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level 5, three beams at level 11, and four beams at level 17. You can direct the beams at the same target or at different ones. Make a separate attack roll for each beam.
You hurl a beam of crackling energy. Make a ranged spell attack against one creature or object in range. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 Force damage.
Cantrip Upgrade. The spell creates two beams at
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
throws, and spell attack rolls.
Spells. While holding the staff , you can cast one of the spells on the following table from it, using your spell save DC. The table indicates how many charges you
must expend to cast the spell.
Spell
Charge Cost
Cone of Cold
5
Fireball (level 5 version)
5
Globe of Invulnerability
6
Hold Monster
5
Levitate
2
Lightning
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.
Ruby Resistance. As long as the helm has at least one ruby, you have Resistance to Fire damage.
Spells. You can cast one of the following spells (save DC 18), using one of the helm’s gems of the
specified type as a component: Daylight (opal), Fireball (fire opal), Prismatic Spray (diamond), or Wall of Fire (ruby). The gem is destroyed when the spell is cast and disappears from the helm
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Dungeon Master’s Guide
number of charges above 50, the staff explodes as if you activated its Retributive Strike (see below).
Spells. While holding the staff, you can cast one of the spells on the following table from it
, using your spell save DC. The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell.
Spell
Charge Cost
Arcane Lock
0
Conjure Elemental
7
Detect Magic
0
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Dungeon Master’s Guide
charges daily at dawn. If you control the orb, you can cast one of the spells on the following table from it. The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell.
Spell
Charge
action to cause the orb to issue a telepathic call that extends in all directions for 40 miles. Chromatic dragons in range feel compelled to come to the orb as soon as possible by the most direct
Monsters
Netheril’s Fall
(A) a Vicious Stinger attack or (B) a use of Spellcasting to cast Command (level 3 version).
Mind Lash. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction
focuses on a magic item it can see within 10 feet. When it does, the phaerimm drains the magic item of any charges. Regardless of whether charges are drained, the phaerimm can cast Clairvoyance, Geas
Eldritch Blast
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when you reach higher levels: two beams at 5th level, three beams at 11th level, and four beams at 17th level. You can direct the beams at the same target or at different ones. Make a separate attack roll for each beam.
Myconid Sovereign
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
rolls, and saving throws. The myconid dies if it spends more than 1 hour in direct sunlight.Multiattack. The myconid uses either its Hallucination Spores or its Pacifying Spores, then makes a fist
/Day). The myconid targets one corpse of a humanoid or a Large or smaller beast within 5 feet of it and releases spores at the corpse. In 24 hours, the corpse rises as a spore servant. The corpse
Grasping Vine
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
You conjure a vine that sprouts from the ground in an unoccupied space of your choice that you can see within range. When you cast this spell, you can direct the vine to lash out at a creature within
30 feet of it that you can see. That creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or be pulled 20 feet directly toward the vine.Until the spell ends, you can direct the vine to lash out at the same creature or another one as a bonus action on each of your turns.
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage.
Antipathic Flood (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Antipathic Flood"}. The oculorb releases a wave of negative
a beholder, an oculorb can fire beams of energy from its eyes, but an oculorb’s eyes lack the more sophisticated magical nature of a beholder’s eyestalks. Instead, an oculorb unleashes powerful waves of energy charged with negative emotions, cowing its foes with despair and ire.
Magic Missile
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simultaneously, and you can direct them to hit one creature or several.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the spell creates one more dart for each slot level above 1st.
Gloom Weaver
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
hit","rollAction":"Innate Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: arcane eye, mage armor, speak with dead
1/day
:
Cantrips (at will): chill touch (3d8;{"diceNotation":"3d8","rollType":"roll"} damage), eldritch blast (3 beams, +4 bonus to each damage roll), minor illusion, prestidigitation
1st−5th level (3 5th-level
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
spell attacks). The cackler can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: fire bolt
1/day: Tasha's hideous laughter
Last Laugh. When the cackler dies, it releases
Star Spawn Larva Mage
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attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: eldritch blast (3 beams, +3 bonus to each damage roll), minor illusion
3/day: dominate monster
1/day
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
transformed. It doesn't change form if it dies.
Innate Spellcasting (Yuan-ti Form Only). The yuan-ti's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13). The yuan-ti can innately cast the
following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: animal friendship (snakes only), eldritch blast (2 beams; +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit"} to hit; 1d10 + 3;{"diceNotation":"1d10
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
. As an action, the golem can expend 1 charge to cast dispel magic (as a 9th-level spell) from the sapphire using Constitution as its spellcasting ability. The sapphire ceases to glow if all its
golem’s chest, hidden behind an 9-inch-diameter stone disk. The outer surface of the disk is inscribed with a blue circle that has eight golden beams radiating from it like the rays of the sun
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 13, +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Innate Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells
directly, be it with dramatic manifestations or direct possession of their servant. Although a deity’s words might be steeped in metaphors, should a god wish to make their intentions clear, they
Helm of Brilliance
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its magic.
You gain the following benefits while wearing it:
You can use an action to cast one of the following spells (save DC 18), using one of the helm's gems of the specified type as a component
: daylight (opal), fireball (fire opal), prismatic spray (diamond), or wall of fire (ruby). The gem is destroyed when the spell is cast and disappears from the helm.
