Bloodied & Bruised – Storm King's Thunder

New Combat Actions for the Creatures in Storm King's Thunder

The bugbear chief nurses a gushing wound in her side before issuing an order of retreat to her allies. A bright light forms around the angel’s dying body, blinding everyone near it as it passes on from the world of the living. With blood streaming down its torso, an enraged hill giant slams its fists into the ground and causes the earth around it to quake. 

Bloodied & Bruised is a series providing new combat actions for the creatures in the 5e roster. When pushed to their limits in combat, these monsters, critters, fiends, and foes gain new abilities that aid them in battle, or perhaps spell their doom depending on the circumstances. Bloodied & Bruised takes inspiration from the "bloodied" condition from 4e, making entirely new combat actions that can completely change the nature of a fight.

In addition, Bloodied & Bruised also introduces several "death throes" to the game, marking the demise of certain creatures with a grand explosion, heavy fall, or other unique effect to make the slaying of a great monster a truly unique experience.

Examples of Bloodied Actions

Purple Wormling
When bloodied at 21 HP, the purple wyrmling has the following features.

• Frailty: Worn Out. While bloodied, the purple wormling’s speed is lowered by 20 feet (to a minimum of 10 feet).
• Strength: Made It Angry. While bloodied, the purple wormling has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, frightened, knocked prone, and stunned.
• Trigger Ability: Cornered. When first bloodied, the purple wormling can make a melee attack against a creature within range as a reaction.

Yakfolk Warrior
When bloodied at 30 HP, the yakfolk warrior has the following features.

• New Ability: Bloody Charge. While bloodied, if the yakfolk moves at least 10 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a Greatsword attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 9 (2d8) slashing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or be pushed up to 10 feet away and knocked prone. If the yakfolk successfully knocks another creature prone with this trait, it can make one attack against the creature with its Greatsword as a bonus action.
• Strength: Made It Angry. While bloodied, the yakfolk has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, frightened, knocked prone, and stunned.
• Trigger Ability: Bullrush. When first bloodied, the yakfolk can use its reaction to move up to 20 feet in a straight line without provoking opportunity attacks. Any creature standing in the way of this movement must succeed a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw or be knocked prone.

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