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Feats
Player’s Handbook
Loading property of the crossbow, hand;Hand Crossbow, crossbow, heavy;Heavy Crossbow, and crossbow, light;Light Crossbow (all called crossbows elsewhere in this feat). If you’re holding one of
them, you can load a piece of ammunition into it even if you lack a free hand.
Firing in Melee. Being within 5 feet of an enemy doesn’t impose Disadvantage on your attack rolls with crossbows
Spells
Player’s Handbook
Choose a spell of level 5 or lower that you can cast, that has a casting time of an action, and that can target you. You cast that spell—called the contingent spell—as part of casting
Contingency, expending spell slots for both, but the contingent spell doesn’t come into effect. Instead, it takes effect when a certain trigger occurs. You describe that trigger when you cast the
Equipment
the training rules in the Player’s Handbook to acquire proficiency, assuming that they have enough ammunition to keep the weapons working while mastering their use.
This weapon has the
the start of your next turn. If the creature is hit more than once by weapons that have this property, the Speed reduction doesn’t exceed 10 feet.
Equipment
the training rules in the Player’s Handbook to acquire proficiency, assuming that they have enough ammunition to keep the weapons working while mastering their use.
This weapon has the
the start of your next turn. If the creature is hit more than once by weapons that have this property, the Speed reduction doesn’t exceed 10 feet.
Equipment
the training rules in the Player’s Handbook to acquire proficiency, assuming that they have enough ammunition to keep the weapons working while mastering their use.
This weapon has the
the start of your next turn. If the creature is hit more than once by weapons that have this property, the Speed reduction doesn’t exceed 10 feet.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
. Whelm has ties to the dwarf clan that created it, called the Dankil or the Mightyhammer clan. It longs to be returned to that clan. Whelm’s purpose is to protect dwarves. Conflict arises if the
wielder doesn’t share this goal.
Destroying Whelm. Whelm can be dissolved in the acidic bile of a recently slain ancient black dragon. It can also be melted down in the forges of the Mightyhammer dwarf clan, but only by the rightful leader of that clan.
Classes
Player’s Handbook
, a Cleric can reach out to the divine magic of the Outer Planes—where gods dwell—and channel it to bolster people and battle foes.
Because their power is a divine gift, Clerics typically
associate themselves with temples dedicated to the deity or other immortal force that unlocked their magic. Harnessing divine magic doesn’t rely on specific training, yet Clerics might learn
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
cast a spell, you can’t cast that spell again from it until the next dawn.
Spirit of Kas. While the sword is on your person, you gain the following benefits:
Battle Hunger. You add 1d10 to your
Classes
Player’s Handbook
talents of sorcery appear as a fluke. People who have this magical power soon discover that it doesn’t like to stay quiet. A Sorcerer’s magic wants to be wielded.
Becoming a Sorcerer...
As a
Gain the Hit Point Die from the Core Sorcerer Traits table.
Gain the Sorcerer’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Sorcerer Features table. See the multiclassing rules to determine
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
again until the start of her next turn.Scheming Marid Ruler
The calculating Biha Babir rules the pelagic city of Maran Saya in Calimshan. Though her physical form is as fluid as the ocean itself, she
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
damage and the target has the Charmed condition for 1 minute or until Zlan dies. While Charmed, the target doesn’t act as an ally to any creature. Success: Half damage only. Failure or Success: Zlan
black crystal called chardalyn, fragments of the shattered Crystal Shard.
Zlan has leveraged its connection with the shattered Artifact to psychically infest chardalyn, using the crystalline material to
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
. 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
;ve outlived their usefulness. Manshoon doesn’t care who suffers so long he’s able to crush his many enemies and force his subjects into paranoid and eager obedience.
History
The
Monsters
Astarion's Book of Hungers
laws of the Nine Hells.
The greatest hell-bound vampires are masters of hellfire called infernalists, who prey on mages. Vampire infernalists are usually too arrogant to work together; even a large
can’t spend Hit Point Dice at the end of the rest and doesn’t regain Hit Points, Hit Point Dice, or spell slots at the end of the rest.
Tenacious Lore. Within 1 mile of the lair, flame
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Magic Resistance. The collector has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Unusual Nature. The collector doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack
the effect on itself with a success.The ancient war machines known as collectors lumber aimlessly across the blasted plains of Acheron until they are called upon by a necromancer to bolster the ranks
Cadaver Collector
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
. Cadaver collectors respond to a summons from a mortal only when they are called to the scene of a great battle — either where one is in progress, where one is imminent, or where one once took place
until they are called upon by a necromancer, hobgoblin general, or other evil warlord to bolster the ranks of a conquering army. These fearsome constructs obey their summoners until being dismissed
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
Queen, who rules from a castle called Dynnistan. It isn’t known whether these legends are based on any true experience or are simply the result of imagination trying to account for a terrifying and
called lich-knights or fell horsemen.
In stark contrast to the knights of Eldraine, the deathless riders are without virtue of any kind. They are few in number—unless many more lurk in the dark
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
in the eternal battle.
The transformation that created fensirs left them with an odd quirk to their regenerative powers: their regeneration doesn’t function in sunlight, and in fact, sunlight can turn these creatures to stone.
