#magic items. constructs. spell components.

[hareofhrair]

Anyone interested in joining a potentially very weird DnD game?

I'm trying to get more experience as a DM and I need one or two more people for a kind of experimental concept.

It's possible it will not work and just kind of suck.

It's an experiment and DM practice for me, so I won't be heartbroken if it's not a years long campaign.

This is low pressure, low commitment.

Hell the bit even kind of works better if people drop in and out lmao.

The experimental concept is that it would be play-by-post and you would never directly interact with the other players or even know for certain which characters are the PCs.

You'd only communicate with me, and then I would narrate what happened at the end of the round once everyone had acted. I would still be encouraging a lot of RP and character interaction, you'd just never be completely certain if you're talking to an NPC or a PC.

Ideally, I'll figure out a way you can chat ooc as well, with the understanding that you try not to reveal yourselves.

But this is not the end of the weird mechanics!

The setting would be a homebrew world I initially conceived for a YA novel. The nation of Leander is an expansionist colonial empire at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, but with magic. Sort of.

The thing is in this world, using magic requires you to sacrifice literal years off your life span. The level of a spell would be roughly how many years it costs you to cast. You'll be keeping track of your expected average life span (I'll roll secretly for your exact life span) and if you burn out, you die. Kaput. No roll necessary.

There are ways to defray these costs, such as binding a Familiar, a being from the plane of magic who's then forced to split your magic costs with you. You can also sacrifice magic items to use the stored magic within them rather than your own. Things like that.

Still! The rich and powerful, while they very much want the benefits of magic use, would really rather someone else foot the bill.

So the lower class of Leandran society are compelled or coerced into trading literal years off their lives to put food on the table. If you're thinking maybe there's some anti capitalist themes, you're not wrong.

Magical potential varies, with lower value casters generally finding themselves in manual labor or the military. Casters with exceptional potential may be lucky enough to find themselves in a kind of magical finishing school, intended to teach them both the effective use of magic as well as the simple domestic skills and etiquette expected of a valet or personal servant, pejoratively known as a "mana pawn," to the Leandran aristocracy.

The players will begin in one of these schools.

Races and classes are obviously pretty restricted for this setting. The world is human exclusive, but you don't necessarily have to play a human. You could also play as a Familiar, who could have the attributes of most any race. Or as a Warforged variant construct, built using cutting edge arcano tech to protect the casters. If you have an idea for something else, I'm very open to figuring something out.

Most people would be playing casters, but again I'm open to figuring something out if that's not your thing.

I've intentionally held back on digging too much into the world building or story yet, as I very much want to create those around the player characters.

I am *very* story focused, and I value a collaborative relationship between the DM and the players over an antagonistic one. I prefer to handwave things like spell components. You'll probably want to avoid getting into a lot of fights anyway given the risks of spell casting, so don't expect a ton of combat, but expect what combat does crop up to be pretty challenging.

Since it would be play-by-post, players could respond throughout the week as they have time for it, but I'd also like to have a 2-4 hour session either once a week or once every other week, to help keep things moving and keep everyone engaged. We can hang out in VC while players DM me their actions for each round.

One of the reasons I'm interested in this format is that I'm not very good at improv, but I *am* a good writer. This format would hopefully allow me to narrate and DM in a very controlled way that plays to my writing strengths rather than thinking on my feet.

If you're interested, reply or dm me or send me a carrier pigeon, whatever works for you

[cloaksandcapes]

A magic item for use in Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition tabletop role-playing game. This is a homebrew magic item created by Cloaks and Capes.

Rings of Spell Sharing

Ring, uncommon

“These rings are simple in their design, constructed of various metals and come in different colors. Each of them has a single Transmutation rune etched on the inside that connects each pair.”

These magic rings come in pairs.

