beasts before dangerous creatures reborn

Scroll of Protection

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

Each Scroll of Protection works against creatures of a specific creature type chosen by the DM or determined by rolling on the following table. 1d100 Creature Type 01-10 Scroll of

Protection (Aberrations);Aberrations 11-15 Scroll of Protection (Beasts);Beasts 16-20 Scroll of Protection (Celestials);Celestials 21-25 Scroll of Protection (Constructs);Constructs

Ammunition of Slaying

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

This magic ammunition is meant to slay creatures of a particular type, which the DM chooses or determines randomly by rolling on the table below. If a creature of that type takes damage from the

creature, the ammunition becomes nonmagical. 1d100 Creature Type 01–10 Aberrations 11–15 Beasts 16–20 Celestials 21–25 Constructs 26

Planar Ally

Spells Player’s Handbook

typically require only half the suggested payment, while especially dangerous tasks might require a greater gift. Creatures rarely accept tasks that seem suicidal. After the creature completes the

or magic items to an allied temple, while a Fiend might demand a living sacrifice or a gift of treasure. Some creatures might exchange their service for a quest undertaken by you. A task that can be

Vampire Umbral Lord

Monsters Monster Manual

, creating the following effects: Children of the Night. The vampire exerts influence over the animals in its domain. From dusk until dawn, Medium or smaller Beasts have the Charmed condition while

and any creatures of its choice are unaffected by the fog. If the vampire dies or moves its lair elsewhere, these effects end immediately.Cold, NecroticSanguine Drain. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 18

Cultist of Bhaal

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

adventurers Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul seized divinity but were slain for their hubris. All three have been reborn and are now known as the Dead Three. Each of the Dead Three has inspired wicked cults that

ways. Cultists who receive orders from their patron god directly are often the most ambitious and most dangerous.

Rashemi Wanderer

Backgrounds Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

, Backpack, Bedroll, Hooded Lantern, Oil (3 flasks), Rope, Tinderbox, Traveler's Clothes, Waterskin, 23 GP; or (B) 50 GP You spent years wandering the highlands of Rashemen, a dangerous windswept heath

that’s dotted with ancient obelisks enchanted to imprison Fiends and home to dragons, gnolls, and other deadly creatures. Friendships are hard to find in such an isolated land, and you’ve learned to keep strangers at a distance.

Cultist of Bane

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

their hands as a sign of devotion. Cultists The adventurers Bane, Bhaal, and Myrkul seized divinity but were slain for their hubris. All three have been reborn and are now known as the Dead Three

particularly the city of Baldur’s Gate—in malign ways. Cultists who receive orders from their patron god directly are often the most ambitious and most dangerous.

Incarnation of Vibrance

Monsters Lorwyn: First Light

, meadows flourish and crop fields ripen in their presence, and kithkin rejoice when these incarnations pay their clachan a visit. In Shadowmoor, these same creatures are an ill omen—gruesome

wolfhounds often accompanied by invasive plant species and frenzied wild beasts. Incarnations of Nature Incarnations of nature embody abstract ideas such as curiosity, relief, or terror. Incarnations

Vampire Infernalist

Monsters Astarion's Book of Hungers

containing an infernalist’s lair is warped by its presence, creating the following effects, all of which happen at the vampire’s discretion: Diabolic Beasts. Animals in the vampire’s domain

serve the vampire’s will. From dusk until dawn, Medium or smaller Beasts have the Charmed condition while within 1 mile of the lair. Drained Essence. Grasping shadows within 1 mile of the lair

Conjure Animals Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You summon fey spirits that take the form of beasts and appear in unoccupied spaces that you can see within range. Choose one of the following options for what appears: One beast of challenge

rating 2 or lower Two beasts of challenge rating 1 or lower Four beasts of challenge rating 1/2 or lower Eight beasts of challenge rating 1/4 or lower Each beast is also considered fey, and it

Mark of Handling Human

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Mark of Handling allows Vadalis to work with more exotic creatures as well. Griffons, hippogriffs, and even bulettes can be bred and trained. Even with the Mark of Handling, this is dangerous work

were born to rule it. —Dalin d’Vadalis The Mark of Handling gives its bearer a primal connection to beasts and the natural world, granting the power to calm and coax. This extends beyond

