bat beings diffusing charge reduced

Hat of Vermin

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

This hat has 3 charges. While holding the hat, you can take a Magic action to expend 1 charge and summon your choice of a Bat, a Frog, or a Rat. The summoned creature magically appears in the hat and

Vampire

Monsters Monster Manual

DC 14) from one of two hands. Bite (Bat or Vampire Form Only). Constitution Saving Throw: DC 17, one creature within 5 feet that is willing or that has the Grappled, Incapacitated, or Restrained

equal to that amount. A Humanoid reduced to 0 Hit Points by this damage and then buried rises the following sunset as a Vampire Spawn under the vampire’s control.Legendary Action Uses: 3 (4 in Lair

Eye and Hand of Vecna

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

your body, devours it, and then takes control of the body like a puppet. If that happens, you become an NPC under the DM’s control. Eye of Vecna Spells Spell Charge Cost

Concentration required), demanding that you commit an evil act. The hand might have a specific act in mind or leave it up to you. Hand of Vecna Spells Spell Charge Cost Finger of Death 5

Demonomicon of Iggwilv

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

. Spell Charge Cost Magic Circle 1 Magic Jar 3 Planar Ally 3 Planar Binding 2 Plane Shift (to the Abyss only) 3 Summon Fiend 3 Tasha's Hideous Laughter 0

lies a long-lost Artifact, Fraz-Urb’luu’s Staff. If the staff is dragged from the pocket plane, the tome is reduced to a mundane and out-of-date copy of the Tome of Zyx, the work that

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

condition. Success: Half damage only.The incarnations of transience represent all that is fleeting or ephemeral. Despite their apparent bulk, these incarnations are actually ephemeral beings with only a

Boar Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Charge. If the boar moves at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a tusk attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"damage

","rollAction":"Charge","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 11 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. Relentless (Recharges after a

Giant Boar Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Charge. If the boar moves at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a tusk attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage

","rollAction":"Charge","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. Relentless (Recharges after a

Wereboar Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Charge (Boar or Hybrid Form Only). If the wereboar moves at least 15 feet straight

toward a target and then hits it with its tusks on the same turn, the target takes an extra 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Charge","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing

Equinal Guardinal

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

Headfirst Charge. If the equinal moves at least 30 feet in a straight line toward a creature and ends within 5 feet of it, that creature must succeed on a DC 17 Strength saving throw or take 14 (4d6

);{"diceNotation":"4d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Headfirst Charge", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage and have the prone condition.Multiattack. The equinal makes two Fist

Ashen Warhorse

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

Ashen Creature. When the horse drops to 0 hit points, it is reduced to a pile of ash, and any equipment it was wearing or carrying falls to the ground. Trampling Charge. If the horse moves at least

Deadbark Dryad

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

condition. All vines immediately wither and disappear when the dryad is reduced to 0 hit points. Spellcasting. The dryad casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using

great evil and is unable to forgive itself, the dryad might transform into a wicked Fey monster called a deadbark dryad. Such dryads relinquish any compassion they once felt for living beings and

Living Portent

Monsters The Book of Many Things

the living portents impact the earth, they carve great craters, yet miraculously, none who live in the impact zone are harmed. These beings of light then assume Humanoid forms to blend in with the

inhabitants of the world. Living portents seek out beings who will play a part in the prophecies they serve, and as the living portents search, they relate fragments of the prophecies to those they

Vampire Warrior Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Shapechanger. If the vampire isn't in sunlight or running water, it can use its action to polymorph into a Tiny bat or a Medium cloud of mist, or back into its true form. While in bat form, the

target (escape DC 18). Bite (Bat or Vampire Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one willing creature, or a creature

Cassiok Shadowdusk

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

charges), lightning bolt (5th-level version, 5 charges), magic missile (1 charge), ray of enfeeblement (1 charge), or wall of force (5 charges). If reduced to 20 hit points or fewer, Cassiok uses his

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

Skeletal Knight

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

damage.Skeletal knights are powerful Undead that arise to serve even more wicked beings—often death knight;death knights. Those who become skeletal knights were typically virtuous in life but betrayed

free to pursue its own ends. Skeletal knights are relentless in battle and difficult to destroy. They cling to the sins that curse them, and they fight until their skulls are reduced to shards. Their

Vampire Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Shapechanger. If the vampire isn’t in sunlight or running water, it can use its action to polymorph into a Tiny bat or a Medium cloud of mist, or back into its true form. While in bat form

damage. Instead of dealing damage, the vampire can grapple the target (escape DC 18). Bite. (Bat or Vampire Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction

Vampire Spellcaster Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Shapechanger. If the vampire isn't in sunlight or running water, it can use its action to polymorph into a Tiny bat or a Medium cloud of mist, or back into its true form. While in bat form, the

). Bite. (Bat or Vampire Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one willing creature, or a creature that is grappled by

Living Demiplane

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

and psychic damage, and immunity to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage that is nonmagical. If any section is reduced to 0 hit points, the living spell and its chamber are destroyed (see

-foot-square section of its extradimensional chamber is reduced to 0 hit points, or when the living spell has no surface to attach to. When the living spell is destroyed, the contents of its

Oaken Bolter Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 12). While grappled in this way, a creature's speed isn't reduced, but it can move only in directions that bring it closer to the oaken bolter. A creature

