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or half as much damage on a successful one.
Until the spell ends, you can take a Magic action to call down lightning in that way again, targeting the same point or a different one.
If you’re
outdoors in a storm when you cast this spell, the spell gives you control over that storm instead of creating a new one. Under such conditions, the spell’s damage increases by 1d10.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d10 for each spell slot level above 3.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You conjure a portal linking an unoccupied space you can see within range to a precise location on a different plane of existence. The portal is a circular opening, which you can make 5 to 20 feet in
diameter. You can orient the portal in any direction you choose. The portal lasts for the duration, and the portal’s destination is visible through it.
The portal has a front and a back on
Spells
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, though you might get a different creature anyway (DM’s choice).
When the creature appears, it is under no compulsion to behave a particular way. You can ask it to perform a service in
task, or when the agreed-upon duration of service expires, the creature returns to its home plane after reporting back to you if possible. If you are unable to agree on a price for the creature’s service, the creature immediately returns to its home plane.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
Initiative count, and it functions as a controlled mount while you ride it (as defined in the rules on mounted combat). If you have the Incapacitated condition, the steed takes its turn immediately
anything it was wearing or carrying. If you cast this spell again, you decide whether you summon the steed that disappeared or a different one.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. Use the spell slot’s
Classes
Player’s Handbook
, disheartening foes, and creating illusions. Bards believe the multiverse was spoken into existence and that remnants of its Words of Creation still resound and glimmer on every plane of existence. Bardic
, proficiency with one Musical Instrument of your choice, and training with Light armor.
Gain the Bard’s level 1 features, which are listed in the Bard Features table. See the multiclassing rules to
Monsters
Heroes of the Borderlands
Quick Disguise. Jacko spends 1 minute to disguise himself as a different Humanoid of approximately his height and weight. While Jacko is disguised, a creature that takes the Study action to inspect
customers parrot his cheesy slogan: “Jacko always has your back-o.”Cunning Action. Jacko takes the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.
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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one of those scores by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or
some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the text of the cure wounds spell specifies that the spell doesn’t work on a creature that has the
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
different plane of existence from the one you’re on and slice through an unoccupied space within 5 feet of yourself, creating a rift to that other plane. The rift can be up to 10 feet high and 10
You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic sword.
This sword can tear the fabric of reality, creating a temporary rift between planes. You can use your action to choose a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
against each other, perhaps to determine who rules a war band or because of extreme starvation. Even under ordinary circumstances, gnolls that are deprived of victims for too long struggle to control
the remains back to a semblance of life in the form of a gnoll witherling.
Witherlings travel with their comrades and try to kill anything in their path. They don’t eat and aren’t motivated
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Levistus, the archdevil who rules Stygia, the sixth layer of the Nine Hells, from the confines of an ice prison from which he cannot escape.
Most of the cultists are Icewind Dale natives who would
-shaped amulet of chardalyn. Each of these amulets has an inner radiance that provides warmth and aid, protecting its wearer against the cold while guiding them safely back to civilization. Once its
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
violence to sustain their existence, angry sorrowsworn—sometimes called the Angry—grow more powerful when their foes fight back. If a creature opts not to attack, though, this sorrowsworn
personifies a different aspect of despair or distress.Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing while in Dim Light or Darkness
Magic Items
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
thunder.
If you load no ammunition in the weapon, it produces its own, automatically creating one piece of magic ammunition when you pull back the string. The ammunition created by the bow vanishes the instant after it hits or misses a target.
Sword of Answering
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
nine swords has its own name and alignment, and each bears a different gem in its pommel.
Name
Alignment
Gem
Answerer
Chaotic good
Emerald
Back Talker
Chaotic evil
Jet
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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.The Knights of the Black Sword are a secret society of cultists devoted to Levistus, the archdevil who rules Stygia, the sixth layer of the Nine Hells, from the
warmth and aid, protecting its wearer against the cold while guiding them safely back to civilization. Once its wearer reaches Ten-Towns, the talisman loses its inner radiance, yet the cultists keep their
Species
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
This version of the eladrin originally appeared in the Dungeon Master's Guide as an example for creating your own subraces.
Creatures of magic with strong ties to nature, eladrin live in the
twilight realm of the Feywild. Their cities sometimes cross over to the Material Plane, appearing briefly in mountain valleys or deep forest glades before fading back into the Feywild.
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
dragon turtle’s defenses, magical storms manifest to shield the dragon turtle and strike at foes.
Creating a Dragon Turtle
Use the Dragon Turtle Personality Traits and Dragon Turtle Ideals tables
explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply those rules to these aquatic dragons.)
Dragon Turtle Personality Traits
d8
Call Lightning
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
half as much damage on a successful one. On each of your turns until the spell ends, you can use your action to call down lightning in this way again, targeting the same point or a different one.