While wearing these magic rings you can cast a spell that the other ring-wearer knows or has prepared, even if you do not, so long as you are of the appropriate level to do so. You use your own spell slot, spell save DC and spell attack, and if a spell requires a material component that is consumed or has a value of 200g or more, you must possess that item. This property can’t be used again until the next dawn.

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[dungeon-strugglers]

✨New item!✨ Wings of the Raven Wondrous item, legendary (requires attunement by a cleric or paladin)

This long black cloak is made from raven plumage, and is a gift from the Goddess of Death to her most devout servants.

Sentience. Wings of the Raven is a sentient lawful neutral cloak with an Intelligence of 14, a Wisdom of 16, and a Charisma of 15. It has hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120 feet, and its passive Perception is 18. The cloak communicates telepathically with its wielder and can speak, read, and understand Common, Elvish, Sylvan and Abyssal.

Personality. A fey spirit named Fin Dòmhnallan inhabits the Wings of the Raven. The cloak is protective and inquisitive. It demands that its wielder follow the Goddess of Death's will, and to always take a trinket or memento from the fallen as tribute to her.

Twilight Bond. You have a +1 bonus to AC while wearing this cloak. This bonus increases to +2 when you are in dim light or darkness. 

Death Sense. While wearing the cloak, your awareness of life and death is greatly enhanced. While you are within 30 feet of a creature that you can see, you are able to tell if it is healthy (more than half hit points), bloodied (less than half hit points), dying (zero hit points), diseased, dead, undead or neither (such as a construct). This ability cannot be deactivated while wearing this cloak, knowledge of life and death becomes your constant companion.

Corvid Comradery. While wearing this cloak you can communicate with ravens and crows, and you have advantage on Charisma checks to influence them.

Raven Form. As an action while wearing this cloak, you can use your Channel Divinity to shapechange into a giant raven. The transformation lasts until you use a bonus action to return to your normal form, or until you drop to 0 hit points or die. Your statistics are replaced with the statistics of a giant raven, but you retain your alignment, personality, languages, hit points, proficiency bonus and Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You also retain all of your skill and saving throw proficiencies, in addition to gaining those of a giant raven. You can cast any spells that don’t require material components with a cost while in giant raven form. Your equipment merges into your new form and has no effect until you return to your normal form. You still benefit from the cloak’s magical properties while in giant raven form. The giant raven uses the statistics of a giant eagle, but it has darkvision out to 120 feet, resistance to necrotic damage, bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks, and its natural attacks deal an extra 1d8 radiant or necrotic damage (your choice). This extra damage is increased to 2d8 against undead or creatures with less than half of their maximum hit points. If you reduce a creature to 0 hit points while in giant raven form, you can take a bonus action to move up to half your speed and make a melee attack. Additionally, necromantic magic is suppressed within 60 feet of your giant raven form. Undead creatures have disadvantage on saving throws and a creature attempting to cast a spell from the school of necromancy must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC or the spell fails while within this area.

Those who have proven themselves dedicated to preserving the sanctity of mortality are blessed with dark insight and formidable might. The Goddess of Death calls upon her champion to hunt necromancers and their abhorrent, death-defying spawn. Where her gaze falls the land darkens under the wings of a thousand ravens and undead creatures cower in the unkind shadows. - 🖌🎨 Like our work? Consider supporting us on Patreon and gain access to the hi-resolution art for over 170 magic items, item cards and card packs, beautiful creature art and stat blocks and setting pdfs with narrative hooks and unique lore!🧙‍♂️

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[monstersdownthepath]

Herald of Brigh: Latten Mechanism

CR 15

Neutral Large Construct

Adventure Path: Iron Gods: Lords of Rust, pg. 84~85

One of the few Heralds to exist outside of Inner Sea Gods, much like Courage Heart before it, Latten Mechanism* got some serious mileage out of being allowed to stretch across two entire pages, having complete art, lore, a personality, and a kit more complex than most Heralds’! And just LOOK at how adorable that art is! Of course, when you see what it can do to any hostiles it encounters, you may not find it as cute as I do.

