It is said that a mad druid discovered the sapling, transplanting it to an underground grotto where it could grow. Spells that affect metal or iron do not function on ironwood. Abilities Str 12 (+1), Dex 10 (+0), Con 13 (+1), Int 4 (-3), Wis 10 (+0), Cha 3 (-4), Senses blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 10, Languages understands Common but can’t speak. However, they gain access to new, more destructive spells. Hit: 14 (4d6) poison damage. On a successful saving throw, the creature is immune to the blight’s Halo of Pollen for 24 hours. Why should the forests have all the fun? At the start of each of the target’s turns, the target takes 1d6 piercing damage per rot grub infesting it. These are fruit bearing trees that have gone bad. The Challenge Rating 2 blight will be a pollen blight. Blue: Fantastic options, often essential to the function of your character. Thus, a moss blight, that acts a bit like an ooze and/or rug of smothering. Plus, they’re also decent at staying hidden until the time is right. My son, Jack is six, and he, too, is quickly going down the long nerd road with me. Grasping roots and vines sprout in a 15-foot radius centered on the blight, withering away after 1 minute. In addition, at the start of each of the target’s turns, the target takes 13 (2d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage. Meanwhile, the other blights (and undead and constructs) aren’t affected by it. Concentrated Pollen. While the blight remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a dead tree. The average PC is probably going to have around 30 hit points at level 4. Smother. It lairs in the ruined elven towers of yore and the Sunsword via photosynthesis merged with the corrupting influence of the dragon will have created a grotesque court of blights. Blight challenge ratings are 1/8 for twigs, 1/4 for needles, and 1/2 for vines. Of the three Monster Manual blights, the vine blight is the smartest… at 5 Intelligence. False Appearance. Abilities Str 3 (-4), Dex 14 (+2), Con 14 (+2), Int 5 (-3), Wis 10 (+0), Cha 3 (-4), Languages understand Common but can’t speak. Of the three, the vine blight’s the only one that can speak. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy Update. And the other two grapple with a decent escape DC of 15. And nobody wants to do it with just twig blights at 25 XP each. But really, blights are just low-level forestry bad guys for when your first level adventurers get sick of fighting goblins, skeletons, and bandits. That way, if someone wants a full-on blight campaign–that’s a lot of undead trees–they can do it without any sort of interference from pesky humanoids or undead. Applying fire to the bite wound before the end of the target’s next turn deals 1 fire damage to the target and kills these rot grubs. Lizardfolk reach maturity around age 14 ⦠These are first level fodder and beyond insane mob numbers, don’t really do much for PC’s beyond the first tier. What 5e blight variants are needed? That makes for a solo “medium” encounter. 5e SRD. Summon Rot Grubs (Recharge 6). The druid in the campaign has Blight and the question is can blight effect this specific construct, or no? 4. These monsters will help flesh out that encounter. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Slam: Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.Hit: 16 (3d6 + 6) bludgeoning damage. The vine blight has higher armor class, more hit points, and its constrict powers means it’s probably good at tying up tougher opponents. In addition, at the start of each of the target’s turns, the target takes 10 (3d6) poison damage. Update your cookie preferences, Necromantic energy washes over a creature of your choice that you can see within range, draining moisture and vitality from it. Actions Multiattack: The treant makes two slam attacks. But its voice is really just an echo of its dark master, Gulthias. Any effect that cures disease kills all rot grubs infesting the target. Age. According to the lore, blights spring up from the roots of a Gulthias tree. Traits False Appearance: While the treant remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a normal tree. Hit: 4 (1d6 + 2) bludgeoning damage, plus 10 (3d6) poison damage, and a Medium or smaller target is grappled (escape DC 11). A lesser restoration or other spell ends this effect. Next comes the ranged attacker, the needle blight. Bookshop Amazon Indigo Kobo Google Play iBooks. You learn one druid cantrip of your choice. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3) bludgeoning damage and the target is infested by 1d4 rot grubs. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one Medium or smaller creature. The Sunsword sunlight and the dragon’s magic will have created a vast underground garden of deadly blights and plant growth. Sweet! Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous. While the blight remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a bed of moss. Rather nasty buggers. Very cool monsters! D&D Beyond Any creature that starts its turn within 5 feet of the blight must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be blinded until the start of its next turn. How about a root blight? Cutting the root doesn’t hurt the blight but ends the grapple. 