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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
sleeping naturally when combat begins. This benefit doesn’t wake a subject from magically induced sleep.
Supernatural Readiness. Each subject has Advantage on its Initiative rolls.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
long as you remain cursed, you are unwilling to part with the weapon, keeping it on your person at all times. While attuned to this weapon, you have Disadvantage on attack rolls made with weapons
other than this one.
In addition, while the weapon is on your person, you must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw whenever you take damage from another creature in combat. On a failed save, you must
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You step into the border regions of the Ethereal Plane, where it overlaps with your current plane. You remain in the Border Ethereal for the duration. During this time, you can move in any direction
or a plane that doesn’t border it, such as one of the Outer Planes.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. You can target up to three willing creatures (including yourself) for each spell slot level above 7. The creatures must be within 10 feet of you when you cast the spell.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
. In combat, it takes its turns immediately after yours, and it obeys your commands.
If the spell lasts more than an hour, you no longer control the creature. It might remain Friendly to you, depending
Points of the new form. These Temporary Hit Points vanish if any remain when the spell ends.
The target is limited in the actions it can perform by the anatomy of its new form, and it can’t speak
Spells
Player’s Handbook
appearance of structures or add them where none are present. The spell doesn’t disguise, conceal, or add creatures.
The illusion includes audible, visual, tactile, and olfactory elements, so it can
’s area disappears immediately.
Creatures with Truesight can see through the illusion to the terrain’s true form; however, all other elements of the illusion remain, so while the creature is aware of the illusion’s presence, the creature can still physically interact with the illusion.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
form can be any Beast you choose that has a Challenge Rating equal to or less than the target’s (or the target’s level if it doesn’t have a Challenge Rating). The target’s game
Hit Points equal to the Hit Points of the Beast form. These Temporary Hit Points vanish if any remain when the spell ends. The spell ends early on the target if it has no Temporary Hit Points left
Spells
Player’s Handbook
sounds outside it are made with Disadvantage. You remain aware of the passage of time and can cast spells on yourself while merged in the stone. You can use 5 feet of movement to leave the stone where
you entered it, which ends the spell. You otherwise can’t move.
Minor physical damage to the stone doesn’t harm you, but its partial destruction or a change in its shape (to the extent
Spells
Player’s Handbook
one ability. The target has Disadvantage on ability checks and saving throws made with that ability.
The target has Disadvantage on attack rolls against you.
In combat, the target must succeed on a
spell doesn’t require Concentration, and the duration becomes 8 hours (level 5–6 slot) or 24 hours (level 7–8 slot). If you use a level 9 spell slot, the spell lasts until dispelled.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
Points or when the spell ends.
The creature is an ally to you and your allies. In combat, the creature shares your Initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal
;Understands the languages you know
CR None (XP 0; PB equals your Proficiency Bonus)
Traits
Flyby (Air Only). The spirit doesn’t provoke Opportunity Attack;Opportunity Attacks when it flies out of an
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
of these weapons have faded from the world, their magic lost as family lines have become extinct. Others have vanished with their bearers during great quests. Thus, only a few of these weapons remain
.
Every Moonblade longs for a bearer whose disposition and goals are compatible with its own. If you try to attune to a Moonblade that doesn’t want you as its bearer, the weapon not only
Classes
Player’s Handbook
weapon techniques, and a well-equipped Fighter always has the right tool at hand for any combat situation. Likewise, a Fighter is adept with every form of armor. Beyond that basic degree of familiarity
, each Fighter specializes in certain styles of combat. Some concentrate on archery, some on fighting with two weapons at once, and some on augmenting their martial skills with magic. This combination of
Classes
Player’s Handbook
strength into their attacks, with or without the use of weapons. In a Monk’s hands, even the most basic weapons can become sophisticated implements of combat mastery.
Many Monks find that a
proficiency above, Explorer's Pack, and 11 GP; or (B) 50 GP
Monks use rigorous combat training and mental discipline to align themselves with the multiverse and focus their internal reservoirs of
Spells
Player’s Handbook
creature is an ally to you and your allies. In combat, it shares your Initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal commands (no action required by you). If you
emits psionic energy if it doesn’t have the Incapacitated condition. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC equals your spell save DC, each creature (other than you) within 5 feet of the spirit. Failure: 2d6
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
, as though accustomed to being obeyed.The sword’s purpose is to consume souls. It doesn’t care whose souls it eats, including the wielder’s. The sword believes that all matter and
, two other weapons locked away under White Plume Mountain. It wants the three weapons to be reunited and wielded together in combat, even though it violently disagrees with Whelm and finds Wave tedious
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
blood. If the sword doesn’t taste blood on its blade within 1 minute of being drawn from its scabbard, its wielder makes a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a successful save, the wielder takes
Initiative rolls.
Blade of Defense. When you take an action to attack with the sword, you can transfer some or all of its attack bonus to your Armor Class instead. The adjusted bonuses remain in
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
effect.
Comet. The next time you enter combat against one or more Hostile creatures, you can select one of them as your foe when you roll Initiative. If you reduce your foe to 0 Hit Points during that
combat, you have Advantage on Death Saving Throws for 1 year. If someone else reduces your chosen foe to 0 Hit Points or you don’t choose a foe, this card has no effect.
Donjon. You disappear
Spells
Player’s Handbook
an ally to you and your allies. In combat, the creature shares your Initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal commands (no action required by you). If you
Darkness doesn’t impede the spirit’s Darkvision.