*Note: not “The” Latten Mechanism, mind; first name Latten, last name Mechanism, though it’s not opposed to having a “The.” To preserve my sanity, I’ll be shortening it to Latten or Mechanism from here on out unless I feel like being dramatic.

This gigantic machine is a direct creation of Brigh, Goddess of Invention, and dutifully serves her as a siege engine and destroyer of all impediments of mankind’s progress... despite having a personality akin to a loving parent towards more or less every Construct it meets, an a excitable engineer when encountering a mechanism it has never seen before, and an enthusiastic mentor towards any inventor or craftsman it meets. Embodying ALL aspects of Brigh, Latten is also a master engineer, its Master of Crafting and Integrated Crafting Tools allowing it to perform ANY feat of crafting it desires, the former allowing to reallocate its 18 ranks of Craft between any Craft medium(s) it can envision with just 10 minutes of work, the latter allowing it to fabricate masterwork tools for any Craft skill it has without limit or restriction. If speed is needed, it’s got Fabricate at 3/day to cheat on its Craft checks, though it prefers the slow and methodical approach.

But it’s not JUST the act of creation, it’s defending what has already been made. It has several spell-likes which exclusively affect items, structures, and Constructs (such as Make Whole, Rapid Repair, and Unbreakable Construct) to shield its precious “children” and creations from being destroyed, or even harmed. Even further than its spell-likes, Latten has all the abilities of a Lyre of Building, a magic item that can shield all structures within 300ft from all forms of damage for 30 entire minutes AND rapidly craft entirely new structures and pathways as if it were a team of 100 humans working without pause for three entire days... but should it need to, it deals Double Damage Against Objects, an ability which does exactly what you think it does, letting it easily dismantle any device it encounters if that’s what its goddess wills. 

Latten Mechanism is capable of razing or raising entire towns in an hour of work, and all this is before we get to talking about what it can do against player characters directly!

Before we get to its offense, let’s take a look at its defenses first, because the first thing you should check with any Construct is if it can hold its own without crumbling to its component parts with a slight brush. To start off, Latten has DR 10/Adamantine and Magic, except not really; remember Unbreakable Construct? THAT lovely little spell is one it can cast on itself, raising its DR by 5 points to a total of 15. If you don’t have a proper weapon to bypass its reinforced DR, you’re not likely to be outpacing its Fast Healing 10, its body swiftly rebuilding itself right before your very eyes in a manner I think would be fun to watch.

In addition to the standard 26 Spell Resistance possessed by many Heralds, it’s got Cold and Fire Resistance 30 and is outright immune to Acid damage. You would THINK a giant clockwork bug would have the same Vulnerability to Electricity as most Clockwork monsters, but Latten Mechanism has no such weakness. It’s got no resistance to Electricity, mind, but it’s not especially damaged by it, something savvy players may be counting on if they find themselves face-to-faceface with the Herald. Bringing lightning against it might see the bolts bouncing back, in fact, as Latten can cast Lightning Bolt 3/day for a literally shocking bit of ranged burst damage.

That’s not its only ranged attack, and it’s not even the most damaging! Once every 1d4 rounds, the Mechanism can blast a 120ft line with 12d6 Acid OR Electricity damage, showering an area with dramatic bolts or corrosive gas. Able to swap freely back and forth between both damage types, Latten can remove both enemies and obstacles alike, the Electricity damage also giving it unique power against both Clockworks and Robots, two foes it relishes in battling. Not because it enjoys killing “rival” machines, but because it enjoys observing how they function in battle; Latten prefers to not destroy any Construct if it can avoid doing so and especially views killing an intelligent Construct as an unforgivable sin, preferring to incapacitate and reason with them instead. If normal words won’t work, Latten can use Soothe Construct (at-will) or Control Construct (3/day) to pacify such foes once it feels as though it has observed them enough.