1d4 wood elf Scouts with 1d4 Blink Dogs: 5: 2d4+2 Twig Blights, 1d4 Needle Blights & 1d2 Vine Blights: 6: 1d4+1 forest gnome Scouts and 1 Druid: 7: 1 Pseudodragon or Swarm of Insects: 8: 3d6 Bandits or Tribal Warriors: 9: 1d3 Black Bears or half-orc Berserkers: 10: 2d6 Giant Fire Beetles or Giant Frogs: 11: 1d2 Owlbears or Giant Badgers: 12 I probably think about D&D a little too much. Really cool designs! The first thing I’d want to do is figure out what the end boss is going to be. A swarm of rot grubs appears in a space within 5 feet of the blight even if that space is currently occupied and acts as an ally of the blight. I’m also a professional blogger, author, and graphic designer. Blight is a spell that's available as of level 4, with a castingtime of 1 Action for D&D 5e - Read up on all the spells on DND-Spells | Dungeons and Dragons 5e - Spells, Tools, Spell cards, Spellbooks' Each round, the subject must make a new saving throw or take 1d4 points of Dexterity damage. Wooden Blight (Complete Champion) Transmutation Level: ... You transform the subject's body into wood from the inside out. This is the list of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition monsters, an important element of that role-playing game. Something good for shallow earthen-dug dungeons as well as the forest floor, maybe with a strangulation or trip attack. The Monsters Know What Theyâre Doing: Combat Tactics for Dungeon Masters unpacks strategies, tactics, and motivations for creatures found in the Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual.Now, MOAR!Monsters Know What Theyâre Doing analyzes ⦠Ability Score Increase. And the art isn’t mine… borrowed! Your Constitution score increase by 2, and your Wisdom score increases by 1. A creature of your choice that you can see within range. 1. The book will include 4 new adventures, new campaign settings, new monsters, new magic items, and more! After all, the effects of the evil infect the entire forest. Multiattack. At each blighter level, the character gains spells per day according to Table 2-3. Roll20 Reserve is live with monthly perks for Pro Subscribers. Success halves the Dexterity damage from that round and ends the spell. While rooted, they resemble woody shrubs. In this instance, it’s going to be the tree blight at CR 7. Blight deals damage to a livewood object as if the object were a plant creature (1d6 points of damage per level; the woodâs hardness does not apply). On Social Media: Roll20® is a Registered Trademark of The Orr Group, LLC. (BTW, mosses are plants, just not *woody* plants.). Why confine all these ideas to just plants? 4th-level necromancy. Color tends to darken with age. Tree blights also hate treants, and the feeling is mutual. Green: Good options. Blue: Fantastic options, often essential to the function of your character. Blight challenge ratings are 1/8 for twigs, 1/4 for needles, and 1/2 for vines. Huge plant, neutral evil. ACTIONS. Our way of saying thanks! To suck. What’s funny is that the tree blight from Curse of Strahd is a CR 7 baddie, worth 29 times the experience than the next toughest blight is worth. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage. 1. It has a lot of âfineâ abilities that make it a worthwhile replacement for any necromancy-based Clerics. Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained., blinded, and at risk of suffocating, and the moss blight can’t smother another target. They also help us understand how our site is being used. First up is our Challenge Rating 1 blight. That’s our Challenge Rating 3 guy. Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 20/60 ft., one target. Be sure to grab a copy if you haven’t already. Blight Arrow â A sinister looking arrow made from a dark wood that seems to pulse with life. Two of the attacks deal an average of 16 damage. Necromantic energy washes over a creature of your choice that you can see within range, draining moisture and vitality from it. Grain/Texture: Grain is straight, with a fine uniform texture.Good natural luster. Blight Blight They’re similar to the vine blights, but instead secrete a deadly poison while it holds you. You regain the ability to cast the spell in this way when you finish a long rest. Its branches twist together to form a humanoid-looking body with a head and limbs. I have a cool battle coming up for my Curse of Strahd with Homebrew game where 5 level 6 adventurers are going to battle a Green Dragon in the swamps of Berez. Please review the TOS and Privacy Policy. They too are driven by compulsion to kill, so it’s unlikely they’ll break from a fight. Rotten Fruit. Orange: OK options, or useful options that only apply in rare circumstances 3. And what about some CR 1 monsters just for the fun of it? Thanks. Twig blights can root in soil, which they do when living prey are scarce. I'm a writer, artist, and D&D nerd. A twig blight is an awakened plant that resembles a woody shrub that can pull its roots free of the ground. Dungeons and Dragons (D&D, DnD) Fifth Edition (5e) spells. Let’s make a CR 3, too. Hundred Acre Wood D&D 5E: