Monster List
list: API endpoint for returning a list of monsters.
retrieve: API endpoint for returning a particular monster.
GET /monsters/?format=api&ordering=wisdom_save&page=16
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Skin tones among the shadow fey range from alabaster white to ebony black, with varying shades of gray in between, but they are otherwise lacking in color. A few have a scintillating shimmer to their skin. Many shadow fey grow horns that sweep out from their hair, varying in size from subtle nubs to obvious spikes. Others have shocking sets of teeth. \n**Dual Natured.** The shadow fey are contradictory beings. They boast some of the best features of elves, tempered by aspects of a fouler nature. They can be deliberate and purposeful, but they’re also given to perplexing whimsy. Mortal creatures trying to fathom shadow fey motivations are in for a maddening experience; they are often illogical, capricious, and seemingly thrive on annoying others. \n**Split Rulership.** The Summer Court and Winter Court each rule the shadow fey in the appropriate season. The turning of these seasons follows no clear calendar or schedule, though it is skewed toward summer. \nOther fey call them the Scáthsidhe (pronounced scAH-shee), or shadow faeries, and they are usually counted among the unseelie, though they would dispute that characterization. They simply call themselves part of the sidhe, and consider themselves an extension of the Seelie Court. \n**The Reach of Darkness.** Their bond with darkness allows the shadow fey to slip through distant spaces, traversing darkness itself from one place to another. Not only can every shadow fey slip from a shadow or patch of darkness to instantly appear elsewhere, they also control the mysterious and powerful shadow roads. Shadow roads are magical pathways that connect points on the Material Plane by dipping through the plane of shadow, allowing rapid and completely secret travel for the fey—and more importantly, for their weapons of war, their trade goods, and their allies. \nThe shadow fey all have an instinctive understanding of how a shadow road functions, and they are adept at both operating the entrance portals and navigating any hazards on the road. This bond with darkness has a price, of course, and the shadow fey shun the sun’s light.", "name": "Shadow Fey", "size": "Medium", "type": "Humanoid", "subtype": "elf", "group": null, "alignment": "lawful evil", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "chain shirt", "hit_points": 31, "hit_dice": "7d8", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 10, "dexterity": 14, "constitution": 10, "intelligence": 11, "wisdom": 11, "charisma": 13, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 2, "skills": { "arcana": 2, "perception": 2 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12", "languages": "Common, Elvish, Umbral", "challenge_rating": "1/4", "cr": 0.25, "actions": [ { "name": "Shortsword", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage.", "attack_bonus": 4, "damage_dice": "1d6" }, { "name": "Shortbow", "desc": "Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 80/320 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage.", "attack_bonus": 4, "damage_dice": "1d6" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Fey Ancestry", "desc": "The shadow fey has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put it to sleep." }, { "name": "Innate Spellcasting", "desc": "the shadow fey's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma. It can cast the following spells innately, requiring no material components.\n\n1/day: misty step (when in shadows, dim light, or darkness only)" }, { "name": "Sunlight Sensitivity", "desc": "While in sunlight, the shadow fey has disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight." }, { "name": "Traveler in Darkness", "desc": "The shadow fey has advantage on Intelligence (Arcana) checks made to know about shadow roads and shadow magic spells or items." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 171, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_shadow-fey/" }, { "slug": "shadow-fey-forest-hunter", "desc": "", "name": "Shadow Fey Forest Hunter", "size": "Medium", "type": "Humanoid", "subtype": "elf", "group": null, "alignment": "lawful evil", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "chain shirt", "hit_points": 104, "hit_dice": "19d8+19", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 12, "dexterity": 18, "constitution": 12, "intelligence": 11, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 16, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": 7, "constitution_save": 4, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": 6, "perception": 4, "skills": { "arcana": 3, "perception": 4, "stealth": 10, "survival": 4 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14", "languages": "Common, Elvish, Umbral", "challenge_rating": "5", "cr": 5.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The shadow fey makes two ranged attacks." }, { "name": "Rapier", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage.", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "1d8" }, { "name": "Longbow", "desc": "Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, range 150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage.", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "1d8" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Fey Ancestry", "desc": "The shadow fey has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put it to sleep." }, { "name": "Innate Spellcasting", "desc": "the shadow fey's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma. It can cast the following spells innately, requiring no material components.\n\n3/day: misty step (when in shadows, dim light, or darkness only)" }, { "name": "Sneak Attack (1/turn)", "desc": "The shadow fey forest hunter does an extra 7 (2d6) damage when it hits a target with a weapon attack that had advantage, or when the target is within 5 feet of an ally of the forest hunter that isn't incapacitated and the forest hunter doesn't have disadvantage on the attack roll." }, { "name": "Sunlight Sensitivity", "desc": "While in sunlight, the shadow fey has disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight." }, { "name": "Traveler in Darkness", "desc": "The shadow fey has advantage on Intelligence (Arcana) checks made to know about shadow roads and shadow magic spells or items." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 173, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_shadow-fey-forest-hunter/" }, { "slug": "shadow-fey-guardian", "desc": "", "name": "Shadow Fey Guardian", "size": "Large", "type": "Humanoid", "subtype": "elf", "group": null, "alignment": "neutral evil", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "chain shirt", "hit_points": 110, "hit_dice": "13d10+39", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 18, "dexterity": 14, "constitution": 16, "intelligence": 6, "wisdom": 14, "charisma": 8, "strength_save": 6, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": 5, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 4, "skills": { "athletics": 6, "perception": 4 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14", "languages": "Common, Elvish, Umbral", "challenge_rating": "4", "cr": 4.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The shadow fey makes two pike attacks." }, { "name": "Pike", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d10 + 4) piercing damage.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "2d10" }, { "name": "Javelin", "desc": "Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "2d6" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": [ { "name": "Protect", "desc": "The shadow fey guardian imposes disadvantage on an attack roll against an ally within 5 feet. The guardian must be wielding a melee weapon to use this reaction." } ], "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Fey Ancestry", "desc": "The shadow fey guardian has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put it to sleep" }, { "name": "Innate Spellcasting", "desc": "the shadow fey's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma. It can cast the following spells innately, requiring no material components.\n\n1/day: misty step (when in shadows, dim light, or darkness only)" }, { "name": "Shadow's Vigil", "desc": "The shadow fey has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks, and magical darkness does not inhibit its darkvision." }, { "name": "Sunlight Sensitivity", "desc": "While in sunlight, the shadow fey has disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight." }, { "name": "Traveler in Darkness", "desc": "The shadow fey has advantage on Intelligence (Arcana) checks made to know about shadow roads and shadow magic spells or items." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 171, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_shadow-fey-guardian/" }, { "slug": "sharkjaw-skeleton", "desc": "_The humanoid form approaches through the murky water, but as it nears, it becomes clear that this is no living thing. It is made entirely of sharks’ jaws, joined together and brought to life with grim magic._ \nMade from numerous, interlocking shark’s jaws, these horrors are animated through foul magic into a large, vaguely humanoid shape. Sahuagin priests animate them to guard their sepulchers of bones. These sharkjaw skeletons lie among great piles of bones, waiting to rise up and attack any uninvited souls who invade the sanctity of sahuagin holy sites. Others guard pirate treasures or ancient shipwrecks. \n**Undead Automaton.** Being mindless, sharkjaw skeletons do nothing without orders from their creator, and they follow those instructions explicitly. A sharkjaw skeleton’s creator can give it new commands as long as the skeleton is within 60 feet and can see and hear its creator. Otherwise, a sharkjaw skeleton follows its last instructions to the best of its ability and to the exclusion of all else, though it will always fight back if attacked. \n**Undead Nature.** A shroud doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.", "name": "Sharkjaw Skeleton", "size": "Large", "type": "Undead", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "lawful evil", "armor_class": 13, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 45, "hit_dice": "6d10+12", "speed": { "walk": 30, "swim": 30 }, "strength": 16, "dexterity": 10, "constitution": 15, "intelligence": 6, "wisdom": 8, "charisma": 4, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 1, "skills": { "perception": 1, "stealth": 2 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "bludgeoning", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "cold, necrotic, poison", "condition_immunities": "exhaustion, poisoned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., blindsense 30 ft., passive Perception 11", "languages": "understands the languages of its creator but can't speak", "challenge_rating": "1", "cr": 1.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The sharkjaw skeleton makes one bite attack and one claw attack." }, { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it is grappled (escape DC 13). Until this grapple ends, the sharkjaw skeleton can bite only the grappled creature and has advantage on attack rolls to do so.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "1d8" }, { "name": "Claw", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d8 + 3) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "2d8" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": null, "spell_list": [], "page_no": 350, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_sharkjaw-skeleton/" }, { "slug": "shellycoat", "desc": "_Despite being short and squat, this creature’s relationship with a troll is undeniable. The kinship is most notable in the long arms and thick, pebbly hide._ \n**Long Handed and Toad-like.** The shellycoat is a warped and spiteful creature also called the Iamh fada, or “long hands,” and they are frequently referred to as bridge trolls. Despite being fey, they are distantly related to true trolls. Unlike those tall, lanky creatures, a shellycoat is dwarfish and toad-like, with short, bent, legs and freakishly long arms with swollen, distended joints. It can further dislocate and stretch these joints to alarming lengths. \n**Bridges and Pools.** The shellycoat can be found in abandoned wells or behind waterfalls, in deep tide pools, or beneath the ice of frozen ponds, but their preferred haunt has always been under bridges. They are most active during nighttime and on heavily overcast days, because of their mortal dread of sunlight. \nA shellycoat's favored tactic is to lie in wait under the water or ice (or bridge) and surprise its prey. It strikes outward or upward from its hiding place to snatch children, livestock (preferably goats), and lone travelers or fishermen. Prey is dragged down to the shadows and water to be robbed and devoured. \n**Shining Garments.** A shellycoat will always have fashioned for itself a coat, cloak, or shirt of colored pebbles, glass, and polished river shells. These adornments are crude but beautiful and sometimes magical.", "name": "Shellycoat", "size": "Medium", "type": "Fey", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "neutral evil", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 75, "hit_dice": "10d8+30", "speed": { "walk": 30, "swim": 20 }, "strength": 17, "dexterity": 15, "constitution": 16, "intelligence": 13, "wisdom": 9, "charisma": 7, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 1, "skills": { "perception": 1, "stealth": 4 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, unconscious", "senses": "Darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11", "languages": "Giant, Sylvan", "challenge_rating": "2", "cr": 2.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The shellycoat makes one bite attack and one claws attack." }, { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) piercing damage.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "1d6" }, { "name": "Claws", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d8 + 3) slashing damage and the target is grappled (escape DC 13), restrained, and poisoned (DC 13 Strength saving throw negates, lasts while grappled and 1 round after). The shellycoat can shift the position of a grappled creature by up to 15 feet as a bonus action. While it has a creature grappled, the shellycoat can use its claws attack only against the grappled creature.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "2d8" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Innate Spellcasting", "desc": "the shellycoat can cast the following spells innately, requiring no components:\n\n1/day each: darkness, fog cloud\n\n1/day (if in possession of its coat): water breathing" }, { "name": "Regeneration", "desc": "The shellycoat regains 3 hit points at the start of its turn. If the creature takes acid or fire damage, this trait doesn't function at the start of the monster's next turn. The shellycoat dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate." }, { "name": "Stealthy Observer", "desc": "The shellycoat has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide and any Perception checks that rely on hearing." }, { "name": "Sunlight Sensitivity", "desc": "The shellycoat becomes petrified after 5 (2d4) uninterrupted rounds of exposure to direct, natural sunlight." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 346, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_shellycoat/" }, { "slug": "shoggoth", "desc": "_A shoggoth is an intelligent, gelatinous blob that can reshape itself at will. Created by an elder race as servants, the shoggoths rebelled long ago and slew their masters without pity. Since that time, they’ve lived in isolated or desolate regions, devouring whatever they encounter and absorbing its flesh into their own amorphous, shifting forms._ \n**Constant Growth.** When in a spherical form, a shoggoth’s mass is enough to have a 10- to 15-foot diameter, though this is just an average size. Shoggoths continue growing throughout their lives, though the eldest among them grow very slowly indeed, and some shoggoths may shrink from starvation if they deplete a territory of resources. \n**Mutable Form.** A shoggoth can form eyes, mouths, tentacles, and other appendages as needed, though it lacks the control to truly polymorph into another creature’s shape and hold it.", "name": "Shoggoth", "size": "Huge", "type": "Aberration", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic neutral", "armor_class": 18, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 387, "hit_dice": "25d12+225", "speed": { "walk": 50, "climb": 30, "swim": 30 }, "strength": 26, "dexterity": 14, "constitution": 28, "intelligence": 12, "wisdom": 16, "charisma": 13, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 9, "skills": { "perception": 9 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "fire, bludgeoning, piercing", "damage_immunities": "cold, thunder, slashing", "condition_immunities": "blinded, deafened, prone, stunned, unconscious", "senses": "darkvision 120 ft., tremorsense 60 ft., passive Perception 19", "languages": "Void Speech", "challenge_rating": "19", "cr": 19.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The shoggoth makes 1d4 + 1 slam attacks. Reroll the number of attacks at the start of each of the shoggoth's turns." }, { "name": "Slam", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +14 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 30 (4d10 + 8) bludgeoning damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 18) and restrained. The shoggoth can grapple any number of creatures simultaneously, and this has no effect on its number of attacks.", "attack_bonus": 14, "damage_dice": "4d10" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Anaerobic", "desc": "A shoggoth doesn't need oxygen to live. It can exist with equal comfort at the bottom of the ocean or in the vacuum of outer space." }, { "name": "Absorb Flesh", "desc": "The body of a creature that dies while grappled by a shoggoth is completely absorbed into the shoggoth's mass. No portion of it remains to be used in raise dead, reincarnate, and comparable spells that require touching the dead person's body." }, { "name": "Amorphous", "desc": "A shoggoth can move through a space as small as 1 foot wide. It must spend 1 extra foot of movement for every foot it moves through a space smaller than itself, but it isn't subject to any other penalties for squeezing." }, { "name": "Hideous Piping", "desc": "The fluting noises made by a shoggoth are otherworldly and mind-shattering. A creature that can hear this cacophony at the start of its turn and is within 120 feet of a shoggoth must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be confused (as the spell confusion) for 1d4 rounds. Creatures that roll a natural 20 on this saving throw become immune to the Hideous Piping for 24 hours. Otherwise, characters who meet the conditions must repeat the saving throw every round." }, { "name": "Keen Senses", "desc": "A shoggoth has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing or smell." }, { "name": "Rolling Charge", "desc": "If the shoggoth moves at least 20 feet straight toward a creature and hits it with a slam attack on the same turn, that creature must succeed on a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw or be knocked prone. If the creature is knocked prone, the shoggoth immediately moves into the creature's space as a bonus action and crushes the creature beneath its bulk. The crushed creature can't breathe, is restrained, and takes 11 (2d10) bludgeoning damage at the start of each of the shoggoth's turns. A crushed creature remains in its space and does not move with the shoggoth. A crushed creature can escape by using an action and making a successful DC 19 Strength check. On a success, the creature crawls into an empty space within 5 feet of the shoggoth." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 347, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_shoggoth/" }, { "slug": "shroud", "desc": "_Shrouds appear much like they did in life, only translucent and immaterial. Their voices are weak._ \n**Bitter Spirits.** Shrouds are transitional creatures: remnants of wicked people who died but refuse to rest in peace, yet have not grown strong enough to become shadows. They are aggressive enemies of all living creatures and the light that nurtures life. Shrouds blend naturally into darkness, but they stand out starkly in bright light. \n**Thin Outlines.** Shrouds look like flickering shadowy outlines of the people they were before they died, retaining the same height and body type. \n**Repetitive Speech.** Shrouds cannot converse, but they occasionally can be heard cruelly whispering a name, term, or phrase over and over again: something that must have had meaning to them in life. \n**Undead Nature.