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Feats
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
take a Reaction to roll 1d4 and add the number rolled to the save, potentially turning the failure into a success. Once you’ve used this benefit, you can’t use it again until you finish a
Long Rest.
Aberrant Magic. You know one cantrip of your choice from the Sorcerer spell list. Also, choose a level 1 spell from that spell list. You always have that spell prepared. You can cast it once
Skull Lord
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
level (4 slots): magic missile, expeditious retreat, thunderwave
2nd level (3 slots): mirror image, scorching ray
3rd level (3 slots): fear, haste
4th level (3 slots): dimension door, ice storm
5th
start of its turn.
Bone Staff (Costs 2 Actions). The skull lord makes a bone staff attack.
Cantrip. The skull lord casts a cantrip.
Move. The skull lord moves up to its speed without provoking
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
*, mirror image, scorching ray
3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, dispel magic, fireball
4th level (3 slots): dimension door*, Evard's black tentacles*
5th level (3 slots): cloudkill*, scrying
6th level
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
Lich
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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
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
. Additionally, you can cast the spare the dying cantrip using either an action or a bonus action.
Invoking the Rune. When a creature you can see within 60 feet of you is reduced to 0 hit points as a result of
taking damage, you can use your reaction to invoke the item’s rune, causing the pendant to flash with pale light. The creature then instead drops to 1 hit point.
Once the rune has been invoked, it can’t be invoked again until the next dawn.
Valindra Shadowmantle
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Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, counterspell, dispel magic, fireball
4th level (3 slots): blight, dimension door
5th level (3 slots): cloudkill, scrying
6th level (1 slot): disintegrate, globe
and only at the end of another creature's turn. Valindra regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Cantrip. Valindra casts a cantrip.
Paralyzing Touch (Costs 2 Actions). Valindra uses
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
(3 slots): blur, enlarge/reduce, flaming sphere, scorching ray
3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, fireball, hold person, lightning bolt, slow
4th level (3 slots): confusion, dimension door
option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. Niv-Mizzet regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn.
Cantrip. Niv-Mizzet casts one of his cantrips
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
the following effects of the witchkite’s choice:
The target must use its reaction to make a melee attack against another creature of the witchkite’s choice that is within the target
will: detect magic, minor illusion, speak with dead
1/day each: detect thoughts, dimension door, hold monsterThe witchkite can take up to two reactions per round but only one per turn.
Enchanting
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
you are attuned to the book: arcane gate, dimension door, gate, misty step, plane shift, teleportation circle, and word of recall. It functions as a spellbook for you.
While you are
conjuration school.
When you are hit by an attack, you can use your reaction to expend 1 charge to teleport up to 10 feet to an unoccupied space you can see. If your new position is out of range of the attack, it misses you.
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
Friends cantrip. Use your Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma as the spellcasting ability (your choice). If you already know this cantrip, the card has no effect.
Dawn. This card invigorates you. For
the next 8 hours, whenever you or a creature within 60 feet of you is about to roll a d20 with advantage or disadvantage, you can use your reaction to prevent the roll from being affected by advantage
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
to draw your anger or ridicule. You can get away with minor criminal offenses, such as refusing to pay for food at a restaurant or breaking down a door at a local shop, if no legal authorities witness
Spell Level
Spells
Cantrip
fire bolt, vicious mockery
1st
burning hands, dissonant whispers, hellish rebuke
2nd
crown of madness, enthrall,
Adult Deep Dragon
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Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
creature within 30 feet of it that it can see. The target must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or use its reaction to make a melee weapon attack against a random creature within reach. If no
creatures are within reach, or the target can’t take a reaction, it takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Commanding Spores", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
spellbook is halved. Improved Minor Illusion When you choose this school at 2nd level, you learn the minor illusion cantrip. If you already know this cantrip, you learn a different wizard cantrip of your
choice. The cantrip doesn’t count against your number of cantrips known. When you cast minor illusion, you can create both a sound and an image with a single casting of the spell. Malleable Illusions
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Casting Time Most spells require a single action to cast, but some spells require a bonus action, a reaction, or much more time to cast. Bonus Action A spell cast with a bonus action is especially
cantrip with a casting time of 1 action. Reactions Some spells can be cast as reactions. These spells take a fraction of a second to bring about and are cast in response to some event. If a spell can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
, such as healing word, with a bonus action, you can cast another spell with your action, but that other spell must be a cantrip. Keep in mind that this particular limit is specific to spells that use a
bonus action. For instance, if you cast a second spell using Action Surge, you aren’t limited to casting a cantrip with it. Does the rule on casting a bonus action spell apply when you take a bonus
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
another cantrip from the cleric spell list. Blind Fighting You have blindsight with a range of 10 feet. Within that range, you can effectively see anything that isn’t behind total cover, even if you’re
you, within 5 feet of you with an attack, you can use your reaction to reduce the damage the target takes by 1d10 + your proficiency bonus (to a minimum of 0 damage). You must be wielding a shield or a simple or martial weapon to use this reaction.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
spells require a single action to cast, but some spells require a bonus action, a reaction, or much more time to cast.
Bonus Action A spell cast with a bonus action is especially swift. You must use a
bonus action on your turn to cast the spell, provided that you haven’t already taken a bonus action this turn. You can’t cast another spell during the same turn, except for a cantrip with a casting
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
creatures can open the hatch as easily as any other door. Other creatures can open the hatch as an action with a successful DC 25 Dexterity check using thieves’ tools. A knock spell cast on the
action, you can command the servant to take one of the actions in its stat block or some other action.
