back being does claim reduced

Raise Dead

Spells Player’s Handbook

integral for its survival—its head, for instance—the spell automatically fails. Coming back from the dead is an ordeal. The target takes a −4 penalty to D20 Test;D20 Tests. Every time the target finishes a Long Rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it becomes 0.

Resurrection

Spells Player’s Handbook

Hit Points. This spell also neutralizes any poisons that affected the creature at the time of death. This spell closes all mortal wounds and restores any missing body parts. Coming back from the dead

is an ordeal. The target takes a −4 penalty to D20 Test;D20 Tests. Every time the target finishes a Long Rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it becomes 0. Casting this spell to revive a

Folding Boat

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

folds back into a box if no creatures are aboard. Any objects in the vessel that can’t fit inside the box remain outside the box as it folds. Any objects in the vessel that can fit inside the box do

in the Player’s Handbook. If either vessel is reduced to 0 Hit Points, the Folding Boat is destroyed.

Incarnation of Transience

Monsters Lorwyn: First Light

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Miasmic Globule", "rollDamageType":"Acid"} Acid damage, and the target’s Speed is reduced by 10 feet until the end of the incarnation’s next turn. Spectral

spectral existence in material reality. Each incarnation resembles a saurian behemoth with an axolotl face, a many-frilled tail, and a hulking back covered in bright-orange pustules. In Lorwyn

Vampire Infernalist

Monsters Astarion's Book of Hungers

(if any). The target’s Hit Point maximum decreases by an amount equal to the Necrotic damage taken, and the vampire regains Hit Points equal to that amount. A Humanoid reduced to 0 Hit Points by

often believe their immortality will exempt them from any infernal claim to their souls. The archdevil Mephistopheles happily exploits such hubris and proves that even undead aren’t immune to the

Sanctum Amulet

Magic Items Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

A black opal pendant hangs at the base of this pearlescent chain. The sacred rune is inscribed on the back of the pendant. While wearing this item, you have resistance to necrotic damage

. Additionally, you can cast the spare the dying cantrip using either an action or a bonus action. Invoking the Rune. When a creature you can see within 60 feet of you is reduced to 0 hit points as a result of

Wereboar Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Shapechanger. The wereboar can use its action to polymorph into a boar-humanoid hybrid or into a boar, or back into its true form, which is humanoid. Its statistics, other than its AC, are the same

that would reduce it to 0 hit points, it is reduced to 1 hit point instead.Multiattack (Humanoid or Hybrid Form Only). The wereboar makes two attacks, only one of which can be with its tusks. Maul

Night Hag Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

polymorphs into a Small or Medium female humanoid, or back into her true form. Her statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment she is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. She reverts to her true

circle. As long as the contact persists, the target has dreadful visions. If these visions last for at least 1 hour, the target gains no benefit from its rest, and its hit point maximum is reduced by 5

Raise Dead Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

. Coming back from the dead is an ordeal. The target takes a −4 penalty to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears.

Resurrection Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

removed prior to casting the spell, they afflict the target on its return to life. This spell closes all mortal wounds and restores any missing body parts. Coming back from the dead is an ordeal

. The target takes a −4 penalty to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears. Casting this

Demilich (Variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Actions). Each creature within 30 feet of the demilich must make a DC 16 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature’s hit point maximum is magically reduced by 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation

":"3d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Energy Drain"}. If a creature’s hit point maximum is reduced to 0 by this effect, the creature dies. A creature’s hit point maximum can be restored

Night Hag (Coven Variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

humanoid, or back into her true form. Her statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment she is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. She reverts to her true form if she dies. Etherealness. The hag

, the target has dreadful visions. If these visions last for at least 1 hour, the target gains no benefit from its rest, and its hit point maximum is reduced by 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType

Incubus Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

. Shapechanger. The fiend can use its action to polymorph into a Small or Medium humanoid, or back into its true form. Without wings, the fiend loses its flying speed. Other than its size and speed, its statistics

