A beam of enervating energy shoots from you toward a creature within range. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. On a successful save, the target has Disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes until the start of your next turn. On a failed save, the target has Disadvantage on Strength-based D20 Tests for the duration. During that time, it also subtracts 1d8 from all its damage…

Level 2 Necromancy (Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute A beam of enervating energy shoots from you toward a creature within range. The target must make a Constitution saving throw. On a successful save, the target has Disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes until the start of your next turn. On a failed save, the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Large Aberration, Lawful Evil AC 18 Initiative +12 (22) HP 190 (20d10 + 80) Speed 5 ft., Fly 40 ft. (hover)

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…

Vampire umbral lords embrace their ties to the darkness, devoting themselves to sinister powers in exchange for access to forbidden magic. Vampires Vampires disguise their accursed, immortal natures, passing as mortals to feed on the blood of the living. While the youngest vampires might be little more than bloodthirsty servants of their creators, the eldest possess incredible cunning and control…

A frigid beam of blue-white light streaks toward a creature within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, it takes 1d8 Cold damage, and its Speed is reduced by 10 feet until the start of your next turn. Cantrip Upgrade. The damage increases by 1d8 when you reach levels 5 (2d8), 11 (3d8), and 17 (4d8). Spell Tags: Damage Available For: Sorcerer (Legacy), Wizard (Legacy),…

Centaur wardens often lead groups of centaur troopers and act as intermediaries between Fey creatures and trespassers into their territories. Centaurs Centaurs are defenders of forests, plains, and sites of primeval power. With upper bodies like humans’ and the lower bodies of horses, centaurs charge into battle against those who would harm their allies.

You shoot a greenish ray at a creature within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 2d8 Poison damage and has the Poisoned condition until the end of your next turn. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d8 for each spell slot level above 1. Spell Tags: Damage, Debuff Available For: Sorcerer (Legacy), Wizard (Legacy), Sorcerer,…

Level 1 Necromancy (Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action Range: 60 feet Components: V, S Duration: Instantaneous You shoot a greenish ray at a creature within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 2d8 Poison damage and has the Poisoned condition until the end of your next turn. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d8 for each spell…

That evening, Korex emerges from the sewer grate in the alley (area 06), followed by two Swarms of Corrupted Rats. Korex and the swarms are Hostile toward all non-rat creatures. Korex and the swarms then roam the pier (area 08) before returning to the abandoned house (areas 07a and 07b), where they remain for the rest of the night before returning to the sewers. When the characters confront…

Ring, rare (requires attunement) While wearing this ring, you can take a Magic action to gain X-ray vision with a range of 30 feet for 1 minute. To you, solid objects within that radius appear transparent and don’t prevent light from passing through them. The vision can penetrate 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, or up to 3 feet of wood or dirt. Thicker substances or a thin sheet of lead…

Wondrous Item, uncommon (requires attunement) While wearing this cloak, you can breathe underwater, and you have a Swim Speed of 60 feet.

General Feat (Prerequisite: Level 4+) You have learned some of the secrets and techniques of the Children of Winter druidic order. You gain the following benefits. Ability Score Increase. Increase your Wisdom or Constitution score by 1, to a maximum of 20. Life from Death. Whenever you take Necrotic damage, you gain Temporary Hit Points equal to your Proficiency Bonus after you take the damage.…

Gain Strength Through Suffering Clad in grime-soaked armor and wielding rusting weapons, Oath of Pestilence Paladins spread corruption, disease, and filth. Bound by an oath that infests their bodies with all manner of plagues, these heralds of decay lumber forward with unholy toughness and grim resolve. The Paladins share the following tenets:

• Spread plague to foster strength in the…

Berserker of the Demon Lord of Beasts Baphomet, Demon Lord of Beasts, claims to have created minotaurs and demands their worship. These brutes resemble the hulking, horned demon lord more than others of their kind, and they wreak havoc in that foul immortal’s name. Rarely, non-minotaurs cursed by magic-users or spiteful deities might transform into these monsters.

You have Disadvantage on Strength attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws.

Eight rays of light flash from you in a 60-foot Cone. Each creature in the Cone makes a Dexterity saving throw. For each target, roll 1d8 to determine which color ray affects it, consulting the Prismatic Rays table.

Prismatic Rays

Spell Tags: Damage, Control Available For: Bard (Legacy), Sorcerer (Legacy), Wizard (Legacy), Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard

Wrapped in ritual robes and carrying a skull-tipped staff, this wizened, albino ratling chants hymns in high-pitched squeaks in praise to the Rat God. Her beady red eyes flare with zealous passion. These devoted followers of the Rat God are amongst the most gifted and powerful ratling spellcasters. Among the most ancient ratlings, only a handful exist. Most were among the first to gnaw upon…

You hurl three fiery rays. You can hurl them at one target within range or at several. Make a ranged spell attack for each ray. On a hit, the target takes 2d6 Fire damage. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. You create one additional ray for each spell slot level above 2. Spell Tags: Damage Available For: Sorcerer (Legacy), Wizard (Legacy), Sorcerer, Wizard, Warlock (Legacy) - The Many, Cleric -…

A small ratling cloaked in old rags carries a bone wand in one claw and a skull set with delerium shards in the other. An eldritch glow crackles in the ratling’s eyes beneath its drawn hood as it incants a spell. Pulsing energy thrums in its small, clawed, hands. A rare few ratlings possess magical powers, which they claim are gifts from the Rat God. Whether their magic truly comes from an…