** A shroud doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.", "name": "Shroud", "size": "Medium", "type": "Undead", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "neutral evil", "armor_class": 13, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 9, "hit_dice": "2d8", "speed": { "hover": true, "walk": 0, "fly": 30 }, "strength": 4, "dexterity": 13, "constitution": 10, "intelligence": 2, "wisdom": 10, "charisma": 8, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": { "stealth": 3 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "radiant", "damage_resistances": "acid, cold, fire, lightning, thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with silvered weapons", "damage_immunities": "necrotic, poison", "condition_immunities": "exhaustion, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10", "languages": "Common", "challenge_rating": "1/8", "cr": 0.125, "actions": [ { "name": "Strength Drain", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1) necrotic damage, and the target's Strength score is reduced by one-half that amount. The target dies if this reduces its Strength to 0. Otherwise, the reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest. If a non-evil humanoid dies from this attack, a new shadow rises from the corpse 1d4 hours later.", "attack_bonus": 3, "damage_dice": "1d4" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Amorphous", "desc": "The shroud can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing." }, { "name": "Shadow Evolution", "desc": "Shrouds instantly become shadows once they cause a total of 12 damage. Any damage they've suffered is subtracted from the shadow's total hit points or abilities." }, { "name": "Shroud Stealth", "desc": "When in dim light or darkness, the shroud can take the Hide action as a bonus action." }, { "name": "Sunlight Weakness", "desc": "While in sunlight, the shroud has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 348, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_shroud/" }, { "slug": "skin-bat", "desc": "_A repulsive, batlike creature darts from the Stygian darkness. Its body consists entirely of rotting sheets of stolen skin. Though its large eyes are glassy and lifeless, an unmistakably evil intent glimmers within them as a toothless mouth spreads wide in hunger._ \nSkin bats are undead creatures created from skin flayed from the victims of sacrificial rites. They are given a measure of unlife by a vile ritual involving immersion in Abyssal flesh vats and invocations to the relevant demon lords. They feed on the skin of living beings to replenish their own constantly rotting skin. Their acidic saliva acts as a paralytic poison and leaves ugly scars on those who survive an attack. \n**Cliff and Dungeon Dwellers.** Skin bats prey on the unwary but do not develop sinister plots of their own. Their flocks can be encountered in isolated areas accessible only by flight or by climbing treacherous cliffs. Skin bats can exist in any climate. In cool climes, they feed only infrequently, because the cold preserves their forms and reduces the need to replenish decaying flesh. This also explains why they are attracted to the dark depths of ageless dungeons. In wet, tropical climes where their skin decomposes rapidly, skin bats are voracious feeders by necessity. \n**Accidental Treasures.** Skin bats have no use for magic items or wealth, but occasionally a ring or necklace from a past victim gets embedded in their fleshy folds, where it becomes an unintended trophy. \nThe typical skin bat has an 8-foot wingspan. The color of their skin matches that of their prey, so a skin bat’s coloration can change over time. A skin bat weighs about 15 lb. \n**Undead Nature.** A skin bat doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.", "name": "Skin Bat", "size": "Small", "type": "Undead", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "neutral evil", "armor_class": 13, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 14, "hit_dice": "4d6", "speed": { "walk": 10, "fly": 40 }, "strength": 12, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 10, "intelligence": 2, "wisdom": 13, "charisma": 6, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 3, "skills": { "perception": 3 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "poison", "condition_immunities": "poisoned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13", "languages": "", "challenge_rating": "1/2", "cr": 0.5, "actions": [ { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage and the target must make a successful DC 10 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1d4 rounds. In addition, the skin bat attaches itself to the target. The skin bat can't bite a different creature while it's attached, and its bite attack automatically hits a creature the skin bat is attached to. Removing a skin bat requires a successful DC 11 Strength check and inflicts 5 (1d4 + 3) slashing damage to the creature the bat is being removed from. A successful save renders the target immune to skin bat poison for 24 hours.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "1d4+3" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Summon Bat Swarm", "desc": "The high-frequency cries of a skin bat attract nearby mundane bats. When a skin bat faces danger, 0-3 (1d4 - 1) swarms of bats arrive within 1d6 rounds. These swarms are not under the skin bat's command, but they tend to reflexively attack whatever the skin bat is fighting." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 87, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_skin-bat/" }, { "slug": "skitterhaunt", "desc": "_This large vermin moves erratically, leaking noxious fluid from its cracked exoskeleton._ \n**Ooze Vermin.** This parasitic ooze lives in the shells of monstrous vermin, such as scorpions and spiders, that it has infested and killed. A skitterhaunt creature might be mistaken for its original, living version at a glance, but the sluggish, erratic movements and oozing carapace of skitterhaunts quickly reveal their true nature. \n**Wide Range of Prey.** A skitterhaunt infection can decimate whole nests of vermin. When those are in short supply, these oozes move on to prey on other species, such as ants, crabs, tosculi, and sometimes even zombies or reptiles. \n**Hosts Required.** Skitterhaunts can’t survive long outside their host creatures; they quickly liquefy and lose their cohesion. A body abandoned by a skitterhaunt is an eerie, hollowed-out husk with a strong, acidic odor.", "name": "Skitterhaunt", "size": "Large", "type": "Ooze", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 95, "hit_dice": "10d10+40", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 15, "dexterity": 11, "constitution": 19, "intelligence": 1, "wisdom": 7, "charisma": 1, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "acid", "condition_immunities": "blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, prone", "senses": "blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 8", "languages": "-", "challenge_rating": "4", "cr": 4.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The skitterhaunt makes two claw attacks and one sting attack." }, { "name": "Claw", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) slashing damage plus 5 (1d10) acid damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 12). The skitterhaunt has two claws, each of which can grapple one target.", "attack_bonus": 4, "damage_dice": "1d8" }, { "name": "Sting", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 7 (1d10 + 2) piercing damage plus 5 (1d10) acid damage.", "attack_bonus": 4, "damage_dice": "1d10" }, { "name": "Acid Spray (Recharge 6)", "desc": "The skitterhaunt spits acid in a line 30 feet long and 5 feet wide. Each creature in that line takes 18 (4d8) acid damage, or half damage with a successful DC 14 Dexterity saving throw." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Broken Shell", "desc": "A creature that hits the skitterhaunt with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 5 (1d10) acid damage." }, { "name": "Infest Vermin", "desc": "If the skitterhaunt damages a Medium or smaller beast, it can try to infest it as a bonus action. The damaged creature must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw against disease or become poisoned until the disease is cured. Every 24 hours that elapse, the target must repeat the saving throw, reducing its hit point maximum by 5 (1d10) on a failure. If the disease reduces its hit point maximum to 0, the skitterhaunt has devoured the creature's insides and the affected becomes a skitterhaunt, retaining its outward shell but replacing its flesh with skitterhaunt ooze." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 352, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_skitterhaunt/" }, { "slug": "slow-storm", "desc": "_Wisps of humid wind revolve around this spiny ball. Two massive black eyes and a dark mouth are the only features visible through its static straight quills._ \n**Chaos Aging.** Despite its comical appearance, a slow storm is a creature of chaos, able to visit the pains of old age on the young and fit. It turns the bodies of physically able creatures against them, forcing them to choose between relative inactivity or ever‑increasing pain. \n**Surrounded by Wind.** A slow storm is a smaller creature than the space it occupies, and its vulnerable physical body is protected by a cyclonic wind surrounding it. The slow storm occupies a space 15 feet square, but its physical body occupies just the center 5-foot space. The nucleus of a slow storm is a two-foot radius sphere weighing 75 lb. The rest of the space is “occupied” by protective, high-speed wind. Only the central, physical body is susceptible to damage; the wind is just wind. Enemies using melee weapons with less than 10-foot reach must step into the whirlwind to attack the slow storm. \n**Static Generator.** A slow storm has no internal organs other than its brain, and it lives on the energy and moisture it drains from opponents. Its quills not only deflect debris but also generate a ball of static electricity that delivers a shock attack. \n**Elemental Nature.** A slow storm doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.", "name": "Slow Storm", "size": "Huge", "type": "Elemental", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic neutral", "armor_class": 19, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 225, "hit_dice": "18d12+108", "speed": { "hover": true, "walk": 0, "fly": 60 }, "strength": 20, "dexterity": 19, "constitution": 22, "intelligence": 11, "wisdom": 16, "charisma": 11, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": 9, "constitution_save": 11, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "acid, cold, fire", "damage_immunities": "lightning", "condition_immunities": "prone", "senses": "blindsight 30 ft., darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 13", "languages": "Common, Primordial", "challenge_rating": "15", "cr": 15.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Slam", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 31 (4d12 + 5) bludgeoning damage plus 9 (2d8) piercing damage.", "attack_bonus": 10, "damage_dice": "4d12" }, { "name": "Static Shock (Recharge 5-6)", "desc": "The slow storm exhales its electrical power in a 30-foot cone. Targets in the area of effect take 54 (12d8) lightning damage, 1d4 Dexterity loss, and suffer bone wrack. A successful DC 18 Constitution saving throw halves the Dexterity loss and prevents the bone wrack." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Bone Wrack", "desc": "When hit by the slow storm's slam or breath weapon attack, the storm absorbs moisture from the living creatures' joints, causing stiffness and pain. In addition to 1d4 Dexterity drain, any creature caught within the slow storm's breath weapon that fails another DC 18 Constitution save suffers crushing pain in bones and joints. Any round in which the pained creature moves, it takes 1d4 necrotic damage per 5 feet moved. Bone wracking pain lasts until the affected creature regains at least 1 point of lost Dexterity." }, { "name": "Innate Spellcasting", "desc": "the slow storm's innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 16). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\n\nat will: lightning bolt\n\n3/day: chain lightning" }, { "name": "Storm Form", "desc": "A creature that enters or starts its turn inside the slow storm's whirlwind takes 9 (2d8) force damage. A creature can take this damage just once per round. In addition, ranged missile weapon attacks against the slow storm have disadvantage because of the high-speed wind." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 353, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_slow-storm/" }, { "slug": "sluagh-swarm", "desc": "_Some say the sluagh are fey turned by vampires, while others say they are the evil souls of violent men, who cannot rest and return to kill. Still others claim they are the souls of devilbound gnomes who committed suicide. All agree that they are loathsome by nature._ \n**Cowards Alone.** These tiny, malevolent fey dwell in darkness. Alone they are cowards, but they are rarely encountered alone. They are most active during the winter, especially during winter’s long nights. They usually speak to their victims as they attack, but those shouts are little more than whispers to the ears of their prey. \n**Chilling Touch.** Sluagh feed by using their chilling touch. They devour small animals if nothing more appetizing is available. Their victims are easy to identify; their skin is unnaturally cold, and their features are frozen in fear. \nSwarms of sluagh serve hags, devils, trollkin, and evil fey who know the blood rituals to summon and direct them. Shadow fey and drow send them against other elves, often targeting the defenders of elven settlements, or their spouses and children. \n**Legless Flocks.** Sluagh are tiny, gaunt humanoid creatures the size of a weasel. They have no legs; instead their torso tapers off in a disquieting way. Though they can fly, they can also pull themselves quickly across the ground with their arms. They are always draped in black, though their actual skin and hair are pale white. They have sharp claws and fangs, and their eyes are entirely black. In masses, they somewhat resemble a flock of strange birds.", "name": "Sluagh Swarm", "size": "Medium", "type": "Fey", "subtype": "Swarm", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic evil", "armor_class": 13, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 54, "hit_dice": "12d8", "speed": { "walk": 30, "fly": 50 }, "strength": 6, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 11, "intelligence": 6, "wisdom": 13, "charisma": 10, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": { "stealth": 5 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "fire", "damage_resistances": "cold; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11", "languages": "Common, Sylvan", "challenge_rating": "3", "cr": 3.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Chilling Touch", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 28 (8d6) cold damage or 14 (4d6) cold damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer. The target must make a successful DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be unable to regain hit points. An affected creature repeats the saving throw at the end of its turns, ending the effect on itself with a successful save. The effect can also be ended with a greater restoration spell or comparable magic.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "8d6" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Lone Slaughs: An individual sluagh has a challenge rating of 1/8 (25 XP), 2 hit points, and does 3 (1d6) cold damage", "desc": "They travel in swarms for a reason." }, { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny fey. The swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary hit points." }, { "name": "Shadowy Stealth", "desc": "While in dim light or darkness, the sluagh swarm can take the Hide action as a bonus action." }, { "name": "Sunlight Weakness", "desc": "While in sunlight, the sluagh swarm has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 376, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_sluagh-swarm/" }, { "slug": "smaragdine-golem", "desc": "_This large statue of emerald-green crystal has a humanoid body with the head of an ibis. Tiny symbols and runes are etched into it, and portions are inlaid with bits of gold._ \n**Occult Initiates.** Smaragdine golems are crafted by disciples of occult esoterica to guard their secret meeting halls, sacred texts, and the arcane books of power. \n**Emerald Body.** Though they seem to be made entirely of emeralds (and some are used in their construction), a smaragdine golem’s body is closer to enchanted glass than to gemstones, a sad truth that has disappointed many plunderers. \n**A Maker’s Privilege.** Though smaragdine golems are sometimes given to powerful mages, scholars, theurgists, and hierophants as a token of esteem, they are always subject first to the magic and orders of their creators. \n**Constructed Nature.** A golem doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.", "name": "Smaragdine Golem", "size": "Large", "type": "Construct", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 17, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 231, "hit_dice": "22d10+110", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 24, "dexterity": 11, "constitution": 21, "intelligence": 3, "wisdom": 11, "charisma": 1, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "poison, psychic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with adamantine weapons", "condition_immunities": "charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned", "senses": "darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10", "languages": "understands the languages of its creator but can't speak", "challenge_rating": "14", "cr": 14.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The golem makes two slam attacks." }, { "name": "Slam", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 25 (4d8 + 7) bludgeoning damage.", "attack_bonus": 12, "damage_dice": "4d8" }, { "name": "Release Spell", "desc": "The golem can release an absorbed spell effect as a blast of green energy, which blasts out as a sphere centered on the golem with a radius of 10 feet per level of the absorbed spell. All creatures in the area of effect other than the golem takes 7 (2d6) lightning damage per level of the absorbed spell, or half damage with a successful DC 18 Dexterity saving throw. Creatures that fail the saving throw are also blinded until the end of the golem's next turn." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Immutable Form", "desc": "The golem is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form." }, { "name": "Magic Resistance", "desc": "The golem has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects." }, { "name": "Magic Weapons", "desc": "The golem's weapon attacks are magical." }, { "name": "Absorb Magic", "desc": "As a bonus action, the golem targets any creature, object, or magical effect within 10 feet of it. The golem chooses a spell already cast on the target. If the spell is of 3rd level or lower, the golem absorbs the spell and it ends. If the spell is of 4th level or higher, the golem must make a check with a +9 modifier. The DC equals 10 + the spell's level. On a successful check, the golem absorbs the spell and it ends. The golem's body glows when it absorbs a spell, as if under the effect of a light spell. A smaragdine golem can only hold one absorbed spell at a time." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 236, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_smaragdine-golem/" }, { "slug": "soul-eater", "desc": "_Creatures of variable appearance, soul eaters conjoin fleshy elements with ectoplasmic forms._ \n**Called from the Abyss.** Soul eaters are summoned from the Abyss and other extraplanar ports of call where they can freely barter for prey. They always have a mental link with their summoner, and often seek to destroy them. \n**Devour Essences.** Soul eaters do not devour crude flesh, instead feasting on a victim’s soul and spirit. \n**Hatred of the Sun God.** They bear a particular antipathy for followers of the sun god, and they will go to great lengths to kill his clergy, even defying the wishes of their summoners on occasion.", "name": "Soul Eater", "size": "Medium", "type": "Fiend", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "neutral evil", "armor_class": 16, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 104, "hit_dice": "16d8+32", "speed": { "walk": 30, "fly": 100 }, "strength": 13, "dexterity": 22, "constitution": 14, "intelligence": 12, "wisdom": 11, "charisma": 11, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": 9, "constitution_save": 5, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": 3, "perception": 3, "skills": { "intimidation": 3, "perception": 3, "stealth": 9 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks", "damage_immunities": "poison", "condition_immunities": "paralyzed, poisoned, stunned, unconscious", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13", "languages": "Infernal", "challenge_rating": "7", "cr": 7.