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Gingerbread Goblins

Wondrous item, rare

Component: phial of plant sap

A single living soul remains in the dark depths of the abandoned Drury Lane, toiling away tirelessly to create magical confectioneries. His only wish is to see his sweets bring joy to a child’s eyes, but an ancient curse placed upon him makes every last one of his desserts dangerously homicidal. Pray you never get to know the Muffin Man.

These cookies are usually found or crafted in bundles of 1d4 + 2. Although they may look delicious, they’re dangerous to eat. A creature that eats a gingerbread goblin takes 1d4 piercing damage every 10 minutes for 1 hour, as the cookie stabs its stomach from within.

Gingerbread Horde. As an action, you can toss up to 5 of these cookies onto unoccupied spaces within 5 feet of you. Each cookie becomes a Tiny creature under your control, as per the animate objects spell, except that it doesn’t have a flying speed, and all of them take their turns immediately after yours. A cookie crumbles and is destroyed after 1 minute or when it’s reduced to 0 hit points.

Gingerbread Giant. As an action, you can crush 5 cookies together, causing them to merge and grow into a gingerbread giant, which forms in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you. The gingerbread giant crumbles and is destroyed after 1 minute or when it drops to 0 hit points. It’s an ally to you and your companions, and it shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. You can mentally command it as a bonus action. If you don’t, it takes the Dodge action and avoids danger.

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Very rare variant: Increase the number of cookies you can animate at once with the Gingerbread Horde property and the number of cookies you can crush together with the Gingerbread Giant property to 7. The gingerbread giant gains 20 temporary hit points for each cookie over 5 that is used to create it. If 7 cookies are crushed, it can use its Slam attack one additional time on each of its turns.

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Gingerbread Giant

Huge construct, unaligned

Armour Class 12 (natural armour)

Hit Points 84 (8d12 + 32)

Speed 30 ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA

20 (+5)      6 (-2)      18 (+4)       3 (-4)     11 (+0)       1 (-5)

Damage Immunities poison, psychic

Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralysed, petrified, poisoned

Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10

Languages understands the languages of its creator but can’t speak

Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)                                    Proficiency Bonus +3

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Immutable Form. The gingerbread giant is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.

Siege Monster. The gingerbread giant deals double damage to objects and structures.

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Actions

Multiattack. The gingerbread giant makes two Slam attacks and uses its Icing Breath, if available.

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (3d8 + 5) bludgeoning damage.

Gumdrop Toss. Ranged Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, range 60/240 ft., one target. Hit: 24 (3d12 + 5) bludgeoning damage.

Icing Breath (Recharge 5-6). The gingerbread giant spews sticky icing in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in the area must succeed on a DC 16 Strength saving throw or be restrained until the start of the gingerbread giant’s next turn. Surfaces in the area of the cone become covered in icing, making them difficult terrain for 1 minute.

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