Magic Resistance. The spirit has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical eff ects.
Actions
Multiattack. The spirit
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Spellcasting.
Cursed Blade. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Cursed Blade"} (with Advantage if the target doesn’t have all its Hit Points
financial recompense. These cunning serial killers and mass murderers remain a step ahead of investigators, at least until the cultists’ zealous bloodlust overwhelms their senses.
Cultists
The
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
, Wall of Force
1/Day Each: Befuddlement, Clone, Finger of Death, Mind Blank (cast before combat), SimulacrumProtective Magic. Manshoon casts Counterspell or Shield in response to the spell’s
. That Manshoon is dead, and the current Manshoon is one of the original’s many clones. Being a magical copy rather than an original doesn’t make Manshoon any less of a threat, as he’s
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
a cunning mind. Biha Babir is politically savvy and prefers to outsmart her opponents rather than battle them, though she doesn’t shy from combat if necessary.
Biha Babir covets opulence, but
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Flyby. The dragonnel doesn’t provoke opportunity attack;opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy’s reach.Multiattack. The dragonnel makes two Rend attacks.
Rend. Melee Weapon
spitting potent acid, in an approximation of their copper dragon relatives.
Dragonnels
Dragonnels are distantly related to chromatic and metallic dragons and resemble them in basic form
Magic Items
Tomb of Annihilation
This suit of plate armor is fashioned from giant scorpion chitin. While wearing this armor, you gain the following benefits:
The armor improves your combat readiness, granting you a +5 bonus to
initiative as long as you aren’t incapacitated.
The armor doesn’t impose disadvantage on your Dexterity (Stealth) checks.
The armor doesn’t impose disadvantage on saving throws made
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Flyby. The dragonnel doesn’t provoke an opportunity attack when it flies out of an enemy’s reach.Multiattack. The dragonnel makes two Rend attacks.
Rend. Melee Weapon Attack: +5
":"slashing"} slashing damage.Dragonnels are distantly related to chromatic, gem, and metallic dragons and resemble them in basic form. Intelligent enough to understand speech but incapable of speaking
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Flyby. The dragonnel doesn’t provoke opportunity attack;opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy’s reach.Multiattack. The dragonnel makes two Rend attacks.
Rend. Melee Weapon
Dragonnels are distantly related to chromatic and metallic dragons and resemble them in basic form. Intelligent enough to understand speech but incapable of speaking themselves, they are willful creatures largely motivated by the desire for food.Fire
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
and mage armor spells on itself before combat.
He doesn't need material components to cast any of his prepared spells.Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to
damage.The floating skull and hanging skeletal arms are all that remain of him; they move like they're attached to an invisible body.
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
to maim, with a cruel combat style that emphasizes surprise and painful instruction. She is willing to affect any appearance or attitude to achieve her goals. But what those goals are — for herself and Dran Enterprises alike — remain a secret known only to her.
search of a weapon to aid his captured sister.
Whether in combat or social encounters, Portentia shifts frequently between different forms and mindsets, only some of which are fully humanoid. She fights
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
False Object. If the broom is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the broom move or act, that creature must
succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to discern that the broom is animate.
Flyby. The broom doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy’s reach.Multiattack. The
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
False Appearance. If the golem is embedded in a window and motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the golem move or
form.
Regeneration. The golem regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn. If the golem takes bludgeoning or thunder damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of the golem’s next
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
False Appearance. If the rocking horse is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the rocking horse move or act, that
creature and can fly only while mounted.
Unusual Nature. The rocking horse doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep, and it regains no hit points or Hit Dice at the end of a long rest.Head Butt
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Regeneration. The nosferatu regains 10 hit points at the start of each of its turns if it has at least 1 hit point and isn’t in sunlight. If the nosferatu takes radiant damage, this trait doesn
. The nosferatu doesn’t require air.Multiattack. The nosferatu makes two Claw attacks followed by one Bite attack. If both Claw attacks hit the same creature, the Bite attack is made with
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
revenge against its target doesn’t end a slithering tracker’s existence or its hunger for blood. Some slithering trackers remain aware of their purpose and extend their quest for vengeance to
False Appearance. If the slithering tracker is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the slithering tracker move or
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
False Appearance. If the wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing is motionless (except for its lure) at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t
required), but the lure must remain within 15 feet of the wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing, connected by nearly invisible filament-like tendrils.
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Classes
Basic Rules (2014)
skill. Likewise, a fighter is adept with shields and every form of armor. Beyond that basic degree of familiarity, each fighter specializes in a certain style of combat. Some concentrate on archery
untrained soldiers with only the most basic combat knowledge. Veteran soldiers, military officers, trained bodyguards, dedicated knights, and similar figures are fighters.
Some fighters feel drawn to
Species
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
animals into humans, elves, and vedalken. The goal of the Guardian Project is to build a Simic army of soldiers perfectly adapted to a variety of combat situations. These hyper-evolved specimens are
retain their basic physical form. All are augmented with characteristics of animals, mostly aquatic, reptilian, or amphibian creatures. These include crab claws, squid tentacles, wings or fins like
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
False Appearance. If the doll is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the doll move or act, that creature must
, this trait doesn’t function at the start of the doll’s next turn. The doll is destroyed only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate.
Unusual Nature. The