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The soul eater makes two claw attacks." }, { "name": "Claw", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d6 + 6) slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) psychic damage, or half as much psychic damage with a successful DC 15 Constitution saving throw.", "attack_bonus": 9, "damage_dice": "2d6" }, { "name": "Soul Drain", "desc": "If the soul eater reduces a target to 0 hit points, the soul eater can devour that creature's soul as a bonus action. The victim must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw. Success means the target is dead but can be restored to life by normal means. Failure means the target's soul is consumed by the soul eater and the target can't be restored to life with clone, raise dead, or reincarnation. A resurrection, miracle, or wish spell can return the target to life, but only if the caster succeeds on a DC 15 spellcasting check. If the soul eater is killed within 120 feet of its victim's corpse and the victim has been dead for no longer than 1 minute, the victim's soul returns to the body and restores it to life, leaving the victim unconscious and stable with 0 hit points." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Caster Link", "desc": "When a soul eater is summoned, it creates a mental link between itself and its conjurer. If the soul eater's assigned target (see Find Target ability, below) dies before the soul eater can drain the target's soul, or if the soul eater is defeated by its target (but not slain), it returns to its conjurer at full speed and attacks. While the soul eater and the conjurer share the same plane, it can use its Find Target ability to locate its conjurer." }, { "name": "Find Target", "desc": "When a soul eater's conjurer orders it to find a creature, it can do so unerringly, despite the distance or intervening obstacles, provided the target is on the same plane of existence. The conjurer must have seen the desired target and must speak the target's name." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 356, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_soul-eater/" }, { "slug": "spark", "desc": "_This mote of electrical energy floats menacingly, erupting in a shower of sparks and tendrils of lightning. When it disappears, it leaves only the whiff of ozone._ \n**Born in Storms.** When a great storm rips across a world in the Material Plane, it sometimes tears loose the fabric of reality, releasing sentient creatures composed entirely of elemental energy. Fueled by its frenetic thought patterns and erratic actions, a spark jolts through its new world to find a physical body, drawn by an urge to know form. \n**Symbionts and Twins.** Some spellcasters deliberately seek out sparks for symbiosis. Sorcerers or clerics devoted to deities of the elements may reach an agreement with these creatures, allowing them to ride within their bodies for their entire lifetime. \nOccasionally when a spark forms, an oppositely charged mate is created at the same time. When this happens, the two always stay within 300 feet of one another. Sparks rarely survive longer than a year, even within a symbiotic relationship with a mortal form. When they expire, they simply wink out and return to the elemental planes. \n**Seek Strong Hosts.** When a formless spark senses a potential body approaching, it dims its light or enters a metallic object. Sparks prefer to inhabit creatures with high Strength over other possible targets. Once in control of a body, the spark uses the new vessel to deliver shocking grasp attacks or to cast lightning bolt or call lightning against distant enemies. If ejected from a creature, a spark immediately tries to inhabit another. \n**Elemental Nature.** A spark doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.", "name": "Spark", "size": "Tiny", "type": "Elemental", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic neutral", "armor_class": 16, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 84, "hit_dice": "13d4+52", "speed": { "hover": true, "walk": 10, "fly": 60 }, "strength": 4, "dexterity": 20, "constitution": 18, "intelligence": 10, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 17, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": 8, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "acid, fire, force, thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks", "damage_immunities": "lightning", "condition_immunities": "exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, poisoned, prone, restrained, unconscious", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11", "languages": "Common, Primordial", "challenge_rating": "7", "cr": 7.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Inhabit", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: The target must succeed on a DC 14 Charisma saving throw or become dominated by the spark, as the dominate person spell. The spark instantly enters the target's space and merges into the target's physical form. While inhabiting a creature, a spark takes no damage from physical attacks. The target creature receives a +4 bonus to its Dexterity and Charisma scores while it's inhabited. The speech and actions of an inhabited creature are noticeably jerky and erratic to any creature with passive Perception 14 or higher. Each time the spark uses innate spellcasting, the host can attempt another DC 14 Charisma saving throw. A successful save expels the spark, which appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the former host. The inhabiting spark slowly burns out its host's nervous system. The inhabited creature must make a successful DC 15 Constitution saving throw at the end of each 24 hour-period or take 2d6 lightning damage and have its maximum hit points reduced by the same amount. The creature dies if this damage reduces its hit point maximum to 0. The reduction lasts until the inhabited creature completes a long rest after the spark is expelled." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Innate Spellcasting", "desc": "the spark's innate casting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14, +6 to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\n\nat will: shocking grasp\n\n3/day: lightning bolt\n\n1/day: call lightning" } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 357, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_spark/" }, { "slug": "spider-of-leng", "desc": "_These bloated purple spiders have small claws on their front legs that serve them as handlike manipulators. Their abdomens are a sickly purple-white._ \n**Hate Humanoids.** The nefarious spiders of Leng are highly intelligent. They are a very ancient race, steeped in evil lore and hideous malice, with an abiding hatred for all humanoid races. They sometimes keep ghostwalk spiders as guardians or soldiers. \n**Dangerous Blood.** Their blood is poisonous and corrosive to most creatures native to the Material Plane. The folk of Leng prize it in the making of etheric harpoons and enchanted nets.", "name": "Spider Of Leng", "size": "Large", "type": "Aberration", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic evil", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 144, "hit_dice": "17d10+51", "speed": { "walk": 30, "climb": 20 }, "strength": 14, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 16, "intelligence": 17, "wisdom": 10, "charisma": 10, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": 6, "constitution_save": 6, "intelligence_save": 6, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 3, "skills": { "athletics": 5, "perception": 3, "stealth": 6 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "poison", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, poisoned, unconscious", "senses": "darkvision 240 ft., passive Perception 13", "languages": "Common, Void Speech", "challenge_rating": "7", "cr": 7.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "A spider of Leng makes two claw attacks, two staff attacks, or one of each." }, { "name": "Claw", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d10 + 3) slashing damage plus 4 (1d8) poison damage.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "2d10" }, { "name": "Spit Venom", "desc": "Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (3d8 + 3) poison damage, and the target must make a successful DC 14 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned and blinded until the end of its next turn.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "3d8" }, { "name": "Staff of Leng", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d6 + 2) bludgeoning damage plus 13 (2d12) psychic damage, and the target must make a successful DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be stunned until the start of the spider's next turn.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "2d6" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": [ { "name": "Ancient Hatred", "desc": "When reduced to 0 hp, the spider of Leng makes one final spit venom attack before dying." } ], "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Eldritch Understanding", "desc": "A spider of Leng can read and use any scroll." }, { "name": "Innate Spellcasting", "desc": "the spider of Leng's innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 14, +6 to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\n\nat will: comprehend languages, detect magic, shocking grasp\n\n3/day each: shield, silence\n\n1/day each: arcane eye, confusion, hypnotic pattern, stoneskin" }, { "name": "Poisonous Blood", "desc": "An attacker who hits a spider of Leng with a melee attack from within 5 feet must make a successful DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 7 (2d6) poison damage and be poisoned until the start of its next turn." }, { "name": "Shocking Riposte", "desc": "When a spider of Leng casts shield, it can also make a shocking grasp attack for 9 (2d8) lightning damage against one enemy within 5 feet as part of the same reaction." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 365, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_spider-of-leng/" }, { "slug": "spider-thief", "desc": "_This clockwork spider creature is the size of a dog. Each of its eight sharp, sickle-like feet stabs or sinks slightly into the ground. Razor wire enwraps its body, while gyros whirl visibly in its faceless, clockwork head._ \n**Wire Fighters.** A spider thief never initiates combat unless ordered to, but it always defends itself against attack. Its initial attack is whirling its razor line to entangle a target. Once it snares a foe, the spider thief keeps attacking that target until it stops resisting or it escapes from the spider’s wire. By then, it should be ready to ensnare a new victim. \n**Completely Loyal.** This clockwork machine follows orders from its master even if they lead to its destruction, and it fights until destroyed or told to stand down. The machine recognizes only its creator as its master. \n**Guild Tools.** The spider thief got its name because its ability to climb walls and to effortlessly cross gaps between buildings up to 20 feet wide makes it an excellent accomplice for enterprising thieves. Some thieves guilds make extensive use of them, and many freelance rogues use them as partners. \n**Constructed Nature.** A spider thief doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.", "name": "Spider Thief", "size": "Small", "type": "Construct", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 13, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 54, "hit_dice": "12d6+12", "speed": { "walk": 30, "climb": 20 }, "strength": 10, "dexterity": 12, "constitution": 12, "intelligence": 3, "wisdom": 10, "charisma": 1, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": { "stealth": 3 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "fire", "damage_immunities": "poison, psychic", "condition_immunities": "charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10", "languages": "understands Common but can't speak", "challenge_rating": "2", "cr": 2.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The spider thief makes two sickle claw attacks." }, { "name": "Sickle Claw", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d8 + 1) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 3, "damage_dice": "2d8" }, { "name": "Razor Line (Recharge 5-6)", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1) slashing damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 10). Instead of moving, the spider thief can retract the razor line and pull itself onto the grappled creature (the spider thief enters and remains in the target's space). The spider thief's sickle claw attacks have advantage against a grappled creature in the same space. If the grappled creature escapes, the spider thief immediately displaces into an unoccupied space within 5 feet.", "attack_bonus": 3, "damage_dice": "1d4" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Immutable Form", "desc": "The spider thief is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form." }, { "name": "Magic Resistance", "desc": "The spider thief has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects." }, { "name": "Wire-Assisted Jump", "desc": "If its razor line attack is available, a spider thief can use its movement to leap 20 feet in any direction by launching the wire like a spider's web so that it spears or snags an object, then immediately reeling it back in. It can carry up to 25 lb. of additional weight while moving this way. Moving this way doesn't expend its razor line attack." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 366, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_spider-thief/" }, { "slug": "spinosaurus", "desc": "_A spinosaurus is a land and riverine predator capable of carrying a platoon of lizardfolk long distances on raids. Often called a river king or river dragon, they are worshipped by bullywugs and other primitive humanoids._ \n_**Friend to Lizardfolk.**_ The spinosaurus is a special saurian bred for size and loyalty by lizardfolk. Lizardfolk prize them like prime warhorses, and lavish them with food and care. \n_**Enormous Size and Color.**_ This immense saurian has a long tooth-filled maw, powerful claws, and colorful spines running the length of its spine. An adult dire spinosaurus is 70 feet long and weighs 35,000 pounds or more, and a young spinosaurus is 20 feet long and weighs 6,000 pounds or more. \n_**Swift Predator.**_ A spinosaurus is quick on both land and water.", "name": "Spinosaurus", "size": "Gargantuan", "type": "Beast", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 231, "hit_dice": "14d20+84", "speed": { "walk": 60, "swim": 40 }, "strength": 27, "dexterity": 9, "constitution": 22, "intelligence": 2, "wisdom": 11, "charisma": 10, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 5, "skills": { "perception": 5 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "passive Perception 15", "languages": "-", "challenge_rating": "13", "cr": 13.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The spinosaurus makes one bite attack and two claw attacks." }, { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 34 (4d12 + 8) piercing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it is grappled (escape DC 18). When the spinosaurus moves, the grappled creature moves with it. Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained and the spinosaurus can't bite another target.", "attack_bonus": 13, "damage_dice": "4d12" }, { "name": "Claw", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (4d6 + 8) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 13, "damage_dice": "4d6" }, { "name": "Tail", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (3d8 + 8) bludgeoning damage.", "attack_bonus": 13, "damage_dice": "3d8" }, { "name": "Frightful Presence", "desc": "Each creature of the spinosaurus' choice that is within 120 feet of the spinosaurus and aware of it must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A frightened creature repeats the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the spinosaurus' Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "The spinosaurus can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. The spinosaurus regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.", "legendary_actions": [ { "name": "Move", "desc": "The spinosaurus moves up to half its speed." }, { "name": "Roar", "desc": "The spinosaurus uses Frightful Presence." }, { "name": "Tail Attack (Costs 2 Actions)", "desc": "The spinosaurus makes one tail attack." } ], "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Tamed", "desc": "The spinosaurus will never willingly attack any reptilian humanoid, and if forced or magically compelled to do so, it suffers disadvantage on attack rolls. Up to twelve Medium or four Large creatures can ride the spinosaurus. This trait disappears if the spinosaurus spends a month away from any reptilian humanoid." }, { "name": "Siege Monster", "desc": "The spinosaurus deals double damage to objects and structures." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 116, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_spinosaurus/" }, { "slug": "spire-walker", "desc": "_This miniscule creature kicks up a ghostly, sparkling fire when it jostles and jigs. Lightning sparks fly between it and its perch._ \n**Storm Dancers.** When storm clouds gather over cities, harbors, and twisted badlands, electrical energy fills the air. During these times, miniscule fey dance on church steeples, desolate peaks, and ships’ masts. \nAlso called corposanti by scholars, spire walkers are nature spirits that delight in grandiose displays of thunderbolts. They can be found frolicking in a thunderstorm or keeping company with blue dragons or storm giants—though these larger creatures often chase them off for being a nuisance. \n**Small and Metallic.** These spire walkers stand no more than a foot tall, with dusky blue-gray skin and shocks of silvery, slate, or pale blue hair. Spire walkers prefer clothing in metallic hues with many buttons, and they always carry a handful of tiny copper darts that they hurl at each other during their incomprehensible games. When excited, they emit a sparking glow from the tips of their noses, eyebrows, ears, and pointy shoes. \nThey play rough-and-tumble games among themselves and enjoy pranking bystanders with frightening but mostly harmless electric shocks. If a spire walker perishes during the fun, the others pause just long enough to say “awww, we’ll miss you” and go through their comrade’s pockets before continuing with the game. \n**Love Copper and Amber.** Spire walkers like gold but they love copper. They prefer it over all other metals, and they keep the copper pieces in their pockets brilliantly polished. They also value amber gems. Among a group of spire walkers, the leader is not the cleverest or most ruthless, but the one displaying the most ostentatious amber jewel.", "name": "Spire Walker", "size": "Tiny", "type": "Fey", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic neutral", "armor_class": 16, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 38, "hit_dice": "11d4+22", "speed": { "walk": 20 }, "strength": 3, "dexterity": 18, "constitution": 14, "intelligence": 11, "wisdom": 10, "charisma": 14, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": 7, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "piercing from nonmagical attacks", "damage_immunities": "lightning, thunder", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "passive Perception 10", "languages": "Common, Sylvan", "challenge_rating": "3", "cr": 3.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Lightning Dart", "desc": "Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage plus 9 (2d8) lightning damage. If the attack misses, the target still takes 4 (1d8) lightning damage. Whether the attack hits or misses its intended target, every other creature within 10 feet of the target takes 9 (2d8) lightning damage, or half damage with a successful DC 14 Dexterity saving throw.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "2d8" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Energized Body", "desc": "A creature that hits the spire walker with a melee attack using a metal weapon takes 5 (1d10) lightning damage." }, { "name": "Innate Spellcasting", "desc": "the spire walker's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 12, +4 to hit with spell attacks). The spire walker can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\n\nat will: produce spark (as the cantrip produce flame, but it does lightning damage)\n\n3/day each: dancing lights, feather fall, invisibility\n\n1/day each: faerie fire, thunderwave" }, { "name": "Steeple Step", "desc": "The spire walker can use 10 feet of its movement to step magically from its position to the point of a steeple, mast, or other spire-like feature that is in view within 30 feet. The spire walker has advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks and Dexterity saving throws while it is standing on a steeple or any similar narrow, steep structure or feature." