You launch a green ray at a target you can see within range. The target can be a creature, a nonmagical object, or a creation of magical force, such as the wall created by Wall of Force. A creature targeted by this spell makes a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes 10d6 + 40 Force damage. If this damage reduces it to 0 Hit Points, it and everything nonmagical it is wearing…

Level 6 Transmutation (Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S, M (a lodestone and dust) Duration: Instantaneous You launch a green ray at a target you can see within range. The target can be a creature, a nonmagical object, or a creation of magical force, such as the wall created by Wall of Force. A creature targeted by this spell makes a Dexterity saving throw.…

Full-fledged Thaumaturge mages are arcane powerhouses. They can easily manipulate magic thrown at them, and teleport around the battlefield while throwing spells at their opponents. They can summon devastating rifts to unleash destructive energy or summon monstrous allies. Multiple mages can combine energies for even grander feats.

The bronze dragon coils around the top of the tower, its head outstretched toward the outskirts of the city, surveying the streets. Its body is meticulously crafted and beautifully detailed, as you think you notice it move its head ever so slightly toward you. These dragons perch upon the towers and parapets of the city and Castle Drakken. Once noble protectors of the city, they are now…

General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+) When the hand of death reaches for your soul, you have found a way to reject its call. You gain the following benefits. Ability Score Increase. Increase your Constitution score by 1, to a maximum of 20. Cling to Life. You add your Constitution modifier (minimum of 1) to Death Saving Throws. Enduring Vitality. If an effect would kill you outright without…

An Invisible wall of force springs into existence at a point you choose within range. The wall appears in any orientation you choose, as a horizontal or vertical barrier or at an angle. It can be free floating or resting on a solid surface. You can form it into a hemispherical dome or a globe with a radius of up to 10 feet, or you can shape a flat surface made up of ten 10-foot-by-10-foot panels.…

After the party has dealt with the Killer, and he has disintegrated, proceed to the Conclusion.

Beholders—also known as eye tyrants—number among the most notorious inhabitants of the Underdark. Few creatures in the multiverse are as loathed and feared as these maniacal horrors. A beholder’s distinctive, globular body is dominated by an oversize maw and a gigantic central eye. Ten stalks ending in smaller eyes crown its form. From each of these eleven eyes, a beholder can unleash a different…

Beholders—also known as eye tyrants—number among the most notorious inhabitants of the Underdark. Few creatures in the multiverse are as loathed and feared as these maniacal horrors. A beholder’s distinctive, globular body is dominated by an oversize maw and a gigantic central eye. Ten stalks ending in smaller eyes crown its form. From each of these eleven eyes, a beholder can unleash a…

Xanathar is the name given to the beholder crime lord that lives in the dungeons under Waterdeep. It isn’t the first beholder to claim this mantle, nor will it be the last. Like all beholders, Xanathar is a paranoid tyrant that charms and bullies its minions into servitude. The Xanathar Guild is made up of some of Waterdeep’s most disreputable folk, as well as monsters forced into subservience or…

Zombies animated from the corpses of beholders retain some use of those monsters’ magical eyestalks. These hovering corpses rely on their magic to destroy impediments and paralyze foes, allowing them to savage foes with their rotting maws. Magic-using beholders typically raise these abominations from the corpses of defeated rivals. Zombies Zombies are unthinking, reanimated corpses, often…

Zombies animated from the corpses of beholders retain some use of those monsters’ magical eyestalks. These hovering corpses rely on their magic to destroy impediments and paralyze foes, allowing them to savage foes with their rotting maws. Magic-using beholders typically raise these abominations from the corpses of defeated rivals. Then, by a spectacular crack of lightning, the figures came into…

The double door to this area is locked with an Arcane Lock spell. When the characters enter this area, read or paraphrase the following: An enormous desk curves along the south and east walls, supporting magical laboratory equipment. At the desk, a young human woman frantically scans a book and mumbles to herself. Shelves stand against the north and west walls. The characters recognize the woman…

