before becomes dead cantrip return

Resurrection

Spells Player’s Handbook

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

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

Raise Dead

Spells Player’s Handbook

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.

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

Magic Jar

Spells Player’s Handbook

the target’s soul becomes trapped in the container. On a successful save, the target resists your efforts to possess it, and you can’t attempt to possess it again for 24 hours. Once you

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

Enspelled Staff

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

daily at dawn. While holding the staff, you can expend 1 charge to cast its spell. If you expend the staff ’s last charge, roll 1d20. On a 1, the staff loses its properties and becomes a nonmagical

. Spell Level Rarity Save DC Attack Bonus Cantrip Uncommon 13 +5 1 Uncommon 13 +5 2 Rare 13 +5 3 Rare 15 +7 4 Very Rare 15 +7 5 Very Rare 17 +9 6 Legendary 17 +9 7 Legendary 18 +10 8 Legendary 18 +10

Shillelagh

Spells Player’s Handbook

attacks using that weapon, and the weapon’s damage die becomes a d8. If the attack deals damage, it can be Force damage or the weapon’s normal damage type (your choice). The spell ends early if

you cast it again or if you let go of the weapon. Cantrip Upgrade. The damage die changes when you reach levels 5 (d10), 11 (d12), and 17 (2d6).

Staff of the Woodlands

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

discerned with the Detect Magic spell. While touching the tree and using a Magic action, you return the staff to its normal form. Any creature in the tree falls when the tree reverts to a staff

. Regaining Charges. The staff regains 1d6 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll 1d20. On a 1, the staff loses its properties and becomes a nonmagical Quarterstaff.

Figurine of Wondrous Power

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

A Figurine of Wondrous Power is a statuette small enough to fit in a pocket. If you take a Magic action to throw the figurine to a point on the ground within 60 feet of yourself, the figurine becomes

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

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

you draw the card or at any other time before you die. Flames. A powerful devil becomes your enemy. The devil seeks your ruin and torments you, savoring your suffering before attempting to slay you

a minimum score of 1). You can draw one additional card beyond your declared draws. Rogue. An NPC of the DM’s choice becomes Hostile toward you. You don’t know the identity of this NPC

Wish

Spells Player’s Handbook

result of how you worded the wish. For example, wishing that a villain were dead might propel you forward in time to a period when that villain is no longer alive, effectively removing you from the

cast a spell until you finish a Long Rest, you take 1d10 Necrotic damage per level of that spell. This damage can’t be reduced or prevented in any way. In addition, your Strength score becomes 3

Crown of Horns

Magic Items Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

The Crown of Horns contains the essence and intelligence of Myrkul, one of the Dead Three. This ghastly crown is a pale silver circlet with four curved bones set around its rim. On the crown's brow

dying essence. Myrkul has since returned to become one of the Dead Three, and the Crown of Horns continues to further his gruesome will by seeking out mortal agents and gradually transforming them into

Spare the Dying

spells Player’s Handbook

Choose a creature within range that has 0 Hit Points and isn’t dead. The creature becomes Stable. Cantrip Upgrade. The range doubles when you reach levels 5 (30 feet), 11 (60 feet), and 17 (120 feet).

Dzaan's Simulacrum

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

missile* 2nd level (2 slots): invisibility, levitate, phantasmal force *See “Actions” below.Shocking Grasp (Cantrip). Melee Spell Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction

":"Shocking Grasp","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage, and the target can't take reactions until the start of its next turn. Acid Splash (Cantrip). The simulacrum hurls a bubble of acid at one

Dzaan

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

“Actions” below.Shocking Grasp (Cantrip). Melee Spell Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Shocking Grasp"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature (the attack roll

target can’t take reactions until the start of his next turn. Acid Splash (Cantrip). Dzaan hurls a bubble of acid at one creature he can see within 60 feet of it, or at two such creatures that

Raise Dead Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You return a dead creature you touch to life, provided that it has been dead no longer than 10 days. If the creature's soul is both willing and at liberty to rejoin the body, the creature returns to

, curses, or similar effects; if these aren't first removed prior to casting the spell, they take effect when the creature returns to life. The spell can't return an undead creature to life. This spell

Star Spawn Larva Mage Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

: circle of death Return to Worms. When the larva mage is reduced to 0 hit points, it breaks apart into a swarm of insects in the same space. Unless the swarm is destroyed, the larva mage reforms from it

only at the end of another creature's turn. The larva mage regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. Cantrip (Costs 2 Actions). The larva mage casts one cantrip. Slam (Costs 2 Actions

Muiral

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

cloud, magic missile, shield 2nd level (3 slots): darkness, knock, see invisibility, spider climb 3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, counterspell, lightning bolt 4th level (3 slots): greater

at the end of another creature's turn. Muiral regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn. Cast Cantrip. Muiral casts a cantrip. Lunging Attack (Costs 2 Actions). Muiral makes one

Resurrection Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

removed prior to casting the spell, they afflict the target on its return to life. This spell closes all mortal wounds and restores any missing body parts. Coming back from the dead is an ordeal

You touch a dead creature that has been dead for no more than a century, that didn't die of old age, and that isn't undead. If its soul is free and willing, the target returns to life with all its

Hell Hound Cloak

Magic Items Tales from the Yawning Portal

make a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, the transformation lasts until dispelled or until you drop to 0 hit points, and you can’t willingly return to normal form. If you ever remain

in hell hound form for 6 hours, the transformation becomes permanent and you lose your sense of self. All your statistics are then replaced by those of a hell hound. Thereafter, only remove curse or

Magic Jar Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

and good or magic circle spell can't be possessed). The target must make a Charisma saving throw. On a failure, your soul moves into the target's body, and the target's soul becomes trapped in the

