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Hold Back The Dead

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Hold Back The Dead Aurore Folny Ironspine Keep is all that stands before a monstrous horde sent by the villainous lich Szass Tam. The heroes must defend a section of the fortress walls from

encroaching monsters and internal spies, or the region will fall to Szass Tam’s tide of death. “Hold Back the Dead” is part of a yearlong celebration of Dungeons & Dragons and its 50th anniversary. The

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

With a touch, you revive a dead creature that has been dead for no more than a century, didn’t die of old age, and wasn’t Undead when it died. The creature returns to life with all its

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.

With a touch, you revive a dead creature if it has been dead no longer than 10 days and it wasn’t Undead when it died. The creature returns to life with 1 Hit Point. This spell also

Shapechange

Spells Player’s Handbook

no higher than your level or Challenge Rating. You must have seen the sort of creature before, and it can’t be a Construct or an Undead. When you cast the spell, you gain a number of Temporary

block of the chosen form, but you retain your creature type; alignment; personality; Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores; Hit Points; Hit Point Dice; proficiencies; and ability to communicate. If

Lizardfolk Sovereign

Monsters Monster Manual

(1d10 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d10+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage. If the target is a creature that isn’t a Construct or an Undead, the

Multiattack. The lizardfolk makes one Bite attack and one Earthen Maul attack. Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 8

Hydra

Monsters Monster Manual

all its heads are dead. At the end of each of its turns when it has at least one living head, the hydra grows two heads for each of its heads that died since its last turn, unless it has taken Fire

opportunity attack;Opportunity Attacks.Multiattack. The hydra makes as many Bite attacks as it has heads. Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite

Beholder

Monsters Monster Manual

Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the beholder fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The beholder uses Eye Rays three times. Bite. Melee Attack Roll

: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 13 (3d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"3d6+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"Piercing

Whelm

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

if the target is a Construct, an Elemental, or a Giant. Immediately after hitting or missing, the weapon flies back to your hand. Shock Wave. You can take a Magic action to strike the ground with

Death Tyrant

Monsters Monster Manual

Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the death tyrant fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The death tyrant uses Eye Rays three times. Bite. Melee Attack

Roll: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"}, reach 5 feet. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d8+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType

Book of Vile Darkness

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

attuned to the book, you can cast the following spells (save DC 18) from it: Animate Dead Circle of Death Dominate Monster Finger of Death Once you use the book to cast a spell, you can’t

person, you can take a Magic action to recite words from its pages in a foul, dead language. Each time you do so, you take 1d12 Psychic damage, and each creature within 15 feet of you takes 3d6 Psychic

Aranea

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

restrictions caused by webs, and it knows the location of any other creature in contact with the same web.Multiattack. The aranea makes two attacks, using Bite, Slam, or Sling in any combination. Bite

(Hybrid or Spider Form Only). Melee Attack Roll: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d6+3", "rollType":"damage

Incarnation of Transience

Monsters Lorwyn: First Light

incarnation has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The incarnation makes three attacks, using Bite or Miasmic Globule in any combination. Bite. Melee Attack

Roll: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d8+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"Piercing

Mechanical Wonder

Magic Items Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its movement to avoid danger. The domestic wonderis destroyed if it drops to 0 Hit Points. Domestic Wonder Medium Construct, Unaligned AC 9 Initiative -1

. The flying wonderis destroyed if it drops to 0 Hit Points. Flying Wonder Tiny Construct, Unaligned AC 12 Initiative +2 (12) HP 2 (1d4) Speed 5 ft., Fly 30 ft. Mod

Thessalheart Construct

Monsters Infernal Machine Rebuild

unconscious while poisoned in this way.A thessalheart construct is created with a connection to the life energy of another creature, allowing that creature to regenerate back from the dead as long as the

Telepathic Bond. While the construct is on the same plane of existence as its master, it can magically convey what it senses to its master, and the two can communicate telepathically.Claws. Melee

Blue Back Salmon

Equipment

almost two meters in length and any fisherman will tell you that they are crafty, hard to catch, and can deliver a nasty bite. Blue back salmon are found in rivers all across Obojima and in the deepest parts of the surrounding reef.

Combat Utility Whimsy 3 4 7 The fat-marbled, delicious flesh of the blue back salmon are a staple in many villages across the island. A fully grown salmon can reach up to

Blood-Toll Harpy

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

frightened.Multiattack. The harpy makes two melee attacks: one with its bite and one with its claws. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to

hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1);{"diceNotation":"1d4+1","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +3

Shapechange Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You assume the form of a different creature for the duration. The new form can be of any creature with a challenge rating equal to your level or lower. The creature can't be a construct or an undead

replaced by the statistics of the chosen creature, though you retain your alignment and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You also retain all of your skill and saving throw proficiencies, in

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

You touch a dead creature that has been dead for no more than a century, that didn't die of old age, and that isn't undead. If its soul is free and willing, the target returns to life with all its

Corpse Flower Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

up to nine dead humanoids. These remains have total cover against attacks and other effects outside the corpse flower. If the corpse flower dies, the corpses within it can be pulled free. While it has

space. The corpse flower animates one dead humanoid in its body, turning it into a zombie. The zombie appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the corpse flower and acts immediately after it in

Mechachimera

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

Mechachimera. In addition to defeating the construct in combat, characters can pull out its charged disks to hinder its attacks. With a successful DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check, any character

fighting the mechachimera notes that each of its heads features a slot from which a charged disk protrudes slightly. A character within 5 feet of the construct who succeeds on a DC 10 Dexterity (Sleight of

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.

