Death Burst (Mud)

This article is about the action to manually trigger the Mud Mephit's Death Burst. For the corresponding passive feature, see Death Burst: Force. For other variants of Death Burst, see Death Burst.

Death Burst is a Mud Mephit action. The Mud Mephit explodes, dealing 4d6Force^{[See Notes]} damage to nearby creatures and covering the surrounding area in mud. This explosion is also triggered if the mephit dies any other way but deals half damage.

Description

Explode in a burst of sticky mud. It dries instantly on any nearby creatures not made of mud,  Restraining and hurting them.

Properties

Cost

 Action

Damage: 6~36

4d6Force (If manually triggered)

+ 2d6Force (If triggered on death)

Details

DEX Save (DC 13)

 Range: Self

AoE: 3 m / 10 ft (Radius)

Creates Area: Mud

Technical details

UIDs

Shout_DeathBurst_Chosen_MudMephit

Action to trigger the explosion

Projectile_DeathBurst_Died_MudMephit

Explosion triggered by the action

Spell flags

CanAreaDamageEvade, IsTrap

Condition: Muddy

 Muddy

Duration: 2 turns

DC 13  Dexterity saving throw

• Affect entity is covered in hardened mud and its Movement Speed is halved.
• Attack Rolls against it have Advantage, while the entity's Attack Rolls and Dexterity Saving Throws have Disadvantage.
• Removes Burning and the entity becomes Resistant to Fire damage.

Area: Mud

 Mud

Duration: 3 turns

AoE: 3 m / 10 ft (Radius)

Difficult terrain - movement speed is halved.

Type: Surface

Condition: Difficult Terrain

 Difficult Terrain

• Movement Speed halved

How to learn

Used by creatures: Mud Mephit

Notes

• Manually triggering Death Burst with this action deals twice as much damage as being triggered on death with  Death Burst: Force.

Bugs

• The tooltip states that this action deals 4d6Bludgeoning damage, but it actually deals 4d6Force.