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Monster Manual
fails. It can’t use this trait if it has the Incapacitated condition.
Displacement. Attack rolls against the displacer beast have Disadvantage, since it projects an illusion that makes it
Avoidance. If the displacer beast is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the save and half damage if it
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Monster Manual
turn, the target rolls 1d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Giggling Magic"} whenever it makes an ability check or attack roll and subtracts the number rolled from the D20 Test
ability (spell save DC 21):
At Will: Detect Magic, Mind Spike (level 5 version), Minor Illusion, Shapechange (Beast or Humanoid form only, no Temporary Hit Points gained from the spell, and no
Monsters
Monster Manual
rolls 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Giggling Magic"} whenever it makes an ability check or attack roll and subtracts the number rolled from the D20 Test. Failure or
ability (spell save DC 17):
At Will: Detect Magic, Mind Spike (level 4 version), Minor Illusion, Shapechange (Beast or Humanoid form only, no Temporary Hit Points gained from the spell, and no
Equipment
13 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check. While bound, a creature has Disadvantage on attack rolls, and the creature is Restrained if the Manacles are attached to a chain or hook that is fixed in place
. Escaping the Manacles requires a successful DC 20 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check as an action. Bursting them requires a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check as an action.
Each set of
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Dungeon Master’s Guide
Held in the dungeon of White Plume Mountain, Wave is engraved with images of waves, shells, and sea creatures.
You gain a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. When
Initiative rolls.
Underwater Adaptation. A bubble of air forms around your head while you are underwater, allowing you to breathe normally in that environment.
Aquatic Command. Wave has 3 charges and
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Player’s Handbook
You gain the service of a familiar, a spirit that takes an animal form you choose: Bat, Cat, Frog, Hawk, Lizard, Octopus, Owl, Rat, Raven, Spider, Weasel, or another Beast that has a Challenge Rating
of 0. Appearing in an unoccupied space within range, the familiar has the statistics of the chosen form, though it is a Celestial, Fey, or Fiend (your choice) instead of a Beast. Your familiar acts
Monsters
Monster Manual
Spider Climb. The drider can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the drider has Disadvantage on
ability checks and attack rolls.
Web Walker. The drider ignores movement restrictions caused by webs, and the drider knows the location of any other creature in contact with the same web.Multiattack
Monsters
Monster Manual
Aversion to Fire. If the golem takes Fire damage, it has Disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks until the end of its next turn.
Berserk. Whenever the golem starts its turn Bloodied, roll
within 60 feet of the berserk golem, can try to calm it by taking an action to make a DC 15 Charisma (Persuasion) check; the golem must be able to hear its creator. If this check succeeds, the golem ceases
Monsters
Monster Manual
":"Psychic"} Psychic damage, and the target is cursed with a riddle. The cursed target has Disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls. In addition, if it takes the Magic action, it must succeed on a DC
15 Intelligence saving throw or that action is wasted. The cursed target can take a Study action to make a DC 15 Intelligence check, solving the riddle and ending the curse on a success. The curse ends
Monsters
Monster Manual
Advantage on its attack rolls. Its Speed becomes 0, it can’t benefit from any bonus to its Speed, and it moves with the target.
A creature can take an action to try to detach the darkmantle
from itself, doing so with a successful DC 13 Strength (Athletics) check. On its turn, the darkmantle can detach itself by using 5 feet of movement.
Darkness Aura (1/Day). Magical Darkness fills a 15
Monsters
Monster Manual
Spider Climb. The vampire can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Vampire Weakness. The vampire has these weaknesses:
Forbiddance. The
in sunlight. While in sunlight, it has Disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.Multiattack. The vampire makes two Claw attacks and uses Bite.
Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +6;{"diceNotation
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. On a failed save, the creature dies and, if it is a Humanoid, turns into a Zombie.
Magic Weapon. You can wield the wand as a magic Mace that grants a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made
from it (save DC 18). The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell.
Spell
Charge Cost
Animate Dead
1
Blight
2
Circle of Death
3
Finger of
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Dungeon Master’s Guide
You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon, which has no string. Each time you pull your arm back in a firing motion, a magical arrow made of golden energy
condition for 1 minute. As an action, a creature Restrained by an arrow can make a DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check to try to break the restraint, ending the effect on itself on a successful check
Monsters
Monster Manual
":"1d20+13", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks):
At Will: Detect Magic, Guiding Bolt (level 2 version), Shapechange (Beast or Humanoid form only, no Temporary
", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Weakening Breath"} from its damage rolls. It repeats the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. After 1 minute, it succeeds
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Monster Manual
;{"diceNotation":"1d20+16", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks):
At Will: Detect Magic, Guiding Bolt (level 4 version), Shapechange (Beast or Humanoid form only, no
and subtracts 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Weakening Breath"} from its damage rolls. It repeats the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
attuned to the book, you can cast the following spells (save DC 18) from it:
Animate Dead
Circle of Death
Dominate Monster
Finger of Death
Once you use the book to cast a spell, you can’t
cast that spell again from it until the next dawn.
Vile Lore. You can reference the Book of Vile Darkness whenever you make an Intelligence check to recall information about some aspect of evil, such as
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its movement to avoid danger.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. Use the spell slot’s level for the spell’s level in the stat block.
Giant Insect
Large Beast, Unaligned
AC 11 + the spell
make an ability check.
Actions
Multiattack. The insect makes a number of attacks equal to half this spell’s level (round down).
Poison Jab. Melee Attack Roll: Bonus equals your spell attack
Monsters
Monster Manual
regains 1 Hit Point after spending 1 hour there.
