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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 9249257" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 26px">Odonatid, Giant (Giant Damselfly)</span></strong></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em>Small beast, unaligned</em></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Armor Class</strong> 14</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Hit Points</strong> 14 (4d6)</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Speed</strong> 10 ft., fly 50 ft. (hover)</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th><p style="text-align: center">STR</p> </th><th><p style="text-align: center">DEX</p> </th><th><p style="text-align: center">CON</p> </th><th><p style="text-align: center">INT</p> </th><th><p style="text-align: center">WIS</p> </th><th><p style="text-align: center">CHA</p> </th></tr><tr><td><span style="color: blue"><p style="text-align: center">10 (+0)</p> </span></td><td><span style="color: blue"><p style="text-align: center">18 (+4)</p> </span></td><td><span style="color: blue"><p style="text-align: center">11 (+0)</p> </span></td><td><span style="color: blue"><p style="text-align: center">1 (–5)</p> </span></td><td><span style="color: blue"><p style="text-align: center">12 (+1)</p> </span></td><td><span style="color: blue"><p style="text-align: center">5 (–2)</p> </span></td></tr></table><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Saving Throws</strong> DEX +6</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Skills</strong> Perception +3</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Senses</strong> passive Perception 13</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Languages</strong> —</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong>Challenge</strong> <span style="color: magenta">1 (200 XP)</span> <strong>Proficiency Bonus</strong> +2</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em><strong>Evasive Flight.</strong></em> A giant odonatid gains advantage on Dexterity saving throws when flying and attackers have disadvantage on attack rolls against it.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"> If the giant odonatid is mounted or grappling an opponent, it must make a DC 12 STR check to use <em>Evasive Flight</em> each time it is attacked.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em><strong>Expert Aerialist.</strong></em> The giant odonatid has advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks when flying.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em><strong>Flyby.</strong></em> The giant odonatid doesn't provoke opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy's reach.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em><strong>Keen Sight.</strong></em> The giant odonatid has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em><strong>Motion Camouflage.</strong></em> If the giant odonatid moves at least 20 feet towards a creature and then hits it with an attack on the same turn, that target must make a Wisdom (Perception) check against a Dexterity (Acrobatics) check by the odonatid. On a failure, the target cannot use <em>Dodging Flight</em>, <em>Evasive Flight</em>, or a similar defensive ability to avoid attacks by the giant odonatid until the start of its next turn.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">Actions</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em><strong>Multiattack.</strong></em> The giant odonatid makes two attacks against a Tiny or smaller creature. The first attack is a legs attack. If this succeeds in grappling the target, the odonatid makes a bite attack, otherwise it makes a second legs attack.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em><strong>Bite.</strong> Melee Weapon Attack:</em> +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. <em>Hit:</em> 6 (1d4 + 4) slashing damage.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em><strong>Legs.</strong> Melee Weapon Attack:</em> +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one Small or smaller creature. <em>Hit:</em> The creature is grappled (escape DC 10). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the giant odonatid can't make legs attacks against another target.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">Bonus Actions</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em><strong>Dashing Flight.</strong></em> The giant odonatid flies up to 30 feet. It cannot use <em>Burst of Speed</em> if it used <em>Dodging Flight</em> after the start of its previous turn.