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 367, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_spire-walker/" }, { "slug": "steam-golem", "desc": "_With wicked axe blades fastened along its arms and bronze runes inlaid on its armored torso, a steam golem is a smooth-running machine of death._ \n**Magic Weapons.** The golem’s weapon attacks are magical. \n**Boilers and Hydraulics.** A steam golem is built around a central boiler with clockwork gears and hydraulic cylinders powering its legs and arms. Most steam golems have axe blades welded onto each of their arms, and many can extend one arm into a single, long-hafted axe for additional reach. They tower 10 feet tall, and their legs are often built with reversed knee joints for greater leverage when they move. The eyes of a steam golem glow orange or red from its internal fires. \n**Steam Whistle.** A steam golem has four to six vents for releasing steam. These whistles are mounted over the shoulders and can be heard at distances up to a mile in open terrain. \n**Fuel Required.** A steam golem’s machinery consumes 30 lb. of coal and 100 gallons of water per day if it engages in more than brief combat. When resting or standing guard, a steam golem needs just one third of those amounts. \n**Constructed Nature.** A golem doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.", "name": "Steam Golem", "size": "Large", "type": "Construct", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 18, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 171, "hit_dice": "18d10+72", "speed": { "walk": 40 }, "strength": 26, "dexterity": 12, "constitution": 18, "intelligence": 3, "wisdom": 10, "charisma": 1, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "fire, poison, psychic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with adamantine weapons", "condition_immunities": "charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned", "senses": "darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10", "languages": "understands its creator's languages but can't speak", "challenge_rating": "13", "cr": 13.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The steam golem makes two ax arm attacks, or one long axe attack." }, { "name": "Ax Arm", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (4d6 + 8) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 13, "damage_dice": "4d6" }, { "name": "Long Axe", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 40 (5d12 + 8) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 13, "damage_dice": "5d12" }, { "name": "Steam Blast (Recharge 5-6)", "desc": "A steam golem can release a blast of steam. The golem chooses whether to affect a 5-foot radius around itself or a 20-foot cube adjacent to itself. Creatures in the affected area take 38 (7d10) fire damage, or half damage with a successful DC 17 Constitution saving throw." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": [ { "name": "Whistle", "desc": "When an opponent within 30 feet of the golem tries to cast a spell, the steam golem can emit a shriek from its twin steam whistles. The spellcaster must make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw. If the save succeeds, the spell is cast normally. If it fails, the spell is not cast; the spell slot is not used, but the caster's action is." } ], "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Boiler Weakness", "desc": "A steam golem that's immersed in water or whose boiler is soaked with at least 20 gallons of water (such as from a water elemental) may be stopped in its tracks by the loss of steam pressure in the boiler. In the case of a water elemental, dousing a steam golem destroys the elemental and the golem must make a DC 20 Constitution saving throw. If it succeeds, the water instantly evaporates and the golem continues functioning normally. If it fails, the golem's fire is extinguished and the boiler loses pressure. The steam golem acts as if affected by a slow spell for 1d3 rounds, then becomes paralyzed until its fire is relit and it spends 15 minutes building up pressure." }, { "name": "Immutable Form", "desc": "The golem is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form." }, { "name": "Extend Long Ax", "desc": "A steam golem can extend or retract one arm into long ax form as a bonus action." }, { "name": "Magic Resistance", "desc": "The golem has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects." }, { "name": "Magic Weapons", "desc": "The golem's weapon attacks are magical." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 237, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_steam-golem/" }, { "slug": "stryx", "desc": "_Stryx are the result of mad experiments deep within the plane of Shadows. They resemble owls and can pass as normal birds as long as they don’t speak or open their mouths. The stryx have a larger mouth hidden behind their beaks, filled with gleaming human teeth. Stryx range in color from pale gray to sooty black, with gleaming eyes._ \n**Strange Alchemy.** The stryx are unnatural beings that came about through terrible manipulation of normal owls and kidnapped humans. \n**The Shadow’s Eyes.** Stryx thrive in the plane of Shadow and on the Material Plane equally, and they enjoy attaching themselves to powerful beings as spies, servants, and translators. Their purposes are muddied, however, because they constantly relay what they learn to their mad creator.", "name": "Stryx", "size": "Tiny", "type": "Monstrosity", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "neutral", "armor_class": 13, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 10, "hit_dice": "4d4", "speed": { "walk": 10, "fly": 60 }, "strength": 3, "dexterity": 17, "constitution": 11, "intelligence": 8, "wisdom": 15, "charisma": 6, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 4, "skills": { "perception": 4, "stealth": 5 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 14", "languages": "Common, Elvish", "challenge_rating": "1/8", "cr": 0.125, "actions": [ { "name": "Talons", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "1" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "False Appearance", "desc": "Until a stryx speaks or opens its mouth, it is indistinguishable from a normal owl." }, { "name": "Flyby", "desc": "The stryx doesn't provoke opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy's reach." }, { "name": "Innate Spellcasting", "desc": "the stryx's innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom. It can cast the following spell, requiring no components:\n\n3/day: comprehend languages" }, { "name": "Keen Hearing and Sight", "desc": "The stryx has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing or sight." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 369, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_stryx/" }, { "slug": "stuhac", "desc": "_This pale-skinned, white-bearded hermit wears a winter cloak and travels the mountain paths, cliff sides, and trade routes alone._ \n**Feigns Weakness.** Living in isolated mountain passes and foraging along little-traveled slopes, the stuhac is a master of stealth and deception. Wrapping heavy furs around itself, it poses as a feeble hermit or traveler needing assistance. Only after its victims have been lured away from warmth and safety does the stuhac drop its disguise and show its true nature: the withered traveler's gnarled hands uncurl to reveal jagged yellow claws, its cataract-ridden eyes are exposed as waxen orbs wobbling loosely in their sockets; throwing open its cloak, it proudly shows off woven layers of yellowed tendon and ligament. \n**Hideous Garments.** The stuhac’s most prized possessions are its “clutters,” garments woven of layered and tangled ligaments and tendons. These grisly trophies are taken from scores of victims, and stuhacs treasure each bit of their disgusting attire. When two stuhac meet, they compare their garb, swapping anecdotes of their most horrifying kills and deceptions. \nStuhacs weave new ligaments into their clutters while their still-living victims watch. Lying in crippled agony, they cannot flee as the stuhac tears fresh material from their bodies for its garments. To keep screams from disturbing their work, these monsters sever their victim’s vocal chords. \n**Devour Victims.** Once its clutters are done, the stuhac feeds on its live victim, devouring everything but the bones. Finding a clean-picked humanoid skeleton along a mountain path is a reliable sign of a stuhac’s presence. \nBecause female stuhacs have never been reported, some believe that these fiends mate with demons, hags, or lamias. Others believe stuhacs are part of a hideous malediction, a recipe for immortality that requires the subject to devour its own kind.", "name": "Stuhac", "size": "Medium", "type": "Fiend", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "neutral evil", "armor_class": 18, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 190, "hit_dice": "20d8+100", "speed": { "walk": 40, "climb": 40 }, "strength": 22, "dexterity": 18, "constitution": 20, "intelligence": 12, "wisdom": 16, "charisma": 15, "strength_save": 11, "dexterity_save": 9, "constitution_save": 10, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": 7, "perception": null, "skills": { "deception": 12 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "acid, fire; bludgeoning and piercing from nonmagical attacks", "damage_immunities": "cold, poison", "condition_immunities": "poisoned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13", "languages": "Common, Infernal; telepathy 100 ft.", "challenge_rating": "13", "cr": 13.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The stuhac makes two claw attacks and one bite attack, or two claw attacks and one hobble." }, { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 20 (4d6 + 6) piercing damage.", "attack_bonus": 11, "damage_dice": "4d6" }, { "name": "Claw", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +11 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 29 (5d8 + 6) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 11, "damage_dice": "5d8" }, { "name": "Hobble", "desc": "A stuhac can cripple a creature by telekinetically tearing its tendons and ligaments. A stuhac can target one creature within 100 feet. The target must make a successful DC 16 Constitution saving throw or take 13 (3d8) force damage and its speed is reduced by 20 feet. Magical movement (flight, teleportation, etc.) is unaffected. This damage can only be cured through magical healing, not by spending hit dice or resting." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Mountain Stride", "desc": "Mountain slopes and stone outcroppings pose no obstacle to a stuhac's movement. In mountainous areas, it scrambles through difficult terrain without hindrance." }, { "name": "Powerful Leap", "desc": "The stuhac can jump three times the normal distance: 66 feet horizontally or 27 feet vertically with a running start, or half those distances from a stationary start." }, { "name": "Shapechanger", "desc": "The stuhac can use its action to polymorph into one of two forms: that of an elderly humanoid male, and its natural form. It cannot alter either form's appearance or capabilities using this ability, and damage sustained in one form transfers to the other form." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 370, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_stuhac/" }, { "slug": "stygian-fat-tailed-scorpion", "desc": "_The black carapace gleams in the desert sun, and its tail drips translucent venom. Even the largest lion avoids this scorpion._ \n**Highly Venomous.** Known for its small size and aggressive behavior, the Stygian fat-tailed scorpion brings a swift death to those who feel its toxic sting. \n**Pit Traps.** A Stygian fat-tailed scorpion is no more than a foot long, with a tail about the same length. It weighs no more than 5 pounds for the largest specimens—they make excellent guard animals that require little food or care, and are often kept at the bottom of pits or in rarely used tunnels. \n**Valuable Venom.** A dose of fat-tailed scorpion venom can be worth 4,000 gp or more to the right buyer.", "name": "Stygian Fat-Tailed Scorpion", "size": "Tiny", "type": "Beast", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 10, "hit_dice": "4d4", "speed": { "walk": 30, "climb": 20 }, "strength": 3, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 10, "intelligence": 1, "wisdom": 10, "charisma": 2, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10", "languages": "-", "challenge_rating": "3", "cr": 3.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The scorpion makes three attacks: two with its claws and one with its sting." }, { "name": "Claw", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 bludgeoning damage.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "1" }, { "name": "Sting", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage, plus 21 (6d6) poison damage and the target is poisoned until it completes a short or long rest. A successful DC 10 Constitution saving throw reduces the poison damage to half and prevents the poisoned condition. If the target fails this saving throw while already poisoned, it gains one level of exhaustion in addition to the other effects.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "6d6+1" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": null, "spell_list": [], "page_no": 340, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_stygian-fat-tailed-scorpion/" }, { "slug": "subek", "desc": "_For most of the year the subek are a kindly race, advising others and lending their physical and intellectual prowess to local projects. During the flood season, however, subek become violent and territorial, ruthlessly killing and consuming all trespassers._ \n**Riverbank Homes.** Subek are crocodile-headed humanoids that dwell along the banks of great rivers. They are tailless, possessing muscular physiques, surprisingly dexterous hands, and a frightening maw of sharp teeth. They are 9 feet tall, average 700 lb., and can live up to 300 years. \nDuring the dry season, subek are friendly, thoughtful scholars, historians, and artisans. \n**Flood Fever.** Subek are well aware of their destructive and violent nature. When the waters rise, they distance themselves from other cultures, warning locals to keep away until the river recedes. Most migrate up or down river to an area with few inhabitants; some even construct underground prisons or cages and pay brave retainers to keep them locked up and fed during their time of savagery. \nDuring flood fever, subek do not recognize friends or colleagues. They discard all trappings of civilization and kill nonsubek creatures indiscriminately. Once the fever clears, they remember nothing of their actions, though they are surrounded by undeniable, grisly reminders. \n**Keep Their Distance.** Despite the danger, subek are tolerated and even prized for their skill as engineers, historians, and teachers. They live on the outskirts of many human towns, maintaining a cautious distance from their neighbors. Subek marriage is pragmatic; they live with a mate long enough to foster a single egg and raise the hatchling for a decade before parting ways. \nSubek scholars and oracles debate their duality. Some believe it to be an ancient curse, a shared ancestry with northern trolls, or some loathsome and primitive part of their soul exerting control. A rare few—shamans and oracles, mostly—embrace their duality and choose to live year-round in remote regions far from civilization.", "name": "Subek", "size": "Large", "type": "Humanoid", "subtype": "subek", "group": null, "alignment": "lawful neutral", "armor_class": 17, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 76, "hit_dice": "8d10+32", "speed": { "walk": 30, "swim": 20 }, "strength": 19, "dexterity": 10, "constitution": 18, "intelligence": 14, "wisdom": 13, "charisma": 13, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": { "history": 5, "investigation": 5 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11", "languages": "Common", "challenge_rating": "5", "cr": 5.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The subek makes one bite attack and one claws attack. If both attacks hit the same target, the subek can make a thrash attack as a bonus action against that target." }, { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage.", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "2d6" }, { "name": "Claws", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (4d8 + 4) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "4d8" }, { "name": "Thrash", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d10) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "2d10" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Hold Breath", "desc": "The subek can hold its breath for 15 minutes." }, { "name": "Flood Fever", "desc": "During flood season, the subek is overcome with bloodthirsty malice. Its alignment shifts to chaotic evil, it gains the Blood Frenzy trait, and it loses the capacity to speak Common and its bonuses to History and Investigation." }, { "name": "Blood Frenzy", "desc": "The subek has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn't have all its hit points." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 371, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_subek/" }, { "slug": "suturefly", "desc": "_These darting creatures resemble dragonflies, but with three pairs of gossamer wings and a body made from splintered wood. Flashes of bright colors run along their bodies._ \n**Sew Mouths Shut.** Forest folk rarely speak when sutureflies dart through the trees, because these creatures listen for lies and sew any offender’s mouth, nose, and eyes shut. Some say the old woods hide nothing but liars, and that is why the deepest forest is shrouded in silence. Others say that the forest uses sutureflies to smother those who break its covenants or reveal its secrets. \nAdventurers see a suturefly’s handiwork more often than they glimpse one of the creatures directly: corpses with mouths and noses stitched shut lie in the underbrush, mysterious children whose mouths are ringed with black puncture marks observe intruders from afar, and dryads step from trees, their eyes sewn shut against the evils of civilization. \n**Seek Out Curses.** Numerous suturefly varieties exist. Some attack based on verbal triggers other than lies. Black‑banded sutureflies, for instance, detect curses and religious blasphemies. \nWhen attacking, sutureflies dart from hiding to gain surprise. Once they sew someone’s mouth closed, they target the same victim’s nose, unless threatened by another opponent. Sutureflies attack until they have sewn all of their opponents’ mouths, eyes and noses closed or until they’re destroyed.", "name": "Suturefly", "size": "Tiny", "type": "Beast", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 7, "hit_dice": "3d4", "speed": { "hover": true, "walk": 10, "fly": 40 }, "strength": 1, "dexterity": 19, "constitution": 10, "intelligence": 1, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 4, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": { "stealth": 6 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11", "languages": "-", "challenge_rating": "1/4", "cr": 0.25, "actions": [ { "name": "Sew", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage, and the suturefly sews the target's mouth, nose, or eye closed. With supernatural speed, the suturefly repeatedly pierces the target's face, each time threading a loop of the target's own skin through the previous hole. These skin loops rapidly blacken, shrink, and draw the orifice tightly closed. It takes two actions and a sharp blade to sever the loops and reopen the orifice, and the process causes intense pain and 2 slashing damage. A victim whose mouth and nose have been sewn shut begins suffocating at the start of his or her next turn.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "1" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Camouflage", "desc": "A suturefly in forest surroundings has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks." }, { "name": "Detect Blasphemy", "desc": "The most common variety of suturefly attacks any creature that blasphemes aloud, which it can detect at a range of 100 feet unless the blasphemer makes a successful DC 13 Charisma saving throw." