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Returning 35 results for 'vicious slashing'.
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
: 25 (3d12 + 6);{"diceNotation":"3d12+6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Greataxe","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.
Rock. Ranged Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to
","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Heavy Crossbow","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.This chief, one Nosnra, is a thoroughly despicable creature, sly and vicious, loving ambush and back-stabbing.
Monsters
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
":"Longsword","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage, or 8 (1d10 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d10+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Longsword","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage if used with two
see.Jijibisha Manivarshi, a vicious soul from the land’s past, lurks in the nearby forest. Long ago she made a deal with wicked otherworldly forces that gave her longevity and fiendish powers, a
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
spell attack roll missing the swarm, the swarm causes that spell to hit another creature of its choice within 30 feet of it that it can see.Gremishka;Gremishkas are the vicious products of mistakes made
, familiars, and the like. Gremishkas delight in tormenting magic-users, holding vicious grudges against those who gave them life as they infest the walls of spellcasters’ homes or the surrounding lands
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claws"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1);{"diceNotation":"1d4+1","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claws","rollDamageType":"slashing
"} slashing damage.Murderous gangs of harpies collect in grim places across Theros, preying on any who pass by. Many merchants face regular losses at the harpies' claws, common casualties often referred
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage plus 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Rend", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage.Dragonnels from the volcanic mountains
trusted dragon army officer;officers. While they lack a red dragon’s destructive breath, these dragonnels are inured to fire, and their vicious teeth and claws flare with embers.
Dragonnels
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
+ 4);{"diceNotation":"2d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Greatsword", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.Unbridled Fury. In response to being hit by a melee attack, the tanarukk can
of Gruumsh has also mastered a ritual for this purpose, and bestows it on those deemed worthy. Whatever process is used corrupts the subject, transforming them into a vicious Fiend.
Although
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
, message, vicious mockery
1st level (4 slots): charm person, heroism, illusory script, sleep, unseen servant
2nd level (3 slots): cloud of daggers, invisibility
Taunt (2/Day). Brahma can use a bonus action
);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"War Lute","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.
Song of Domination (3/day). Brahma targets one creature that can see or hear her
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
+ 3);{"diceNotation":"2d6+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claws","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.
Discordant Song. Aphemia shrieks a cacophony of magical sounds. Each humanoid within
travelers and settlements.
Cruel, corpse-eating creatures, harpies endlessly seek their next meal, careless of whether it comes from the living or the dead. With equal zeal, these vicious scavengers set
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
":"slashing"} slashing damage.
Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Tail"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (4d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"4d8+4
ability to sense and locate mages. Once it finds a quarry, the mage hunter takes on its arachnoid hunter form and pursues its targets with vicious skill.Shift Form. The hunter folds into its drone-like sentry form or unfolds into its hunter form. Its game statistics are the same in each form.
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
or more slashing damage to it on one attack. Cutting the root doesn’t hurt the blight but ends the grapple.Blights (as described in the Monster Manual) are evil, ambulatory plant creatures, and
for sap and is so saturated with blood that it doesn’t catch fire easily.
Vicious Carnivore. A tree blight feeds on warm-blooded prey and takes perverse delight in causing carnage. It strikes
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d8+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"slashing
"} slashing damage.
Flaming Carnage (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Flaming Carnage"}. The draconian indulges its rage, wreathing itself in fire and moving up to
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
hesitation. Howler packs course over the battlefields of the Blood War and also serve evil mortals powerful and vicious enough to command their loyalty.
Howlers rely on speed, numbers, and their mind
around the battlefield in a search for safety. Fiends especially prize howlers for this reason, because for a few crucial moments in a battle, their howls can neutralize an enemy.Cold, Fire, Lightning; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Acidic Blood. When the hydra takes piercing or slashing damage, each creature within 5 feet of the hydra takes 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Acidic Blood
their own. Often, they steal lairs from other monsters in prolonged, devastating battles.
Vicious Growth. Soon after a hydra claims a territory, it typically buries itself, entering a period of
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"to hit","rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d6+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claw","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.A girallon
looks like an oversized, four-armed ape with grayish-tan skin and white fur. Its vicious fangs and claws reveal it to be a monstrous predator.
Girallons are most common in temperate or warm forest
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (2d10 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d10+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller
delight in tormenting those weaker than themselves. Due to their sharp senses and vicious streaks, farastus sometimes work as hunters that track down those who escape Carceri.
Demodands
Demodands
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
no material components:
At will: dancing lights, minor illusion, vicious mockery
Mimicry. The hag can mimic animal sounds and humanoid voices. A creature that hears the sounds can tell they are
":"damage","rollAction":"Claws","rollDamageType":"piercing"} slashing damage.
Illusory Appearance. The hag covers herself and anything she is wearing or carrying with a magical illusion that makes her look
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
blast, mending, prestidigitation, thorn whip, vicious mockery
1st–3rd level (2 3rd-level slots): dissonant whispers, fly, hex, misty step, sending, shatterMultiattack. K'thriss makes two attacks with his
","rollAction":"Sickle","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.The drow warlock K'thriss Drow'b cuts a dashing figure as the worldly representative of the Ur — a ravenous, inscrutable, and
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
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
combined their efforts to protect their ancient empire from a particularly vicious dragon. Stone and hill giants hewed a mighty form from living stone. Cloud and frost giants gathered rare metals, and
colossus is lost to modern giants, but many tales suggest the instructions might be buried deep in ruins from ancient giants’ empires.Poison, Psychic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksAcid, Cold, Fire, Lightning
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Acidic Blood. When Polukranos takes piercing or slashing damage, each creature within 5 feet of Polukranos takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Acidic Blood
territory to claim as their own. Often, they steal lairs from other monsters in prolonged, devastating battles.