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px">Reactions</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em><strong>Dodging Flight.</strong></em> If a creature of at least Small size attempts a melee attack against a giant odonatid, or the odonatid is targeted by a ranged weapon of similar size such as a giant-hurled boulder, the insect can try to dodge out of the way as a reaction. The giant odonatid makes a Dexterity saving throw with advantage (it loses this advantage when mounted or grappling an opponent). If the saving throw beats the attack roll or DC of the attack the giant odonatid takes no damage and flies up to 20 feet.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"> If a giant odonatid is carrying or grappling a creature that is too heavy for the odonatid to fly with, it must release the creature to use <em>Dodging Flight</em>. If the odonatid is grappling a creature light enough to carry through the air, the grappled creature can make an escape check as a free action. If it fails, the odonatid may fly away with its victim.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Description</span></strong></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">A giant damselfly resembles its relative the giant dragonfly (see <a href="https://www.enworld.org/posts/9249220" target="_blank">Giant Dragonfly</a> for details), but is smaller and more slender, with an abdomen that's proportionally longer and thinner and eyes that cover less of the face. The two insects are easy to distinguish when perched, for a damselfly folds its wings back vertically above its body when resting while a dragonfly spreads its wings wide and holds them flat. A standard giant damselfly is about 6 feet long, has a 6 to 8 foot wingspan, and weighs 50 pounds; shorter and much lighter than an average giant dragonfly. However, a few species of giant damselfly are much bigger and have statistics that compare to a giant dragonfly or imperial giant dragonfly and the largest, the mammoth helicopter damselfly, is so enormous they dwarf all other giant odonatids (see <a href="https://www.enworld.org/posts/9249220" target="_blank">Giant Dragonfly</a>, <a href="https://www.enworld.org/posts/9249560" target="_blank">Imperial Giant Dragonfly</a> and <a href="https://www.enworld.org/posts/9249563" target="_blank">Mammoth Helicopter Damselfly</a> for details).</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"> <em><strong>Flying Predators.</strong></em> Giant damselflies are generally similar to dragonflies in habits. Unlike giant dragonflies, most giant damselfly take after their normal-sized relatives and only hunt in the air, so pose little threat to creatures on the ground even if they're small and weak enough to be easy prey. A giant damselfly will eat any flying creature it can catch, most often Tiny creatures such as bats, birds (including hawks, owls and ravens), flying snakes or giant fruit flies. Some areas welcome giant damselflies because they eat serious pests such as stirges and giant mosquitoes, which are also a favorite food for giant damselfly naiads <span style="color: green">(see <a href="http://" target="_blank"></a>Giant Mosquito for details)</span>.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"> <em><strong>Shimmers of Damselflies.</strong></em> Giant damselflies tend to prefer faster-flowing water than dragonflies, although there is great variation between species with some that thrive in stagnant or brackish water and even one whose young live in seawater. Like dragonfly larvae, damselfly larvae are voracious aquatic predators (see <a href="https://www.enworld.org/posts/9249258" target="_blank">Giant Damselfly Naiad</a> for details).</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">V</span>ARIANT<span style="font-size: 18px">: S</span>MALL<span style="font-size: 18px"> G</span>IANT<span style="font-size: 18px"> D</span>RAGONFLY</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Some varieties of giant dragonfly are the same size as an average giant damselfly, although most are longer and far heavier. A small giant dragonfly is 4 to 4½ feet long, with a wingspan around 7 feet. It has a giant damselfly's statistics except for being faster (fly 60 ft., <em>Dashing Flight</em> 60 ft., <em>Dodging Flight</em> 30 ft.).