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Player’s Handbook
Contingency, expending spell slots for both, but the contingent spell doesn’t come into effect. Instead, it takes effect when a certain trigger occurs. You describe that trigger when you cast the
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
the devil’s allies and followers a few times before being able to confront the devil.
In the case of the Rogue card, the enmity is secret and should come from someone thought to be a friend or
Disadvantage on D20 Tests for the next 72 hours. Draw another card; this draw doesn’t count as one of your declared draws.
Gem. Twenty-five pieces of jewelry worth 2,000 GP each or fifty gems worth
Monsters
Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club
Agile. The rat doesn’t provoke Opportunity Attacks when it moves out of an enemy’s reach.
Death Burst. The rat explodes when it dies. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 9, each creature in a
damage.Slinking Vermin Befouled by Magic
Corrupted by a malevolent ex-adventurer’s magic, the rats of Elmshire are mottled and sickly. Their organs glow and bubble beneath their scabby hides as if ready to pop. These pests sometimes gather in squeaking tides, devouring everything in their path.
Monsters
Astarion's Book of Hungers
damage if it starts its turn in sunlight. While in sunlight, it has Disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.
Immobile Restoration. If the vampire drops to 0 Hit Points while it doesn’t
. When most vampires would be destroyed, a warden turns to stone, heals itself, and is ready for service once again.
Ah, these stony-skinned prats: the insufferable watchdogs of vampirekind. I once
College of Valor
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
Bards of the College of Valor are daring skalds whose tales keep alive the memory of the great heroes of the past, and thereby inspire a new generation of heroes. These bards gather in mead halls or
around great bonfires to sing the deeds of the mighty, both past and present. They travel the land to witness great events firsthand and to ensure that the memory of those events doesn’t pass
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
quickly rising in the ranks of Acquisitions Incorporated since joining that august team, Viari has come to head what's known as the organization's Stabbing Department. A potent threat in both dueling
adventurer was nearly cut short during a battle of which the bards still sing. Unleashing a devastating attack with the aptly named Apocalypse Dagger, the rogue destroyed a giant single-handedly — and lost
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. The juggernaut doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The juggernaut makes two attacks. It can replace one attack with Deadly Shaping if it is ready.
Executioner’s Pick
takes radiant damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of its next turn. The juggernaut dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate.
Unusual Nature
classes
Player’s Handbook
Sing the Deeds of Ancient Heroes
Bards of the College of Valor are daring storytellers whose tales preserve the memory of the great heroes of the past. These Bards sing the deeds of the mighty in
vaulted halls or to crowds gathered around great bonfires. They travel to witness great events firsthand and to ensure that the memory of these events doesn’t pass away. With their songs, they inspire new generations to reach the same heights of accomplishment as the heroes of old.
monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
snow. Elders invoke her name to keep young goliaths from wandering too far from home before they’re ready. Adult goliaths sometimes encounter this legendary individual in their travels to the far
, Oyaminartok is not a monster but a force of good in the region, and she passes her curse only to goliaths whose hearts are pure.
Oyaminartok and others of her kind try to help creatures they come across, for
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Unusual Nature. The scavver doesn’t require air.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit (with advantage if the target is a
—brown and gray—rarely rise above the level of nuisances. The larger varieties are more formidable, in part because they often don’t wait for their meals to come to them.
A scavver
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
Limited Spell Immunity. The golem automatically succeeds on saving throws against spells of 7th level or lower, and the attack rolls of such spells always miss it.
Unusual Nature. The golem doesn
, normally stored in sacred canopic jars during mummification, can be magically preserved and transplanted into living humanoids. The transplant recipients come under the control of the mummy lord, either as living supplicants or mindless golems through which the mummy lord can see and speak.Poison
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
its turn if it is in contact with the ground. If the wood woad takes fire damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of the wood woad’s next turn. The wood woad dies only if it
starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate.
Tree Stride. Once on each of its turns, the wood woad can use 10 feet of its movement to step magically into one living tree within 5 feet
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the abishai’s darkvision.
Magic Resistance. The abishai has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
armies. In all cases, abishais are fanatically loyal to Tiamat, ready to lay down their lives if needed.
Abishais stand outside the normal hierarchy of the Nine Hells, having their own chain of command
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the abishai’s darkvision.
Magic Resistance. The abishai has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
, ready to lay down their lives if needed.
Abishais stand outside the normal hierarchy of the Nine Hells, having their own chain of command and ultimately answering to Tiamat (and Asmodeus, when he
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
indefinitely.
Unusual Nature. The gadabout doesn’t require food or sleep.Multiattack. The gadabout makes two Branch attacks.
Branch. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType
to date who know how to grow gadabouts. Since gadabouts don’t generate seeds, each one is a valuable commodity. Mercane and dohwar merchants who come into possession of a healthy gadabout might sell it for 2,500 gp or more.Fire
Monsters
Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Magic Resistance. The pari has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Unusual Nature. The pari doesn’t require food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The
. A visit from a pari is often a prophetic warning or portent of an event yet to come. Pari have pastel blue skin, wear robes and armor, and have two sets of wings with vivid red feathers sprouting from their back.Fire, Radiant; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the abishai’s darkvision.
Magic Resistance. The abishai has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
responsibilities, such as leading large groups, assassinating targets, and serving in armies. In all cases, abishais are fanatically loyal to Tiamat, ready to lay down their lives if needed.
