bards burns diffusing creature roles

Creature Roles

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer

Creature Roles Each creature has a role listed next to their challenge rating. Roles are descriptive and most don’t follow special rules—they simply help you build encounters and use the creature

effect or target multiple creatures at once. Leader A leader is an action-oriented creature who fights alongside underlings. For more information, see the “Action-Oriented Creatures” section. Minion

Creature Roles

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer

Creature Roles Each creature has a role listed next to their challenge rating. Roles are descriptive and most don’t follow special rules—they simply help you build encounters and use the creature

effect or target multiple creatures at once. Leader A leader is an action-oriented creature who fights alongside underlings. For more information, see the “Action-Oriented Creatures” section. Minion

Creature Roles

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer

Creature Roles Each creature has a role listed next to their challenge rating. Roles are descriptive and most don’t follow special rules—they simply help you build encounters and use the creature

effect or target multiple creatures at once. Leader A leader is an action-oriented creature who fights alongside underlings. For more information, see the “Action-Oriented Creatures” section. Minion

Instrument of the Bards

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

An Instrument of the Bards is superior to an ordinary instrument in every way. Seven types of these instruments exist, each named after a bard college. The Instruments of the Bards table lists the

spells common to all instruments, as well as the spells specific to each one and its rarity. A creature that attempts to play the instrument without being attuned to it must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom

Oil

Equipment

You can douse a creature, object, or space with Oil or use it as fuel, as detailed below. Dousing a Creature or an Object. When you take the Attack action, you can replace one of your attacks with

throwing an Oil flask. Target one creature or object within 20 feet of yourself. The target must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw (DC 8 plus your Dexterity modifier and Proficiency Bonus) or be

Web

Spells Player’s Handbook

no longer Restrained. The webs are flammable. Any 5-foot Cube of webs exposed to fire burns away in 1 round, dealing 2d4 Fire damage to any creature that starts its turn in the fire.

turn. Webs layered over a flat surface have a depth of 5 feet. The first time a creature enters the webs on a turn or starts its turn there, it must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or have the

Bag of Beans

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

you dump one or more beans out of the bag, they explode in a 10-foot-radius Sphere centered on them. All the dumped beans are destroyed in the explosion, and each creature in the Sphere, including you

Effect 01 5d4 toadstools sprout. If a creature eats a toadstool, roll any die. On an odd roll, the eater must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take 5d6 Poison damage and have the

Ioun Stone

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

creature you can see. A canceled spell has no effect, and any resources used to cast it are wasted. Once the stone has canceled 20 levels of spells, it burns out, turns dull gray, and loses its magic

;Absorption (Very Rare). While this pale lavender ellipsoid orbits your head, you can take a Reaction to cancel a spell of level 4 or lower cast by a creature you can see. A canceled spell has no effect

Khoravar

Species Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

philosophy often 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 Khoravar often become druids or warlocks with archfey patrons. Khoravar Traits Creature Type: HumanoidSize: Medium (about 4–6 feet tall) or Small (about 2–4 feet tall), chosen when you select this speciesSpeed: 30 feet

Death Dog Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw against disease or become poisoned until the

disease is cured. Every 24 hours that elapse, the creature must repeat the saving throw, reducing its hit point maximum by 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Bite"} on a

Circle of Power Legacy

Spells Player’s Handbook (2014)

Divine energy radiates from you, distorting and diffusing magical energy within 30 feet of you. Until the spell ends, the sphere moves with you, centered on you. For the duration, each friendly

creature in the area (including you) has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Additionally, when an affected creature succeeds on a saving throw made against a spell or

Spirit Statue Mascot

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Death Burst. When the spirit statue is reduced to 0 hit points, the statue crumbles, and the spirit returns to the afterlife in a burst of ghostly white flame. Each creature within 5 feet of it must

":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Counsel of the Past (2/Day). The spirit statue touches one creature. Once within the next 10 minutes, that creature can roll a d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType

Keg Robot

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

feet wide. Each creature in the area must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned. While poisoned in this way, a creature has its speed halved by exposure to the potent brew. An

affected creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Additionally, the beer shower extinguishes any fires or open flames in its area

Lantern of Tracking

Magic Items Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

This hooded lantern burns for 6 hours on 1 pint of oil, shedding bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet. Each lantern of tracking is designed to track down a

certain type of creature, which is determined by rolling on the Lantern of Tracking table. Once determined, this creature type can’t be changed. While the lantern is within 300 feet of any creature of

Bard Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

experience earns renown among other bards. Indeed, after telling so many stories about heroes accomplishing mighty deeds, many bards take these themes to heart and assume heroic roles themselves

of song, speech, and the magic they contain. Bards say that the multiverse was spoken into existence, that the words of the gods gave it shape, and that echoes of these primordial Words of Creation

Kraul Warrior

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Hive Mind. The kraul is immune to the charmed and frightened conditions while within 30 feet of at least one other kraul. Pack Tactics. The kraul has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if

at least one of the kraul's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated. Spider Climb. The kraul can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without

Oil (flask) Legacy

Equipment

, the oil burns for 2 rounds and deals 5 fire damage to any creature that enters the area or ends its turn in the area. A creature can take this damage only once per turn.