</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">V</span>ARIANT<span style="font-size: 18px">: S</span>MALL<span style="font-size: 18px"> G</span>IANT<span style="font-size: 18px"> T</span>ENEBROUS<span style="font-size: 18px"> & U</span>NDERDARK<span style="font-size: 18px"> H</span>ELICOPTER<span style="font-size: 18px"> D</span>AMSELFLIES</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">The majority of monstrous helicopter damselflies can see in the dark far better than any natural damselfly, with tenebrous species that hunt in the gloom of forests and nighttime and even subterranean varieties native to the underdark (see <a href="https://www.enworld.org/posts/9249563" target="_blank">Mammoth Helicopter Damselfly</a> for details, under Tenebrous Helicopter Damselflies and Underdark Helicopter Damselflies). A small giant damselfly of these variants uses a giant damselfly's statistics except for having better senses—the tenebrous variety has blindsight 20 ft., darkvision 60 ft.; the underdark variety, dubbed a <em>ghostwing</em>, has blindsight 40 ft., darkvision 90 ft.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p>(Monster designed by Casimir Liber and Cleon on Enworld.org's <em>General Monster Talk</em> Creature Catalog Forum; inspired by the giant dragonfly that debuted in <em>EX2 The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror</em> (1983) by Gary Gygax.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 9249257, member: 57383"] [B][SIZE=7]Odonatid, Giant (Giant Damselfly)[/SIZE][/B] [COLOR=blue][I]Small beast, unaligned[/I] [B]Armor Class[/B] 14 [B]Hit Points[/B] 14 (4d6) [B]Speed[/B] 10 ft., fly 50 ft. (hover) [/COLOR] [TABLE] [TR] [TH][CENTER]STR[/CENTER][/TH] [TH][CENTER]DEX[/CENTER][/TH] [TH][CENTER]CON[/CENTER][/TH] [TH][CENTER]INT[/CENTER][/TH] [TH][CENTER]WIS[/CENTER][/TH] [TH][CENTER]CHA[/CENTER][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=blue][CENTER]10 (+0)[/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=blue][CENTER]18 (+4)[/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=blue][CENTER]11 (+0)[/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=blue][CENTER]1 (–5)[/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=blue][CENTER]12 (+1)[/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [TD][COLOR=blue][CENTER]5 (–2)[/CENTER][/COLOR][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [COLOR=blue] [B]Saving Throws[/B] DEX +6 [B]Skills[/B] Perception +3 [B]Senses[/B] passive Perception 13 [B]Languages[/B] — [B]Challenge[/B] [COLOR=magenta]1 (200 XP)[/COLOR] [B]Proficiency Bonus[/B] +2 [I][B]Evasive Flight.[/B][/I] A giant odonatid gains advantage on Dexterity saving throws when flying and attackers have disadvantage on attack rolls against it. If the giant odonatid is mounted or grappling an opponent, it must make a DC 12 STR check to use [I]Evasive Flight[/I] each time it is attacked. [I][B]Expert Aerialist.[/B][/I] The giant odonatid has advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks when flying. [I][B]Flyby.[/B][/I] The giant odonatid doesn't provoke opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy's reach. [I][B]Keen Sight.[/B][/I] The giant odonatid has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. [I][B]Motion Camouflage.[/B][/I] If the giant odonatid moves at least 20 feet towards a creature and then hits it with an attack on the same turn, that target must make a Wisdom (Perception) check against a Dexterity (Acrobatics) check by the odonatid. On a failure, the target cannot use [I]Dodging Flight[/I], [I]Evasive Flight[/I], or a similar defensive ability to avoid attacks by the giant odonatid until the start of its next turn. [/COLOR] [SIZE=6]Actions[/SIZE] [COLOR=blue] [I][B]Multiattack.[/B][/I] The giant odonatid makes two attacks against a Tiny or smaller creature. The first attack is a legs attack. If this succeeds in grappling the target, the odonatid makes a bite attack, otherwise it makes a second legs attack. [I][B]Bite.[/B] Melee Weapon Attack:[/I] +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. [I]Hit:[/I] 6 (1d4 + 4) slashing damage. [I][B]Legs.[/B] Melee Weapon Attack:[/I] +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one Small or smaller creature. [I]Hit:[/I] The creature is grappled (escape DC 10). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the giant odonatid can't make legs attacks against another target. [/COLOR] [SIZE=6]Bonus Actions[/SIZE] [COLOR=blue] [I][B]Dashing Flight.[/B][/I] The giant odonatid flies up to 30 feet. It cannot use [I]Burst of Speed[/I] if it used [I]Dodging Flight[/I] after the start of its previous turn. [/COLOR] [SIZE=6]Reactions[/SIZE] [COLOR=blue] [I][B]Dodging Flight.