Rug of Smothering
The rug of Smothering is a Large construct of challenge rating 2 in the fifth-edition System Reference Document. SRD 5.2.1 calls it the Animated Rug of Smothering.
SRD 5.1 (2014)
Rug of Smothering
- Size and type
- Large construct
- Challenge
- 2 (450 XP)
- Armour class
- 12
- Hit points
- 33 (6d10)
- Speed
- 10 ft
- Damage immunities
- poison, psychic
- Condition immunities
- blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned
- Senses
- blindsight 60 ft, passive perception 6
Antimagic Susceptibility. The rug is incapacitated while in the area of an antimagic field. If targeted by dispel magic, the rug must succeed on a Constitution saving throw against the caster’s spell save DC or fall unconscious for 1 minute.
Damage Transfer. While it is grappling a creature, the rug takes only half the damage dealt to it, and the creature grappled by the rug takes the other half.
False Appearance. While the rug remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a normal rug.
Actions
Smother. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one Medium or smaller creature. Hit: The creature is grappled (escape DC 13). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, blinded, and at risk of suffocating, and the rug can’t smother another target. In addition, at the start of each of the target’s turns, the target takes 10 (2d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage.
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SRD 5.2.1 (2024)
Animated Rug of Smothering
- Size and type
- Large construct
- Challenge
- 2 (450 XP)
- Armour class
- 12
- Hit points
- 27 (5d10)
- Speed
- 10 ft
- Damage immunities
- poison, psychic
- Condition immunities
- charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned
- Senses
- blindsight 60 ft, passive perception 6
Actions
Smother. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) Bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, the rug can give it the Grappled condition (escape DC 13) instead of dealing damage. Until the grapple ends, the target has the Blinded and Restrained conditions, is suffocating, and takes 10 (2d6 + 3) Bludgeoning damage at the start of each of its turns. The rug can smother only one creature at a time.
While grappling the target, the rug can’t take this action, the rug halves the damage it takes (round down), and the target takes the same amount of damage.
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