Giant Space Hamster

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Giant space hamsters are cute, plant-eating rodents as big as brown bears. They tend to avoid other creatures, especially threatening ones, but

they can be trained to serve as mounts and beasts of burden. Gnomes have tried to build spelljamming ships powered by giant space hamster wheels, so far without success. Space Hamsters Space

Scroll of Protection Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

Aberrations 11-20 Beasts 21-30 Celestials 31-40 Elementals 41-50 Fey 51-75 Fiends 76-80 Plants 81-00 Undead Using an action to read the scroll encloses

you in a invisible barrier that extends from you to form a 5-foot-radius, 10-foot-high cylinder. For 5 minutes, this barrier prevents creatures of the specified type from entering or affecting anything

Beast Whistle

Equipment

This bone whistle is carved in the shape of a gargath. When blown, it produces a high-pitched sound that can only be heard clearly by certain creatures. When you blow this whistle, any beast within

100 feet of you that hears it can discern its distance from and direction to you. Friendly beasts can be trained to understand signals given with this whistle, and if you spend at least 24 hours

Space Swine

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Space swine are a species of winged boar bred by dohwar;dohwars for a variety of uses. They can serve as mounts for Small creatures, and they

also make fine trackers and capable beasts of burden. Space swine that are trained for battle are typically outfitted with half-plate barding and are referred to as death squealers. A fully grown

Circle of the Shepherd

Classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Druids of the Circle of the Shepherd commune with the spirits of nature, especially the spirits of beasts and the fey, and call to those spirits for aid. These druids recognize that all living things

play a role in the natural world, yet they focus on protecting animals and fey creatures that have difficulty defending themselves. Shepherds, as they are known, see such creatures as their charges

Bleak Cabal Void Soother

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12): At will: guidance, light 1/day each: calm emotions, lesser restoration, remove curse, protection from energyA void soother cares for creatures struck by

curses and the negative effects of the planes. These warriors go to dangerous planes and areas torn by conflict to provide relief to those they find there.Soothing Word (3/Day). The void soother

Animal Shapes Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

Your magic turns others into beasts. Choose any number of willing creatures that you can see within range. You transform each target into the form of a Large or smaller beast with a challenge rating

of 4 or lower. On subsequent turns, you can use your action to transform affected creatures into new forms. The transformation lasts for the duration for each target, or until the target drops to 0

Derwyth

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

actions of strangers. The creatures also carry messages to more powerful Beasts in the valley that sometimes come to Derwyth’s aid.

;along with many animals, most of which are small woodland creatures. These animals act as Derwyth’s eyes and ears, quickly bringing her news of events in the wood, particularly the arrival and

Relic Sloth

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

moving only when necessary. But this caution makes these hulking creatures perfect for traversing treacherous and crumbling ruins, where other beasts of burden would falter. The distinctive sickle

Murgaxor's Orb

Magic Items Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

or slap it awake. Visions of Terror. The cursed creature sees terrifying visions, causing it to view all creatures that aren’t also cursed as dangerous monsters for 10 minutes. The cursed

effects, targeting one or more creatures it has cursed: Unconsciousness. The cursed creature falls unconscious for 1 hour. The creature is roused if it takes damage or someone uses an action to shake

Norker

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

and his followers the initial, unwilling recruits into his crusade. Today, hobgoblins chafe at the suggestion that creatures as lazy and untamed as norkers could claim such an honor. For that reason

alone, hobgoblin warlords are loath to use these creatures, preferring to keep them around as disposable labor in mines and quarries. Nasty, Brutish, and Short. Even goblins bully and harass norkers

Anhkolox

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

target.Anhkoloxes are vicious undead creatures created from the bones of bears and other beasts. Their barbed bones grind and crack, often moving in seemingly impossible ways. Anhkoloxes are driven by

Baphomet Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

, the Horned King and the Prince of Beasts. He rules over minotaur;minotaurs and others with savage hearts. He is worshiped by those who want to break the confines of civility and unleash their bestial

natures, for Baphomet envisions a world without restraint, where creatures live out their most savage desires. Cults devoted to Baphomet use mazes and complex knots as their emblems, creating secret