When a creature provokes an opportunity attack from the servant, you can use your reaction to command
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
door during your move as you stride toward a foe, or you could draw your weapon as part of the same action you use to attack. If you want to interact with a second object, you need to use your action
care or when it presents an unusual obstacle. For instance, the DM could reasonably expect you to use an action to open a stuck door or turn a crank to lower a drawbridge. Reactions Certain special
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
move or your action. For example, you could open a door during your move as you stride toward a foe, or you could draw your weapon as part of the same action you use to attack. If you want to interact
for any of these activities when it needs special care or when it presents an unusual obstacle. For instance, the DM could reasonably expect you to use an action to open a stuck door or turn a crank
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Statue. An alcove in the south wall contains a gilded statue of Halaster Blackcloak holding what looks like coins in its outstretched right hand.
Secret Door. A northwest alcove contains a secret
door that opens into area 5d.
The statue holds five gold-painted stone coins in its outstretched hand. Close inspection reveals that one of the coins is loose and can be removed from the statue’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, bandit, bandit captain, cult fanatic, cultist, mage, noble, spy Signature Spells: Guidance (cantrip), identify (1st level), see invisibility (2nd level), clairvoyance (3rd level) Dispater trades in
attack rolls it makes until the end of the current turn. Vexing Escape (1/Day). As a reaction when this creature takes damage, it reduces that damage to 0 and teleports up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space it can see.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, cult fanatic, cultist, knight, noble, spy, thug Signature Spells: Friends (cantrip), charm person (1st level), invisibility (2nd level), haste (3rd level) As an expert in finding loopholes and
anything it is wearing and carrying, magically becomes invisible until the end of its next turn. Infernal Ring Leader. As a reaction when this creature is hit by an attack, it can choose one ally it can see within 5 feet of it and cause that ally to be hit by that attack instead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Mage Hand Conjuration Cantrip (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 minute
A spectral, floating hand appears at a point you choose
manipulate an object, open an unlocked door or container, stow or retrieve an item from an open container, or pour the contents out of a vial. As a Magic action on your later turns, you can control the hand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
misses, can I use Riposte? Yes, you can use the Riposte maneuver in response to an opportunity attack that misses you, assuming your reaction is available. Does the “when” in the Eldritch Knight’s War
Magic feature mean the bonus attack comes after you cast the cantrip, or can it come before? The bonus action comes after the cantrip, since using your action to cast a cantrip is what gives you the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
. Your walking speed is 30 feet, and you have a climbing speed equal to your walking speed. Dexterous Feet. As a bonus action, you can use your feet to manipulate an object, open or close a door or
container, or pick up or set down a Tiny object. Glide. When you fall at least 10 feet above the ground, you can use your reaction to extend your skin membranes to glide horizontally a number of feet equal
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Mage Hand Conjuration cantrip Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V, S Duration: 1 minute A spectral, floating hand appears at a point you choose within range. The hand lasts for the
the hand to manipulate an object, open an unlocked door or container, stow or retrieve an item from an open container, or pour the contents out of a vial. You can move the hand up to 30 feet each time you use it. The hand can’t attack, activate magic items, or carry more than 10 pounds.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Thaumaturgy Transmutation cantrip Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V Duration: Up to 1 minute You manifest a minor wonder, a sign of supernatural power, within range. You create one
whispers. You instantaneously cause an unlocked door or window to fly open or slam shut. You alter the appearance of your eyes for 1 minute. If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have up to three of its 1-minute effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Thaumaturgy Transmutation cantrip Casting Time: 1 action Range: 30 feet Components: V Duration: Up to 1 minute You manifest a minor wonder, a sign of supernatural power, within range. You create one
whispers. You instantaneously cause an unlocked door or window to fly open or slam shut. You alter the appearance of your eyes for 1 minute. If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have up to three of its 1-minute effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Mage Hand Conjuration Cantrip (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 minute
A spectral, floating hand appears at a point you choose
manipulate an object, open an unlocked door or container, stow or retrieve an item from an open container, or pour the contents out of a vial. As a Magic action on your later turns, you can control the hand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Mage Hand Conjuration Cantrip (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 minute
A spectral, floating hand appears at a point you choose
manipulate an object, open an unlocked door or container, stow or retrieve an item from an open container, or pour the contents out of a vial. As a Magic action on your later turns, you can control the hand
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, spy Signature Spells: Friends (cantrip), charm person (1st level), suggestion (2nd level), hypnotic pattern (3rd level) Fierna is a master manipulator. Mortals who desire success in love or who seek to
Short or Long Rest). As a reaction when an ally this creature can see is reduced to 0 hit points, that ally is instead reduced to 1 hit point and gains temporary hit points equal to this creature’s Charisma score + half its number of Hit Dice.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
, tribal warrior, veterans Signature Spells: Shillelagh (cantrip), wrathful smite (1st level), enhance ability (2nd level), aura of vitality (3rd level) Despite being deposed, Geryon still has the
within the next minute. The bonus equals its Strength modifier (minimum of +1). Indomitable Strength (Recharge 5–6). As a reaction when this creature takes damage, it can roll a d10 and subtract the number rolled from the damage.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
—a cantrip which doesn’t require a spell slot. Can you cast a Reaction spell on your turn? Yes, but you must abide by the rule of expending only one spell slot to cast a spell on your turn. For
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
appendix D), which are guarding the sally port’s 10-foot-by-20-foot ready room against exactly this type of counterattack. After characters seize the room, they discover that the door is heavily damaged. The
fastest repair is with five castings of mending (taking five minutes). If none of the characters can do this, an NPC in the keep knows the cantrip. Someone must find and fetch her to the ready room