Abishais stand
Monsters
The Tortle Package
legs come out of a small opening in the bottom of its shell. A geonid can draw its limbs into its shell and close the opening. When it does so, the creature looks like a small boulder. In this state, the
trespassed in their territory. The information gleaned is imprecise and doesn’t include the specific identities of such creatures or the precise times when they passed nearby.
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Unusual Nature. The scavver doesn’t require air.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit (with advantage if the target is a
;rarely rise above the level of nuisances. The larger varieties are more formidable, in part because they often don’t wait for their meals to come to them.
A scavver has a single large eye in the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
. They read these signs as omens, giving them glimpses of what is to come, and they eagerly examine the potential futures of any creatures who come to them in peace.
Crystal dragons’ connection to
rain from the sky in a beautiful but dangerous display. Rumors quickly spread that a crystal dragon is responsible.
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A crystal dragon invites the greatest bards and philosophers to partake in
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Pack Tactics. The hound has advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of the hound’s allies is within 5 feet of the target and the ally doesn’t have the incapacitated
condition.
Supernatural Tracker. The hound knows the distance to and direction of any creature that has come within 30 feet of it, even if that creature is on a different plane of existence. If the
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that Squirt is animate.
Unusual Nature. Squirt doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation
elf used her magic to animate the oilcan in jest. Having come alive at a party, Squirt was imbued with the urge to seek out fun wherever it can be found.
Alignment. Chaotic neutral.
Personality
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
in starlight. They read these signs as omens, giving them glimpses of what is to come, and they eagerly examine the potential futures of any creatures who come to them in peace.
Crystal dragons&rsquo
Prismatic shards rain from the sky in a beautiful but dangerous display. Rumors quickly spread that a crystal dragon is responsible.
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A crystal dragon invites the greatest bards and philosophers
Charlatan
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there, I have a child who doesn’t know me. I’m making the world better for him or her.
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I come from a noble family, and one day I’ll reclaim my lands and title from those who
weapons of choice.
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I keep multiple holy symbols on me and invoke whatever deity might come in useful at any given moment.
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I pocket anything I see that might have some value.
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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the abishai’s darkvision.
Magic Resistance. The abishai has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
groups, assassinating targets, and serving in armies. In all cases, abishais are fanatically loyal to Tiamat, ready to lay down their lives if needed.
Abishais stand outside the normal hierarchy of the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
doesn’t require air or sleep.Life Drain. The mist touches one creature in its space. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw (Undead and Constructs automatically succeed
. In battle, a mist focuses its attacks on injured targets, since open wounds are a more ready source of blood.PoisonAcid, Cold, Lightning, Necrotic, Thunder; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Unusual Nature. The scavver doesn’t require air.Swallowing Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Swallowing Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one
formidable, in part because they often don’t wait for their meals to come to them.
A scavver has a single large eye in the leading edge of its head. This eye glows while the creature is awake. Its
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
as he can, starting with evil Vistani.
Man with a Plan. Van Richten doesn’t know that his former protégé, a good-aligned Vistana named Ezmerelda d’Avenir, has come to Barovia
hunting evil monsters.
The Waiting Game. Van Richten isn’t a young man anymore. He knows his road is coming to an end, but his work isn't done. He has come to Barovia to kill Strahd von Zarovich
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
Unusual Nature. The autognome doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The autognome makes two Shock attacks.
Shock
distinguish between species; if an autognome sees a group of adults battling a lunar dragon wyrmling, for instance, it would come to the wyrmling's defense.Poison
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Flyby. The dragon doesn’t provoke opportunity attack;opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy’s reach.
Unusual Nature. The dragon doesn’t require air.Multiattack. The
typically feed on kindori, scavvers, and other forms of space-dwelling wildlife. A solar dragon might mistake a distant spelljamming ship for possible prey and come within range of the vessel’s weapons
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
’re always ready to put themself in harm’s way to see justice triumph over tyranny and inequality.
Molliver invites trouble by not thinking through the ramifications of their actions
, counting on their friends to bail them out whenever they get in over their head. They always have a friendly jibe or acerbic remark on the tip of their tongue, and their cavalier attitude doesn’t
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Flyby. The dragon doesn’t provoke opportunity attack;opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy’s reach.
Unusual Nature. The dragon doesn’t require air.Multiattack. The
feed on kindori, scavvers, and other forms of space-dwelling wildlife. A solar dragon might mistake a distant spelljamming ship for possible prey and come within range of the vessel’s weapons
races
traditions? What is their history? On the other hand, some ombrasks, perhaps those with a foreboding sense of their past misdeeds, choose to ignore what might have come before and focus on living life anew. That is, if their previous life doesn’t come calling…
work.
Almost Unseen
If an ombrask doesn’t find a way to exit the Shadow Plane or isn’t summoned by some novice wizard, it can fade entirely, becoming an invisible, skulking creature bent
classes
Basic Rules (2014)
of song, speech, and the magic they contain. Bards say that the multiverse was spoken into existence, that the words of the gods gave it shape, and that echoes of these primordial Words of Creation
still resound throughout the cosmos. The music of bards is an attempt to snatch and harness those echoes, subtly woven into their spells and powers.
The greatest strength of bards is their sheer
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
attack rolls and ability checks.
Unusual Nature. The bodak doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction
lord’s symbol on their chest over the heart. Orcus’s power flays body, mind, and soul, leaving behind a sentient husk that consumes life energy near it. Most bodaks come into being in