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Magic Jar

Spells Player’s Handbook

take a Magic action to return from the host body to the container if it is within 100 feet of you, returning the host creature’s soul to its body. If the host body dies while you’re in it

, the creature dies, and you make a Charisma saving throw against your own spellcasting DC. On a success, you return to the container if it is within 100 feet of you. Otherwise, you die. If the

Divine Word

Spells Player’s Handbook

its plane of origin (if it isn’t there already) and can’t return to the current plane for 24 hours by any means short of a Wish spell. Divine Word Effects Hit Points Effect

0–20 The target dies. 21–30 The target has the Blinded, Deafened, and Stunned conditions for 1 hour. 31–40 The target has the Blinded and Deafened conditions for 10 minutes. 41–50 The target has the Deafened condition for 1 minute.

Clone

Spells Player’s Handbook

choose whether the finished clone is the same age as the creature or younger. The clone remains inert and endures indefinitely while its vessel remains undisturbed. If the original creature dies after

the clone finishes forming, the creature’s soul transfers to the clone if the soul is free and willing to return. The clone is physically identical to the original and has the same personality

Mummy

Monsters Monster Manual

maximum doesn’t return to normal when finishing a Long Rest, and its Hit Point maximum decreases by 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Rotting Fist"} every 24 hours

that elapse. A creature dies and turns to dust if reduced to 0 Hit Points by this attack. Dreadful Glare. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 11, one creature the mummy can see within 60 feet. Failure: The target

Arch-hag

Monsters Monster Manual

spells and other magical effects. Spiteful Escape. When the hag drops to 0 Hit Points, it dies only if it is within 30 feet of its anathema (a thing the DM chooses as the hag’s most hated thing

). Otherwise, the hag drops to 1 Hit Point and teleports to a harmless demiplane, and it can’t return to the plane it left for 2d6;{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Spiteful

Figurine of Wondrous Power

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

figurine form. When the creature becomes a figurine again, its property can’t be used again until a certain amount of time has passed, as specified in the figurine’s description. Figurine

weapons disappear and the horns return when the goat reverts to figurine form. While you ride the goat, any Hostile creature that starts its turn within a 30-foot Emanation originating from the goat must

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

. This enmity lasts until either you or the devil dies. A Question of Enmity Two of the cards in the Deck of Many Things can earn a character the enmity of another being. With the Flames card, the

guard the place. While your soul is trapped in this way, your body is inert, ceases aging, and requires no food, air, or water. A Wish spell can’t return your soul to your body, but the spell reveals the location of the object that holds your soul. You draw no more cards.

Vampire Infernalist

Monsters Astarion's Book of Hungers

, the vampire uses Shape-Shift to become mist (no action required). If it can’t use Shape-Shift, it is destroyed. While it has 0 Hit Points in mist form, it can’t return to its vampire form

doesn’t burn written material. If the infernalist dies or moves its lair elsewhere, these effects end immediately.Fire, Necrotic, PoisonShape-Shift. If the vampire isn’t in sunlight or

Magic Jar Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

. While possessing a body, you can use your action to return from the host body to the container if it is within 100 feet of you, returning the host creature's soul to its body. If the host body dies

while you're in it, the creature dies, and you must make a Charisma saving throw against your own spellcasting DC. On a success, you return to the container if it is within 100 feet of you. Otherwise

Clone Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

clone matures, if the original creature dies, its soul transfers to the clone, provided that the soul is free and willing to return. The clone is physically identical to the original and has the same

Staff of the Python Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

initiative count. By using a bonus action to speak the command word again, you return the staff to its normal form in a space formerly occupied by the snake. On your turn, you can mentally command the

attack your enemies or guard a location. If the snake is reduced to 0 hit points, it dies and reverts to its staff form. The staff then shatters and is destroyed. If the snake reverts to staff form before losing all its hit points, it regains all of them.

Bob

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the box. He does not return to it even if the button on the cube is pressed. Instead, he wanders off to work on his poetry. (Everybody Dies on a Lightning Train)

until the wielder uses an action to press the button on the cube again to return him to the box. If the cube is activated twice in 24 hours, when Bob completes his second assignment, he is free from

Deep Scion

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

certain, but when it works, the magic transforms an air-breathing person into a shapeshifter that can take on an aquatic form. A deep scion emerges from the depths in service to their underwater master

means to an end. The creature believes that their true form is the shape they take when they return to the sea they think of as home. Ironically, however, a deep scion that is killed when in their

Barbarian in a Box

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, when Bob completes his second assignment, he is free from the box. He does not return to it even if the button on the cube is pressed. Instead, he wanders off to work on his poetry. (Everybody Dies on a Lightning Train)

. Absent commands to attack, Bob writes or recites poetry until the wielder uses an action to press the button on the cube again to return him to the box. If the cube is activated twice in 24 hours

Sailor Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

relations with (perhaps one captained by a former crewmate). Because you’re calling in a favor, you can’t be certain of a schedule or route that will meet your every need. Your Dungeon

Master will determine how long it takes to get where you need to go. In return for your free passage, you and your companions are expected to assist the crew during the voyage. Variant Sailor: Pirate

Revenant Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

to go to the afterlife and not return. Turn Immunity. The revenant is immune to effects that turn undead. Vengeful Tracker. The revenant knows the distance to and direction of any creature against

which it seeks revenge, even if the creature and the revenant are on different planes of existence. If the creature being tracked by the revenant dies, the revenant knows.Multiattack. The revenant

Gray Slaad (control gem variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Innate Spellcasting. The slaad’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14). The slaad can

whoever possesses the gem and is immune to being charmed while so controlled. Certain spells can be used to acquire the gem. If the slaad fails its saving throw against imprisonment, the spell can