","rollAction":"Explosive Bolt"}. The oaken bolter launches an explosive charge at a point within 120 feet. Each creature within 20 feet of that point must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking

Zorak Lightdrinker

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

Shapechanger. If Zorak isn't in sunlight or running water, he can use his action to polymorph into a Tiny bat or a Medium cloud of mist, or back into his true form. While in bat form, Zorak can't

":"1d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Unarmed Strike","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Instead of dealing damage, Zorak can grapple the target (escape DC 18). Bite. (Bat or Vampire

Orcus

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

will: animate dead (as an action), blight, speak with dead 1 charge each: circle of death, finger of death 2 charges: power word killOrcus can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options

rot. Great bat wings sprout from his shoulders, and his head is like the skull of a goat, the flesh nearly rotted from it. In one hand, he wields the legendary Wand of Orcus, which is described in the

Nosferatu

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. The target’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken, and the nosferatu regains hit points equal to that amount. The reduction lasts

until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to 0. A Humanoid slain in this way and then buried in the ground rises as a nosferatu after 1d10

Orcus Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

with dead. Alternatively, he can expend 1 or more of the wand’s charges to cast one of the following spells from it: circle of death (1 charge), finger of death (1 charge), or power word kill (2

. Great bat wings sprout from his shoulders, and his head is like the skull of a goat, the flesh nearly rotted from it. In one hand, he wields the legendary Wand of Orcus, which is described in

Cloud Giant Destiny Gambler

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

the end of every turn, but it turns to dust if reduced to 0 hit points or when the giant dies. If the rune is destroyed, the giant can inscribe a cloud rune on a mask in its possession when it finishes

treasures—often by gambling. While many cloud giants are content with risking their wealth in games with each other, those who aim for the top of their ordning challenge all manner of beings in

Scion of Grolantor

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

suck food straight into its gullet. The scion uses a great tree to bat foes far into the distance. Regional Effects The region surrounding a scion of Grolantor is altered by the giant’s magic

giants’ gods are enormously powerful beings who infuse the world around them with primeval magic. In many worlds, they slumber and have become part of the landscape. In this case, each scion is

Cradle of the Hill Scion

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

everything within reach to satiate its hunger. Its powerful lungs can suck food straight into its gullet. The scion uses a great tree to bat foes far into the distance. Regional Effects The region

Myth” in chapter 3 for additional inspiration.) Scions of giants’ gods are enormously powerful beings who infuse the world around them with primeval magic. In many worlds, they slumber

Keresta Delvingstone

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

Shapechanger. If Keresta isn't in sunlight or running water, she can use her action to polymorph into a Tiny bat or a Medium cloud of mist, or back into her true form. While in bat form, Keresta

. (Bat or Vampire Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one willing creature, or a creature that is grappled by Keresta

Storm Herald

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

effect on itself on a success. If a creature is reduced to 0 hit points by this psychic damage, it dies and its head explodes if it has one. Spellcasting (Psionics). The herald casts one of the

: control water, control weather (as an action), sendingAncient and alien beings dwell or slumber in ocean depths, awaiting some cosmic circumstance that signals their time to rise. In their retreat

Returned Drifter

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

), the Returned lose their identities, which manifest as separate beings known as eidolons. The experience of escaping the Underworld also causes them to lose their faces, which become expressionless

long-term memories, they generally can’t build meaningful relationships or establish new lives. Instead, most experience fleeting emotions and follow hollow routines, their existences reduced to

Returned Sentry

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

, which manifest as separate beings known as eidolons. The experience of escaping the Underworld also causes them to lose their faces, which become expressionless surfaces with empty eye sockets and gaping

’t build meaningful relationships or establish new lives. Instead, most experience fleeting emotions and follow hollow routines, their existences reduced to shadow plays without weight or substance

Returned Kakomantis

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

, which manifest as separate beings known as eidolons. The experience of escaping the Underworld also causes them to lose their faces, which become expressionless surfaces with empty eye sockets and gaping

’t build meaningful relationships or establish new lives. Instead, most experience fleeting emotions and follow hollow routines, their existences reduced to shadow plays without weight or substance

Tomb Tapper

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Petrified Death. A tomb tapper reduced to 0 hit points turns into a lifeless stone statue. Anything it's wearing or carrying is not transformed. Sense Magic. The tomb tapper senses magic within 30

tombs, temples, and caves in search of magic items, which they bear off. They usually try to seize magic from beings that they encounter. Magic is sacred to tomb tappers. They don't use any magic items

Vampiric Mind Flayer

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and gain 1 level of exhaustion. The mind flayer regains a number of hit points equal to the psychic damage dealt. A creature reduced to 0 hit points by the

grotesque balm stalls the elder brain’s degeneration but is far from a cure. Vampiric mind flayers are physically and mentally unstable beings. Ghoulish creatures, they let nothing stand between

Traag Draconian

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

, it subtracts up to 50 feet from the fall when calculating the fall’s damage. Death Throes. If the draconian is reduced to 0 hit points, its body erupts into sludge that fills a 10-foot-radius

only minimally help to slow a falling traag’s descent. Its metallic scales are coated in a sickly patina. In battle, the draconian can charge its body with vicious fire, burning all in its wake. When a traag draconian dies, its body explodes in a thick, disgusting sludge.

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