The Map & Other NPCs â Blog of Characters & Campaign Settings says: May 23, 2020 at 12:38 pm [â¦] in its branches have seized upon this infernal power and grown prodigiously, becoming as large as Piglet or Roo with eyes that perceive far ⦠Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: The creature is grappled (escape DC 13). The blight tree can innately cast animate dead, requiring no components.Its innate spellcasting ability is Charisma.. A character can use tree stride to move from one livewood object to another, or from a livewood tree to a livewood object (and vice versa), as long as the livewood object is large enough. All rights reserved. In Blights past, as the corruption of the darkspawn spread through the wilder areas of Thedas, it would infect the animals found there, and the more powerful of them would survive and be transformed into a more vicious and dangerous beast. Orange: OK options, or useful options that only apply in rare circumstances 3. My wife, Tracy just rolls her eyes. Wood Elf Magic (UA: Feats for Races) Prerequisite: Elf (wood) You learn the magic of the primeval woods. Hit: The target is grappled (escape DC 13). Support the Author Pre-order from your favorite independent bookseller, or click one of these links:. The only thing that would probably drive a twig blight to fleeing is the presence of fire. Meanwhile, the twig blights swoop in and start clawing everyone up while the needle blights keep their distance and chuck painful needles. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. A tree blight will often fight alongside other kinds of blights, but it hates other tree blights and will attack them given the chance. Plants, undead, and constructs ignore this effect. At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th Level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 4th. I’m getting itchy eyes just thinking about it. The art is borrowed from various sources on the Internet. The first issue of BroadSword Monthly will be out in just a few weeks. ... A wood golem is made of wood, but it isn't a plant, it's just dead plant matter being driven around by a spirit. I will use the color coding scheme which has become common among Pathfinder build handbooks, which is simple to understand and easy to read at a glance. Throw in a decent armor class and a bunch of hit points, and you can quickly see that this is something that doesn’t go down easy. Source: Player's Handbook. I’ve got a green thumb. About this Site. Halo of Pollen. 4. And finally, one that I’ve had kicking around in my head for a while: a rot blight coming in at Challenge Rating 4. It’s gone slightly insane and believes it’s the Elf Lord that owned the sword previously. How about a blight that’s poison ivy? At level four, the PC’s can handle two CR 1’s as an easy encounter, three as a medium encounter, four as a hard encounter, and five as a deadly encounter. All of the resources on this blog are available for personal use only for your Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition campaigns unless stated otherwise. Now, they chuck their rotting fruit at their foes and can raise swarms of insects to make an adventurer’s day lousy. I’ve been a dungeon master for 27-years (since 2nd edition). 1 Cantrips 2 1st Level 3 2nd Level 4 3rd Level 5 4th Level 6 5th Level 7 6th Level 8 7th Level 9 8th Level 10 9th Level 11 10th Level When parts of a forest go bad because some big time evil doer died or left a part of itself there, the plants come to life. To really drive the rot theme home, let’s make the insects rot grubs from Volo’s Guide to Monsters. If the target infested by rot grubs ends its turn with 0 hit points, it dies as the rot grubs burrow into its heart and kill it. They’re oooold. Color/Appearance: Sapwood is usually a thin band of pale yellow or tan color, while the heartwood is an orangish brown, sometimes with a darker brown or purplish hue. In time, tendrils of new growth sprouted from the wood, growing into a sapling infused with the vampire's evil essence. After this time, these rot grubs are too far under the skin to be burned. Dungeons And Dragons - 5th Edition: Monster List, All monsters in the Monster Manual and other books, in an easily searchable table! That’s one for easy and two for deadly. Armor Class 15 (natural armor) Hit ⦠View all posts by DM Dave. I’d like to have an entire forest infested with blights so having a variety of forms should keep things iinteresting. So, there’s a CR 4 we’ll need to make. By continuing to use our site, you consent to our use of cookies. False Appearance. If you target a nonmagical plant that isn't a creature, such as a tree or shrub, it doesn't make a saving throw, it simply withers and dies. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage. The target must make a. Finally, is the “tank” of the trio, the vine blight. There is also a tree blight found in The Curse of Strahd. Fandom Apps Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. So it terrified me to my core to think that my shrubbery can come to life and try to eat me in my sleep. Red: Bad, useless options, or options which are extremely situational. Learn how your comment data is processed. Therefore, my goal here is to bridge the gap a little. 