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 372, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_suturefly/" }, { "slug": "swamp-adder", "desc": "_A vicious snake with a squat, diamond-shaped head, a puffed neck, and a peculiar yellow band around its body, the swamp adder is a stout, somewhat lethargic hunter._ \n_**Marsh Hunter.**_ This venomous snake—sometimes known as the “speckled band”—is native to the marshes of southern realms, where it devours waterfowl and incautious halflings. \n_**Bred for Venom.**_ The swamp adder is simultaneously feared and prized for its potent paralytic venom. A swamp adder is quite thin, though it may grow up to 12 feet long and the largest weigh as much as 50 pounds. A dose of paralytic swamp adder venom is worth 3,000 gp or more on the black market.", "name": "Swamp Adder", "size": "Small", "type": "Beast", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 13, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 18, "hit_dice": "4d6+4", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 4, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 12, "intelligence": 1, "wisdom": 10, "charisma": 4, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "blindsight 10 ft., passive Perception 10", "languages": "-", "challenge_rating": "1/4", "cr": 0.25, "actions": [ { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage, and the target must make a successful DC 11 saving throw or become poisoned. While poisoned this way, the target is paralyzed and takes 3(1d6) poison damage at the start of each of its turns. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself with a success.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "1d6" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Swamp Camouflage", "desc": "The swamp adder has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks while in swamp terrain." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 354, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_swamp-adder/" }, { "slug": "thursir-giant", "desc": "_Heavily armored and carrying two rune-marked hammers, a thursir giant’s reddish hair and beard are often plaited in the style of an enormous dwarf._ \n**Forge Masters.** Greedy and aggressively competitive, thursir dwell in vast caverns under frozen mountains where they labor to forge chains, armor, and massive engines of war. Thursir giants have a natural affinity for metalworking. Any armor or weapons forged by a thursir giant are of the highest quality and can fetch double the usual price for such an item. \n**Enormous Appetites.** When not toiling at the forge, these giants entertain themselves with gluttonous feasts and boisterous wrestling competitions, or raid human settlements for food and valuables. \n**Hearth Rune Priestesses.** Female priestesses have a much higher standing in their society than other female thursir giants, who are treated shabbily. Most female thursir giants are drudges, considered fit only for child-bearing and menial labor. However, male thursir are makers, warrior, and metalworkers, while women make up the bulk of their priesthood and spellcasters. As priests and casters, they are valued advisors and held in high regard—or at least very valuable property. \nThursir stand nine feet tall and weigh 600 lb.", "name": "Thursir Giant", "size": "Large", "type": "Giant", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "neutral evil (50%) lawful evil (50%)", "armor_class": 13, "armor_desc": "chain shirt", "hit_points": 114, "hit_dice": "12d10+48", "speed": { "walk": 40 }, "strength": 19, "dexterity": 10, "constitution": 18, "intelligence": 13, "wisdom": 15, "charisma": 11, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": 6, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 4, "skills": { "athletics": 6, "perception": 4 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14", "languages": "Common, Dwarven, Giant", "challenge_rating": "3", "cr": 3.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The giant makes two warhammer attacks." }, { "name": "Warhammer", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) bludgeoning damage.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "2d8" }, { "name": "Rock", "desc": "Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 40/160 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d10 + 4) bludgeoning damage.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "2d10" }, { "name": "Runic Blood (3/day)", "desc": "Thursir giants can inscribe the thurs rune on a weapon. A creature hit by the weapon takes an additional 1d8 lightning damage, and the target can't take reactions until the start of its next turn. The thurs rune lasts for one hour, or for three hits, whichever comes first." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Cast Iron Stomach", "desc": "The giant can consume half of its weight in food without ill effect, and it has advantage against anything that would give it the poisoned condition. 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Horns and expressions of anger or wide‑mouthed laughter are common. \n**Eager for Sacrifices.** Among fire cultists, it’s widely known that when a tophet’s hands are raised above its mouth, it is demanding a sacrifice to roll down its palms and into its fiery maw. \n**Heed Musical Commands.** Flutes and drums can (sometimes) be used to control the actions of a tophet during sacrifices. They have the fortunate side effect of drowning out the cries and screams of living sacrifices. \n**Magical Fires.** The fires within a tophet’s bronze body are largely magical and fueled by sacrifices. They don’t require more than a symbolic amount of wood or coal to keep burning, but they do require sacrifices of food, cloth, and (eventually) living creatures to keep them under control. A tophet that is not granted a sacrifice when it demands one might go on a fiery rampage, burning down buildings, granaries, or barns until its hunger is satisfied. \n**Constructed Nature.** A tophet doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.", "name": "Tophet", "size": "Huge", "type": "Construct", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "neutral evil", "armor_class": 16, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 184, "hit_dice": "16d12+80", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 24, "dexterity": 10, "constitution": 20, "intelligence": 6, "wisdom": 10, "charisma": 10, "strength_save": 10, "dexterity_save": 3, "constitution_save": 8, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 3, "skills": { "perception": 3 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "necrotic", "damage_immunities": "cold, fire, poison", "condition_immunities": "exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned", "senses": "darkvision 200 ft., passive Perception 13", "languages": "Common", "challenge_rating": "8", "cr": 8.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "A tophet makes two attacks, no more than one of which can be a gout of flame." }, { "name": "Slam", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack. +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (1d10+7) bludgeoning damage. The target is also knocked inside the tophet's burning belly if the attack scores a critical hit." }, { "name": "Gout of Flame", "desc": "The tophet targets a point within 100 feet of itself that it can see. All targets within 10 feet of that point take 22 (4d10) fire damage, or half damage with a successful DC 16 Dexterity saving throw." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Fiery Heart", "desc": "A tophet's inner fire can be ignited or doused at will. Its heat is such that all creatures have resistance to cold damage while within 30 feet of the tophet." }, { "name": "Burning Belly", "desc": "Creatures inside a tophet's burning core take 21 (6d6) fire damage at the start of each of the tophet's turns. Escaping from a tophet's belly takes 10 feet of movement and a successful DC 16 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 383, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_tophet/" }, { "slug": "tosculi-drone", "desc": "The tosculi are a race of wasp-folk that share the Golden Song of the hive, which unites them under the command and iron rule of their queen. Each hive has its own song, and most tosculi hives are predatory, dangerous places—quick to turn to banditry, cattle theft, and raiding against small villages. \nThose few tosculi who do not hear their queen’s Golden Song are the Hiveless, driven out of the embrace of the hive to attempt survive on their own. \nTosculi drones are the workers of the tosculi hive; the smallest, weakest, least intelligent, and most abundant of the wasp folk. Their carapaces are mostly iridescent blue with gold abdomens and lower legs. A drone stands between 3 and 4 feet tall, and weighs around 50 lb. They have only vestigial wings, so they can glide but not truly fly. \n**One-Way Scouts.** Drones function primarily as menial workers but, during time of war, they also act as highly expendable scouts and soldiers. Because the warriors know whatever a drone knows (thanks to the hive-queen), a drone doesn’t need to survive its scouting mission to deliver useful information.", "name": "Tosculi Drone", "size": "Small", "type": "Monstrosity", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "lawful evil", "armor_class": 13, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 22, "hit_dice": "4d6+8", "speed": { "walk": 20 }, "strength": 8, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 14, "intelligence": 8, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 4, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11", "languages": "Tosculi", "challenge_rating": "1/2", "cr": 0.5, "actions": [ { "name": "Claws", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (2d4 + 3) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "2d4" }, { "name": "Light Crossbow", "desc": "Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 80/320 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "1d8" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Gliding Wings", "desc": "The tosculi drone can use its wings to slowly descend when falling (as if under the effect of the feather fall spell). It can move up to 5 feet horizontally for every foot it falls. The tosculi drone can't gain height with these wings alone. If subjected to a strong wind or lift of any kind, it can use the updraft to glide farther." }, { "name": "Skittering", "desc": "Up to two tosculi can share the same space at one time. The tosculi has advantage on melee attack rolls while sharing its space with another tosculi that isn't incapacitated." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 386, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_tosculi-drone/" }, { "slug": "tosculi-elite-bow-raider", "desc": "The tosculi are a race of wasp-folk that share the Golden Song of the hive, which unites them under the command and iron rule of their queen. Each hive has its own song, and most tosculi hives are predatory, dangerous places—quick to turn to banditry, cattle theft, and raiding against small villages. \nThose few tosculi who do not hear their queen’s Golden Song are the Hiveless, driven out of the embrace of the hive to attempt survive on their own. \nTosculi elite bow raiders are smarter and more capable than drones and common warriors, with midnight black or deep green carapaces that shine with colorful iridescence. Their wings are blood red, streaked with dark crimson veins. Elite bow raiders also tower over common tosculi—they stand over 5 feet tall and weigh 130 lb. \n**Warband Leaders.** Elite bow raiders lead larger raiding parties of warriors and drones to gather slaves and sacrifices. As rare and prized members of the hive, a bow raider’s life is never thrown away like drones’ or risked unnecessarily. Seldom does a tosculi warband contain more than a handful of these elite soldiers, and they frequently hold positions of command. Elite bow raiders always lead the honor guard for their hive-queen, both within the hive and on those rare occasions when the queen ventures outside.", "name": "Tosculi Elite Bow Raider", "size": "Medium", "type": "Humanoid", "subtype": "tosculi", "group": null, "alignment": "lawful evil", "armor_class": 16, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 97, "hit_dice": "13d8+39", "speed": { "walk": 30, "fly": 60 }, "strength": 14, "dexterity": 18, "constitution": 17, "intelligence": 12, "wisdom": 14, "charisma": 12, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 6, "skills": { "perception": 6, "stealth": 7 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 16", "languages": "Gnoll, Infernal, Tosculi", "challenge_rating": "5", "cr": 5.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The tosculi elite bow raider makes two longbow attacks or two claws attacks." }, { "name": "Claws", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "1d6" }, { "name": "Longbow", "desc": "Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, range 150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (3d8 + 4) piercing damage.", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "3d8" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Deadly Precision", "desc": "The tosculi elite bow raider's ranged attacks do an extra 9 (2d8) damage (included below)." }, { "name": "Evasive", "desc": "Ranged weapon attacks against the tosculi elite bow raider have disadvantage." }, { "name": "Keen Smell", "desc": "The tosculi elite bow raider has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell." }, { "name": "Skirmisher", "desc": "The tosculi elite bow raider can Dash as a bonus action." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 386, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_tosculi-elite-bow-raider/" }, { "slug": "tosculi-warrior", "desc": "The tosculi are a race of wasp-folk that share the Golden Song of the hive, which unites them under the command and iron rule of their queen. Each hive has its own song, and most tosculi hives are predatory, dangerous places—quick to turn to banditry, cattle theft, and raiding against small villages. \nThose few tosculi who do not hear their queen’s Golden Song are the Hiveless, driven out of the embrace of the hive to attempt survive on their own. \nTosculi warriors are overseers of work crews and battle groups of drones, directing activities and relaying commands from higher up in the hive mind. They are entirely subservient to the hivequeen’s orders, but if ordered to act independently or to follow their own best judgment, they’re capable of doing so. Warriors are almost never encountered without drones, and tower over them. They stand 4 to 5 feet tall and weigh up to 70 pounds. \n**Host Finders.** The warriors’ most important role in the hive, however, is procuring live hosts for tosculi eggs to hatch in. Creatures paralyzed by warriors are brought to the queen’s chamber to have eggs implanted in them. An egg hatches in 1d6 weeks, and the ravenous larva devours its still-living (but mercifully unconscious) host.", "name": "Tosculi Warrior", "size": "Small", "type": "Monstrosity", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "lawful evil", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 58, "hit_dice": "9d6+27", "speed": { "walk": 20, "fly": 60 }, "strength": 12, "dexterity": 20, "constitution": 16, "intelligence": 10, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 12, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11", "languages": "Tosculi", "challenge_rating": "2", "cr": 2.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The tosculi warrior makes one bite attack, one claws attack, and one stinger attack." }, { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 7 (1d4 + 5) piercing damage.", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "1d4" }, { "name": "Claws", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d4 + 5) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "2d4" }, { "name": "Stinger", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 7 (1d4 + 5) piercing damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw against poison or be paralyzed for 1 minute. A paralyzed target repeats the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "1d4" }, { "name": "Prepare Host", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one paralyzed creature. Hit: 10 (2d4 + 5) piercing damage, and the target is paralyzed for 8 hours. The paralysis can be ended with a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Medicine) check or by a spell or magical effect that cures disease. (Because only paralyzed creatures can be targeted, a hit by this attack is automatically a critical hit; bonus damage is included in the damage listing.)", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "2d4" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Skittering", "desc": "Up to two tosculi can share the same space at one time. The tosculi has advantage on attack rolls while sharing its space with another tosculi that isn't incapacitated." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 386, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_tosculi-warrior/" }, { "slug": "treacle", "desc": "_A curious bunny, an abandoned infant, or a delicate songbird can spell slow and agonizing death for the unprepared. Beneath any of these facades may lurk a treacle waiting to feed on a gullible victim, mewling and cooing all the while. Whether by natural selection or arcane tampering, these compact oozes prey on kindness._ \n**Diet of Blood.** Treacles feed on blood but lack the natural weapons or acid of larger slimes. To survive, prey must welcome and embrace them, unaware of the threat. The treacles’ soft bodies absorb psychic impressions and take the shape of unthreatening creatures. In the wild, treacles assume the form of an animal’s offspring to lie close for several hours. \n**Pet Polymorph.** Among humanoids, treacles transform into pets, infants, or injured animals. In the most horrific cases, these oozes resemble children’s toys. Treacles don’t choose their forms consciously, but instead rely on a primitive form of telepathy to sense which shapes a potential victim finds least threatening or most enticing. They can hold a new shape for several hours, even if the intended victim is no longer present. \n**Slow Drain.** Once they have assumed a nonthreatening form, treacles mewl, sing, or make pitiful noises to attract attention. Once they’re in contact with a potential victim, treacles drain blood slowly, ideally while their prey sleeps or is paralyzed. If threatened or injured, treacles flee. A sated treacle detaches from its victim host and seeks a cool, dark place to rest and digest. With enough food and safety, a treacle divides into two fully-grown oozes. Rarely, a mutation prevents this division, so that the sterile treacle instead grows in size. The largest can mimic human children and the elderly. \nTreacles are small, weighing less than six lb. Their natural forms are pale and iridescent, like oil on fresh milk, but they’re seldom seen this way.", "name": "Treacle", "size": "Tiny", "type": "Ooze", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 13, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 22, "hit_dice": "4d4+12", "speed": { "walk": 15, "climb": 10 }, "strength": 4, "dexterity": 6, "constitution": 17, "intelligence": 1, "wisdom": 1, "charisma": 10, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": { "deception": 4 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 10", "languages": "-", "challenge_rating": "1/4", "cr": 0.25, "actions": [ { "name": "Reshape", "desc": "The treacle assumes the shape of any tiny creature or object. A reshaped treacle gains the movement of its new form but no other special qualities." }, { "name": "Blood Drain (1/hour)", "desc": "A treacle touching the skin of a warm-blooded creature inflicts 4 (1d8) necrotic damage per hour of contact, and the victim's maximum hit points are reduced by the same number. Blood is drained so slowly that the victim doesn't notice the damage unless he or she breaks contact with the treacle (sets it down or hands it to someone else, for example). When contact is broken, the victim notices blood on his or her skin or clothes with a successful DC 13 Wisdom (Perception) check." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Amorphous", "desc": "The treacle can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing." }, { "name": "Charming Presence", "desc": "The treacle has an uncanny ability to sense and to play off of another creature's emotions. It uses Charisma (Deception) to oppose Wisdom (Insight or Perception) skill checks made to see through its ruse, and it has advantage on its check." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 387, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_treacle/" }, { "slug": "tusked-skyfish", "desc": "_This horrid creature looks like an enormous flying jellyfish, with long, wicked tusks curving from its gaping mouth and tentacle-whiskers trailing behind it._ \n**Alchemical Flotation.