Regeneration. The fensir regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn if it isn’t in sunlight. If the fensir takes acid or fire damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the amnizu’s darkvision.
Magic Resistance. The amnizu has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
24 hours.Amnizus lead infernal legions into battle and command guardians at the gateways to the Hells. Amnizus are arrogant, bullying, and ruthless, but they’re also highly intelligent
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
ancient enemies: dragons. Duke Zalto has set his minions to the task of finding and unearthing fragments of a dragon-slaying colossus called the Vonindod (“titan of death”). Pieces of it were lost in
battle, while the rest was dismantled at the end of the ancient war between giants and dragonkind. Once all the pieces are found, Zalto plans to reforge the Vonindod and unleash it on the world
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the amnizu’s darkvision.
Magic Resistance. The amnizu has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
, the attacker is immune to the amnizu’s Instinctive Charm for 24 hours.Amnizus lead infernal legions into battle and command guardians at the gateways to the Hells. Amnizus are arrogant, bullying
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
use in the eternal battle.
The transformation that created fensirs left them with an odd quirk to their regenerative powers: their regeneration doesn’t function in sunlight, and in fact, sunlight can turn these creatures to stone.
Death Curse. When the fensir starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate, it releases a curse on those around it. Each creature within 30 feet of the fensir when it dies must
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
damage if he fails, provided he doesn’t have the incapacitated condition.
Nimbleness. Delour can move through the space of a Medium or larger creature.
Regeneration. Delour regains 10 hit points
at the start of his turn. If he takes damage from a silver weapon, this trait doesn’t function at the start of his next turn. Delour dies only if he starts his turn with 0 hit points and doesn
Backgrounds
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
gravity isn’t present, the following rules apply:
Impeded Melee. When making a melee attack with a weapon, a creature that doesn’t have a flying or swimming speed (either naturally or
to adapt to zero gravity. Being weightless doesn’t give you disadvantage on any of your melee attack rolls (see “Weightlessness” below).
WEIGHTLESSNESS
In any location where
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
doesn’t require air or sleep.Life Drain. The mist touches one creature in its space. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw (Undead and Constructs automatically succeed
undetected to bleed their victims dry.
Vampiric mists, sometimes called crimson mists, are all that remain of vampires who couldn’t return to their burial places after being defeated or suffering
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
or drifting in a polar sea. In its wintry seclusion, the scion dreams of battle and glory.
If it is disturbed, the scion’s cradle of the frost scion;cradle animates as a bipedal figure formed of
’s Guide for rules on extreme cold). If the climate in the area already features extreme cold, the cold is numbing—creatures in the area without immunity or resistance to cold damage have
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Pack Tactics. The vegepygmy has advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of the vegepygmy’s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally doesn’t have the
points at the start of its turn. If it takes cold, fire, or necrotic damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of the vegepygmy’s next turn. The vegepygmy dies only if it starts its
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t work
carve their horns to sharpen their edges, etch symbols of power into them, or sheathe them in bronze to prevent them from shattering during battle.
Thick hair extends down minotaurs’ necks and
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
its cradle is functionally identical to a glacier or iceberg, nestled in an alpine valley or drifting in a polar sea. In its wintry seclusion, the scion dreams of battle and glory.
If it is disturbed
envelops the land within 6 miles of the scion (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide for rules on extreme cold). If the climate in the area already features extreme cold, the cold is numbing—creatures
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t work on a Construct or an Undead.
Life Span
The typical life span of a player
psionic powers and built a great city called Tu’narath. They have since spread throughout the multiverse, starting in outposts outside the Astral Plane, called creches, where time passes and their
Sahuagin Baron
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
Blood Frenzy. The sahuagin has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its hit points.
Limited Amphibiousness. The sahuagin can breathe air and water, but he
it. This is the sound of the sahuagin hunting horn — a call to raid and battle. Coastal settlers refer to sahuagin as “sea devils,” for sahuagin have no compassion in them
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
its turn. If it takes cold, fire, or necrotic damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of the vegepygmy’s next turn. The vegepygmy dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points
and doesn’t regenerate.Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
;and were imbued with a measure of their masters’ power over winds. Their descendants still command echoes of that power.
From below, aarakocra look like large birds and thus are sometimes called
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation
Magic Items
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
annihilation.
Desperate to save themselves and their allies, powerful elemental beings called the Wind Dukes of Aaqa rose against Miska. Committed to the concept of law, the Wind Dukes descended from a
people called the vaati, who once ruled many worlds. Seven Wind Dukes wove their power into an artifact called the Rod of Law. The dukes used the rod to imprison Miska on the plane of Pandemonium. As a
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t work on a Construct or an Undead.
Life Span
The
Shifters are sometimes called weretouched, as they are descendants of people who contracted full or partial lycanthropy. Humanoids with a bestial aspect, shifters can’t fully change shape, but
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
among the fae, magically negotiating themselves advantages in battle.
Like many high fae, these mages draw power from the latent energy found throughout the wilds of Eldraine. However, high fae mages
, embodying the natural splendor and danger of the wilderness. High fae have no regard for mortal values of honor and law, but they nonetheless operate under inviolable rules of their own: gifts must