WOOD WARD

This human-shaped amalgam of wood, leather, and forest debris
lumbers forward on uneven legs.
In remote villages plagued by evil spirits, locals erect wood and
straw people to ward against the spirits in much the same way
farmers use similar figures to ward against crows.
Animated Protectors. When great danger threatens
the village, ancient rituals that are passed from generation
to generation can be invoked to awaken the wards to defend
the village. Wood wards aren’t awakened lightly, however, as
the villagers rarely possess the rituals to return the wards to
their slumber.
Implements of Terror. Unknown to most villages that
possess them, wood wards were originally created by evil druids
to sow terror in logging villages that were encroaching on
the forest. The druids circulated wards around these villages,
spreading rumors of their protective capabilities. Most of the
druids succumbed to age, heroes, or other forces before getting
the chance to enact their schemes, and the villages continued
on with wards that did exactly as rumored. Some druid circles
still possess the knowledge for awakening the true nature of the
wood wards, and stories have surfaced of villages in the darkest
depths of the fo
forest going silent, possessing nothing but empty
houses and a wall
w of silent wood wards.
Construct N Nature. A wood ward doesn’t require air, food,
drink, or sleep.

WOOD WARD
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Medium constru
construct, unaligned
Armor Class 13 (natural armor)
Hit Points 19 (2d
(2d10 +8)
Speed 30 ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

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(+1) 18 (+4) 3 (–4) 12 (+1) 1 (–5)

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Condition Immunities
Imm charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed,
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Senses darkvisio
darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11
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understands the languages of its creator but can’t speak
Challenge 1 (20
(200 XP)

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ACTIONS
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The wood ward makes two slam attacks.
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(1/Day). The wood ward’s eye sockets release an eerie
glow in a 30-fo
30-foot cone. Each creature in the area must succeed on
a DC 10 Charisma
Charis saving throw or be frightened for 1 minute. A
creature can repeat
re the saving throw at the end of each of its turns,
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