Against living or Undead foes, Latten grants quarter only to those who relent first, making it uniquely merciful among the Neutral Heralds. The Mechanism doesn’t attack any creature that stays out of its way, even going as far as to warn anyone nearby that it’s about to muck with the local topography with Move Earth (which it can cast at-will!) or that it’s about to spear straight through a structure like a sapient bulldozer, granting people enough time to get out of its way or evacuate. If they don’t (or can’t), that’s on them. Once it revs its jaws up, whatever its goddess has marked is sure to be destroyed.

Latten Mechanism possesses only one natural attack, but it’s a doozy, dealing 6d8+13 damage PLUS 6d8 Acid or Electricity damage on top of that. Anything struck is in danger of being Grabbed by the mechanical jaws, at which point the mechanisms within the Mechanism’s head sprout out and swiftly grind through the captured foe, dealing an additional 6d8 bludgeoning damage AND 6d8 Acid or Electricity damage. Not breaking the Latten Mechanism’s grapple means taking 12d8+13 + 12d8 Acid/Electricity damage a round (average damage ~130), often enough to shred anything it’s got grabbed... but if it encounters something or someone it either cannot or does not want to chew through, it can instead regurgitate iron cables from its mouth to Entrap any creature it’s grabbed, forcing them to make a DC 19 Fortitude save (which Constructs struggle with) or be entangled for 1d10 rounds, and rendered entirely helpless if they fail a second save before the Entrap wears off.

If you think a monster with only one big attack is less threatening than a lot of little ones, you’re mostly right, but the Mechanism has ways around that. Not only does it have Cleave to hit two people a round with one attack, it can cast both Haste AND Slow 3/day each, the former giving it an additional bite during a Full-Attack, while the latter may mire the party to prevent them from keeping up with its Fast Healing... but the Haste is even more powerful than it first seems, because the Mechanism has an army at its beck and call. Once per day, it can instantly snap four Clockwork Soldiers together from a storage of parts in its body, the machines individually posing little threat to a party, but when working together and supported by the Mechanism’s spell-likes and Entrap, can swiftly dispatch a party whose individual members are far above their own meager CR 6. 

Hey, do you remember Double Damage Against Objects? Do you know what Clockwork Soldiers are really, really good at? Disarming people. And then throwing the weapons they’ve stolen directly into the grinding jaws of the Latten Mechanism, where they’ll take an average of over a hundred damage, likely destroying them utterly even if they’re enchanted adamantine! Hope that wasn’t the only weapon you had that could pierce the Herald’s DR... Also, these Soldiers remain animated for only one hour before collapsing into their component parts, which I assume Latten recycles each time, but the adorable mental image occurs to me of the Herald summoning its soldiers for an engineer to study... and when they collapse, the challenge for that engineer becomes “put them back together perfectly.”

Already this article is so much longer than most! That’s the benefit of getting to grow across two different pages! Which reminds me--the Mechanism is capable of adjusting its size at will, shrinking down to Medium or growing to Huge as it sees fit with a single standard action. In addition to letting it calmly walk around workshops without risking damage to them, this gives it quite the surprise round; what you thought was just a small, amusing clockwork automaton suddenly ballooning in size until it’s tall as a house and biting 40 hitpoints out of you during the surprise round. If you thought being in melee with a critter with a considerable Cleave was bad when its reach was just 10x10, just wait to see how bad it gets at 15x15! And did I mention the Walls of Iron it can call up...?

There’s at least some good news here: so long as the party isn’t threatening some one-of-a-kind miracle machine or trying to set civilization back by a few decades by destroying a revolutionary invention, they’ll probably never be caught in the Latten Mechanism’s warpath. It’s more likely the party will be seeking the Mechanism’s assistance in creating or analyzing some work of artifice; that IS its specialty, after all!

You can read more about it here.