Spider Climb. The vampire can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Vampire Weakness. The
Paralyzed condition until the weapon is removed. Sunlight. The vampire takes 20 Radiant damage if it starts its turn in sunlight. While in sunlight, it has Disadvantage on attack rolls and ability
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.
The glyph is nearly imperceptible and requires a successful Wisdom (Perception) check against your spell save DC to notice.
When you inscribe the glyph, you set its trigger and choose which effect the
Disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.
Fear. Each target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or have the Frightened condition for 1 minute. While Frightened, the target must move at least 30
Equipment
Camouflage looks like a Beast or Monstrosity, such as an owlbear. To discern that you’re disguised, a creature must take the Study action to inspect your appearance and succeed on a DC 10
Intelligence (Investigation or Nature) check. The creature has Advantage on this check if it is within 30 feet of you and automatically succeeds on this check if you do anything the monster you’re disguised as couldn’t do.
Feats
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Handling) check, you can roll 1d4 and add the number rolled to the ability check.
Primal Connection. You always have the Animal Friendship and Speak with Animals spells prepared. You can cast each
Handling Spells table are added to that feature’s spell list.
Mark of Handling Spells
Spell Level
Spells
1
Command, Find Familiar
2
Beast Sense, Calm Emotions
3
Beacon of Hope, Conjure Animals
4
Aura of Life, Dominate Beast
5
Awaken
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
, Prestidigitation
2/Day Each: Animate Dead, Plane Shift
1/Day Each: Cone of Cold (level 8 version), Finger of Death, Power Word Kill, ScryingProtective Magic. Valindra casts Counterspell or Shield in response
and using the same spellcasting ability as her Spellcasting action.
Apathy. Creatures within 1 mile of the lair that aren’t Undead have Disadvantage on Death Saving Throws and Initiative rolls
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Elemental Evil Player's Companion
and concepts back to you. While the link is active, the beast gains advantage on attack rolls against any creature within 5 feet of you that you can see.
You establish a telepathic link with one beast you touch that is friendly to you or charmed by you. The spell fails if the beast’s Intelligence is 4 or higher. Until the spell ends, the link is
Displacer Beast
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Monster Manual (2014)
half damage if it fails.
Displacement. The displacer beast projects a magical illusion that makes it appear to be standing near its actual location, causing attack rolls against it to have disadvantage
Avoidance. If the displacer beast is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only
Resurrection
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spell to restore life to a creature that has been dead for one year or longer taxes you greatly. Until you finish a long rest, you can't cast spells again, and you have disadvantage on all attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws.
You touch a dead creature that has been dead for no more than a century, that didn't die of old age, and that isn't undead. If its soul is free and willing, the target returns to life with all its
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Displacement. The displacer beast projects a magical illusion that makes it appear to be standing near its actual location, causing attack rolls against it to have disadvantage. If it is hit by an
attack, this trait is disrupted until the end of its next turn. This trait is also disrupted while the displacer beast is incapacitated or has a speed of 0.Tentacles. Melee Weapon Attack: +3
Reincarnate
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You touch a dead humanoid or a piece of a dead humanoid. Provided that the creature has been dead no longer than 10 days, the spell forms a new adult body for it and then calls the soul to enter that
body. If the target's soul isn't free or willing to do so, the spell fails.
The magic fashions a new body for the creature to inhabit, which likely causes the creature's race to change. The GM rolls
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Tales from the Yawning Portal
half damage if it fails.
Displacement. The displacer beast projects a magical illusion that makes it appear to be standing near its actual location, causing attack rolls against it to have disadvantage
Avoidance. If the displacer beast is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
This fine leather bridle tugs at the hand when first held, as though it longs to reach out for a beast nearby. When you hold one end of the bridle, you can use an action to speak its command word
, causing the other end to lash out at a beast you can see within 20 feet of you. The target must succeed on a DC 17 Charisma saving throw or have the bridle tie itself around its neck, then fall under
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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
A nature spirit answers your call and transforms you into a powerful guardian. The transformation lasts until the spell ends. You choose one of the following forms to assume: Primal Beast or Great
Tree.
Primal Beast. Bestial fur covers your body, your facial features become feral, and you gain the following benefits:
Your walking speed increases by 10 feet.
You gain darkvision with a range
Raise Dead
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.
Coming back from the dead is an ordeal. The target takes a −4 penalty to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears.
You return a dead creature you touch to life, provided that it has been dead no longer than 10 days. If the creature's soul is both willing and at liberty to rejoin the body, the creature returns to
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
: dancing lights, mage hand, message, thaumaturgy
1/day each: augury (cast as 1 action), bestow curse, cordon of arrows, detect magic, speak with dead, spirit guardiansThe Uthgardt are suspicious and
with one foot in the land of the living and the other in the land of the dead. Those who walk the shadowed path between two lands do so because the spirits of the dead compel them. Other Uthgardt fear
Deva
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, requiring only verbal components:
At will: detect evil and good
1/day each: commune, raise dead
Magic Resistance. The deva has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
"} hit points and is freed from any curse, disease, poison, blindness, or deafness.
Change Shape. The deva magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating equal to or less than
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
at the intended destination. On a failed check, a mishap occurs instead. The DM rolls on the Telescope Travel Mishaps table to determine the mishap or chooses a mishap that’s good for the
This enormous telescope allows you to view distant celestial objects, including stars, Wildspace systems, and Astral Sea phenomena like the cities of deities or the petrified husks of dead gods
Warlock of the Great Old One
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
, levitate, mage armor (self only), speak with dead
1/day each: arcane gate, true seeing
Spellcasting. The warlock is a 14th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15
Hadar, crown of madness, clairvoyance, contact other plane, detect thoughts, dimension door, dissonant whispers, dominate beast, telekinesis, vampiric touch
Whispering Aura. At the start of each of the