You return a dead creature you touch to life, provided that it has been dead no longer than 10 days. If the creature's soul is both willing and at liberty to rejoin the body, the creature returns to

Cranium Rat

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage.Mind flayers create cranium rats by bombarding rat;rats with psionic energy. If enough cranium

rats come together to form a swarm, they merge their minds into a single intelligence with the accumulated memories of all the swarm’s constituents. The rats become smarter as a result, and retain

Nabassu Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

creature it has killed within the last hour, provided that creature is neither a construct nor an undead. The devouring requires the nabassu to be within 5 feet of the corpse for at least 10 minutes, after

. The nabassu’s weapon attacks are magical.Multiattack. The nabassu uses its Soul-Stealing Gaze and makes two attacks: one with its claws and one with its bite. Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +11

Necromancer Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

, ray of sickness* 2nd level (3 slots): blindness/deafness,* ray of enfeeblement,* web 3rd level (3 slots): animate dead,* bestow curse,* vampiric touch* 4th level (3 slots): blight,* dimension door

neither a construct nor undead with a spell of 1st level or higher, the necromancer regains hit points equal to twice the spell’s level, or three times if it is a necromancy spell.Withering

Granite Juggernaut

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

you’re close enough to see the expression carved onto a granite juggernaut’s face, you’re as good as dead.” —Teythorn, Oerthian Adventurer A granite juggernaut is a

lumbering Construct that can be found trundling across battlefields and down dungeon corridors. Granite juggernauts have dense, boxy bodies atop massive rollers they use for locomotion. Their fronts

Necrichor

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

":"recharge","rollAction":"Blood Puppeteering"}. The necrichor targets a creature it can see within 5 feet of it that is missing any of its hit points. If the target isn’t a Construct or an Undead, it

sludge in the crypts of failed liches. Despite the loss of a solid physical form, these foul creatures retain their terrible intellects and aspire to megalomaniacal goals—the first of which

Deathlock Mastermind

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

door, dispel magic, fly, invisibilityThough deathlocks exist to serve their patrons, they retain some freedom when it comes to devising tactics and carrying out plans. Powerful deathlocks recruit

to live up to a bargain with an evil patron runs the risk of rising from the dead as a deathlock, a foul Undead driven to serve its otherworldly patron. An powerful necromancer might also discover

Aphemia

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

effects.Multiattack. Aphemia makes two attacks: one with her bite and one with her claws. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one

target. Hit: 8 (2d4 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d4+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 13 (3d8);{"diceNotation":"3d8","rollType":"damage

Magic Jar Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

are replaced by the statistics of the creature, though you retain your alignment and your Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You retain the benefit of your own class features. If the target

, you die. If the container is destroyed or the spell ends, your soul immediately returns to your body. If your body is more than 100 feet away from you or if your body is dead when you attempt to

Lorehold Pledgemage

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

":"damage", "rollAction":"Reduce to Memory", "rollDamageType":"thunder"} thunder damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A Construct has disadvantage on the saving throw

each: comprehend languages, locate object 1/day each: mage armor, speak with dead, stone shapeLearn from the Past (2/Day). When another creature within 60 feet of the pledgemage misses a target with an

Berbalang Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

, requiring no material components: At will: speak with dead 1/day: plane shift (self only)Multiattack. The berbalang makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its claws. Bite. Melee Weapon

Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d10 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d10+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite

Ras Nsi

Monsters Tomb of Annihilation

can use his action to polymorph into a Medium snake or back into his yuan-ti form. His statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment he is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. He doesn't change

level (4 slots): expeditious retreat, false life, magic missile, shield 2nd level (3 slots): blindness/deafness, hold person, misty step 3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, counterspell, fireball 4th

Berbalang

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Multiattack. The berbalang makes one Bite attack and one Claw attack. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one

target. Hit: 8 (1d10 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d10+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 4 (1d8);{"diceNotation":"1d8", "rollType":"damage

Blood Drinker Vampire

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Multiattack. The vampire makes three melee attacks, only one of which can be a bite attack. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit

, reach 5 ft., one willing creature, or a creature that is grappled by the vampire, incapacitated, or restrained. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d6+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite

Red Dragon Wyrmling Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (1d10 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d10+4","rollType":"damage

","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage. Fire Breath (Recharge 5–6

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