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Monsters
Monster Manual
Multiattack. The gladiator makes three Spear attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Shield Bash.
Spear. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit
":"Bludgeoning"} Bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it has the Prone condition.Parry. Trigger: The gladiator is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The gladiator adds 3 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.
Monsters
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Multiattack. The inquisitive makes three Crooked Staff attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Inquisitive Eye.
Crooked Staff. Melee Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to
attack, possibly causing it to miss.
<p>The most prized inquisitives of House Medani, a house of mostly Khoravar, employ their dragonmarks and their keen intellects to anticipate threats from any
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Multiattack. The babau makes two Claw attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Spellcasting or Weakening Gaze.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit
at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.Demons and devils clash endlessly for control of the Lower Planes. One of these battles pitted the legions of the archdevil
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Modeled after the formidable spiked tower shields wielded by some fire giants, this iron shield emanates a constant warmth.
You can use a bonus action to activate the shield, causing glowing lava to
affecting this creature ends immediately; the condition can be blinded, charmed, deafened, or poisoned.
Shield Bash. When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of your attacks
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
can replace one attack with a use of Horrid Touch, if available.
Flail. Melee Weapon Attack: +16;{"diceNotation":"1d20+16", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Flail"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target
gruesome demon-slaying machines.
To replenish her legions, Zariel needs the souls of mortals to create lemure;lemures, which she can then promote to higher forms of devils. She is keenly interested in
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
abomination makes three attacks using Claw, Acidic Spit, or a combination of them. It can replace one of the attacks with a Tail attack.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType
vestiges of its previous life. It sprouts a tail and clumsy wings and grows to enormous size, barely retaining a bipedal shape. Its stomach churns with acid, causing noxious fumes to waft from its mouth and
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
being charmed, and magic can’t put it to sleep.Multiattack. The shadar-kai makes three Shadow Spear attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Spellcasting.
Shadow Spear. Melee or Ranged
the heart, causing those nearby to feel the approach of death. If detected, gloom weavers use their shadow magic to reduce enemies to ghastly corpses.
Shadar-kai
In the gloom of the Shadowfell live
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
are traditionally neutral, as are typical townsfolk.”
Chaotic Neutral. “Many rogues and bards are chaotic neutral.”
Lawful Evil. “Devils and blue dragons are typically lawful evil.”
Neutral Evil. “Yugoloths are typically neutral evil.”
Chaotic Evil. “Demons and red dragons are typically chaotic evil.”
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
characters make any noise near Zartar, they disturb the chain devil’s concentration, causing all three devils to attack with fury.
Infernal Pilgrim Chain devils often make pilgrimages to these sites. The first sundered chain the characters happen upon has a chain devil named Zartar performing a ritual atop it. Zartar believes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
conflict are as good as dead, but circumstances might necessitate one or more characters moving unseen through the ranks of devils and hordes of demons. Such a plan might include causing a distraction that
Battle of Elturel Legions of devils camped on the shores of the River Styx below Elturel are the biggest threats for characters attempting to flee the city. Characters who fly, glide, or balloon over
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
feet and the ability to hover. If you already have a different kind of wings, these new wings replace the old ones, which fall off.
Truesight. Your eyes become luminous pools of silver. You can see in
have disadvantage on attack rolls made within the weapon’s radius of bright light.
As a bonus action, you can intensify the sword’s light, causing it to shed bright light in a 15-foot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
become bards, diplomats, mediators, or translators. Others, fascinated by their distant connection to the Fey, seek to build bridges between the Material Plane and the Feywild of Thelanis. These
end the Charmed condition. Fey Gift. You know the Friends cantrip. Whenever you finish a Long Rest, you can replace that cantrip with a different cantrip from the Cleric, Druid, or Wizard spell list
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Ruling Avernus If Zariel is redeemed or killed, the first layer of the Nine Hells falls into chaos. You can decide which of the many powerful figures in Avernus make a play to replace Zariel, but any
new ruler immediately faces enemies on all sides. The invading armies of Baphomet and Yeenoghu are wreaking havoc and threatening to tear Avernus apart. Moreover, dozens of ambitious greater devils
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
, and causing random acts of violence in the name of some enemy to ignite the spark of war, devils swell the capacity for mortals to commit acts of evil, corrupting souls by the thousands and thus
Zariel’s War By bringing Elturel to Avernus and potentially gaining a choke hold on Baldur’s Gate, Zariel aims to capture as many evil mortals as she can, turn them into devils, and swell the ranks
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Magical Gadgets Devils like to bedeck their infernal war machines with fiendish gadgets to bedevil foes. Such gadgets are usually activated from the helm station. Necrotic Smoke Screen The vehicle’s
driver can activate this magical device as a bonus action, causing the vehicle to expel a 30-foot cube of opaque smoke directly in front of it or behind it. The cloud is stationary and lasts for 1
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Ice Devil Devil of Antipathy and Intellectual Arrogance Habitat: Planar (Nine Hells); Treasure: Arcana Nils Hamm Heartless strategists of the Nine Hells, ice devils—also known as gelugons—forsake
emotion to indulge in their own malicious interpretations of logic. For them, the multiverse is a puzzle that must be solved to benefit them, their masters, and the Nine Hells. Ice devils act
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
critical factor, of course; the best ones make the best music, and some bards are continually on the lookout for an improvement. Perhaps just as important, though, is the instrument’s own entertainment
can afford right now. Or, if your first instrument was gifted to you, it might be of a more elaborate sort. Are you satisfied with the instrument you have, or do you aspire to replace it with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
as a cloaked human bodyguard wearing a wide-brimmed hat, and perched on the coach are three invisible imps. Any spined devils that survived the previous encounter are also present, having just