** These aerial jellyfish waft through the air like balloons, suspended by internal alchemical reactions. This mode of movement takes them almost vertically when they wish, or drifts with the winds. They can reach altitudes of 30,000 feet. \n**Shocking Tendrils.** Tusked skyfish catch slow-moving or inattentive prey in their tentacles, and sometimes fish in shallow lakes and streams. They can suppress their natural electrical charge, allowing them to manipulate objects or interact with other creatures safely. \n**Slow Mounts.** When fitted with special saddles, tusked skyfish can be ridden without harming their riders, although their slow speed makes them most suitable for casual excursions or unhurried long-distance travel. The jinnborn and genies seem to find them congenial beasts of burden, carrying as much as 4,000 pounds.", "name": "Tusked Skyfish", "size": "Large", "type": "Aberration", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "lawful good", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 102, "hit_dice": "12d10+36", "speed": { "hover": true, "walk": 5, "fly": 20 }, "strength": 17, "dexterity": 12, "constitution": 17, "intelligence": 3, "wisdom": 14, "charisma": 10, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "lightning", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12", "languages": "-", "challenge_rating": "4", "cr": 4.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The tusked skyfish makes one gore attack and one tentacles attack." }, { "name": "Gore", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d8 + 3) piercing damage.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "2d8+3" }, { "name": "Tentacles", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 10 ft., one creature. Hit: 13 (3d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage plus 10 (3d6) lightning damage. The target is also grappled (escape DC 13). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained. While grappling the target, the tusked skyfish can't use this attack against other targets. When the tusked skyfish moves, a Medium or smaller target it is grappling moves with it.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "3d6" }, { "name": "Stench Spray (Recharge 5-6)", "desc": "The tusked skyfish sprays foul-smelling liquid in a line 20 feet long and 5 feet wide. Each creature in that line must make a successful DC 13 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1 minute. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the creature falls unconscious for the same duration. A poisoned creature repeats the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Tendril Curtain", "desc": "When the tusked skyfish is flying, its wispy, electrified tendrils dangle beneath it and touch all creatures within 20 feet directly below its space as it moves. Any creatures in the path of its movement take 10 (3d6) lightning damage, or half damage with a successful DC 13 Dexterity saving throw." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 391, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_tusked-skyfish/" }, { "slug": "umbral-vampire", "desc": "", "name": "Umbral Vampire", "size": "Medium", "type": "Fiend", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic evil", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 84, "hit_dice": "13d8+26", "speed": { "hover": true, "walk": 0, "fly": 40 }, "strength": 1, "dexterity": 18, "constitution": 15, "intelligence": 14, "wisdom": 14, "charisma": 19, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": 7, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": 7, "perception": 5, "skills": { "perception": 5, "stealth": 7 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "acid, fire, lightning, thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks", "damage_immunities": "cold, necrotic, poison", "condition_immunities": "exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15", "languages": "Common, Umbral, Void Speech", "challenge_rating": "7", "cr": 7.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Umbral Grasp", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (4d6 + 4) cold damage and the target's Strength score is reduced by 1d6. The target dies if this reduces its Strength to 0. Otherwise, the reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest. If a non-evil humanoid dies from this attack, a shadow rises from the corpse 1d4 hours later.", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "4d6" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Incorporeal Movement", "desc": "The umbral vampire can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object." }, { "name": "Innate Spellcasting", "desc": "the umbral vampire's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15). The umbral vampire can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\n\nat will: mirror image, plane shift (plane of shadows only)\n\n1/day each: bane (when in dim light or darkness only), black tentacles" }, { "name": "Shadow Blend", "desc": "When in dim light or darkness, the umbral vampire can Hide as a bonus action, even while being observed." }, { "name": "Strike from Shadow", "desc": "The reach of the umbral vampire's umbral grasp attack increases by 10 feet and its damage increases by 4d6 when both the umbral vampire and the target of the attack are in dim light or darkness and the umbral vampire is hidden from its target." }, { "name": "Sunlight Sensitivity", "desc": "While in direct sunlight, the umbral vampire has disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 397, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_umbral-vampire/" }, { "slug": "uraeus", "desc": "_A sleek serpent wends through the air, held aloft on bronze-feathered wings. The flying cobra flares its hood and hisses, hurling a spray of orange sparks from its fanged mouth._ \nA uraeus resembles a vibrantly colored cobra. The serpent’s scales are the rich gold-flecked blue of lapis lazuli and its eyes gleam white, but its most distinguishing feature is a pair of feathery bronze wings. It glides gracefully through the air with a deliberate vigilance that reveals its intelligence. A uraeus grows up to three feet long, and weighs around 5 pounds. \n**Divine Protectors.** Uraeuses are celestial creatures that carry a spark of divine fire within them, and they thirst for purpose when they arrive on the Material Plane. Whether the creature was deliberately summoned or found its way to the Material Plane through other means, a uraeus is created to protect. Once it finds a worthy charge, it devotes its fiery breath and searing venom to protecting that ward. \nA uraeus is fanatically loyal to the creature it protects. Only gross mistreatment or vicious evil can drive a uraeus to break its bond and leave.", "name": "Uraeus", "size": "Tiny", "type": "Celestial", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "lawful neutral", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 40, "hit_dice": "9d4+18", "speed": { "walk": 30, "fly": 60 }, "strength": 6, "dexterity": 15, "constitution": 14, "intelligence": 10, "wisdom": 14, "charisma": 9, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 4, "skills": { "perception": 4 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "fire; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks", "damage_immunities": "poison", "condition_immunities": "poisoned", "senses": "blindsight 10 ft., passive Perception 14", "languages": "understands Celestial and Common but can't speak", "challenge_rating": "2", "cr": 2.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage plus 9 (2d8) poison damage, and the target must make a successful DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. While poisoned in this way, the target takes 9 (2d8) fire damage at the start of its turn. A poisoned creature repeats the saving throw at the end of its turn, ending the effect on a success.", "attack_bonus": 4, "damage_dice": "1d6" }, { "name": "Searing Breath (Recharge 5-6)", "desc": "The uraeus exhales a 15-foot cone of fire. Creatures in the area take 10 (3d6) fire damage, or half damage with a successful DC 12 Dexterity saving throw." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": [ { "name": "Bonded Savior", "desc": "When the uraeus' bonded ward takes damage, the uraeus can transfer the damage to itself instead. The uraeus' damage resistance and immunity don't apply to transferred damage." } ], "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Flyby", "desc": "The uraeus doesn't provoke opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy's reach." }, { "name": "Ward Bond", "desc": "As a bonus action, the uraeus forms a magical bond with a willing creature within 5 feet. Afterward, no matter how great the distance between them, the uraeus knows the distance and direction to its bonded ward and is aware of the creature's general state of health. The bond lasts until the uraeus or the ward dies, or the uraeus ends the bond as an action." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 392, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_uraeus/" }, { "slug": "ushabti", "desc": "_The eye sockets in a large, ornate death mask suddenly ignite with a golden radiance. With the creak of long-unused limbs, this towering figure in ancient armor raises a khopesh and scepter once more._ \n**Tomb Servants.** Ushabtis were placed in ancient tombs as servants for the tomb’s chief occupants in the afterlife. They are long-lasting constructs that can tend to physical work and maintenance inside sealed tombs where flesh-and-blood laborers couldn’t survive. \n**Slaughter Tomb Robbers.** Ushabtis are most commonly encountered in their roles as guardians—a function they fulfill very effectively. An ushabti is sometimes obvious from the blood of its victims, staining its form. Some tombs are littered with bones of tomb robbers an ushabti has dispatched. \n**Khopesh and Scepter.** Most ushabtis have human faces and proportions, with features resembling a death mask. When at rest, they stand or lie with arms folded across their chests, clutching their scepter and khopesh. Many variations have been found, however, including some that are completely inhuman, animal‑headed, or that have abstract or fanciful designs such as a sun sphere head or a body made entirely of papyrus scrolls. \n**Constructed Nature.** An ushabti doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.", "name": "Ushabti", "size": "Large", "type": "Construct", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 18, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 105, "hit_dice": "10d10+50", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 21, "dexterity": 17, "constitution": 20, "intelligence": 11, "wisdom": 19, "charisma": 9, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": 7, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": 3, "perception": 8, "skills": { "arcana": 4, "history": 4, "perception": 8 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks", "condition_immunities": "charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 18", "languages": "Ancient language of DM's choice", "challenge_rating": "9", "cr": 9.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The ushabti makes one attack with Medjai's scepter and one with its khopesh." }, { "name": "Medjai's Scepter", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) bludgeoning damage plus 10 (3d6) poison damage.", "attack_bonus": 9, "damage_dice": "2d6" }, { "name": "Khopesh", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 9, "damage_dice": "2d6" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Dynastic Aura", "desc": "A creature that starts its turn within 15 feet of the ushabti must make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw, unless the ushabti is incapacitated. On a failed save, the creature has its breath stolen; it takes 9 (2d8) necrotic damage, and until the end of the ushabti's next turn, can't cast spells that require a verbal component or speak louder than a whisper. If a creature's saving throw is successful, the creature is immune to this ushabti's Dynastic Aura for the next 24 hours." }, { "name": "Healing Leech", "desc": "If a creature within 30 feet of the ushabti regains hit points from a spell or a magical effect, the creature gains only half the normal number of hit points and the ushabti gains the other half." }, { "name": "Immutable Form", "desc": "The ushabti is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form." }, { "name": "Magic Resistance", "desc": "The ushabti has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects." }, { "name": "Magic Weapons", "desc": "The ushabti's weapon attacks are magical." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 394, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_ushabti/" }, { "slug": "vapor-lynx", "desc": "_These great cats pad noiselessly, while tendrils of smoke drift off their sleek gray coats, leaving misty whorls in their wake. Their eyes shift from dull, pallid orbs to pitch black slits. Their lips curl up into a fang-revealing smile as their bodies fades into fog._ \n**Split the Herd.** Vapor lynxes are capricious hunters. Devious, manipulative, and mischievous, they toy with their prey before killing it. They rarely enjoy a stand-up fight, instead coalescing in and out of the fog to harass victims. Using their ability to solidify and poison the fog around them, they cut large groups into smaller, more manageable morsels. \n**Dreary Marshlands.** Their tactics have earned vapor lynxes a nasty reputation and the occasional bounty on their heads. Additionally, their magical nature makes them valuable to practitioners of the magical arts, and their beautiful, thick coats tempt many a furrier into hunts they may not be prepared for. For these reasons, vapor lynxes avoid civilization, fearing organized reprisal. Instead they haunt marshes and swamps, where the natural fog makes hunting easier. If an intelligent humanoid passes their way, they are happy for a change in their diet. \n**Chatty with Dinner.** Although reclusive, vapor lynxes are intelligent, speaking both Common and Sylvan. They are particularly prideful and take great joy in bantering with potential meals to belittle and frighten them. Survivors of vapor lynx encounters invariably mention their constant needling and self-aggrandizement.", "name": "Vapor Lynx", "size": "Large", "type": "Monstrosity", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic neutral", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 127, "hit_dice": "15d10+45", "speed": { "walk": 50, "climb": 30 }, "strength": 15, "dexterity": 18, "constitution": 16, "intelligence": 10, "wisdom": 13, "charisma": 14, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 4, "skills": { "perception": 4, "stealth": 7 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14", "languages": "Common, Sylvan", "challenge_rating": "5", "cr": 5.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The vapor lynx makes one bite attack and two claw attacks." }, { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (3d8 + 4) piercing damage.", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "3d8" }, { "name": "Claw", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "2d8" }, { "name": "Poison Breath (Recharge 5-6)", "desc": "The vapor lynx exhales a 40- foot radius poison fog, which heavily obscures a spherical area around the lynx. Any breathing creature that ends its turn in the fog must make a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned for 1d4 + 1 rounds." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Innate Spellcasting", "desc": "the lynx's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma. It can cast the following spell, requiring no material components:\n\n3/day: gaseous form" }, { "name": "Smoky Constitution", "desc": "The vapor lynx spends its time in both gaseous and solid form. Its unique constitution makes it immune to all fog- or gas-related spells and attacks, including its own. A vapor lynx sees clearly through light or heavy obscurement caused by fog, mist, or spells such as fog cloud." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 398, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_vapor-lynx/" }, { "slug": "vesiculosa", "desc": "_This glittering pool stands among lush and verdant fruiting plants._ \n**Underground Oasis.** A vesiculosa is a huge, burrowing pitcher plant that dwells in oases, spurring nearby growth and luring in prey with soporific scents and tainted water. A vesiculosa’s body is buried in the ground, with only its rootlets swarming in the open in ropy tangles. It catches meals with these rootlets and drags them to its mouth. Usually these morsels are unconscious, but the rootlets can put up a fight if they must. \n**Rich Sapphire Heartvine.** A vesiculosa’s heartvine resembles a lump of sapphire and is highly prized by alchemists (worth 1,000 gp). It can be reached with an hour or two of hard digging.", "name": "Vesiculosa", "size": "Gargantuan", "type": "Plant", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 203, "hit_dice": "14d20+56", "speed": { "walk": 0, "burrow": 5 }, "strength": 20, "dexterity": 10, "constitution": 19, "intelligence": 2, "wisdom": 14, "charisma": 2, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 6, "skills": { "perception": 6 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "fire, bludgeoning, piercing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, blinded, deafened, frightened, prone", "senses": "tremorsense 60 ft., passive Perception 16", "languages": "-", "challenge_rating": "11", "cr": 11.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The vesiculosa uses Entrap 4 times, and uses Reel and Engulf once each. It loses one Entrap attack for each rootlet swarm that's been destroyed." }, { "name": "Entrap", "desc": "The vesiculosa targets a Large or smaller creature within 5 feet of one of its rootlet swarms. The target takes 10 (4d4) piercing damage and is grappled (escape DC 15), or takes half damage and isn't grappled if it makes a successful DC 17 Dexterity saving throw. Until the grapple ends, the target is restrained, it has disadvantage on Strength checks and Strength saving throws, and that rootlet swarm can't entrap another target." }, { "name": "Reel", "desc": "Each rootlet swarm that has a creature grappled moves up to 20 feet toward the vesiculosa's main body. Rootlets wander up to 100 feet from the main body." }, { "name": "Engulf", "desc": "The vesiculosa engulfs all restrained or unconscious creatures within 5 feet of its main body (up to 2 Large, 4 Medium or 8 Small creatures). An engulfed creature is restrained, has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the vesiculosa, and takes 21 (6d6) acid damage at the start of each of the vesiculosa's turns. When the vesiculosa moves, the engulfed creature moves with it. An engulfed creature can try to escape by using an action to make a DC 15 Strength check. On a success, the creature escapes and enters a space of its choice within 5 feet of the vesiculosa's main body." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "False Appearance", "desc": "While the vesiculosa remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a normal pool of water." }, { "name": "Rich Sapphire Heartvine", "desc": "A vesiculosa's heartvine resembles a lump of sapphire and is highly prized by alchemists (worth 1,000 gp). It can be reached with an hour or two of hard digging." }, { "name": "Rootlet Swarms", "desc": "The vesiculosa is surrounded at all times by four Medium swarms of Tiny rootlets that move as the vesiculosa directs. Each swarm has a speed of 30 feet, can be targeted independently, has 25 hit points, and (unlike the parent plant) quite vulnerable to fire damage. Other than that, they have the same statistics as the vesiculosa's main body. For each swarm that drops to 0 hit points, the vesiculosa loses one of its Entrap attacks. A destroyed swarm regrows in 24 hours." }, { "name": "Sweet Water", "desc": "The vesiculosa's pool emits a sweet fragrance that lures creatures to drink. Creatures that are neither undead nor constructs within 60 feet must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or be compelled to approach the vesiculosa and drink. The water is cool and refreshing but carries a sleeping poison: any creature (other than undead and constructs) that drinks from it regains 1d4 hp and recovers from 1 level of exhaustion, but must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw against poison or fall unconscious for 1 minute. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the creature is unconscious for 1 hour. An unconscious creature wakes up if it takes damage or if another creature uses an action to shake it awake." }, { "name": "Verdant", "desc": "The vesiculosa's sap seeps into the soil, promoting lush vegetation. At any given time, 3d6 beneficial fruits (fruit, nuts, figs, dates) can be found within 30 feet of the vesiculosa. These have the same effect as berries from a goodberry spell, but they retain their potency for one week after being picked or after the vesiculosa is killed." