than of writhing what

Intellect Snare

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

horrors of the Far Realm rip at the minds of individuals, some of those wayward shreds of thought conglomerate to form an intellect snare. An intellect snare appears as a writhing ball of tentacles

Typhon

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 19 (3d12);{"diceNotation":"3d12","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Maw","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage.Titanic horrors of writhing flesh and gnashing maws, typhons

Far Realm Shard

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

This writhing crystal is steeped in the warped essence of the Far Realm. As an action, you can attach the shard to a Tiny object (such as a weapon or a piece of jewelry) or detach it. It falls off if

Dolgaunt

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

. Writhing cilia cover their bodies, with longer tendrils around their heads and two wiry tentacles protruding from their bare shoulders. A dolgaunt is blind but can perceive its surroundings through the

Mind Flayer Prophet

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

focus their innate psionic power. Mind Flayers Mind flayers, also known as illithids, feast on the brains of Humanoids across the multiverse. They are distinguished by their purple-toned skin and octopus-like heads, from which extend writhing tentacles.

Undercity Medusa

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

medusas of Ravnica, often called gorgons, are a monstrous race of creatures that appear superficially similar to human women. In place of hair, a gorgon has a writhing mass of black, serpentine

Parasite-infested Behir

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

discharges their lightning breath, thousands of gray, parasitic blood worms can be seen writhing inside their mouths. Targeting the behir with magic that removes a disease kills off its blood parasites.Lightning

Mind Flayer Clairvoyant

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

illithids, feast on the brains of Humanoids across the multiverse. They are distinguished by their purple-toned skin and octopus-like heads, from which extend writhing tentacles.Psychic

Star Spawn Grue

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

skin, and its long fingers end in broken and dirty nails. Grues are the weakest of the star spawn. A host of writhing, scrambling grues typically accompanies more powerful star spawn. Their constant

Zorak Lightdrinker

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

vampire's lair. The fog occasionally takes eerie forms, such as grasping claws and writhing serpents. If the vampire is destroyed, these effects end after 2d6;{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"roll"} days.Necrotic, Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Demodragon

monsters

writhing tails, monstrous wings, and two hideous heads. Initially, each bulbous head appears featureless—a disturbing, preternatural bud yet to bloom. When threatened, however, each unfurls to reveal

Ensnaring Strike Legacy

Spells Player’s Handbook (2014)

The next time you hit a creature with a weapon attack before this spell ends, a writhing mass of thorny vines appears at the point of impact, and the target must succeed on a Strength saving throw or

Vampire Spawn Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

grasping claws and writhing serpents. If the vampire is destroyed, these effects end after 2d6;{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"roll"} days.Necrotic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Vampire Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

grasping claws and writhing serpents. If the vampire is destroyed, these effects end after 2d6;{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"roll"} days.Necrotic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Vampire Spellcaster Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

eerie forms, such as grasping claws and writhing serpents. If the vampire is destroyed, these effects end after 2d6;{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"roll"} days.Necrotic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Vampire Warrior Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

occasionally takes eerie forms, such as grasping claws and writhing serpents. If the vampire is destroyed, these effects end after 2d6;{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"roll"} days.Necrotic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Mind Flayers

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

Mind Flayers Mind flayers, also known as illithids, feast on the brains of Humanoids across the multiverse. They are distinguished by their purple-toned skin and octopus-like heads, from which extend writhing tentacles.

Decrepit Mangonel

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead

Decrepit Mangonel Large Object Armor Class: 12 Hit Points: 30 Sack of Hands (Requires Load and Aim). A launched sack of writhing hands lands in a space 30 to 100 feet away from the mangonel. A

Citadel Subterrene

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

within the citadel maddening, like trying to find a specific point within a writhing knot of worms. Locations are inaccessible to creatures reliant upon basic terrestrial mobility or without the ability

Far Realm Shard

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Far Realm Shard Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement by a sorcerer) This writhing crystal is steeped in the warped essence of the Far Realm. As an action, you can attach the shard to a Tiny

Ensnaring Strike

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

spell ends, a writhing mass of thorny vines appears at the point of impact, and the target must succeed on a Strength saving throw or be restrained by the magical vines until the spell ends. A Large

Mind Flayer Fanatics

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

, and now his arms end in writhing tentacles that alert Hashutu of any movement or other threat that might lurk nearby. Voalsh. In a desperate bid to reclaim their autonomy, the other mind flayers of

Illithinoch ambushed Voalsh. Right before the moment of her death, Ilvaash granted her wings, which unfurled from her back like enormous, writhing tentacles. Voalsh vanquished her foes from above in short

Star Spawn Grue

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

fingers end in broken and dirty nails. Grues are the weakest of the star spawn. A host of writhing, scrambling grues typically accompanies more powerful star spawn. Their constant chittering and

Spawning Trees

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

players: Treelike growths cluster along the shoreline of a lake of bubbling, black goo. Each growth is formed from the same ichor as the lake and has writhing, membranous sacs budding from its limbs

Haruman's Hill

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

writhing in torment as bloated stirges feast on their blood. Haruman, a human paladin of Helm, was one of Zariel’s most devoted Hellriders. He crucified deserters to Zariel’s cause on “Coward’s Way

Attack of the Nematode

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

Nematode writhing 500 feet above the town like a malevolent cloud. The creature is far too large to defeat by conventional attacks or spells, so the characters must once again explore the Nematode from

Typhon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Typhon Titanic horrors of writhing flesh and gnashing maws, typhons slither through the Underworld seeking only to consume. Once the souls of mortal warlords and cruel tyrants, typhons come into

The Great Dance

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

undulate like a writhing snake. Each time one side gains an advantage, invariably its lines weaken somewhere else. Demons enter the Nine Hells by following the River Styx from the Abyss into Avernus

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

cannibalizing their victims, and then performed a sorcerous ritual while writhing in pools filled with living snakes that enabled them to mix their flesh with that of serpents, becoming like the gods in

9. Secret Room

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

brought me to this beautiful land. You are but worms writhing in my earth. You say that you are cursed, your fortunes spent. You abandoned love for madness, took solace in the bosom of another woman

Approaching Cassalanter Villa

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

, notice its “beard” writhing. Denizens of Cassalanter Villa Cassalanter Villa is home to no one but Lord and Lady Cassalanter, their children, their personal attendants, and their guards. All the other

Aberrant Mind

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

you, provided it isn’t behind total cover. Your eyes also turn black or become writhing sensory tendrils. You gain a flying speed equal to your walking speed, and you can hover. As you fly, your skin

from behind your ears, your fingers become webbed, or you grow writhing cilia that extend through your clothing. Your body, along with any equipment you are wearing or carrying, becomes slimy and

Intellect Snare

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

as a writhing ball of tentacles, echoing with the cacophonous sounds of every thought the snare has consumed. Intellect snares are scavengers, often found scouring the aftermath of a mind flayer

M6. Immortality Ritual

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

, he can take lair actions. Barrier. Murgaxor is surrounded by a barrier of arcane energy resembling a cocoon of writhing mud. While surrounded by this barrier, Murgaxor and the stones encircling him

Humans Transformed

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

, debased their flesh by cannibalizing their victims, and then performed a sorcerous ritual while writhing in pools filled with living snakes that enabled them to mix their flesh with that of serpents

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