[/B][/I] If a creature of at least Small size attempts a melee attack against a giant odonatid, or the odonatid is targeted by a ranged weapon of similar size such as a giant-hurled boulder, the insect can try to dodge out of the way as a reaction. The giant odonatid makes a Dexterity saving throw with advantage (it loses this advantage when mounted or grappling an opponent). If the saving throw beats the attack roll or DC of the attack the giant odonatid takes no damage and flies up to 20 feet. If a giant odonatid is carrying or grappling a creature that is too heavy for the odonatid to fly with, it must release the creature to use [I]Dodging Flight[/I]. If the odonatid is grappling a creature light enough to carry through the air, the grappled creature can make an escape check as a free action. If it fails, the odonatid may fly away with its victim. [/COLOR] [B][SIZE=6]Description[/SIZE][/B] [COLOR=blue] A giant damselfly resembles its relative the giant dragonfly (see [URL='https://www.enworld.org/posts/9249220']Giant Dragonfly[/URL] for details), but is smaller and more slender, with an abdomen that's proportionally longer and thinner and eyes that cover less of the face. The two insects are easy to distinguish when perched, for a damselfly folds its wings back vertically above its body when resting while a dragonfly spreads its wings wide and holds them flat. A standard giant damselfly is about 6 feet long, has a 6 to 8 foot wingspan, and weighs 50 pounds; shorter and much lighter than an average giant dragonfly. However, a few species of giant damselfly are much bigger and have statistics that compare to a giant dragonfly or imperial giant dragonfly and the largest, the mammoth helicopter damselfly, is so enormous they dwarf all other giant odonatids (see [URL='https://www.enworld.org/posts/9249220']Giant Dragonfly[/URL], [URL='https://www.enworld.org/posts/9249560']Imperial Giant Dragonfly[/URL] and [URL='https://www.enworld.org/posts/9249563']Mammoth Helicopter Damselfly[/URL] for details). [I][B]Flying Predators.[/B][/I] Giant damselflies are generally similar to dragonflies in habits. Unlike giant dragonflies, most giant damselfly take after their normal-sized relatives and only hunt in the air, so pose little threat to creatures on the ground even if they're small and weak enough to be easy prey. A giant damselfly will eat any flying creature it can catch, most often Tiny creatures such as bats, birds (including hawks, owls and ravens), flying snakes or giant fruit flies. Some areas welcome giant damselflies because they eat serious pests such as stirges and giant mosquitoes, which are also a favorite food for giant damselfly naiads [COLOR=green](see [URL=''][/URL]Giant Mosquito for details)[/COLOR]. [I][B]Shimmers of Damselflies.[/B][/I] Giant damselflies tend to prefer faster-flowing water than dragonflies, although there is great variation between species with some that thrive in stagnant or brackish water and even one whose young live in seawater. Like dragonfly larvae, damselfly larvae are voracious aquatic predators (see [URL='https://www.enworld.org/posts/9249258']Giant Damselfly Naiad[/URL] for details). [B][SIZE=5]V[/SIZE]ARIANT[SIZE=5]: S[/SIZE]MALL[SIZE=5] G[/SIZE]IANT[SIZE=5] D[/SIZE]RAGONFLY[/B] Some varieties of giant dragonfly are the same size as an average giant damselfly, although most are longer and far heavier. A small giant dragonfly is 4 to 4½ feet long, with a wingspan around 7 feet. It has a giant damselfly's statistics except for being faster (fly 60 ft., [I]Dashing Flight[/I] 60 ft., [I]Dodging Flight[/I] 30 ft.). [B][SIZE=5]V[/SIZE]ARIANT[SIZE=5]: S[/SIZE]MALL[SIZE=5] G[/SIZE]IANT[SIZE=5] T[/SIZE]ENEBROUS[SIZE=5] & U[/SIZE]NDERDARK[SIZE=5] H[/SIZE]ELICOPTER[SIZE=5] D[/SIZE]AMSELFLIES[/B] The majority of monstrous helicopter damselflies can see in the dark far better than any natural damselfly, with tenebrous species that hunt in the gloom of forests and nighttime and even subterranean varieties native to the underdark (see [URL='https://www.enworld.org/posts/9249563']Mammoth Helicopter Damselfly[/URL] for details, under Tenebrous Helicopter Damselflies and Underdark Helicopter Damselflies). A small giant damselfly of these variants uses a giant damselfly's statistics except for having better senses—the tenebrous variety has blindsight 20 ft., darkvision 60 ft.; the underdark variety, dubbed a [I]ghostwing[/I], has blindsight 40 ft., darkvision 90 ft. [/COLOR] (Monster designed by Casimir Liber and Cleon on Enworld.org's [I]General Monster Talk[/I] Creature Catalog Forum; inspired by the giant dragonfly that debuted in [I]EX2 The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror[/I] (1983) by Gary Gygax.) [/QUOTE]
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