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Hold Back The Dead Aurore Folny Ironspine Keep is all that stands before a monstrous horde sent by the villainous lich Szass Tam. The heroes must defend a section of the fortress walls from
encroaching monsters and internal spies, or the region will fall to Szass Tam’s tide of death. “Hold Back the Dead” is part of a yearlong celebration of Dungeons & Dragons and its 50th anniversary. The
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Player’s Handbook
Hit Points. This spell also neutralizes any poisons that affected the creature at the time of death. This spell closes all mortal wounds and restores any missing body parts.
Coming back from the dead
With a touch, you revive a dead creature that has been dead for no more than a century, didn’t die of old age, and wasn’t Undead when it died.
The creature returns to life with all its
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With a touch, you revive a dead creature if it has been dead no longer than 10 days and it wasn’t Undead when it died.
The creature returns to life with 1 Hit Point. This spell also
integral for its survival—its head, for instance—the spell automatically fails.
Coming back from the dead is an ordeal. The target takes a −4 penalty to D20 Test;D20 Tests. Every time the target finishes a Long Rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it becomes 0.
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Player’s Handbook
You touch a willing creature and put it into a cataleptic state that is indistinguishable from death.
For the duration, the target appears dead to outward inspection and to spells used to determine
Monsters
Monster Manual
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
At Will: Detect Thoughts, Gaseous Form (self only), Web1/Day: Dominate PersonToxic Escape. Trigger: The yochlol is hit by an attack roll. Response: The yochlol
halves the attack’s damage to itself (round down), and it teleports to an unoccupied space it can see within 30 feet of itself. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 15, each creature within 5 feet of
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in response to the spell’s trigger, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.Legendary Action Uses: 3 (4 in Lair). Immediately after another creature’s turn, the lich can
Hand, Prestidigitation 2/Day Each: Animate Dead, Dimension Door, Plane Shift 1/Day Each: Chain Lightning, Finger of Death, Power Word Kill, ScryingProtective Magic. The lich casts Counterspell or Shield
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Player’s Handbook
You touch a dead Humanoid or a piece of one. If the creature has been dead no longer than 10 days, the spell forms a new body for it and calls the soul to enter that body. Roll 1d10 and consult the
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Halfling
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Tiefling
The reincarnated creature makes any choices that a species’ description offers, and the creature recalls its former
Monsters
Monster Manual
Shriek. Trigger: A creature or a source of Bright Light moves within 30 feet of the shrieker. Response: The shrieker emits a shriek audible within 300 feet of itself for 1 minute or until the shrieker dies.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
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Raise Dead. As a Magic action, you can cause the cauldron to grow large enough for a Medium creature to crouch within. You can revert the cauldron to its normal size as a Magic action, harmlessly
) for at least 8 hours, the salt is consumed and the creature returns to life as if by Raise Dead at the next dawn. Once used, this property can’t be used again for 7 days.
Monsters
Monster Manual
: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Tentacles"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 1 Bludgeoning damage.Ink Cloud (1/Day). Trigger: A creature ends its turn within 5 feet of the octopus
while underwater. Response: The octopus releases ink that fills a 5-foot Cube centered on itself, and the octopus moves up to its Swim Speed. The Cube is Heavily Obscured for 1 minute or until a strong current or similar effect disperses the ink.
Monsters
Monster Manual
":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it is cursed. While cursed, the target can’t regain Hit Points, it gains no benefit from 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
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Monster Manual
. Trigger: A creature the goblin can see hits it with an attack roll. Response—Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 13, the triggering creature. Failure: The attack misses instead.
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Monster Manual
a creature. Response: The triggering creature takes 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Mind Corrosion", "rollDamageType":"Psychic"} Psychic damage.Acid, Cold, Fire, Psychic
Intelligence saving throws until the end of the ooze’s next turn.
Psychic Crush. Intelligence Saving Throw: DC 10, one creature the ooze can see within 60 feet. Failure: 13 (3d8);{"diceNotation":"3d8
Monsters
Monster Manual
"}. Trigger: A creature the cyclops can see makes an attack roll against it. Response: The cyclops imposes Disadvantage on the roll, and the cyclops gains Advantage on attack rolls against the target until the end of the cyclops’s next turn.
"}, reach 10 ft. Hit: 16 (3d6 + 6);{"diceNotation":"3d6+6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Stone Club", "rollDamageType":"Bludgeoning"} Bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Huge or smaller creature
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", "rollAction":"Rend", "rollDamageType":"Radiant"} Radiant damage.Burst of Ingenuity (2/Day). Trigger: The sphinx or another creature within 30 feet makes an ability check or a saving throw. Response: The sphinx adds 2 to the roll.Necrotic, Psychic, Radiant
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Monster Manual
choice of (A) the Charmed condition until the start of the githzerai’s next turn or (B) the Prone condition, provided the target is a Large or smaller creature.
Spellcasting. The githzerai casts one
InvisibilityPsionic Defense. The githzerai casts Feather Fall or Shield in response to the spell’s trigger, requiring no spell components and using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
person, you can take a Magic action to recite words from its pages in a foul, dead language. Each time you do so, you take 1d12 Psychic damage, and each creature within 15 feet of you takes 3d6 Psychic
damage unless the creature is a Fiend or an Undead.
Destroying the Book. The Book of Vile Darkness allows pages to be torn from it, but any evil lore contained on those pages finds its way back into the
Monsters
Monster Manual
":"Bludgeoning"} Bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it has the Prone condition.Parry. Trigger: The gladiator is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The gladiator adds 3 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.
