D&D 5E Beware the Jabberwock! D&D Beyond has a sneak preview of the "The Wild Beyond the Witchlight" monster!

D&D Beyond has uploaded a full preview of the Jabberwock from The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, with complete stat block and full breakdown on how to run the monster in a game.

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Very interesting monster, especially with its Confusing Burble and regeneration. It looks rather tough for a CR 13 monster! It does, of course, have a vulnerability to vorpal swords, in homage to the original Lewis Carroll poem.

 

[Lyxen]

Nice indeed, offensively well up to CR 13, but he has few hit points and would probably go down quickly. I would probably add a resistance to non-slashing weapons...

The concept is very nice (I like the special attacks), but I'm afraid that with 115 hhp he will not last very long to use them.

 

[MarkB]

Nice indeed, offensively well up to CR 13, but he has few hit points and would probably go down quickly. I would probably add a resistance to non-slashing weapons...

The concept is very nice (I like the special attacks), but I'm afraid that with 115 hhp he will not last very long to use them.

Very true. Maybe re-word the regeneration to say that if the Jabberwock is reduced to zero hit points it will recover next turn unless its head is severed from its body.

 

[TarionzCousin]

Very true. Maybe re-word the regeneration to say that if the Jabberwock is reduced to zero hit points it will recover next turn unless its head is severed from its body.

Snicker-snack!

 

[TaranTheWanderer]

Yeah, having Slashing weapons as its weakness is going to ensure it never gets a chance to regenerate. That regenerate power may as well not even be there. I like the suggestion @MarkB made.

 

[J.Quondam]

Looks like it's missing a movement mode in its stat block:

Speed . . . whiffling 60ft.​

Where "whiffling," obviously, allows a creature to treat terrain type "tulgey wood" as normal terrain, rather than difficult.

 

[Umbran]

Snicker-snack!

"Does your vorpal blade go snicker-snack? Or does it just snicker?"

 

[Puddles]

Is choosing a random direction covered in 5e? If not, I have the perfect dice.

blows dust off old Warhammer scatter dice

 

[Dausuul]

Looks like it's missing a movement mode in its stat block:

Where "whiffling," obviously, allows a creature to treat terrain type "tulgey wood" as normal terrain, rather than difficult.

Also, it needs a bite attack, and the Rend attack needs to trigger an automatic grapple. Currently, it has neither jaws that bite nor claws that catch.

 

[Weiley31]

Looks like Alignment is "back" in a different format: Since "typically" Jabberwokies are Chaotic Evil.