Oil usually comes in a clay flask that holds 1 pint. As an action, you can splash the oil in this flask onto a creature within 5 feet of you or throw it up to 20 feet, shattering it on impact. Make a

Animated Coffin

Monsters Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

False Appearance. If the animated coffin is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the coffin move or act, that

creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the coffin is animate. Spider Climb. The animated coffin can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on

Dream Eater

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

Ghastly Visions. Each creature that starts its turn within 30 feet of the dream eater must make a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is frightened of the dream eater until the

start of the creature’s next turn. If a creature’s saving throw is successful, the creature is immune to this dream eater’s Ghastly Visions trait for the next 24 hours. Incorporeal

Instrument of the Bards Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

An instrument of the bards is an exquisite example of its kind, superior to an ordinary instrument in every way. Seven types of these instruments exist, each named after a legendary bard college. The

following table lists the spells common to all instruments, as well as the spells specific to each one and its rarity. A creature that attempts to play the instrument without being attuned to it must

Screaming Devilkin

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

Agile Flier. Opportunity attacks against the screaming devilkin have disadvantage while it is flying. Ceaseless Screaming. Any creature other than a screaming devilkin that starts its turn within 30

feet of one or more screaming devilkins and can hear it must make a DC 10 Wisdom saving throw. On a failure the creature is incapacitated until the start of its next turn. On a success, the creature

Worker Robot

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

+ 5);{"diceNotation":"1d8+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Cargo Tentacle", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it has the grappled

worker robots fill public-facing service roles. Antigravity technology and built-in tractor beams allow worker robots to effortlessly lift cargo and other heavy objects with their mechanical tentacles

Drow Favored Consort

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Arcane Eruption", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage, and the drow can push the target up to 10 feet away if it is a Large or smaller creature. Spellcasting

, message 3/day each: dimension door, fireball, invisibility 1/day each: darkness, faerie fire, levitate (self only)Protective Shield (3/Day). When the drow or a creature within 10 feet of it is hit by

Web Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

spell save DC. If it succeeds, it is no longer restrained. The webs are flammable. Any 5-foot cube of webs exposed to fire burns away in 1 round, dealing 2d4 fire damage to any creature that starts its turn in the fire.

start of your next turn. Webs layered over a flat surface have a depth of 5 feet. Each creature that starts its turn in the webs or that enters them during its turn must make a Dexterity saving throw

Kraul Death Priest

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Feed on Death. When a creature within 30 feet of the kraul drops to 0 hit points, the kraul or another creature of its choice within 30 feet of it gains 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType

: animate dead, blight, vampiric touch Pack Tactics. The kraul has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the kraul's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally

War Oil

Equipment

an open flame or some other source of Fire damage, the oil ignites. The ignited oil burns for two rounds, dealing 2d4 Fire damage to any creature or object who comes in contact with it, and an

Oil is slick and highly flammable. An area coated in War Oil counts as Difficult Terrain, and a creature that starting its turn in a coated area or enters the coated area for the first time on a turn

Juiblex

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

the first time on a turn or ends its turn there, that creature must make the same save. The slime lasts for 1 hour or until it is burned away with fire. If the slime is set on fire, it burns away

check. The slime lasts for 1 hour or until it is burned away with fire. If the slime is set on fire, it burns away after 1 round. Any creature that starts its turn in the burning slime takes 22 (4d10

Duergar Despot

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

energy erupts from its frame to deal 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Psychic Engine", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage to each creature within 5 feet of it

", "rollAction":"Iron Fist", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it must succeed on a DC 17 Strength saving throw or be pushed up to 30 feet

Ember

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

creature takes 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Calescent Aura", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage and is frightened of Ember until the start of its next turn

flames and ash in a 90-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 22 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 56 (16d6);{"diceNotation":"16d6", "rollType":"damage

Daoud's Wondrous Lanthorn

Magic Items Quests from the Infinite Staircase

This artifact destroys wealth to provide light and protection. Wrought from the finest yellow gold, the lantern has four faces, and an unwavering amber flame burns within it. The faces of the lantern

. The lantern has the following random properties: 2 minor beneficial properties 1 major beneficial property 1 minor detrimental property Precious Fuel. The lantern burns only one source of

Immolation

Spells Elemental Evil Player's Companion

Flames wreathe one creature you can see within range. The target must make a Dexterity saving throw. It takes 8d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. On a failed

save, the target also burns for the spell’s duration. The burning target sheds bright light in a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30 feet. At the end of each of its turns, the

Ioun Stone Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

spell of 8th level or lower cast by a creature you can see and targeting only you. Once the stone has canceled 50 levels of spells, it burns out and turns dull gray, losing its magic. If you are

to toss one of these stones into the air, the stone orbits your head at a distance of 1d3 feet and confers a benefit to you. Thereafter, another creature must use an action to grasp or net the stone

Duergar Stone Guard

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

of Enlarge. Invisibility (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The duergar magically turns invisible for up to 1 hour or until it attacks, it forces a creature to make a saving throw, or its

neighbors. To this end, duergar warriors fulfill a variety of combat roles, often marrying their fury in battle with their psionic abilities or training dangerous Underdark creatures as mounts. Denigrated by

Hoard Mimic

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

False Appearance (Hoard Form Only). If the mimic is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the mimic move or act

, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the mimic is animate.Multiattack. The mimic makes one Bite attack and two Pseudopod attacks. Bite. Melee Weapon

Meazel

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

meazel can’t make weapon attacks while grappling a creature in this way. Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Shortsword"} to hit, reach 5

, any equipment it is wearing or carrying, and any creature it is grappling teleport to an unoccupied space within 500 feet of it, provided that the starting space and the destination are in dim light or

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