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For questions relating to either monstrous antagonists specifically, or all enemies of the player characters generally, depending on the traditions of specific games. Use as appropriate for the game in question.
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Ettin and Ioun stones
The description for Ettin in the MM 5e2014 states:
The twin heads of an ettin are two individuals trapped in the same brutish body. Each head has its own mind, personality, and name, and possesses ...
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Does the Otherworldly Steed summoned by the Paladin's Find Steed spell add its Strength modifier to its attacks?
The description of Otherworldly Steed's Slam attack says:
Otherworldly Slam. Melee Attack Roll: Bonus equals your spell attack
modifier, reach 5 ft. Hit: 1d8 + the spell's level of Radiant
(Celestial)...
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Can a swarm of insects throw a magic stone?
Background:
I'm playing a level 2 artificer
I have the Magic Stone cantrip
I have a magic item that summons a swarm of insects (per the 2014 monster manual) under my control. The DM has clarified that ...
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How do size increases affect creatures with specifically long appendages?
Do I understand the rules correctly if I say that a creature with long appendages, like a dragon's neck, doesn't grow proportionally when its size increases?
I'll use the serpopard as an example since ...
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Is a Rakshasa Immune to True Strike?
A rakshasa, according to the 2025 Monster Manual, page 253, has a feature described below.
Greater Magic Resistance. The rakshasa automatically succeeds on saving throws against spells and other ...
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Where are the eyes?
The DMG on page 35 has this image:
It shows a tree with various monsters crawling around it, what looks to me like an Otyugh and a couple of Nothics. It also has this caption:
In a courtyard full of ...
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Is there a low CR monster similar to mindflayers?
I'm working on an alien abduction campaign for D&D 5e. What I need is a mind flayer type monster, but significantly weaker.
Does such a monster exist already?
The campaign
The party will be level ...
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Are there any WOTC-published monsters that can make an opportunity attack against a creature that has Disengaged?
Are there any WOTC-published monsters/NPCs that are able to make an opportunity attack against a creature that has taken the Disengage action?
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Is there any creature whose grapple cannot be broken by forced movement?
I know that forced movement breaks the grappled condition if the grappled creature is moved out of the reach of the grappler.
Are there any rules or monster stat blocks where being grappled makes you ...
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Can a monster substitute its Multiattack Action with the Unarmed Strike Grapple option when using Multiattack?
In a recent session, the question came up of whether a monster, in this case a Werewolf, could make multiple grapple attempts as part of its Multiattack. As I understand it the Multiattack feature is ...
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How long do the effects of the Shadow's Draining Swipe last?
The Shadow's Draining Swipe states that on a hit:
[...] the target’s Strength score decreases by 1d4. The target dies if this reduces that score to 0. [...]
There are many monsters with similar ...
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How long do the effects of the Specter's Life Drain last?
The Specter's Life Drain says:
[...] If the target is a creature, its Hit Point maximum decreases by
an amount equal to the damage taken.
Many monsters have similar actions or traits that affect ...
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How long do the effects of the Fomorian's Warping Hex last?
The Fomorian's Warping Hex reads:
[...] Failure: 21 (6d6) Psychic damage, and the target gains 1
Exhaustion level. [...]
There are many monsters with similar actions or traits, affecting your ...
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How many non-spell magical effects are in the 2025 Monster Manual?
The 2024 vampire's Charm now merely allows it to cast Charm Person. Similar changes have happened throughout the Monster Manual to turn magical effects into spells, shrinking the total number of ...
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Is demonic teleportation still magical?
In the new Monster Manual, the teleportation entry for demons and many other monsters has changed, and does not say it is magical anymore. Here for example for the blink dog:
2014 Edition text (p. 318,...
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