before beast down corpse removed

Dybbuk Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Possess Corpse"}. The dybbuk disappears into an intact corpse it can see within 5 feet of it. The corpse must be Large or smaller and be that of a beast or a

other magical effects. Violate Corpse. The dybbuk can use a bonus action while it is possessing a corpse to make it do something unnatural, such as vomit blood, twist its head all the way around, or

Dybbuk

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Possess Corpse"}. The dybbuk disappears into an intact corpse within 5 feet of it that belonged to a Large or smaller Beast or Humanoid. The dybbuk gains 20 temporary hit

Corpse. While Possess Corpse is active, the dybbuk makes the corpse do something unnatural, such as vomit blood, twist its head all the way around, or cause a quadruped to move as a biped. Any Beast

Myconid Sovereign Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

/Day). The myconid targets one corpse of a humanoid or a Large or smaller beast within 5 feet of it and releases spores at the corpse. In 24 hours, the corpse rises as a spore servant. The corpse

Swarm of Maggots

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

can’t be removed until the disease ends. The creature dies if its hit point maximum drops to 0. 5–6. The creature has disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls until it finishes its

next long rest. The disease lasts until it’s removed by magic or until the creature rolls the same random effect for the disease two long rests in a row.Base creatures are among the first to

Thorny Vegepygmy

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

+1", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.If a Beast such as a dog or a bear dies from russet mold, the result is a bestial moldy called a thorny

the infestation. A creature reduced to 0 hit points by the mold dies. If the dead creature is a Beast, a Giant, or a Humanoid, one or more vegepygmies emerge from its body 24 hours later: one from a

Relentless Impaler

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

if it is reduced to 0 hit points while either the ceremonial stake is removed from the sacrifice’s corpse or the impaler is on a different plane of existence from that corpse. Legendary

Bloodheart Stake. The impaler is magically bound to the ceremonial stake and the sacrificed corpse the ritual caster used to create it. If the impaler is reduced to 0 hit points, it disappears, then

Vegepygmy

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

from the remains left behind when a Humanoid or a Giant is killed by russet mold (see “Russet Mold” below). One or more vegepygmies emerge from the corpse a day later. Vegepygmies

poison or cures disease kills the infestation. A creature reduced to 0 hit points by the mold dies. If the dead creature is a Beast, a Giant, or a Humanoid, one or more vegepygmies emerge from its body 24

Vegepygmy Chief

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. If the dead creature is a Beast, a Giant, or a Humanoid, one or more vegepygmies emerge from its body 24 hours later: one from a Small corpse, two from a Medium corpse, four from a Large corpse, eight

dies while infected, its corpse produces vegepygmies the same way russet mold does. Vegepygmies Vegepygmies are fungus creatures that live in simple bands, hunting for sustenance and spreading the

Kyrzin's Ooze

Magic Items Eberron: Rising from the Last War

this property, it can’t be used again until the next dawn. Symbiotic Nature. The ooze can’t be removed from you while you’re attuned to it, and you can’t voluntarily end your

you, turning your corpse into a black pudding allied with the daelkyr (see the Monster Manual for the black pudding;black pudding's stat block).

Jiangshi

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

the initiative order. If this wight slays a Humanoid with its Life Drain, the wight transforms into a jiangshi 5 days later. Change Shape. The jiangshi polymorphs into a Beast, a Humanoid, or an Undead

jiangshi’s choice). It reverts to its true form if it dies.When a soul becomes trapped within its corpse, its bitterness can reanimate its body, creating a jiangshi. These vengeful dead stalk

Avarice

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Icy Doom. When Avarice dies, her corpse freezes for 9 days, during which time it can’t be thawed, harmed by fire, animated, or raised from the dead. Special Equipment. Avarice wields a staff

the Monster Manual but is a fiend instead of a beast. Spellbook. Avarice’s spellbook has white leather covers and vellum pages. The tiefling’s personal sigil is burned into the front cover

Umbraxakar

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

successful one. A humanoid reduced to 0 hit points by this damage dies, and an undead shadow rises from its corpse and acts immediately after Umbraxakar in the initiative count. The shadow is under

creature is pushed 60 feet away from the dragon. Change Shape. The dragon magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating no higher than its own, or back into its true form. It