","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Draining Kiss","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The target's hit point maximum is reduced by

Crab Folk

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

minds a few simple commands to help them with their tasks. She gave them the tenacity and toughness of a crab to augment their strength, grasping claws to help them claim the treasures she loved, and a

spell gave the crab folk an insatiable love for silver. When they see it, all crab folk feel an irresistible urge to seize it and carry it back to their lairs. If necessary, they resort to violence to

House of Cards

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

psychic damage. The shelter lasts for 24 hours, until you dismiss it as an action, or until it is reduced to 0 hit points. When the shelter’s duration ends, it transforms back into a deck of cards

Succubus Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

. Shapechanger. The fiend can use its action to polymorph into a Small or Medium humanoid, or back into its true form. Without wings, the fiend loses its flying speed. Other than its size and speed, its statistics

","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Draining Kiss","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The target's hit point maximum is reduced by

Orcus Figurine

Magic Items Candlekeep Mysteries

properties: Undead within 30 feet of the figurine can’t be turned. Dead creatures within 30 feet of the figurine can’t be brought back to life. A creature that holds the figurine while

avatar has the statistics of a wraith except that it’s chaotic evil. It attacks all non-undead creatures it encounters, and it disappears after 1 hour or when reduced to 0 hit points.

Jade Tigress

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

damage she takes from the attack is reduced by 1d10 + 9;{"diceNotation":"1d10+9","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Deflect Missile"}. If the damage is reduced to 0, Jade Tigress catches the missile if it

for dead.” Flaw. “My pride won’t let me back down from a challenge or forgive any insult.”PoisonNimble Escape. Jade Tigress takes the Disengage or Hide action.

Deep Crow

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

the familiars of evil arcane casters, abandoned in the subterranean depths and left to grow to enormous size. Others claim these creatures were once normal crows transmuted by vile essence and viler

doesn't struggle, the deep crow takes it back to its lair to be devoured at leisure. Creatures that do struggle might be repeatedly dropped from a height to soften them up a bit. Family Ties. Deep crows

Gnoll Witherling

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

damage.Vengeful Strike. In response to a gnoll being reduced to 0 hit points within 30 feet of the witherling, the witherling makes one Bite or Spiked Club attack.Sometimes the gnolls of Yeenoghu turn

the remains back to a semblance of life in the form of a gnoll witherling. Witherlings travel with their comrades and try to kill anything in their path. They don’t eat and aren’t motivated

Glaive

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

, and the target’s speed is reduced by 10 feet until the serrated bolt is removed. A target’s speed can be reduced by only one serrated bolt at a time. A creature can use its action to

blighted region. Among the blades, Glaive is best known for her talent at self-modification. “Glaive” is etched onto the back of her neck-plate. It is the only name Glaive has ever known

Storm Giant Tempest Caller

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

points; and immunity to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage. The object regains all its hit points at the end of every turn, but it turns to dust if reduced to 0 hit points or when the giant dies. If

, tempest callers proudly claim a position at the pinnacle of that ranking—and few dare to challenge them. Wielding the power of rune magic in addition to the innate magic that courses through

Nightwalker

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

","rollAction":"Annihilating Aura","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. Undead are immune to this aura. Life Eater. A creature dies if reduced to 0 hit points by the nightwalker and can’t

or its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to

Catoblepas

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

necrotic damage. The target dies if reduced to 0 hit points by this ray.The catoblepas is as loathsome as the vile swamplands in which it lives, a conglomeration of bloated buffalo, dinosaur, warthog

pestilence and rot created catoblepases as embodiments of their influence, while other stories link them to misfortune. Some such tales claim that swamp-dwelling hags tend catoblepases like cattle