[grey-sorcery]

Suggested Reading

*- Highly suggested for beginners

What is Witchcraft?* Fundamentals of Energy Work* Spell Design* Basics of Warding* Basics of Binding Basics of Banishing Introduction to Gnosis* Spell Dictation Anchors Paths of Least Resistance* Conceptualization Vs. Visualization* Research Tips* Threshold Theory

Introduction

When first stepping onto the long winding path of witchcraft and mystical understanding it can be very intimidating, especially when it comes to casting your first few spells. The catch is that designing and casting spells is the only way to advance forward in your practice. It's a case of knowledge Vs. experience. Sadly, there isn’t much in the way of educational media on the topic of spell design, magic theory, and casting processes. This causes most practitioners to turn to Wiccan or Ceremonial sources for their initial research, neither of which are viable foundations for a well-rounded, effective and efficient craft. 

Trinity of Spellcasting

Intent, Headspace/Focus, Passion are the cornerstones of spellcasting. These elements create the network or threshold in which spells pass through to their target. These concepts are also the root of what constitutes a spell. Intent is the designation of the target for the spell. Headspace is the sight in which the spell is aimed. Passion is the fuel that fires the spell towards the target. Without pure intent, the spell will apply broadly, lowering its potency and lead to potential unwanted side effects.  Without a honed headspace, the spell will flicker out or lead to unpredictable results. A lack of Passion will cause a spell to be weak, ineffective, or latent. 

Spellcasting Process

Before casting a spell, there are some preparations to be made, especially when first starting out.

Decide on what spellcasting method you’d like to use.

Find and gather any representations, correspondences, and environmental boons for your spell. (Enviromental boons being things like candles, music, incense, or a physically clean space.) If you are using incantations, be sure to memorize them to the best of your ability.

Set aside time and energy for casting. Try to ensure that you will not be interrupted.

Cleanse all tools and components that are going to be used.

Enter into a state of gnosis or trance.

Prepare your subtle body and energetically prepare all tools and representations.

Take your actions for casting, being sure to consciously do energy work as you do.

Calm or center yourself and do a physical movement that helps take you out of the headspace. (Ex. snapping, clapping, jumping, ringing a bell, etc)

Cleanse yourself, tools, representations, and the space.

Beginner Friendly Spellcasting Methods

Here are some methods for casting. They can be used in any combination, if desired. I often use all three in my spells.

Sympathetic Casting: Method of casting through items, herbs, crystals, taglocks, etc that are representative of your target, headspace, passion, and correspondences. These items create a mental network of concepts in order to cast. 

Energetic Casting: Utilizing energy work to build constructs that contain all necessary components for a spell and then delivering it to the target.

Gestures: Using gestures to program the naturally existing energy into the components for a spell before delivering it to the target.

Intent, Desire, & Goals

Intent and desire are very different concepts. Intent is an inner truth, while desire is something that is wanted. Goals are an expectation of an outcome. For example, I am vehemently against capitalism and the notion of another’s loss for my benefit. Because of this inner truth, I struggle immensely with casting money magic, no matter how strong my desire is. No matter how clear my goal is.

Headspace, Aesthetics, & Visualization

Witchcraft and spellwork cannot be reliant on visualization and aesthetics. They are useful tools for constructing a strong headspace; but, using them alone will result in a spell not working, being ineffective, unpredictable, and/or weak. Using aesthetics to build yourself up will result in your spells working much better. Visualization isn’t energy work, but a tool to aid in planning and casting a spell, much like a wand. Aesthetics are an environmental boon. It helps build confidence, and assurance. 

Focus, Trance, & Gnosis

Focus is the purpose of the headspace. The combination of the two is called a state of gnosis. When spellcasting, trances and states of gnosis can be extremely useful practices. Trances may be induced with *substances, music, self-hypnosis, etc. Trance makes it easier to be of one mind about the spell you’re casting. Gnosis is a meditation-like state in which one embodies the very concepts that make up a spell. In a state of gnosis you become the working, allowing the mind to become of a singular essence. *-I am not suggesting using substances, nor condoning it. Merely stating that it is possible and is used by some practitioners.