As long as it has at least
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Comet’s Voice (1/Day). The hierophant can cast Contact Other Plane, using Charisma as the spellcasting ability.
Magic Resistance. The hierophant has advantage on saving throws against spells
powerful warlocks with mighty spells at their disposal. They can commune with the alien mind of the All-Consuming Star, blast enemies with beams of eldritch energy, and conjure manifestations of this
Solar
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DC 25). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: detect evil and good, invisibility (self only)
3/day each: blade barrier, dispel evil and good
","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage. If the target is a creature that has 100 hit points or fewer, it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or die.
Flying Sword. The solar releases its
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Acquisitions Incorporated
While attuned to this device, you have a +1 bonus to Dexterity saving throws and you always know which way is north. Additionally, you can cast the longstrider spell on yourself at will.
Turn-by
location, a disembodied voice heard only by you provides directions to the location by the safest, most direct route. The voice knows to avoid natural hazards, so that it does not send you through trackless
Command
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. If you do so, the DM determines how the target behaves. If the target can't follow your command, the spell ends.
Approach. The target moves toward you by the shortest and most direct route, ending
aloft, it flies the minimum distance needed to remain in the air.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you can affect one additional creature for each slot level above 1st. The creatures must be within 30 feet of each other when you target them.
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The Book of Many Things
starlight. You launch a number of bolts equal to the number of charges spent, and you can direct the bolts to target one creature or several, so long as all creatures are within 120 feet of you and you
can see them. The bolts automatically strike their targets, and each bolt deals 2d4 cold damage.
Whirling Hail. As an action, you can spend 3 charges and cast the Ice Storm spell (save DC 16).
The crown regains 1d6 expended charges daily at dawn.
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
flow of the water as you direct, up to 5 feet in any direction. This movement doesn’t have enough force to cause damage.
You cause the water to form into simple shapes and animate at your
, provided that there are no creatures in it. The water unfreezes in 1 hour.
If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have no more than two of its non-instantaneous effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action.
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Innate Spellcasting. The abhorrent overlord's spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
1/day each: confusion
can sense the direction to that site. If the gold is being moved, it knows the direction of the movement. It can't locate gold if any thickness of clay or lead, even a thin sheet, blocks a direct path
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Mythic Odysseys of Theros
":"psychic"} psychic damage.
Innate Spellcasting. The shepherd’s spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 17). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
1/day
destroyed. They disappear when the shepherd dies.A nightmare shepherd is a gaunt, ashen fiend with leathery wings. It carries a shepherd’s crook, which it uses to direct a flock of wandering
Staff of Power
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deal an extra 1d6 force damage to the target.
Spells. While holding this staff, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast one of the following spells from it, using your spell
against a solid surface, performing a retributive strike. The staff is destroyed and releases its remaining magic in an explosion that expands to fill a 30-foot-radius sphere centered on it.
You have
Hutijin
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
DC 22). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: alter self (can become Medium when changing his appearance), animate dead, detect magic, hold monster
). Hutijin releases lightning in a 20-foot radius. All other creatures in that area must each make a DC 22 Dexterity saving throw, taking 18 (4d8);{"diceNotation":"4d8","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType
Staff of the Magi
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explodes as if you activated its retributive strike (see below).
Spells. While holding the staff, you can use an action to expend some of its charges to cast one of the following spells from it, using your
).
You can also use an action to cast one of the following spells from the staff without using any charges: arcane lock, detect magic, enlarge/reduce, light, mage hand, or protection from evil and good
Flaming Sphere
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a creature, that creature must make the saving throw against the sphere's damage, and the sphere stops moving this turn.
When you move the sphere, you can direct it over barriers up to 5 feet tall
Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 2nd.
Orcus
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Out of the Abyss
Wand of Orcus. The wand has 7 charges, and any of its properties that require a saving throw have a save DC of 18. While holding it, Orcus can use an action to cast animate dead, blight, or speak
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
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
must obey the knight's commands until the knight dies or until the knight releases it as a bonus action. The knight can command up to twelve undead at a time this way.
Master of the Pallid Banner. While
, Kaius sealed most of Karrnath's undead in deep vaults, and the Order of the Emerald Claw was disbanded. A few bone knights remained in service to the crown, but most were cast aside — still bound to
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Vecna: Eve of Ruin
unoccupied space it can see within 60 feet of itself. It then makes one Death Rend attack if possible.
Cast a Spell (Costs 2 Actions). The false lich uses Spellcasting.Occasionally, liches create
the false lich is reduced to 0 hit points, it is destroyed and disintegrates, leaving behind the gems. Crushing a gem releases any souls trapped within, at which point the soul’s body re-forms in an unoccupied space nearest to the gem and in the same state as it was when its soul was trapped.
Orb of Dragonkind
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property
1 major detrimental property
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The orb has 7 charges and regains 1d4 + 3 expended charges daily at dawn. If you control the orb, you can use an action and expend 1 or more charges to cast
one of the following spells (save DC 18) from it: cure wounds (5th-level version, 3 charges), daylight (1 charge), death ward (2 charges), or scrying (3 charges).
You can also use an action to cast
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
gravitational force in its mouth, then releases the energy in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 13 Strength saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 22 (5d8);{"diceNotation
of creation.
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To experience a thing is to truly understand it. Direct and personal experience is the most valuable form of knowledge.
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I see a far more kaleidoscopic reality than you do