Baphomet

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

provoking opportunity attacks, then makes a Gore attack.Civilization is weakness and brutality is strength in the credo of Baphomet, the Horned King and the Prince of Beasts. He is worshiped by those who

want to break the confines of civility and unleash their bestial natures, for Baphomet envisions a world without restraint, where creatures live out their most bloodthirsty desires. Cults devoted to

Foresworn

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

after 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Days"} days, with all its hit points restored. Incorporeal Movement. The foresworn can move through other creatures and objects as

refuse to abandon their undead state until the duty they had in life is fulfilled. For example, a foresworn might be pledged to protect a family’s bloodline from harm or guard a dangerous artifact

Vegepygmy Thorny Hunter

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

saving throw or have the prone condition.Thorny hunters are bestial vegepygmies derived from the corpses of bears, dogs, and other quadrupedal Beasts. Thorny hunters act like bloodhounds, following

their master’s orders to hunt prey with deadly ferocity. Vegepygmies Also called mold folk, vegepygmies are fungal creatures that spring forth from the body of a Humanoid or Giant killed by

Strixhaven Campus Guide

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Campus Knowledge. While at Strixhaven, the guide can’t become lost by magical or nonmagical means. The guide also has advantage on ability checks made to locate creatures or objects at

of the guide. The target doesn’t move into obviously dangerous ground, such as a fire or a pit. Whenever the charmed target takes damage, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on

Nupperibo

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

suitable only to become nupperibos. These pitiful creatures shuffle across the landscape, driven to purposeful action only when the clouds of swarming vermin that surround them find them prey to destroy or

when a greater fiendish power commands it. Individually, nupperibos are weak, but they’re rarely alone and can be dangerous when gathered into packs. Clouds of stinging insects, stirge;stirges

Jermlaine

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

, and caverns inhabited by much larger, more dangerous folk. The jermlaine huddle in their small tunnels, avoiding contact with all other creatures unless they can marshal overwhelming numbers. When the

creatures. They are acutely aware that their small size and weakness in combat makes them prey for countless Underdark creatures. This anger and resentment is channeled into vengeful scheming against

Norker War Leader

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. Fight On, You Slugs. The norker war leader picks up to three allied goblinoids within 60 feet that can see it. The chosen creatures can each use their reactions to

-lost god may have been Maglubiyet's first conquest and his followers the initial, unwilling recruits into his crusade. Today, hobgoblins chafe at the suggestion that creatures as lazy and untamed as

Circle of the Shepherd (XGtE)

Classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Druids of the Circle of the Shepherd commune with the spirits of nature, especially the spirits of beasts and the fey, and call to those spirits for aid. These druids recognize that all living things

play a role in the natural world, yet they focus on protecting animals and fey creatures that have difficulty defending themselves. Shepherds, as they are known, see such creatures as their charges

Demogorgon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

disadvantage, and all Charisma (Deception) and Charisma (Intimidation) checks have advantage. Frenzied Animals. Beasts within 1 mile of the lair become frenzied and violent—even creatures that are

normally docile. Within that area, any ability check involving Animal Handling has disadvantage. Venomous Beasts. The area within 6 miles of the lair becomes overpopulated with poisonous snake

Xill

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

realities. Such is the realm that spawned the xill, horrific, insectoid creatures created long ago to serve an ancient, evil master. Gruesome Collectors. Xills are horrid, four-armed creatures that seem to

Kerpatis's followers. Brainwashed by his magic and set to guard his many dungeons, these fanatics are among his most dangerous followers. It is telling that the xills rarely kidnap commoners. Instead, they

Mighty Servant of Leuk-o

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

Mad’s several times over granddaughter, Lum the Maestro, while she reconstructed the long disassembled Mighty Servant of Leuk-o. Dangerous Attunement. Two creatures can be attuned to the servant

crew compartment within, from which up to two Medium creatures can control it—and potentially execute a spree of unstoppable destruction. Tales of the servant’s origins involve more

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