. Strength Saving Throw: DC 15, one creature within 5 feet that the gladiator can see. Failure: 9 (2d4 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d4+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Shield Bash", "rollDamageType
Monsters
Monster Manual
smaller creature, it has the Grappled condition (escape DC 13) from all eight tentacles. While Grappled, the target has the Restrained condition.Ink Cloud (1/Day). Trigger: The octopus takes damage
while underwater. Response: The octopus releases ink that fills a 10-foot Cube centered on itself, and the octopus moves up to its Swim Speed. The Cube is Heavily Obscured for 1 minute or until a strong current or similar effect disperses the ink.
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Monster Manual
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"talons", "rollDamageType":"Slashing"} Slashing damage.Magical Backlash. Trigger: A creature within 120 feet of the cockatrice deals damage to it. Response&mdash
", "rollAction":"petrifying bite", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it is subjected to the following effect. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 14. First Failure: The target
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see.Pursuit. Trigger: Another creature the nalfeshnee can see ends its move within 120 feet of the nalfeshnee. Response: The nalfeshnee uses Teleport, but its destination space must be within 10 feet of the
triggering creature.PoisonCold, Fire, LightningHorror Nimbus (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Horror Nimbus"}. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 15, each creature in a
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Monster Manual
Fire Aura. At the end of each of the azer’s turns, each creature of the azer’s choice in a 5-foot Emanation originating from the azer takes 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10", "rollType
casts Hellish Rebuke in response to that spell’s trigger, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.Fire, Poison
Monsters
Monster Manual
performer with an attack roll. Response—Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 17, the triggering creature. Failure: The attack roll misses the performer, and the target has the Charmed condition until the end of the performer’s next turn.
", "rollAction":"Bejeweled Baton", "rollDamageType":"Psychic"} Psychic damage.
Majestic Song. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 17, each creature in a 20-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point within 120 feet
Monsters
Monster Manual
in a net within 5 feet, destroying the net on a success.Sticky Shield. Trigger: A creature misses the kuo-toa with a melee attack roll using a weapon. Response—Strength Saving Throw: DC 11, the
":"Piercing"} Piercing damage.
Sticky Net (1/Day). Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 10, one Large or smaller creature the kuo-toa can see within 15 feet. Failure: The target has the Restrained condition
Monsters
Monster Manual
":"damage", "rollAction":"Pistol", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage.Riposte. Trigger: The pirate is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The pirate adds 3 to its AC
against that attack, possibly causing it to miss. On a miss, the pirate makes one Rapier attack against the triggering creature if within range.Captain’s Charm. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 14, one
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Monster Manual
"} Piercing damage.
Antennae. The rust monster targets one nonmagical metal object—armor or a weapon—worn or carried by a creature within 5 feet of itself. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 11, the
creature with the object. Failure: The object takes a −1 penalty to the AC it offers (armor) or to its attack rolls (weapon). Armor is destroyed if the penalty reduces its AC to 10, and a weapon
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Monster Manual
. Response—Constitution Saving Throw: DC 14, each creature of the sahuagin’s choice in a 5-foot Emanation originating from the sahuagin. Failure: 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType
Blood Frenzy. The sahuagin has Advantage on attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its Hit Points.
Limited Amphibiousness. The sahuagin can breathe air and water, but it must
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"} Bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it has the Prone condition.Deflect Missile (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Deflect Missile
"}. Trigger: The giant is hit by a ranged attack roll and takes Bludgeoning, Piercing, or Slashing damage from it. Response: The giant reduces the damage it takes from the attack by 11 (1d10 + 6
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":"Bludgeoning"} Bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Huge or smaller creature, it has the Grappled condition (escape DC 16) from one of two tentacles, and the squid can pull the target up to 10 feet
straight toward itself.Ink Cloud (1/Day). Trigger: The squid takes damage while underwater. Response: The squid releases ink that fills a 15-foot Cube centered on itself, and the squid moves up to its Swim
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);{"diceNotation":"4d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Tentacle Lash", "rollDamageType":"Psychic"} Psychic damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it has the Grappled condition (escape DC 14
) from one of two tentacles, and it has the Restrained condition until the grapple ends.
Mind Rot. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 15, one creature the cultist can see within 90 feet. Failure: 27 (6d8
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Hellfire Orb (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Hellfire Orb"}. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 15, each creature in a 20-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point
holding a weapon. Response: The aspirant adds 4 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.Necrotic, Poison
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Monster Manual
the target is a Large or smaller creature, it has the Prone condition.
Spellcasting. The merfolk casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Wisdom as the
merfolk. Response—Strength Saving Throw: DC 15, the triggering enemy. Failure: 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Watery Rebuke", "rollDamageType":"Cold"} Cold
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Monster Manual
Amorphous. The pudding can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch without expending extra movement to do so.
Corrosive Form. A creature that hits the pudding with a melee attack roll takes 4 (1d8
. Trigger: While the pudding is Large or Medium and has 10+ Hit Points, it becomes Bloodied or is subjected to Lightning or Slashing damage. Response: The pudding splits into two new Black Puddings. Each new
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", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Elemental Claw (Thunder)", "rollDamageType":"Thunder"}. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, the cultist moves the target up to 10 feet straight toward or
). Trigger: The cultist takes Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Thunder damage. Response: The cultist gives itself Resistance to that instance of damage and gains 10 Temporary Hit Points.
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":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage.
Entangling Rope (Requires Magic Rope). Strength Saving Throw: DC 16, one creature the erinyes can see within 120 feet. Failure: 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6", "rollType
the target, or the erinyes uses Entangling Rope again.Parry. Trigger: The erinyes is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The erinyes adds 4 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.Fire, PoisonCold