Syndra Silvane

Monsters Tomb of Annihilation

spells on herself before combat. Death Curse. Syndra’s hit point maximum has been reduced to 79 by the Soulmonger’s death curse, and it decreases by 1 every midnight. If her hit point

maximum drops to 0, Syndra dies and can’t be brought back from the dead until the death curse has ended (and if her soul hasn’t been devoured). Destroying the Soulmonger is the only way to halt

Ruin Spider

Monsters The Book of Many Things

creature wearing nonmagical armor, the armor takes a permanent and cumulative −1 penalty to the AC it offers. Armor reduced to an Armor Class of 10 is destroyed. Web (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation

. A ruin spider is easily recognizable by anyone familiar with the Deck of Many Things because the pattern on the back of the cards is duplicated on the spider’s carapace.Acid

Tromokratis

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Amphibious. Tromokratis can breathe air and water. Hearts of the Kraken (Mythic Trait; Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). When Tromokratis is reduced to 0 hit points, it doesn’t die or

fall unconscious. Instead, the damage creates cracks in its carapace, revealing its hearts. Tromokratis has four hearts: two on its chest, one on its back, and one at the base of its tail. A heart has an

Frostmourn

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

speed is reduced by 10 feet until the end of its next turn.Blizzard Escape. Immediately after a creature the frostmourn can see hits it with an attack roll, the frostmourn momentarily dissolves into a

manner—perhaps poisoned, stabbed in the back, or killed while sleeping—the slain giant can rise as a frostmourn. Driven by its desire for vengeance, the frostmourn can turn the living into

Cradle of the Hill Scion

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

standing stones, a village, or a city on a scion’s back, unaware of the mighty power beneath them. Such settlements can thrive for centuries, as the scion’s magic causes crops to flourish

. But scions of giants’ gods boast a greater claim: they are Annam’s grandchildren, and they occupy a privileged place among giants. On some worlds, these scions ruled the first empires of

Moonstone Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

scales and ruffs of emerald-green fur running down their chins, chests, backs, and tails. One horn arcs from the back of a moonstone dragon’s skull and another at the tip of the nose; the two horns

, making the darkened path through the woods ideal for banditry. 5 A moonstone dragon hosts a storytelling competition in the Feywild, and the winner gets to claim any one item on display in the

Archon of Falling Stars

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

mount, the mount is reduced to 0 hit points as well. Radiant Rebirth (Recharges after a Long Rest). If the archon is reduced to 0 hit points, it regains 30 hit points and springs back to its feet

. While mounted and not incapacitated, the archon can’t be surprised, and both it and its mount have advantage on Dexterity saving throws. If the archon is reduced to 0 hit points while riding its

Strahd, Master of Death House

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Strahd fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Master of the House. When Strahd is reduced to 0 hit points, he dissolves into mist and immediately

itself on a success. Otherwise, the effect lasts 24 hours or until Strahd is reduced to 0 hit points, is on a different plane of existence than the target, or uses a bonus action to end the effect

Shator Demodand

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

claim. On the rare occasions that shators find themselves on the Material Plane, they manipulate mortal leaders and philosophers, using them as mouthpieces to spread poisoned words and tempt souls toward

", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Days"} days. Even those who survive on other planes find themselves eventually dragged back, pulled by some planar tether.Acid, PoisonCold, Fire

Aspect of Tiamat

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Chromatic Wrath (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the aspect would be reduced to 0 hit points, her current hit point total instead resets to 500 hit points, she recharges her Chromatic

;some say by choice. But others claim that she is imprisoned there to punish her for the evils she perpetrated when the gods sought to colonize the First World with their followers. Mortals who hunger

Scion of Grolantor

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

each swallowed creature and regains 10 hit points.A slumbering scion of Grolantor is often mistaken for a hill, and sometimes people erect standing stones, a village, or a city on a scion’s back

dies, these effects end immediately. Scions of Giants’ Gods Giants are descended from the All-Father, Annam, and his children. But scions of giants’ gods boast a greater claim: they

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