2. Fire ivy blights! Sure, it’s a bit extreme, tossing out 250 more experience per adventurer than a deadly encounter even should at 4th-level. Have fun! And that’s the boss encounter. Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the blight can’t restrict another target. Gambling Addiction â Will save or compelled to gamble when presented with opportunity. So they may need some tweaking (I was young once… foolish perhaps…). From this Gulthias tree came the seeds from which the first blights were sown. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 4th. But there’s still a whole lot of experience to cover. Some content used under the open gaming license. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. The spell can penetrate most barriers, but it is blocked by 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, a thin sheet of lead, or 3 feet of wood or dirt. These are first level fodder and beyond insane mob numbers, donât really do much for PCâs beyond the first tier. Conclusion â Our Take on the Necromancy Wizard 5E. Your bloooood! While remaining natural wood in almost every way, ironwood is as strong, heavy, and resistant to fire as steel. Spells per Day: Since blighters are ex-druids, they lose their druid spellcasting abilities. From there, it’ll seek to surround its foes and claw at them until a) the targets die or more likely b) all the twig blights get smashed into, uh… smaller twigs. The DND 5E Necromancer is decent. They might be under direction to kill kill kill by Poppa Gulthias, but they certainly don’t wanna mess with being set ablaze. At CR 2 one is an easy encounter, two are medium, and three are deadly. And heck, why break the chain? It has the Sunsword and it’s confined beneath then stone henge in the swamps. Reference the XP Thresholds by Character Level chart on page 82 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide for details. The intent of this site, and all of the sites that make up the Open Gaming Network, is to bring to you official Open Game Content rules for 5th Edition AND the best Open Game Content from other publishers. You’ve got the vine blights taking the hits and holding down the enemies. You also learn longstrider and pass without trace, each of which you can cast once without expending a spell slot. This list only includes monsters from official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition supplements published by TSR, Inc. or Wizards of the Coast, not licensed or unlicensed third party products such as video games or unlicensed Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition manuals. Siege Monster: The treant deals double damage to Objects and structures. Constrict. Visit our blog for a full explanation. Branch. Hit Points Hit Dice: 1d10 per blood knight level Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + Constitution modifier Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d10 (or 6) + Constitutionmodifier per blood knight level after 1st Proficiencies Armor: All armors Weapons: Simple weapons, glaives, greatswords, halberds, longswords, mauls, pikes Tools: None Saving Throws: Constitution, Charisma Skills: Choose two from the following: Athletics, History, Insight, Intimidation, Me⦠Thanks for the cool content! I probably did them last year. The twig blight is the puniest of the bunch and really only functions well when in great numbers. The scene will be great! Honestly, blights would make a lot more sense as undead instead of trees, since that’s basically what they are: dead animated plants. However, a blight is less of a self-thinking creature and more of an automaton. The dragon is a corrupted Argynvostholt (but gold) who has the Sunsword. More than likely, these guys won’t be alone, either, pairing up with other blights and offering assistance from afar. One question – should any of these have fire vulnerability? ... Needle Blight. Innate Spellcasting (1/Day). Their hair tends toward browns and blacks, but it is occasionally blond or ⦠Any kind of crop blight, for that matter, or grass blights for open country. Pseudopod. These behemoths seek to bury would-be challenges under their furry green carpets. Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Blighters gain no weapon or armor proficiencies. Wood elvesâ skin tends to be copperish in hue, sometimes with traces of green. In Faerûn, wood elves (also called wild elves, green elves, or forest elves) are reclusive and distrusting of non-elves. The blight makes three attacks: two with its branches and one with its grasping root. Just not commercially! Source: Volo's Guide to Monsters. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be blinded for 1 hour. Next, let’s create a CR 2, too. Hundred Acre Wood D&D 5E: The Map & Other NPCs â Blog of Characters & Campaign Settings says: May 23, 2020 at 12:39 pm [â¦] thing that claims to be Eeyore still lives in the southeastern bogs surrounded by its manic underlings (homunculi with the [â¦] The entry of the Pollen Blight says “CR2 (700XP)” while that of the Moss Blight states “CR3 (700XP), so it seems like there is a mistake in one of the entries? Roll20 uses cookies to improve your experience on our site. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target.Hit: 13 (2d6 + 5) bludgeoning damage. These are awesome and I cant wait to unleash them! Dungeon Master Dave is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. False Appearance. This tree is unusually dark in color but can easily be confused with other trees at night. Updated Dynamic Lighting now does as much and even more than our legacy system! Otherwise they’ll fight ’til smooshed because that’s what they’ve been commanded to do. Granted, its small bonus to stealth coupled with its false appearance feature helps it get the drop on imperceptive foes. Blight wolf is a wolf that is inflicted with the darkspawn taint and has turned into a ghoul. The other blights in the Curse of Strahd adventure are either used as support or come in massive mobs (one area has freakin’ twenty-four twig blights that attack!). Abilities Str 16 (+3), Dex 10 (+0), Con 18 (+4), Int 5 (-3), Wis 10 (+0), Cha 3 (-4). Starting off, we’re going to need something that can shell out at least 250 experience per adventurer. Abilities Str 17 (+3), Dex 8 (-1), Con 16 (+3), Int 4 (-3), Wis 10 (+0), Cha 3 (-4). As a blood knight you gain the following class features. ... Browse other questions tagged dnd-5e spells monsters constructs curse-of ⦠Show Attribute List. While the blight remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a patch of ivy. It and its minions were first featured in the first major 3rd edition module, the Sunless Citadel, which is now available in the Tales from the Yawning Portal fifth edition book. The only real shining star is their level 6 ability. I will use the color coding scheme which has become common among Pathfinder build handbooks, which is simple to understand and easy to read at a glance. And there sure is a lot of moss in the forest. Blight. DMDave | Fifth Edition Monsters, Maps, and More. Ironwood is a magical substance created by druids from normal wood. Anyways, blights come in three flavors in the Monster Manual: needle blights which are like the trunks of pine trees walking around like people; twig blights which are punky little bushes; and vine blights which are bundles of kudzu coming to kill you. True story. Get BroadSword #1 now for 10% off the cover price! Four adventurers at 4th-level fighting a tree blight will find it to be a pretty extreme fight by itself. If you are the artist of a work and would like credit or to have the art removed, please contact us immediately. Grasping Root. I have a Green Dragon encounter coming up in my home-brewed Curse of Strahd game. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 10/30 ft., one target. The moss blight makes two pseudopod attacks. But you want something epic for the end of a 4-level campaign. Let’s say that we wanted to create a campaign that took players from first to fourth. Hopefully now you can see how the three work together to complement each other. Class Features. Red: Bad, useless options, or options which are extremely situational. Green: Good options. Tree Blight. Blight Animosity. Plants, undead, and constructs ignore this effect. The root has AC 14 and can be severed by dealing 3 slashing damage or more to it at once. Multiattack. As usual, all of these blight variants are free for you to use in your 5e campaigns. For the duration, that area is difficult terrain for nonplant creatures. Love to garden! In addition, each creature of the blight's choice in that area when the plants appear must succeed on a DC 12 Strength saving throw or become restrained. Seriously, I have an issue. The Gulthias tree takes its name from some vampire that died in D&D lore. At 30/60 range, they’ll probably attack just outside of their short range, sucking up the disadvantage, but keeping distance between themselves and melee fighters. Needle Blight #142 Oblex Spawn #314 Ochre Jelly #510 Psychic Gray Ooze #296 Quaggoth Spore Servant #198 Shambling Mound #483 Shrieker #388 Slithering Tracker #375 Thorny #89 Treant #573 Twig Blight #97 Vegepygmy #118 Vegepygmy Chief Vine Blight #226 Violet Fungus #332 Wood ⦠Cookies enable you to enjoy certain features, social sharing functionality, and tailor message and display ads to your interests on our site and others. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Swing. We are retiring Legacy Dynamic Lighting on May 18. Red Rot â A disease that is contracted by direct contact with a red ooze. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 10 ft., one creature not grappled by the blight. Currently, pre-orders get a 10% discount on the cover price. Spells that affect wood do ⦠The target must make a Constitution saving throw. I’m planning to introduce my low-level party to the fire ivy and pollen blights within our next few sessions. A list of all the spells, spell index, create spellbooks, print them as cards or as a list And [cheesy vampire voice] dey vont. 2. The ooze attaches itself to the skin of the person and slowly rots the flesh away at the point of contact. Blights aren’t particularly bright.
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