Passion, Channeling, & Mental Health

When casting, it is in good practice and easy to get swept up in whatever emotions are involved in your spell. Emotions are channeled from the caster into the essence of the spell, empowering it. Depending on the working, this can be unhealthy or even dangerous if not done within reason and self-awareness. Channeling certain emotions can lead to triggering trauma responses or even cause trauma. Remain mindful of yourself and what emotions, memories, and/or actions may lead to worsening or feeding into mental-illness. 

The Importance of Keeping a Spell Log, Critical Thinking & Objectivity

Especially when taking your first steps, keeping a log of your workings will allow you to remain objective and aware of your past casting. If a spell backfires, or has unwanted results, having a detailed log of your workings can make the canceling process much easier. Keeping a log will also aid in studying your craft as objectively as possible. Recording an estimation of when the spell should take effect, the specific goal, and qualifications of success will allow you to judge whether a spell was successful or not. When a spell isn’t successful it becomes a learning opportunity. Figuring out which components worked, what processes could be improved, etc. will help advance your craft rapidly if you cast regularly. When doing these studies, you are conceptualizing aspects of magical theory, or a critical approach to magic. 

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[viceconnor21]

Crimson Dust (Mumbo Jumbo)

Minecraft x My little pony Au

As a young pup, Crimson had been fascinated by objects of power & magic.

Objects that had been imbued with magic to give that object certain effects, qualities, or abilities. This magic was often stored or channeled within precious stones. Crimson wanted to learn how the many non-magical creatures were also able to create these objects. Dust did not have physical magic like a unicorn. Instead, he looked to books and scrolls to learn about geo-magic. He learned how to create & harness magic from the earth itself. With the right ingredients & clear intentions, nearly anything was possible. With his ever-growing skill & knowledge in arcane spells, Crimson worked to become an artificer, enchanter, & mechanist. By combining all 3 of his disciplines, Crimson began to construct machines. They were made of metal & powered by magic & stone. What stones & spells he uses depends on what he wants to achieve. He could use energy-charged gems to act as a generator for machines. He can enchant items to be lighter or sharper or for a saddlebag to carry more items. He creates complex automated machines on a daily basis. He is a great inventor, shy, & socially awkward. He would do anything for his friends even if they get on his nerves sometimes. He is known in many regions beyond Hermit for his intelligence, his magic/mechanical prowess, & his eye for detail.

Crimson Dust is best known for his work with Red Hermit Stone, a brilliant crimson stone, that can be used in many ways.

Power is naturally found in the red stone, causing it to glow when touched. The stone is naturally brittle when not charged with any other magic. Because of this, it is known to leave red dust everywhere.

The red stone is a favorite of Crimson's to do spellwork with. He will often use it as an important component of his magical machinery. It is an excellent conduit & conductor of mystic energy. It is also easy to shape in its raw form. He is often seen walking out of his workshop with his paws covered in dust, & his face smeared with flex of the red stone.

[gladstones-corner]

Charms, Talismans, and Amulets

I mentioned in a recent post that I'm putting together a ritual. It's mostly finished now, and will probably take close to an hour in its entirety. Half that time will be spent constructing a charm--specifically, a talisman plus an amulet.

Given that charms as a topic are extremely variable and highly personal, I figured I'd keep it simple and discuss just talismans and amulets.

Let's start with some definitions. Everyone will have a different opinion. Personally, I'll quote David Rankine to start with:

"An amulet is a protective charm and works through repulsion to protect the bearer from specific forces or events. A talisman is a charm of attraction used to attract specific energies to enhance a specific aspect of the bearer’s situation."

I like to think of it in very simple terms: amulets repel, talismans attract.