delivered the Stone of Golorr to Willifort. When he sees the characters, Willifort orders the imps and the spined devils to attack. The bearded devil stays close to Willifort and engages any character who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Bard Subclass A Bard subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Bard levels, as specified in the subclass. Bards form loose associations, which they call colleges, to preserve
their traditions. This section presents the College of Lore subclass. College of Lore Plumb the Depths of Magical Knowledge Bards of the College of Lore collect spells and secrets from diverse sources
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
. You can use Cutting Words to reduce the damage from any effect that calls for a damage roll (including magic missile) even if the damage roll is not preceded by an attack roll. Can a bard replace
spells gained through Magical Secrets? When you gain a level in the bard class, the class’s Spellcasting feature lets you replace one bard spell you know with another bard spell of an appropriate level. A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
cities and a panoply of roads, gardens, and bridges. It was the center of the Hells’ bureaucracy, where every edict, law, and order was dutifully copied and filed away. With each passing year, the devils
was so powerful that he ruled two layers of the Hells, Maladomini and Malbolge. He conspired to topple Asmodeus and replace him, which in itself was not a crime. But in order to work his plans, he
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Horned Devil Devil of Hatred and Subjugation Habitat: Planar (Nine Hells); Treasure: Relics Horned devils, also known as cornugons or malebranche, are infernal warriors that exact the will of
diabolical generals and lead other devils in battle. Their bodies and weapons are forged in the Nine Hells, and they torment their foes with diabolical flames and pernicious wounds. Yongjae Choi
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Bard Subclasses A Bard subclass is a specialization that grants you features at certain Bard levels, as specified in the subclass. Bards form loose associations, which they call colleges, to preserve
Harmony with the Cosmos Bards of the College of Dance know that the Words of Creation can’t be contained within speech or song; the words are uttered by the movements of celestial bodies and flow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
firmly in the world by associating the class with a particular race or culture. For example, you might decide that bards, sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards represent the magical traditions of four
. You could break that down still further: bards of the College of Lore could be high elves, and bards of the College of War could be wood elves. Gnomes discovered the school of illusion, so all wizards
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
balor. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area drains more energy from the balor, causing him to fall unconscious in area 6. Who’s Who
The wizard Tuerny was the creator
of the long-lost artifact called the Iron Flask of Tuerny the Merciless, used to trap demons, devils, and other creatures. This artifact later became the model for the lesser-but-still-legendary magic of the iron flask. According to lore, Tuerny became a nalfeshnee demon before vanishing from history.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
fighting spined devils, bearded devils, barbed devils, horned devils, and erinyes. Advice from the Spirits Any characters inhabited by the spirits of I’jin, Obo’laka, or Shagambi receive advice when
is claimed and set head-first into the indentation, read: A thunderous trumpeting sound erupts from the mastodon’s trunk, causing a block of stone to seal off the room. The cog under the mastodon’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
townsfolk. Chaotic neutral (CN) creatures follow their whims, holding their personal freedom above all else. Many rogues and bards are chaotic neutral. Lawful evil (LE) creatures methodically take what
they want, within the limits of a code of tradition, loyalty, or order. Devils and blue dragons are typically lawful evil. Neutral evil (NE) is the alignment of those who do whatever they can get away
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Erinyes Devil of Vengeance and Righteous Wrath Habitat: Planar (Nine Hells); Treasure: Armaments Erinyes, also known as furies, are winged devils clad in fiendish armor. These fallen angels exact a
merciless form of divine justice, hunting down oath breakers and dragging the rightfully damned to the Nine Hells in the grip of their magical ropes. Few ever glimpse what lies within these devils
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. Glasya, the rebellious daughter of Asmodeus, rules the place and oversees the punishments doled out to devils that stray from their assigned tasks. These lawbreakers are put on trial in Phlegethos, and if
the force of the onslaught. Condemned devils are typically trapped in cages, which are lowered on chains to hang beneath the platforms. From such a vantage, the prisoners are continually battered by
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
A Bard’s Muse Naturally, every bard has a repertoire of songs and stories. Some bards are generalists who can draw from a wide range of topics for each performance, and who take pride in their
versatility. Others adopt a more personal approach to their art, driven by their attachment to a muse — a particular concept that inspires much of what those bards do in front of an audience. A bard who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Bard Bards are gifted poets, storytellers, and entertainers who travel far and wide. They’re commonly found in taverns or in the company of jolly bands of adventurers, rough-and-tumble mercenaries
Shortsword or Shortbow attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Spellcasting.
Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage.
Shortbow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Mark of Storm Traits If your half-elf character has the Mark of Storm, the following traits replace the half-elf’s Ability Score Increase and Skill Versatility traits in the Player’s Handbook
harmless sensory effect using air, such as causing leaves to rustle, wind to slam shutters closed, or your clothing to billow impressively in a breeze.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
that their ichor forms pools and small lakes. Although the ichor is harmless on most planes of existence, it can warp creatures on the Lower Planes. Devils and other creatures have found ways to use
become wings, giving it a flying speed of 5 feet.
91–95 The target’s body becomes unusually brittle, causing the target to gain vulnerability to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage.
96
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
fishing boats. It’s those dwarves — they want to take over! 4 The king’s agents have infiltrated town. It’s only a matter of time before they remove the council and replace them with foppish nobles. 5
That tiefling who’s looking to buy crocodile skulls can’t be up to anything good. 6 A couple of fishing boats have gone missing. If the sea devils aren’t behind it, I’m a merman. 7 A big critter’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Rakdos Carnival As lumbering giants put up makeshift stages and cackling devils ignite the footlights, the first performers begin to gather the crowds. Exuberant music with erratic rhythms draws
glistens red in the torchlight. The spectacle is gruesome but captivating; the crowd hates to watch but can’t look away. Soon madness takes them, and they — devils and ogres, acrobats and spectators — are