Vicious Growth. Soon after a hydra claims a territory, it typically buries itself, entering a
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
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
","rollAction":"Claws"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (4d4 + 3);{"diceNotation":"4d4+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claws","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.
Stinger. Melee
tipped with a vicious stinger. They are cruel and calculating, enjoying the power they wield over others as they concoct elaborate schemes to advance their own positions and discredit their rivals
Green Hag
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material components:
At will: dancing lights, minor illusion, vicious mockery
Mimicry. The hag can mimic animal sounds and humanoid voices. A creature that hears the sounds can tell they are imitations
);{"diceNotation":"2d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claws","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.
Illusory Appearance. The hag covers herself and anything she is wearing or carrying with a
monsters
", "rollDamageType":"Slashing"} Slashing damage.
Needles. Ranged Attack Roll: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Needles"}, range 30/60 ft. Hit: 6 (2d4 + 1);{"diceNotation":"2d4+1
forms twist with fearsome features suggestive of human limbs and vicious maws. Blights lurk in ambush amid mundane vegetation and lash out at non-Plant creatures.
Needle blights have vaguely bipedal
Green Hag (Coven Variant)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
material components:
At will: dancing lights, minor illusion, vicious mockery
Mimicry. The hag can mimic animal sounds and humanoid voices. A creature that hears the sounds can tell they are imitations
":"damage","rollAction":"Claws","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.
Illusory Appearance. The hag covers herself and anything she is wearing or carrying with a magical illusion that makes her look
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.
Fight On, You Slugs. The norker war leader picks up to three allied goblinoids within 60 feet that can see it. The chosen creatures can each use their reactions to
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks that aren’t silvered
Damage Immunities cold, fire, poison
Condition Immunities poisoned
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 11
its claw.
Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) slashing damage, or 8 (1d10 + 3) slashing damage if used with two hands.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Sahuagin Warrior Sahuagin warriors are vicious combatants that savage their foes with webbed claws. Once sahuagin draw blood, they usually attack until either they or their foe is slain. Sahuagin
itself, using a special telepathy.
Actions
Multiattack. The sahuagin makes two Claw attacks.
Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +3, reach 5 ft. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 1) Slashing damage.
Bonus Actions
Aquatic Charge. The sahuagin swims up to its Swim Speed straight toward an enemy it can see.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Draconic Devotion. While the officer can see a Dragon that isn’t hostile to it, the officer has advantage on attack rolls.
Actions
Multiattack. The officer makes two Vicious Lance attacks and uses
Assault Orders if it’s available.
Vicious Lance. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d10 + 3) piercing damage plus 2 (1d4) fire damage.
Heavy Crossbow. Ranged Weapon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Blue Slaad Almost as numerous as red slaadi, blue slaadi are muscular brutes with vicious blades extending from the backs of their claws. These claws carry a magical curse called chaos phage, which
Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +8, reach 10 ft. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) Slashing damage plus 3 (1d6) Poison damage. If the target is a Humanoid not cursed by a slaad, it is subjected to the following effect
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
dragonnels are inured to fire, and their vicious teeth and claws flare with embers. Dragon Army Dragonnel
Large Dragon, Typically Lawful Evil
Armor Class 16 (breastplate barding)
Hit Points 58 (9d10
., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) slashing damage plus 3 (1d6) fire damage.
Wasteland Dragonnel The Northern Wastes of Ansalon are home to wasteland dragonnels, draconic creatures closely related to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
Barghest Vicious and intelligent canines from the Lower Planes, barghests can be encountered inside the Doomvault. Unlike other creatures of their ilk, the barghests in Dead in Thay can be bargained
, Intimidation +4, Perception +5, Stealth +4
Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
Damage Immunities acid, poison
Condition Immunities
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Merrow Ogreish Undersea Abductor Habitat: Coastal, Underwater; Treasure: Any Vicious aquatic hunters, merrow combine the features of ogres with those of primeval, predatory fish. They lurk in coastal
, and the target has the Poisoned condition until the end of the merrow’s next turn.
Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +6, reach 5 ft. Hit: 9 (2d4 + 4) Slashing damage.
Harpoon. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Gremishka Gremishkas are the vicious products of mistakes made by novice spellcasters seeking to create life. The results are cat-sized, magically unstable creatures with a taste for the trappings of
magic—particularly spellbooks, spell components, familiars, and the like. Gremishkas delight in tormenting magic-users, holding vicious grudges against those who gave them life as they infest the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
): mage hand, message, vicious mockery
1st level (4 slots): charm person, heroism, illusory script, sleep, unseen servant
2nd level (3 slots): cloud of daggers, invisibility
Taunt (2/Day). Brahma
, attack rolls, and saving throws until the start of Brahma’s next turn.
Actions
War Lute. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) slashing damage.
Song of