If
you are outdoors in stormy conditions when you cast this spell, the spell gives you control over the existing storm instead of creating a new one. Under such conditions, the spell’s damage
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
than her own, or back into her true form. Any equipment she is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (her choice). In a new form, Portentia retains her game statistics and ability to
search of a weapon to aid his captured sister.
Whether in combat or social encounters, Portentia shifts frequently between different forms and mindsets, only some of which are fully humanoid. She fights
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
shield the dragon turtle and strike at foes.
Creating a Dragon Turtle
Use the Dragon Turtle Personality Traits and Dragon Turtle Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive dragon turtle
characters, and use the Dragon Turtle Spellcasting table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. (Though the Monster Manual doesn’t explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for
Gate
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
You conjure a portal linking an unoccupied space you can see within range to a precise location on a different plane of existence. The portal is a circular opening, which you can make 5 to 20 feet in
diameter. You can orient the portal in any direction you choose. The portal lasts for the duration.
The portal has a front and a back on each plane where it appears. Travel through the portal is
Plane Shift
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Spells
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You and up to eight willing creatures who link hands in a circle are transported to a different plane of existence. You can specify a target destination in general terms, such as the City of Brass on
creature must make a Charisma saving throw. If the creature fails this save, it is transported to a random location on the plane of existence you specify. A creature so transported must find its own way back to your current plane of existence.
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
forge, the cold of high mountain air, the spark of inspiration, and the scouring touch of acid that purifies.
Creating Your Character
When you create your D&D character, you decide whether your
character is a member of the human race or one of the game’s fantastical races. If you select one of the dragonborn races in this chapter, follow these additional rules during character creation
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t work on a Construct or an Undead.
Life Span
The typical life span
dangers during adventures.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race such as the
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds
taper to sharp talons. Feathers cover their bodies—usually red, orange, yellow, brown, or gray. Their heads are also avian, often resembling those of parrots or eagles.
Creating Your Character
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types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t work on a Construct or an Undead
existence, most often to the Material Plane. There they seek to bring a bit of their home plane’s splendor to other worlds.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a
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race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score
, shadar-kai can live to be over 750 years old.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t work on a
others were born to non-genasi parents who lived near a place suffused by a genie’s magic.
A typical genasi has a life span of 120 years.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you choose
Criminal / Spy
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Basic Rules (2014)
than most people to the world of murder, theft, and violence that pervades the underbelly of civilization, and you have survived up to this point by flouting the rules and regulations of society
; specifically, you know the local messengers, corrupt caravan masters, and seedy sailors who can deliver messages for you.
Variant Criminal: Spy
Although your capabilities are not much different
Shapechange
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
You assume the form of a different creature for the duration. The new form can be of any creature with a challenge rating equal to your level or lower. The creature can't be a construct or an undead
or merge into your new form. Equipment that merges has no effect in that state.
During this spell's duration, you can use your action to assume a different form following the same restrictions and
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
rolls made with this weapon. If you load no ammunition in the weapon, it produces its own, automatically creating one magic arrow when you pull back the string. The arrow created by the bow vanishes the
Vampire Warrior
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
Shapechanger. If the vampire isn't in sunlight or running water, it can use its action to polymorph into a Tiny bat or a Medium cloud of mist, or back into its true form.
While in bat form, the
or until the vampire is destroyed, is on a different plane of existence than the target, or takes a bonus action to end the effect.
Children of the Night (1/Day). The vampire magically calls 2d4
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Thrym, the scion can achieve a tremendous feat of strength: creating a glacier in the ground and hurling it skyward, along with any creatures standing on it.
Regional Effects
The region surrounding a
scion of Thrym is altered by the giant’s magic, creating one or more of the following effects:
Biting Chill. Extreme cold envelops the land within 6 miles of the scion (see the Dungeon Master
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
their bodies and the spines and horns that hover close to their heads and backs. These horns shift with the dragon’s mood: bristling with anger, lying back with fear or suspicion, and rippling
nurturing.
Creating a Crystal Dragon
Use the Crystal Dragon Personality Traits and Crystal Dragon Ideals tables to inspire your portrayal of distinctive crystal dragon characters.
Crystal Dragon
Ancient Red Dragon
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","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. The dragon can then fly up to half its flying speed.The odor of sulfur and pumice surrounds a red dragon, whose swept-back
lairs, creating hazards that hinder intruders and letting searing heat and volcanic gases wash over a dragon as it sleeps.
With its hoard well protected deep within the lair, a red dragon spends as
Vampire
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Shapechanger. If the vampire isn’t in sunlight or running water, it can use its action to polymorph into a Tiny bat or a Medium cloud of mist, or back into its true form.
While in bat form
, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success. Otherwise, the effect lasts 24 hours or until the vampire is destroyed, is on a different plane of existence than the target