Death Slaad (control gem variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Innate Spellcasting. The slaad's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15, +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7

Gem. Implanted in the slaad's brain is a magic control gem. The slaad must obey whoever possesses the gem and is immune to being charmed while so controlled. Certain spells can be used to acquire the

Green Slaad (control gem variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Innate Spellcasting. The slaad's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 12). The slaad can innately

slaad's brain is a magic control gem. The slaad must obey whoever possesses the gem and is immune to being charmed while so controlled. Certain spells can be used to acquire the gem. If the slaad

Strigoi

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

regains hit points equal to the amount of necrotic damage dealt. A creature reduced to 0 hit points from this attack dies and leaves nothing behind except its skin and its equipment. Ravenous Children (1

can see within 30 feet of it. The stirges are under the strigoi’s control and act immediately after the strigoi in the initiative order. The stirges disappear after 1 hour, when the strigoi dies

Hyphan Duskcap (Variant)

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radiant damage in a single turn, the duskcap has disadvantage on ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws until the end of its next turn. The duskcap dies if it spends more than 1 hour in

everything it hears, to be transmitted to the hive mind with unfailing accuracy upon its return. Hyphans Sharing a closer genealogy with the common toadstool than with any of the humanoid races, hyphans

Goblin Psi Brawler

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Mental Burst. When the goblin dies, its pent-up mental energy explodes in a psychic blast. Each creature within 5 feet of it must succeed on a DC 13 Intelligence saving throw or take 5 (2d4

other Aberrations, which help them transform in return for their service as shock troops. Regardless, the result is the same: a goblin with unnatural and barely contained psychic power. Psionic goblins

Harrow Hound

Monsters The Book of Many Things

creature being tracked by the hound dies, the hound knows.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6

return to the Gardens of Decay with the hunt incomplete. Powerful Undead, such as vampire;vampires and death knight;death knights, might be accompanied by packs of harrow hounds.PoisonNecrotic, Psychic

Drow Inquisitor

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. The target dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to 0. Spellcasting. The drow casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability

, true seeingLolth’s worshipers expect treachery—the Spider Queen encourages it, after all. A certain amount of backstabbing and double-crossing can be managed, but too much can undermine an

Decrepit Hyphan Duskcap (Variant)

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radiant damage in a single turn, the duskcap has disadvantage on ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws until the end of its next turn. The duskcap dies if it spends more than 1 hour in direct

it hears, to be transmitted to the hive mind with unfailing accuracy upon its return. Hyphans Sharing a closer genealogy with the common toadstool than with any of the humanoid races, hyphans is

Drow Inquisitor (Summoner Variant)

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. The target dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to 0. Spellcasting. The drow casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability

summoner, acts as an ally of its summoner, and can’t summon other demons. It remains for 10 minutes, until it or its summoner dies, or until its summoner dismisses it as an action.Lolth’s

Star Spawn Larva Mage

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Return to Worms. When the mage is reduced to 0 hit points, it breaks apart into a swarm of insects (see the Monster Manual) in the same space. Unless the swarm is destroyed, the mage reforms from it

Blessings Disciples of certain Elder Evils can bestow supernatural gifts on those who serve that cult, including star spawn. The following powers are unique to specific cults; typically a creature has

Decrepit Hyphan Duskcap

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radiant damage in a single turn, the duskcap has disadvantage on ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws until the end of its next turn. The duskcap dies if it spends more than 1 hour in direct

happens instantaneously. However, if a duskcap should range beyond these spores, it will record everything it hears, to be transmitted to the hive mind with unfailing accuracy upon its return. Hyphans

Hyphan Duskcap

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radiant damage in a single turn, the duskcap has disadvantage on ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws until the end of its next turn. The duskcap dies if it spends more than 1 hour in

instantaneously. However, if a duskcap should range beyond these spores, it will record everything it hears, to be transmitted to the hive mind with unfailing accuracy upon its return. Hyphans Sharing a closer

Vigorous Hyphan Duskcap (Variant)

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radiant damage in a single turn, the duskcap has disadvantage on ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws until the end of its next turn. The duskcap dies if it spends more than 1 hour in

duskcap should range beyond these spores, it will record everything it hears, to be transmitted to the hive mind with unfailing accuracy upon its return. Hyphans Sharing a closer genealogy with the

Vigorous Hyphan Duskcap

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radiant damage in a single turn, the duskcap has disadvantage on ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws until the end of its next turn. The duskcap dies if it spends more than 1 hour in

hive mind with unfailing accuracy upon its return. Hyphans Sharing a closer genealogy with the common toadstool than with any of the humanoid races, hyphans is the term used for the alien, fungal

Solar Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

against a target or return to the solar's hands. If the hovering sword is targeted by any effect, the solar is considered to be holding it. The hovering sword falls if the solar dies. Healing Touch (4

Cloud Giant Smiling One

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

feel like a Beast or a Humanoid it has seen or to return to its true form. Any equipment the giant is wearing or carrying is absorbed by the new form. Its statistics, other than its size, don’t

change. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Spellcasting. The giant casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save

Hyphan Brute (Variant)

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, the brute has disadvantage on ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws until the end of its next turn. The brute dies if it spends more than 1 hour in direct sunlight.Multiattack. The brute

hyphan hive mind typically adapts an infected creature’s body into one of three archetypes: the brute, duskcap, or sporeslinger. These individuals must regularly return to the heart of their colony to be replenished and regain their vigour, lest they become decrepit, dessicated husks.Necrotic

Skulk

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

a vague likeness of its master. Cruel and chaotic, skulks carry out their orders in the most violent manner possible. A summoned skulk can’t return to the Shadowfell until it dies, so many

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