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 399, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_vesiculosa/" }, { "slug": "vile-barber", "desc": "_A pale, scrawny fellow clad in a black leather apron and slender ebon gloves grins from the shadows. A maw of needle-sharp teeth and the wicked straight razor at his side are a clear warning that his enemies should hasten their footsteps._ \nVile barbers are sadistic, unseelie fey who move through the shadows to execute their bloody, malevolent wills. Known as barbers for both the use of wicked blades and their proclivity for slashing the necks of their victims, these insidious fey can be found lurking in dark and harrowed places like back-alley streets or abandoned, deep-shaded cemeteries. \n_**Fey Punishers.**_ Called the siabhra (pronounced she-uvh-ra) among the fey courts, vile barbers are fickle creatures. They are sent to punish those who have offended the fey lords and ladies, and their cruelty and cunning help them write messages in blood and skin. At the very least, they scar those who have spoken ill of the fey; those who have harmed or murdered the fey are more likely to be bled slowly. Some of these deaths are made quite public—though in a few cases, the victim is enchanted to remain invisible while the siabhra does its bloody work. \n_**Slippery Fighters.**_ A vile barber often uses its ability to step through shadows to steal a victim’s weapon and use it against its former owner with devastating effect. Any creature grappled by a vile barber is at the mercy of the barber’s sinister and unclean weapons—they delight in close combat. \n_**Assassins and Envoys.**_ Vile barbers frequently consort with hags and prowl the places these wicked crones cannot go as emissaries and assassins. Information on the siabhra is scant; most adventurers who meet them don’t live to share their findings or to see the vile barber lick its bloody blade clean.", "name": "Vile Barber", "size": "Small", "type": "Fey", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic evil", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "leather armor", "hit_points": 28, "hit_dice": "8d6", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 12, "dexterity": 18, "constitution": 10, "intelligence": 10, "wisdom": 8, "charisma": 10, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": { "athletics": 3, "stealth": 6 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with silvered or cold iron weapons", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "frightened", "senses": "blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 9", "languages": "Common, Goblin, Sylvan, Umbral", "challenge_rating": "2", "cr": 2.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The vile barber makes two attacks with its straight razor." }, { "name": "Straight Razor", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "1d4" }, { "name": "Unclean Cut", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature that is grappled by the vile barber, incapacitated, or restrained. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4) slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) necrotic damage. The creature and all its allies who see this attack must make successful DC 15 Wisdom saving throws or become frightened for 1d4 rounds.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "1d4" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Close-in Slasher", "desc": "The vile barber has advantage on attack rolls against any creature in the same space with it." }, { "name": "Inhumanly Quick", "desc": "The vile barber can take two bonus actions on its turn, instead of one. Each bonus action must be different; it can't use the same bonus action twice in a single turn." }, { "name": "Invasive", "desc": "The vile barber can enter, move through, or even remain in a hostile creature's space regardless of the creature's size, without penalty." }, { "name": "Nimble Escape", "desc": "As a bonus action, the vile barber can take the Disengage or Hide action on each of its turns." }, { "name": "Pilfer", "desc": "As a bonus action, the vile barber can take the Use an Object action or make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check." }, { "name": "Shadow Step", "desc": "As a bonus action, the vile barber magically teleports from an area of dim light or darkness it currently occupies, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, up to 80 feet to any other area of dim light or darkness it can see. The barber then has advantage on the first melee attack it makes before the end of the turn." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 401, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_vile-barber/" }, { "slug": "vine-lords-tendril-puppet", "desc": "", "name": "Vine Lord's Tendril Puppet", "size": "Medium", "type": "Plant", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "lawful neutral", "armor_class": 13, "armor_desc": "studded leather armor", "hit_points": 34, "hit_dice": "4d8+16", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 16, "dexterity": 12, "constitution": 18, "intelligence": 6, "wisdom": 6, "charisma": 8, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "fire", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "blinded, deafened", "senses": "blindsight 30 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 8", "languages": "-", "challenge_rating": "2", "cr": 2.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Assegai", "desc": "Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) piercing damage, or 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage if used with two hands to make a melee attack.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "1d6" }, { "name": "Hurl Thorns", "desc": "Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d8 + 3) piercing damage, and the thorn explodes in a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on the target. Every creature in the affected area other than the original target takes 4 (1d8) piercing damage, or half damage with a successful DC 13 Dexterity saving throw.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "2d8" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Poor Vision", "desc": "Tendril puppets see almost nothing beyond 30 feet away." }, { "name": "Regeneration", "desc": "The tendril puppet regains 5 hit points at the start of its turn if it has at least 1 hit point and is in jungle terrain." }, { "name": "Root Mind", "desc": "Within a vine lord's forest or jungle, the tendril puppet's blindsight extends to 60 feet, it succeeds on all Wisdom (Perception) checks, and it can't be surprised." }, { "name": "Green Strider", "desc": "The tendril puppet ignores movement restrictions and damage caused by natural undergrowth." }, { "name": "Magic Resistance", "desc": "The tendril puppet has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 403, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_vine-lords-tendril-puppet/" }, { "slug": "vine-troll-skeleton", "desc": "_These troll skeletons are completely covered in mold and wrapped in flowering vines, and lurk in the shadows of dead tree and profaned groves._ \n**Black Earth Magic.** Vine troll skeletons guard duskthorn dryad glades and the sacred circles of druids; others serve the vila or even moss lurker colonies as guardians. In each case, they were created by dark earth magic for a purpose, and that energy empowers great strength and endurance—but little in the way of wits. \n**Constant Regrowth.** Their vines regenerate quickly, even after they die. Their powerful regeneration allows vine troll skeletons to reattach severed limbs. Only fire or acid can destroy them and render the living vines harmless. \n**Bound to a Tree’s Heart.** Vine troll skeletons are direct offshoots of the main vine wrapped around a duskthorn dryad’s tree, a treant, or a weeping treant. Vine troll skeletons are mindless aside from a desire to defend their parent tree, and enchanted troll hearts inside the tree provide their power. Destroying the heart at the center of the tree kills the skeleton bound to that heart instantly.", "name": "Vine Troll Skeleton", "size": "Large", "type": "Plant", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 16, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 119, "hit_dice": "14d10+42", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 20, "dexterity": 12, "constitution": 16, "intelligence": 6, "wisdom": 8, "charisma": 5, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": 12, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning,", "damage_immunities": "poison", "condition_immunities": "deafened, exhaustion, poisoned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12", "languages": "-", "challenge_rating": "9", "cr": 9.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The skeleton makes one bite attack and two claw attacks." }, { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (3d10 + 5) piercing damage.", "attack_bonus": 8, "damage_dice": "3d10" }, { "name": "Claw", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (3d8 + 5) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 8, "damage_dice": "3d8" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Regeneration", "desc": "The vine troll skeleton regains 5 hit points at the start of its turn if it is within 10 feet of the duskthorn dryad's vines and it hasn't taken acid or fire damage since its previous turn. The skeleton dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate, or if the duskthorn dryad who created it dies, or if the troll's heart inside the dryad's or treant's tree is destroyed." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 351, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_vine-troll-skeleton/" }, { "slug": "wampus-cat", "desc": "_A raven-haired young woman rises to the surface of the water as she swims, singing softly to herself—and her lower body is that of a mountain lion. Her sweet song turns to a yowl of rage when she spots prey._ \nWampus cats are all born from an ancient shaman’s curse. Trollkin, orc, goblin, and human shamans alike all claim to be able to transform those who practice forbidden magic into wampus cats. \n**Forest Streams.** The wampus cat stalks the shores of woodland waterways, using her magic to disguise her true form and lure unsuspecting victims to the water’s edge. She is particularly fond of attacking bathers or those pulling water from a stream. \n**Hatred of the Holy.** While she prefers to feast on intelligent male humanoids, she holds a special animosity toward and hunger for holy men of any kind. Unless near starvation or if provoked, however, she will not kill women. Indeed, a wampus cat may strike up a temporary friendship with any woman who is having difficulties with men, though these friendships typically last only as long as their mutual enemies live. Some witches are said to command gain their trust and keep them as companions. \n**Swamp Team Ups.** Will-o’-wisps and miremals enjoy working in tandem with wampus cats; the wisps alter their light to mimic the flicker of a torch or candle and illuminate the disguised cat, the better to lure in victims, then assist the cat in the ensuing battle. Miremals use a tall story to lure travelers into a swamp when the hour grows late, then abandon them.", "name": "Wampus Cat", "size": "Medium", "type": "Monstrosity", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "chaotic neutral", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 58, "hit_dice": "9d8+18", "speed": { "walk": 40, "climb": 20, "swim": 20 }, "strength": 14, "dexterity": 18, "constitution": 15, "intelligence": 12, "wisdom": 14, "charisma": 16, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": { "deception": 5, "persuasion": 5 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12", "languages": "Common", "challenge_rating": "1", "cr": 1.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Claws", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "2d6+4" }, { "name": "Yowl (Recharge 5-6)", "desc": "Intelligent creatures within 60 feet of the cat who are able to hear its voice must make a DC 13 Charisma saving throw. Those who fail find the sound of the wampus cat's voice pleasant and alluring, so that the cat has advantage on Charisma checks against them for 1 minute. The affected characters cannot attack the wampus cat during this time unless they are wounded in that time." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Focused Animosity", "desc": "The wampus cat has advantage on melee attacks against any male she has seen employ divine magic or wield a holy symbol." }, { "name": "Innate Spellcasting", "desc": "the wampus cat's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:\n\nat will: disguise self (appearance of a female human), mage hand\n\n2/day: hex" }, { "name": "Magic Resistance", "desc": "The wampus cat has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 405, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_wampus-cat/" }, { "slug": "water-leaper", "desc": "_The water leaper is a frogheaded, legless creature with wide batlike wings and a gaping maw. Its shrieks resemble those of a hawk. Its long, sinuous tail tapers and ends in a venomous barb._ \n**Gliding Wings.** The creature has no legs or arms, but sports a pair of wide, membranous wings. It uses the wings to glide beneath the water, as well as to soar through the air. \n**Scourge of Waterways.** Water leapers plague fresh lakes and rivers. The creatures prey on animals that come to the water’s edge to drink, as well as on fishermen that ply their trade in the water leaper’s territory. Stories circulate among fishermen of fishing grounds notorious for broken lines and missing bait, and fishermen give these areas a wide berth for fear of water leapers. Desperate or unwary fishermen who ignore the warnings are never seen again; drifting, empty boats are the only sign of their passing.", "name": "Water Leaper", "size": "Large", "type": "Monstrosity", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 97, "hit_dice": "13d10+26", "speed": { "walk": 5, "fly": 50, "swim": 40 }, "strength": 16, "dexterity": 14, "constitution": 15, "intelligence": 4, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 5, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11", "languages": "-", "challenge_rating": "4", "cr": 4.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The water leaper uses its shriek and makes one bite attack and one stinger attack." }, { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) piercing damage and the target is grappled (escape DC 13). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained and the water leaper can't bite another target.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "2d6+3" }, { "name": "Shriek", "desc": "The water leaper lets out a blood-curdling shriek. Every creature within 40 feet that can hear the water leaper must make a successful DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be frightened until the start of the water leaper's next turn. A creature that successfully saves against the shriek is immune to the effect for 24 hours." }, { "name": "Stinger", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) piercing damage and the target must make a successful DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute. While poisoned in this way, the creature takes 7 (2d6) poison damage at the start of its turn. A poisoned creature repeats the saving throw at the end of its turn, ending the effect on a success.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "1d6" }, { "name": "Swallow", "desc": "The water leaper makes a bite attack against a medium or smaller creature it is grappling. If the attack hits, the target is swallowed and the grapple ends. The swallowed target is blinded and restrained, and has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the water leaper. A swallowed target takes 10 (3d6) acid damage at the start of the water leaper's turn. The water leaper can have one creature swallowed at a time. If the water leaper dies, the swallowed creature is no longer restrained and can use 5 feet of movement to crawl, prone, out of the corpse." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Amphibious", "desc": "The water leaper can breathe both air and water." }, { "name": "Camouflage", "desc": "The water leaper has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks when underwater." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 406, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_water-leaper/" }, { "slug": "weaving-spider", "desc": "This clockwork creature looks like a mechanical spider with long, spindly legs, including one equipped with a particularly sharp blade that’s disproportionately large for the creature’s body. \n_**Cloth Makers.**_ These tiny but useful devices are a boon to weavers as they help produce clothing—and they also sometimes serve as spies and defenders, for nothing is so invisible as a simple machine making cloth, day in and day out. As their name implies, these devices resemble large spiders but with ten limbs instead of eight. Two of their legs are equipped with loops or crooks useful in guiding thread on a loom, six are for moving and climbing, one is for stitching and extremely fast needlework, and one has a razor-sharp blade used to trim thread or cloth (or for attacking foes). \n_**Throw Poison.**_ Weaving spiders rarely initiate combat unless directed to by their owners, but they instinctively defend themselves, their masters, and other weavers. A weaving spider throws its poisoned shuttle at the nearest foe, then climbs along the strand to attack that foe. Weaving spiders fight until destroyed or ordered to stand down. When spying, they flee as soon as they are threatened, to preserve whatever information they have gathered. \n_**Constructed Nature.**_ A clockwork weaving spider doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.", "name": "Weaving Spider", "size": "Tiny", "type": "Construct", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 15, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 25, "hit_dice": "10d4", "speed": { "walk": 40, "climb": 40 }, "strength": 10, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 10, "intelligence": 9, "wisdom": 8, "charisma": 8, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "poison", "condition_immunities": "blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14", "languages": "understands Common", "challenge_rating": "1", "cr": 1.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The weaving spider makes two trimming blade attacks or two needle shuttle attacks." }, { "name": "Trimming Blade", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) slashing damage and possible unmaking.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "2d6" }, { "name": "Poisoned Needle Shuttle", "desc": "Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 30 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or become paralyzed. The target repeats the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself with a success.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "1d8" }, { "name": "Unmaking", "desc": "The weaving spider's speed and its slim, sharp blade can slice cloth, leather, and paper into scraps very quickly. Whenever a weaving spider's trimming blade attack roll exceeds the target's armor class by 5 or more, the target must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or one of their possessions becomes unusable or damaged until repaired (DM's choice)" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Immutable Form", "desc": "The weaving spider is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form." }, { "name": "Magic Resistance", "desc": "The weaving spider has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 66, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_weaving-spider/" }, { "slug": "weeping-treant", "desc": "_This twisted tree’s face is made of cracked, black bark knotted into vaguely humanoid features, and thick tears of sap run down its face._ \nWeeping treants clearly are related to other treants, but they are smaller than the normal variety, little more than 30 feet tall with a trunk 3 feet in diameter, and weighing no more than 4,500 lb. Their gnarled trunks are often twisted, and their wood often groans when they move. \n**Forest Wardens.** Weeping treants are protectors of dark, shadowy forests, and they are as long-lived as the trees themselves. They act as guardians for an entire forest or for something specific within the forest—they have no pity for those carrying axes or fire. \n**Skeptical Mein.** Weeping treants are terrifying and relentless when fighting in defense of their charge. They are inherently distrustful, particularly of anything not of the natural or shadow world, and they’re notoriously difficult to fool or deceive. \n**Enchanted Bitter Tears.