A loud noise erupts from a point of your choice within range. Each creature in a 10-foot-radius Sphere centered there makes a Constitution saving throw, taking 3d8 Thunder damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. A Construct has Disadvantage on the save. A nonmagical object that isn’t being worn or carried also takes the damage if it’s in the spell’s area. Using a…

Invaders out of space appeared after a falling star blazed down from the cosmos. These alien beings have an unsettling habit of appearing between glances and silently watching. Invaders stand upright like a biped, shrouded in what are either voluminous robes or draping folds of skin. Observers who are lucky find the invaders gone in a blink, and those who aren’t so fortunate hear the…

Invaders out of space appeared after a falling star blazed down from the cosmos. These alien beings have an unsettling habit of appearing between glances and silently watching. Invaders stand upright like a biped, shrouded in what are either voluminous robes or draping folds of skin. Observers who are lucky find the invaders gone in a blink, and those who aren’t so fortunate hear the…

Full-fledged Thaumaturge mages are arcane powerhouses. They can easily manipulate magic thrown at them, and teleport around the battlefield while throwing spells at their opponents. They can summon devastating rifts to unleash destructive energy or summon monstrous allies. Multiple mages can combine energies for even grander feats. A weak mind sees only obstacles. — Sortus Taethar, Archmage

You touch a creature or nonmagical object and break the target’s substance down into its most fundamental components. Make a melee spell attack. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 Force damage, and its AC is reduced by 1 against the next attack roll made against it before the end of your next turn. Cantrip Upgrade. The damage increases by 1d8 when you reach levels 5 (2d8), 11 (3d8), and 17 (4d8).…

Ring, rare You have resistance to force damage while wearing this sapphire ring.

A death tyrant is a beholder that pursues aberrant goals beyond its death. Ten magical singularities—all that remains of its magical eyes—orbit its floating, cyclopean skull, while the hateful gaze of its central eye socket stifles life and raises the dead. Beholders typically transform into death tyrants over years when their dreams fixate on death, morbid apotheoses, or journeys to realms…

Every magic item you wear or carry disintegrates. Artifacts in your possession vanish instead.

Transmutation Cantrip (Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: Touch Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You touch a creature or nonmagical object and break the target’s substance down into its most fundamental components. Make a melee spell attack. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 Force damage, and its AC is reduced by 1 against the next attack roll made against it before the end of your next…

Quadrones are among the most relatable modrons—and those most likely to go rogue. Modrons Beings of magic and machinery, modrons embody absolute law. These inhabitants of the clockwork plane of Mechanus tend to the incredible mechanisms of their orderly home and oppose chaotic forces across the multiverse. Modrons are parts of a vast hierarchy, spanning from quirky monodrones to the leader of…

Terran magen are equipped with magic to help them perform laborious physical tasks. These magen commonly perform household handiwork and build infrastructure.

The entry room is fairly plain. The fireplace offers no warmth, only a pile of ashes. A table and two chairs sit in the center of the room. One chair lies on its back, and in front of it on the floor is dust in the vague shape of a humanoid. There is a door in the wall opposite the one you came in through. There are no windows, and two lanterns on the walls cast unreliable, flickering light.…

Wondrous Item, artifact (requires attunement) Long ago, in the Dragonlance setting, elves and humans waged a terrible war against chromatic dragons. When the world seemed doomed, the wizards of the Towers of High Sorcery came together and forged five Orbs of Dragonkind to help defeat the dragons. One orb was taken to each of the five towers, and there they were used to speed the war toward a…

Darklord Who Rules Illusions “Welcome, treasured guests—you bright jewels in my city’s sterling crown. Bask in all you’ve earned and deserve. Oh… that’s not a loose button, is it?” —Saidra d’Honaire Duchess Saidra d’Honaire knows her life isn’t her own—she knows she isn’t alive at all—yet she ignores that for the sparkle of empty celebrations and a parody of her ideal life. The duchess terrorizes…

Latching onto the Thin Places between realities, a cackling chorus of chaotic laughter in hysterical and dissonant tones tears through the minds of those who bear witness to the cosmic being. As it peers out with its three unblinking dark pools of eyes, it observes and surveys the realities as its mass of fleshy tendrils dangle from its slimy form. It ripples with black voidlike hues and splashes…