Deck of Many More Things

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

02 Balance* 03 Beast 04 Book 05 Bridge 06 Campfire 07 Cavern 08 Celestial 09 Comet* 10 Construct 11 Corpse 12 Crossroads 13

feet. Beast. You immediately transform into a random Beast with a CR of 5 or lower. Your game statistics—including your ability scores, hit points, and possible actions—are replaced by the

Ring of Winter

Magic Items Tomb of Annihilation

. Frozen Time. As long as you wear the ring, you don’t age naturally. This effect is similar to suspended animation, in that your age doesn’t catch up to you once the ring is removed

able to fit inside a 10-foot cube, and has the density and durability of metal or stone (your choice). The ice creature must be modeled after a beast with a challenge rating of 2 or less. The ice

Juiblex

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

’s body, where the corpse is dissolved after 1 minute. Eject Slime (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Eject Slime"}. Juiblex spews out a corrosive slime

−5, the object is destroyed. The penalty on an object can be removed by the mending spell. Spellcasting. Juiblex casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Wisdom

Tromokratis

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

escape from the corpse by using 15 feet of movement, exiting prone.Tromokratis can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and

: The titanic monster’s carapace cracks, revealing a pulsing, red-purple heart buried amid heaps of blubber and muscle. Fissures run across the beast’s ancient shell, revealing three

Mummies

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

unholy curse. Preserved Wrath. The long burial rituals that accompany a mummy’s entombment help protect its body from rot. In the embalming process, the newly dead creature’s organs are removed and

placed in special jars, and its corpse is treated with preserving oils, herbs, and wrappings. After the body has been prepared, the corpse is typically wrapped in linen bandages.

Dybbuk

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

. Possess Corpse (Recharge 6). The dybbuk disappears into an intact corpse it can see within 5 feet of it. The corpse must be Large or smaller and be that of a beast or a humanoid. The dybbuk is now

possesses the first suitable corpse it finds, rousing the body from death so it can then indulge its hideous vices. Dark Masquerade. By plundering a corpse’s memories and accessing its capabilities, a dybbuk

Myconid Sovereign

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

beast within 5 feet of it and releases spores at the corpse. In 24 hours, the corpse rises as a spore servant. The corpse stays animated for 1d4 + 1 weeks or until destroyed, and it can’t be animated

Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (3d4 + 1) bludgeoning damage plus 7 (3d4) poison damage. Animating Spores (3/Day). The myconid targets one corpse of a humanoid or a Large or smaller

Displacer Beast

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

entertain themselves until they are ready to eat. After killing its prey using its tentacles, a displacer beast drags the corpse to a quiet place where it can feed without distraction. Displacer

Displacer Beast This monstrous predator takes its name from its ability to displace light so that it appears to be several feet away from its actual location. A displacer beast resembles a sleek

Myconid Sovereign

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

damage. Animating Spores (3/Day). The myconid targets one corpse of a humanoid or a Large or smaller beast within 5 feet of it and releases spores at the corpse. In 24 hours, the corpse rises as a

spore servant. The corpse stays animated for 1d4 + 1 weeks or until destroyed, and it can’t be animated again in this way. Hallucination Spores. The myconid ejects spores at one creature it can see

29. Laboratory

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

on a folded gray blanket, and the slimy, decapitated head of a mind flayer whose headless body has bled out on the floor nearby. The corpse is being feasted on by maggots. Old Trap. The double door

is an ebony-framed box fitted with panes of black glass. The box has a hinged lid and radiates an aura of transmutation magic under the scrutiny of a detect magic spell. When a Tiny beast small

Encounters (A-C)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

wouldn’t take much to provoke her into doing so. At one time, Arveiaturace served a wizard named Meltharond, whose frozen corpse remains strapped to a saddle on the dragon’s back. Arveiaturace has

surface, looking like a frozen, desiccated corpse sitting in the snow. If the characters are close enough to touch the corpse, they’re already on the dragon’s back. If they attack or otherwise

Giant Frog

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Giant Frog Giant Frog Medium beast, unaligned Armor Class 11 Hit Points 18 (4d8) Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft. STR 12 (+1) DEX 13 (+1) CON 11 (+0) INT 2 (−4

frog dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse using 5 feet of movement, exiting prone.

