation remains stationary until someone takes control of it using the talisman. Because it’s not a creature, the sphere is not teleported if it enters the mist gate (see “Mist Gate” above).
Soulmonger falls. The struts are wide enough that Medium or Small creatures can walk along them without difficulty. However, any creature that takes damage while standing on a strut must succeed on a
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
takes a liking to a humanoid, a chwinga might use its cantrips to aid the creature, or it might bestow a magical gift before departing. The aspect that attracts a chwinga to a humanoid can take any
Evasion. When the chwinga is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only half
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
feet high and 15 feet wide, but Yan-C-Bin sometimes takes the shape of a gaunt, venerable, dark-skinned human with wispy white hair and glowing white eyes. When he wishes to remain unseen, Yan-C-Bin
concern is the annihilation of the material realms as they are ripped apart by the superior elemental might of air and wind. Yan-C-Bin
Huge elemental, neutral evil
Armor Class 22 (natural armor)
Hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
muster for war, rather than merely staging occasional raids, they take no prisoners. Their goal is nothing less than the annihilation of their foes — and they reserve their greatest animosity for
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Challenge 1 (200 XP)
Fire Absorption. Whenever the giant strider is subjected to fire damage, it takes no damage and regains a number of hit points equal to half the fire damage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
Annihilation. A creature killed by Skall can be restored to life only by means of a true resurrection or wish spell.
Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If Skall fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed
caster takes 10 (3d6) necrotic damage if the spell fails.
Near-Death Experience. In response to being hit by an attack, Skall teleports, along with any equipment he is wearing or carrying, up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space he can see.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, the target’s speed is halved, it can’t use reactions, and it takes 10 (3d6) fire damage at the start of each of its turns. The effect lasts for 1 minute, until the cultist is incapacitated or dies, or
of Zoretha, Kyuss the Worm That Walks, Tharizdun the Elder Elemental Eye, Atropus the World Born Dead, Pandorym the Utter Annihilation, Haemnathuun the Blood Lord, Maram of the Great Spear
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
also force their agents to do their bidding under threat of annihilation. As creatures that don’t favor either cause, because they care nothing for the philosophical concerns of law and chaos, other
important, demons that are slain and sent back to the Abyss return to their chaotic wanderings in that realm. A demon lord is thus hard pressed to keep a horde cohesive as it takes casualties. If the
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
corridor. A thin plank of wood is laid over the pit to allow for safe crossing.
Characters can use the wooden plank to cross the pit safely. A creature that falls into the pit takes 5 (1d10) piercing
in the room when the ceiling drops must make a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 55 (10d10) bludgeoning damage and has the prone condition. On a successful save, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
incorporeal Undead churns 20 feet below the catwalks. A non-Undead creature that enters the liquid for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there takes 7 (2d6) necrotic damage and must succeed
toward its liberator and obeys their commands. In the absence of any commands, or if given a command that’s likely to result in its destruction, the specter defends itself but otherwise takes no