** Sages and scholars debate why these creatures weep, but no one has come forward with a compelling reason beyond “it’s what trees do.” The weeping treants themselves refuse to speak on the matter. Their tears are occasionally components in druidic spells or items.", "name": "Weeping Treant", "size": "Huge", "type": "Plant", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "neutral", "armor_class": 17, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 105, "hit_dice": "10d12+40", "speed": { "walk": 30 }, "strength": 21, "dexterity": 8, "constitution": 20, "intelligence": 12, "wisdom": 16, "charisma": 11, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": {}, "damage_vulnerabilities": "fire", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning and piercing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13", "languages": "Common, Druidic, Elvish, Sylvan", "challenge_rating": "6", "cr": 6.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The treant makes three slam attacks." }, { "name": "Slam", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (3d6 + 5) bludgeoning damage.", "attack_bonus": 8, "damage_dice": "3d6" }, { "name": "Rock", "desc": "Ranged Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, range 60/180 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (3d10 + 5) bludgeoning damage.", "attack_bonus": 8, "damage_dice": "3d10" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Siege Monster", "desc": "The treant deals double damage to objects and structures." }, { "name": "Treespeech", "desc": "A weeping treant can converse with plants, and most plants greet them with a friendly or helpful attitude." }, { "name": "Acidic Tears", "desc": "Thick tears of dark sap stream continuously down the treant's face and trunk. These tears are highly acidic - anyone who attacks the treant from a range of 5 feet or less must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 6 (1d12) acid damage from splashed tears. This acidic matter continues doing 6 (1d12) acid damage at the start of each of the creature's turns until it or an adjacent ally uses an action to wipe off the tears or three rounds elapse." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 388, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_weeping-treant/" }, { "slug": "wharfling", "desc": "_Hairless, ugly, and usually dripping water, the wharfling is a nocturnal raider and fond of stealing from fishmongers and jewelers alike._ \n**Waterborne Packs.** Wharflings have large, webbed hands and feet and oversized mouths. An adept fish catcher, wharflings establish dens near the shores of oceans, lakes, and rivers, and they often move in family groups of 3 or more. \n**Thieving Gits.** Those who have been bitten by a wharfling rightly fear their needle-like teeth, but most coastal communities hate the animal more for its propensity for theft. Their lairs are invariably filled with stolen metal trinkets.", "name": "Wharfling", "size": "Tiny", "type": "Beast", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 13, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 6, "hit_dice": "4d4 - 4", "speed": { "walk": 30, "climb": 30, "swim": 20 }, "strength": 4, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 8, "intelligence": 2, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 8, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 3, "skills": { "perception": 3 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13", "languages": "-", "challenge_rating": "1/8", "cr": 0.125, "actions": [ { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 10). Until this grapple ends, the wharfling can't use its bite on another target. While the target is grappled, the wharfling's bite attack hits it automatically.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "1d4+3" }, { "name": "Pilfer", "desc": "A wharfling that has an opponent grappled at the start of its turn can make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check as a bonus action. The DC for this check equals 10 plus the grappled target's Dexterity modifier. If the check is successful, the wharfling steals some small metallic object from the target, and the theft is unnoticed if the same result equals or exceeds the target's passive Perception. A wharfling flees with its treasure." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": null, "spell_list": [], "page_no": 407, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_wharfling/" }, { "slug": "wharfling-swarm", "desc": "_An undulating mass of flesh and teeth, a wharfling swarm is a horrific sight by moonlight._ \n**Bloodthisty Mobs.** These masses of hairless bodies writhe along the coast in the moonlight, and often are mistaken for shoggoths or other much larger creatures. Squeals mingle with the screams of unfortunate fishermen caught in its path. \n**Beach Swarms.** Periodically, wharflings congregate in huge numbers and tear along the shoreline for miles before finally returning to their dens. Why they gather this way is unknown, but most locals know to avoid the shore on these nights.", "name": "Wharfling Swarm", "size": "Large", "type": "Beast", "subtype": "Swarm", "group": null, "alignment": "unaligned", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 63, "hit_dice": "14d10 - 14", "speed": { "walk": 30, "climb": 30, "swim": 20 }, "strength": 10, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 8, "intelligence": 2, "wisdom": 12, "charisma": 7, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 3, "skills": { "perception": 3 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "charmed, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13", "languages": "-", "challenge_rating": "4", "cr": 4.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Bites", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 21 (6d6) piercing damage, or 10 (3d6) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "6d6" }, { "name": "Locking Bite", "desc": "When a creature leaves a wharfling swarm's space, 1d3 wharflings remain grappled to them (escape DC 10). Each wharfling inflicts 5 (1d4 + 3) piercing damage at the start of the creature's turns until it escapes from the grapples." }, { "name": "Pilfer", "desc": "A wharfling swarm makes 1d6 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) checks each round against every creature in the swarm's space. The DC for each check equals 10 plus the target creature's Dexterity modifier. For each successful check, the wharflings steal some small metallic object from the target, and the theft is unnoticed if the same result equals or exceeds the target's passive Perception." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Swarm", "desc": "The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a tiny wharfling. The swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary hit points." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 407, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_wharfling-swarm/" }, { "slug": "white-ape", "desc": "_This hulking primate looms over others of its kind. Its filthy white fur is matted and yellowed, and a deranged look haunts its blood-red eyes._ \n**Awakened by Sorcery.** White apes were once docile, gentle giants that roamed forested hills and savannah lands. Two thousand years ago, a kingdom of mages awakened the apes, raising their intelligence to near-human level so the beasts could be employed as soldiers and servants, protecting and replacing the humans who were slowly dying off. When the sorcerers died out, the apes remained. \n**Arcane Wasting.** The enchantment that imbued the apes with intelligence also bleached their fur white and made them carriers of the arcane wasting, a disease that hastened their creators’ demise. The apes are immune to the wasting’s effects, but they can pass it to other humanoids. Among spellcasters, the wasting spreads like a plague. \n**Driven Away.** The awakening enchantment also gave the white apes a strong desire to serve humans, but because of the risk from the disease, they are viciously driven away from settled areas. They are acutely aware of the injustice that was done to them, and generations of exile have turned their loyalty to animosity, especially toward arcane spellcasters.", "name": "White Ape", "size": "Large", "type": "Monstrosity", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "neutral", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 114, "hit_dice": "12d10+48", "speed": { "walk": 40, "climb": 40 }, "strength": 18, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 18, "intelligence": 8, "wisdom": 14, "charisma": 8, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 5, "skills": { "acrobatics": 6, "athletics": 7, "intimidation": 2, "perception": 5, "stealth": 6 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15", "languages": "Common", "challenge_rating": "6", "cr": 6.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The ape makes one bite attack and two claw attacks." }, { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) piercing damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or contract the arcane wasting disease (see sidebar).", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "2d8" }, { "name": "Claw", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d10 + 4) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 7, "damage_dice": "2d10+4" }, { "name": "Frenzy (1/Day)", "desc": "When two or more foes are adjacent to the ape, it can enter a deadly battle frenzy. Instead of using its normal multiattack, a frenzied white ape makes one bite attack and two claw attacks against each enemy within 5 feet of it. Melee attacks against the white ape are made with advantage from the end of that turn until the start of the white ape's next turn." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Hatred for Spellcasters", "desc": "The white ape does one extra die of damage (d8 or d10, respectively) per attack against an enemy it has seen cast a spell." }, { "name": "Arcane Wasting (Disease)", "desc": "When the bodily fluid of an infected creature touches a humanoid or when an infected creature casts a spell (direct or indirect) on a humanoid, that humanoid must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or become infected with arcane wasting. Beginning 1d6 days after infection, the infected creature must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw at the end of each long rest. If the saving throw fails, the victim loses 1d3 Intelligence and 1d3 Wisdom. Lost Intelligence and Wisdom can't be recovered while the disease persists. If the saving throw succeeds, nothing happens; the disease ends after the second consecutive successful saving throws. Once the disease ends, lost Intelligence and Wisdom can be restored by greater restoration or comparable magic. The disease is also cured by lesser restoration if the caster makes a successful DC 15 spellcasting check." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 408, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_white-ape/" }, { "slug": "witchlight", "desc": "_This tiny ball of bright light seems to emanate from a crystalline center._ \n**Wizard Servants.** Also called a “spooklight,” a witchlight is a wizard’s servant created from a tiny piece of quartz. It appears as a floating ball of flickering light similar to a will-o’-wisp. The hue of quartz used during the creature’s creation determines the color of each witchlight’s illumination. After the quartz is prepared, it is animated through an extended magical ritual cast under a full moon and a clear, starry sky. Consequently, they are extremely rare by any measure. \n**Flashing Light Code.** A witchlight always shares the same alignment as its creator. Although it cannot speak, a witchlight understands Common or another language taught it by its creator. Many spellcasters have taught their witchlights a coded cipher, so it can spell out words by flaring and dimming its light. When necessary, a witchlight can spell words in the air by flying so quickly that its trail of light forms letters. This stunt requires a successful DC 14 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check per word. \n**Free Roaming.** If the witchlight’s master dies within one mile of the witchlight, it explodes in a brilliant but harmless flash of light. If it loses its master under any other circumstance, it becomes masterless; it’s free to do as it pleases, and it can never serve anyone else as a familiar. The statistics below represent these independent witchlights. \nEvil witchlights can be surprisingly cruel, not unlike will-o’wisps. They seek to lure lost travelers into swamps or traps by using their glow to imitate the light of a safe haven. Conversely, good-aligned witchlights guide travelers to places of safety or along safe paths, and they are prized by pilots and guides. Neutral witchlights exhibit a playful nature—sometimes mingling inside the cavities of weapons, gems, or other curiosities, which means those items may be mistaken for magic items. More than one “wizard’s staff ” is just an impressivelooking stick with a witchlight perched on top. \n**Constructed Nature.** A witchlight doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.", "name": "Witchlight", "size": "Tiny", "type": "Construct", "subtype": "", "group": null, "alignment": "neutral", "armor_class": 14, "armor_desc": "", "hit_points": 10, "hit_dice": "4d4", "speed": { "fly": 50 }, "strength": 1, "dexterity": 18, "constitution": 10, "intelligence": 10, "wisdom": 13, "charisma": 7, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 3, "skills": { "perception": 3 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "poison, radiant", "condition_immunities": "charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13", "languages": "understands the language of its creator but can't speak", "challenge_rating": "1/4", "cr": 0.25, "actions": [ { "name": "Light Ray", "desc": "Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 30 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4) radiant damage.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "1d4" }, { "name": "Flash (Recharge 5-6)", "desc": "The witchlight emits a bright burst of light that blinds all sighted creatures within 30 feet for 1d4 rounds unless they succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw." } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Dispel Magic Weakness", "desc": "Casting dispel magic on a witchlight paralyzes it for 1d10 rounds." }, { "name": "Luminance", "desc": "A witchlight normally glows as brightly as a torch. The creature can dim itself to the luminosity of a candle, but it cannot extinguish its light. Because of its glow, the witchlight has disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks." }, { "name": "Thin As Light", "desc": "While a witchlight is not incorporeal, it can pass through any opening that light can." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 409, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_witchlight/" }, { "slug": "wolf-reaver-dwarf", "desc": "", "name": "Wolf Reaver Dwarf", "size": "Medium", "type": "Humanoid", "subtype": "dwarf", "group": null, "alignment": "any chaotic", "armor_class": 16, "armor_desc": "chain shirt, shield", "hit_points": 76, "hit_dice": "9d8+36", "speed": { "walk": 35 }, "strength": 18, "dexterity": 12, "constitution": 19, "intelligence": 9, "wisdom": 11, "charisma": 9, "strength_save": null, "dexterity_save": null, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": null, "skills": { "athletics": 6, "intimidation": 1 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "", "damage_immunities": "", "condition_immunities": "", "senses": "darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10", "languages": "Common, Dwarvish", "challenge_rating": "3", "cr": 3.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "The wolf reaver dwarf makes two melee or ranged attacks." }, { "name": "Battleaxe", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) slashing damage.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "1d8+4" }, { "name": "Dagger", "desc": "Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4) piercing damage.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "1d4+4" }, { "name": "Spear", "desc": "Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) piercing damage, or 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage if used with two hands to make a melee attack.", "attack_bonus": 6, "damage_dice": "1d6+4" } ], "bonus_actions": null, "reactions": null, "legendary_desc": "", "legendary_actions": null, "special_abilities": [ { "name": "Danger Sense", "desc": "The wolf reaver dwarf has advantage on Dexterity saving throws against attacks it can see when it is not blinded, deafened, or incapacitated." }, { "name": "Dwarven Resistance", "desc": "The wolf reaver dwarf has advantage on saving throws against poison." }, { "name": "Pack Tactics", "desc": "The wolf reaver dwarf has advantage on attacks if at least one of the dwarf's allies is within 5 feet of the target and the ally isn't incapacitated." }, { "name": "Reckless", "desc": "At the start of its turn, the wolf reaver dwarf can gain advantage on all melee weapon attack rolls during that turn, but attack rolls against it have advantage until the start of its next turn." } ], "spell_list": [], "page_no": 426, "environments": [], "img_main": null, "document__slug": "tob", "document__title": "Tome of Beasts", "document__license_url": "http://open5e.com/legal", "document__url": "https://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/tome-of-beasts-for-5th-edition-print/", "v2_converted_path": "/v2/creatures/tob_wolf-reaver-dwarf/" }, { "slug": "wolf-spirit-swarm", "desc": "_A pack of ghostly wolves appears in a swirl of greenish fog, seeming to coalesce from the fog itself._ \nWhen a pack of wolves dies of hunger or chill in the deep winter, sometimes the pack leader’s rage at a cruel death—or the summoning call of a necromancer—brings the entire pack back to the mortal world as a slavering pack of greenish, translucent apparitions that glides swiftly over snow and ice, or even rivers and lakes. \n_**Dozen-Eyed Hunters.**_ At night such a swarm can appear as little more than a mass of swirling mist, but when it prepares to attack, the mist condenses into a dozen or more snarling wolf heads with glowing red eyes that trail off into tendrils of fog. A wolf spirit swarm does not eat, but the urge to hunt and kill is as strong as ever. \n_**Absorb Their Kill.**_ Most such swarms serve powerful undead, warlocks, noctiny, or orcish shamans as guardians and enforcers, terrifying horses and henchmen alike. The souls of those slain by the pack are said to join it. \n_**Howl Before Combat.**_ Hirelings, mounts, and familiars often panic at the sound of a spirit pack’s chilling howl. Packs of wolf spirits are canny enough to always howl for a time before rushing a herd or encampment. \n_**Undead Nature.**_ A swarm of wolf spirits doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.", "name": "Wolf Spirit Swarm", "size": "Large", "type": "Undead", "subtype": "Swarm", "group": null, "alignment": "neutral evil", "armor_class": 16, "armor_desc": "natural armor", "hit_points": 97, "hit_dice": "15d10+15", "speed": { "hover": true, "walk": 50, "fly": 50 }, "strength": 14, "dexterity": 16, "constitution": 12, "intelligence": 4, "wisdom": 10, "charisma": 12, "strength_save": 5, "dexterity_save": 6, "constitution_save": null, "intelligence_save": null, "wisdom_save": null, "charisma_save": null, "perception": 3, "skills": { "perception": 3, "stealth": 6 }, "damage_vulnerabilities": "", "damage_resistances": "necrotic; bludgeoning, piercing, slashing", "damage_immunities": "cold", "condition_immunities": "exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned", "senses": "darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 13", "languages": "understands Common", "challenge_rating": "6", "cr": 6.0, "actions": [ { "name": "Multiattack", "desc": "A wolf spirit swarm uses icy doom, if it's available, and makes 3 bite attacks." }, { "name": "Bite", "desc": "Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (2d4 + 3) piercing damage plus 3 (1d6) cold damage. The target is also knocked prone if the attack scored a critical hit.", "attack_bonus": 5, "damage_dice": "2d4+3" }, { "name": "Icy Doom (Recharge 5-6)", "desc": "All creatures within 5 feet of the wolf spirit swarm take 22 (4d10) cold damage, or half damage with a successful DC 14 Constitution saving throw. Those that fail the saving throw also gain one level of exhaustion and become frightened until the start of the swarm's next turn." }, { "name": "Chilling Howl", "desc": "As a bonus action on its first turn of combat, the wolf spirit swarm howls, emitting an unnatural and eerie cacophony that chills the blood. 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