. 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

Staff of the Python Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

You can use an action to speak this staff's command word and throw the staff on the ground within 10 feet of you. The staff becomes a giant constrictor snake under your control and acts on its own

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

Spellwrought Tattoo

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

speak the command word. The needle turns into ink that becomes the tattoo, which appears on the skin in whatever design you like. Once the tattoo is there, you can cast its spell, requiring no material

Rarity Spellcasting Ability Mod. Save DC Attack Bonus Spellwrought Tattoo, Cantrip;Cantrip Common +3 13 +5 Spellwrought Tattoo, 1st level;1st Common +3 13 +5 Spellwrought

Zombie Clot

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

":"Flesh Entomb","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage, and if the target is a Large or smaller creature, it becomes entombed in dead flesh. A creature entombed in the dead flesh is

restrained, has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the dead flesh, and takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Flesh Entomb","rollDamageType":"necrotic

Feign Death Legacy

Spells Player’s Handbook (2014)

spell, the target appears dead to all outward inspection and to spells used to determine the target’s status. The target is blinded and incapacitated, and its speed drops to 0. The target has

resistance to all damage except psychic damage. If the target is diseased or poisoned when you cast the spell, or becomes diseased or poisoned while under the spell’s effect, the disease and poison have no effect until the spell ends.

Master of Souls

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

): darkness, misty step, scorching ray (see “Actions” below) 3rd level (2 slots): animate dead, fireballMultiattack. The master of souls attacks twice with its flail. Silvered Skull Flail. Melee

damage, and the target has disadvantage on all saving throws until the end of the master of souls' next turn. Chill Touch (Cantrip). Ranged Spell Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit

Robe of Serpents

Magic Items Storm King's Thunder

when you dismiss it (no action required). Once detached, a snake can’t return to the robe. When all of the robe’s snakes have detached, the robe becomes a nonmagical garment.

Star Lancer

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures

to the Great Cavern that forms the hollow heart of the dead god. There, the soul becomes housed in the body of a new, fully grown star lancer that rises magically from the cavern floor. As long as

invisible for the duration of the Invisibility Cloak.Drifting in the Astral Sea are the petrified husks of dead gods, their colossal bodies riddled with natural tunnels and caverns. While exploring the

Tarul Var

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn. Cantrip. Var casts a cantrip. Paralyzing Touch. (Costs 2 Actions) Var uses Paralyzing Touch. Frightening Gaze (Costs 2 Actions). Var fixes his

next 24 hours.After failing in an earlier task for the Red Wizards, the lich Tarul Var is sequestered within the Doomvault (Dead in Thay), where he tries to avoid the attention of Szass Tam

The Lord of Blades

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Adamantine Plating. Any critical hit against the Lord of Blades becomes a normal hit. Bladed Armor. A creature that grapples the Lord of Blades or is grappled by him takes 13 (3d8);{"diceNotation

, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d6 + 5);{"diceNotation":"1d6+5","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. Fire Bolt (Cantrip). Ranged Spell Attack: +10

Lich Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

, detect thoughts, invisibility, mirror image 3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, counterspell, dispel magic, fireball 4th level (3 slots): blight, dimension door 5th level (3 slots): cloudkill, scrying

actions at the start of its turn. Cantrip. The lich casts a cantrip. Paralyzing Touch (Costs 2 Actions). The lich uses its Paralyzing Touch. Frightening Gaze (Costs 2 Actions). The lich fixes its gaze

Devkarin Lich

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

, ray of sickness 2nd level (3 slots): Melf's acid arrow, ray of enfeeblement, spider climb, web 3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, bestow curse, fear, vampiric touch 4th level (3 slots): blight

actions at the start of its turn. Cantrip. The lich casts one of its cantrips. Noxious Touch (Costs 2 Actions). The lich uses Noxious Touch. Disrupt Life (Costs 3 Actions). Each creature within 30

Autumn Eladrin Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

Enchanting Presence. Any non-eladrin creature that starts its turn within 60 feet of the eladrin must make a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature becomes charmed by the eladrin

for 1 minute. On a successful save, the creature becomes immune to any eladrin's Enchanting Presence for 24 hours. Whenever the eladrin deals damage to the charmed creature, the creature can repeat the

Magewright

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

than a typical spellcaster, a magewright is dedicated to learning a handful of spells, and magewrights cast their non-cantrip spells as rituals — even spells that can’t normally be cast in

: speak with dead. Deception (+3), Religion (+4) 8 Oracle Guidance. Ritual only: augury, divination (1 hour). History (+4), Religion (+4)

Lampad

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

":"1d10+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Necrotic Touch","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. Chill Touch (Cantrip). Ranged Spell Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit

Lampads guard the shadowed paths of the world, depths typically trod by souls destined for the Underworld. These rarely seen nymphs assist Athreos in guiding the dead, moving among the spirits that

Arkhan the Cruel

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

teleport (3 charges). Innate Spellcasting. Arkhan's spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 17). He can cast the following spells, requiring no material components: 3/day each: animate dead

, branding smite (at 4th level), revivify 1/day each: geas, raise dead Special Equipment. Arkhan wields Fane-Eater and wears a suit of Obsidian Flint Dragon Plate. The armor gives Arkhan advantage on

Kasimir Velikov

Monsters Curse of Strahd

is to become as powerful a vampire as Strahd. Kasimir Velikov's Traits Ideal. “I failed my people and my sister, and now I must atone or be damned.” Bond. “I seek to return my long-dead sister, Patrina

a return to the old ways. Dreams of the Damned. Kasimir's sister, Patrina Velikovna, is sealed in the catacombs below Castle Ravenloft. Convinced that she was the concubine of the devil Strahd

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