Despite their fundamental difference, both construction processes are usually close to identical--and if we're being honest, it's a general pattern for most spell craft.

Those of you familiar with my blog know that I love rituals with verbal, somatic, and material components. In the case of the amulet or talisman, these are all self-contained in the intention, creation, and physical item.

Creating an intention is another post, so I'll skip directly to the process of making a talisman. This particular method is loosely based on the process detailed in Modern Magick by Donald Kraig.

You should start with a fresh sheet of paper of some kind. Some will tell you it needs to be certain types of paper; if you're really worried about residual energies then go for un-recycled paper. That's all you need to do.

From this, cut a 2x4 inch rectangle and fold it in half width-wise to get four squares. These are the faces of your talisman.

Now, what goes on it? I like to start with a sigil made from the intention that I set. That's typically on an inner face.

On the other inner face are symbols chosen that represent the intention, or even names of deities that could help achieve the intention.

On the front outer face, I'll usually put the planetary seal that's most closely associated with that intention.

On the back outer face, I typically write "As is my will, So mote it be" in Spanish (because I'm part Mexican), Greek (because I'm Hellenic Polytheist) or Latin (because I just think it's neat).

Of course, this isn't set in stone. Sometimes I put the sigils on the outer faces and the planetary seals on the inner ones. Sometimes I have two planetary seals. It all depends.

Here's where it really becomes personal opinion. I like to plan talismans and amulets whenever, but I like to create and charge them during specific planetary days, planetary hours, and moon phases.

For example, an amulet to protect me while driving would have the Seal of Mercury, a sigil with the correct intention, some symbols representing safe travel, and the magical phrase.

I'd create it during the first waning phase after a full moon on a Wednesday during the first or eighth planetary hour. I'd then hang it by a orange cord on my rearview mirror.

Complicated, right? It certainly can be. But you can really put whatever you choose on the amulet or talisman, and charge it whenever. I just like having the rules.

Hope this helps! Blessed be~

[thirdtofifth]

Grisgol Large construct, unaligned Armor Class 20 (natural armor) Hit Points 189 (18d10 + 90) Speed 30 ft. Str 18, Dex 10, Con 20, Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 11 Damage Immunities poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made of adamantine Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, stunned Senses darkvision 60 ft. passive Perception 10 Languages understands the languages of its creator but can’t speak Challenge 15 (13000 XP) Magic Resistance. The grisgol has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Choking Dust. Whenever the grisgol takes 10 or more bludgeoning or slashing damage from an attack, dust and mold explode from its body, dealing 4 (1d8) poison damage to each creature within 10 feet of it. Incite Madness. Any creature who examines the scrolls that compose a grisgol's body must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or be consumed by the need to painstakingly fit the scraps of parchment back together. The creature does this to exclusion of all else, including eating and drinking. The affected creature may attempt a new saving throw at the start of each day, ending the effect on a success. Innate Spellcasting. The grisgol's spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13). The grisgol can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: detect magic, light 1/day each: blight, chain lightning, feeblemind, hold person, ice storm, meteor swarm, power word stun, scorching ray, shield Actions Multiattack. The grisgol makes two slam attacks. Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6+4) bludgeoning damage and 22 (5d8) necrotic damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed. The creature may repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

With a body made of broken magic items, and the animating spirit of a lich bound to it. Wisps of smoke slip from its body with every movement, and its red eyes glow under its rusted helmet. It leaves a sooty coating upon everything it touches. The grisgol’s body contains the bound lich’s phylactery; if destroyed, the lich returns to its physical form as it usually would; at which point it usually seeks vengeance on the magic-user who created the grisgol. The grisgol knows how to cast spells, but only in the specific order that its creator specifies, unless said creator is nearby to issue commands. Grisgols are relentless in completing whatever mission they are assigned. A grisgol stands around 8 feet tall and weighs 400 pounds. 

Originally from the Monster Manual III