Swarms

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

skittering noises that sound like whispered chanting 3 Skeletal visages, giant eyes, or the faces of nearby creatures appear in relief amid its mass 4 Occupies and animates a corpse or

until it finishes a long rest. 3–4. The creature’s hit point maximum decreases by 5 (2d4), and the reduction can’t be removed until the disease ends. The creature dies if its hit point maximum drops to

Giant Toad

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

Giant Toad Giant Toad Large beast, unaligned Armor Class 11 Hit Points 39 (6d10 + 6) Speed 20 ft., swim 40 ft. STR 15 (+2) DEX 13 (+1) CON 13 (+1) INT 2 (−4

dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse using 5 feet of movement, exiting prone.

Vegepygmies

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

is killed by russet mold. One or more vegepygmies emerge from the corpse a day later. If a beast such as a dog or a bear dies from russet mold, the result is a bestial moldie called a thorny result

vegepygmies, so outsiders refer to such vegepygmies as chiefs. A chief can expel its spores in a burst, infecting nearby creatures. If a creature dies while infected, its corpse produces vegepygmies the

Vegepygmies

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

dead creature is a Beast, a Giant, or a Humanoid, one or more vegepygmies emerge from its body 24 hours later: one from a Small corpse, two from a Medium corpse, four from a Large corpse, eight from

emerge from the corpse a day later. Vegepygmy Small Plant, Typically Neutral Armor Class 13 (natural armor) Hit Points 13 (3d6 + 3) Speed 30 ft. STR 7 (-2) DEX 14 (+2) CON

53. Crypt of the Sun Queen

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

immediately replaced with its nonmagical twin from area 52, or if Napaka’s remains are removed from their resting place, the queen’s corpse opens its mouth in a wide yawn and exhales a baleful black gas

). The lid of the black sarcophagus bears a name etched in Common: NAPAKA. The lid is sealed with strips of melted lead that can be easily pried away. Once the lead is removed, the lid can be pushed aside

Gas Spore

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

creature, a gas spore grows quickly and purposefully out of any corpse, creating a malevolent-looking mockery of the most feared denizen of the Underdark. Eye Tyrant’s Form. A gas spore is a spherical

dead within a day. Its corpse then becomes the spawning ground from which new gas spores arise. Beholder Memories. A gas spore that sprouts from a beholder’s corpse sometimes carries within it memories

Kyrzin's Ooze

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

successful one. Once you use this property, it can’t be used again until the next dawn. Symbiotic Nature. The ooze can’t be removed from you while you’re attuned to it, and you can’t voluntarily end

, turning your corpse into a black pudding allied with the daelkyr (see the Monster Manual for the black pudding’s stat block).

Labyrinth of Eyes Locations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

character can also more easily navigate the Briny Pool, as described in chapter 8, although a creature affected with the feeblemind spell must have the spell removed first. A dispel magic spell (DC 18) cast

characters can exit by reversing the procedure. Mike Schley Map 7.6: Labyrinth of Eyes (Alternate Configuration) View Player Version L4: Dead Thief This dead end contains a withered corpse dressed in leather

Death Knight's Soul

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake

), his own corpse below deck (area D17), or the hellfire orb mounted on the mainmast (area D4). The death knight has Wisdom (Perception) modifier of +3 and a passive Wisdom (Perception) of 13. The death

removed from the vessel, the dreadnaught shunts itself angrily from the rocks and withdraws to sea. At your discretion, the haunted soul of the death knight could be won over, using other means (see

Sperm Whale

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Whale Gargantuan beast, unaligned Armor Class 13 (natural armor) Hit Points 189 (14d20 + 42) Speed 0 ft., swim 60 ft. STR 26 (+8) DEX 8 (−1) CON 17 (+3) INT 3 (−4

turn or regurgitate all swallowed creatures, which fall prone in a space within 10 feet of the whale. If the whale dies, a swallowed creature can escape from the corpse by using 20 feet of movement

Giant Subterranean Lizard

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal

Giant Subterranean Lizard The giant subterranean lizard (The Forge of Fury) is an enormous reptile with a powerful tail attack. Giant Subterranean Lizard Huge beast, unaligned Armor Class 14

damage at the start of each of the lizard’s turns. The lizard can have only one target swallowed at a time. If the lizard dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse using 10 feet of movement, exiting prone.

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