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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
possess a creature’s body, you control it. Your Hit Points, Hit Point Dice, Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Speed, and senses are replaced by the creature’s. You otherwise keep your
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
cause the Moonblade to flash brightly. Each other creature that is within 30 feet of you and not behind Total Cover must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or have the Blinded condition for 1
minute. A creature repeats the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. You can’t use this property again until you finish a Short or Long Rest.
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Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
successfully resists the staff's control can't be charmed by it for 24 hours.
A creature holding the staff that isn't charmed by it can use an action to attempt to break the staff over a knee or against a
to water and is destroyed.
Charm. A creature can grab the staff out of the air with a successful grapple check against the staff, and grappling the staff does not reduce the creature's speed. Any
Magic Items
Out of the Abyss
the blade to disappear. Dawnbringer has all the properties of a sun blade.
While holding the weapon, you can use an action to touch a creature with the blade and cast lesser restoration on that
creature. Once used, this ability can’t be used again until the next dawn.
Sentience. Dawnbringer is a sentient neutral good weapon with an Intelligence of 12, a Wisdom of 15, and a Charisma of 14
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
container. On a success, the target resists your efforts to possess it, and you can't attempt to possess it again for 24 hours.
Once you possess a creature's body, you control it. Your game statistics
are replaced by the statistics of the creature, though you retain your alignment and your Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You retain the benefit of your own class features. If the target
Moonblade
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
this creature, deciding how it acts and moves. It remains until it drops to 0 hit points or you dismiss it as an action.
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The moonblade functions as a vorpal sword.
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hit on a roll of 19 or 20.
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When you hit with an attack using the moonblade, the attack deals an extra 1d6 slashing damage.
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When you hit a creature of a specific
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
inhabit that creature. With a successful DC 16 Charisma saving throw, the creature resists the god’s power, and that god can’t attempt to inhabit the same creature for the remainder of the adventure. On
Spiritual Inhabitation The spirits are bound inside magic items scattered throughout the tomb. When a creature of the humanoid type touches such an item, the trickster god bound within attempts to
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
it makes. The creature can wait until after it rolls the d20 before deciding to use the Bardic Inspiration die, but must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds or fails. Once the Bardic
Bardic Inspiration You can inspire others through stirring words or music. To do so, you use a bonus action on your turn to choose one creature other than yourself within 60 feet of you who can hear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Dawnbringer Weapon (longsword), legendary (requires attunement by a creature of non-evil alignment) Lost for ages in the Underdark, Dawnbringer appears to be a gilded longsword hilt. While grasping
,” of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). While holding the weapon, you can use an action to touch a creature with the blade and cast lesser restoration on that creature. Once used, this ability can’t be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
it makes. The creature can wait until after it rolls the d20 before deciding to use the Bardic Inspiration die, but must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds or fails. Once the Bardic
Bardic Inspiration You can inspire others through stirring words or music. To do so, you use a bonus action on your turn to choose one creature other than yourself within 60 feet of you who can hear
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
creature’s efforts. In a contest, the ability checks are compared to each other, rather than to a target number. When you call for a contest, you pick the ability that each side must use, deciding
whether both sides use the same ability or whether different abilities should counter each other. For example, when a creature tries to hide, it engages in a contest of Dexterity against Wisdom. But if two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
Book Description The book is a heavy tome with covers of white marble bound in pale blue leather. A large padlock prevents the book from being opened and resists all attempts to open it with magic
breeze whenever a page is turned. Most important, when the book is first opened, it reveals the creature trapped inside it: a djinni named Gazre-Azam. The first ten pages of the book contain various notes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
, the target resists your efforts to possess it, and you can’t attempt to possess it again for 24 hours. Once you possess a creature’s body, you control it. Your Hit Points, Hit Point Dice, Strength
host creature’s soul to its body. If the host body dies while you’re in it, the creature dies, and you make a Charisma saving throw against your own spellcasting DC. On a success, you return to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
, the target resists your efforts to possess it, and you can’t attempt to possess it again for 24 hours. Once you possess a creature’s body, you control it. Your Hit Points, Hit Point Dice, Strength
host creature’s soul to its body. If the host body dies while you’re in it, the creature dies, and you make a Charisma saving throw against your own spellcasting DC. On a success, you return to the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
container. On a success, the target resists your efforts to possess it, and you can’t attempt to possess it again for 24 hours. Once you possess a creature’s body, you control it. Your game statistics are
replaced by the statistics of the creature, though you retain your alignment and your Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You retain the benefit of your own class features. If the target has any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
container. On a success, the target resists your efforts to possess it, and you can’t attempt to possess it again for 24 hours. Once you possess a creature’s body, you control it. Your game statistics are
replaced by the statistics of the creature, though you retain your alignment and your Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You retain the benefit of your own class features. If the target has any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
does its best to obey. The creature can repeat the saving throw each time it takes damage, ending the effect on itself on a success. A creature that successfully resists the staff’s control can’t be
, the staff is a creature and no longer usable as a magic item. The animated staff is a Medium construct with AC 17, 40 hit points, resistance to cold damage, immunity to poison damage, a flying speed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. The chest weighs 40 pounds and is unlocked. When opened, it releases a cloud of sleeping gas that fills the room. Any creature in the room must succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw or be
paralyzed for 4 hours. If all the characters succumb to the gas, they are found by the witches who lair in area K56 and dragged to area K50, then left there unharmed. If even one character resists the
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
; their loyalty by turning them into slaves.
If a tribe is defeated and driven from its lair, the survivors might come under the sway of a strong but dimwitted creature, such as a hill giant or an ogre
everywhere in the world around them, and the priests of a tribe are entrusted with the responsibility of identifying these signs and omens — both good and bad — and deciding how the tribe should
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Initiative Variants This section offers different ways to handle initiative. Initiative Score With this optional rule, creature don’t roll initiative at the start of combat. Instead, each creature
monster must choose an action. Initiative Modifiers. Modifiers might apply to a creature’s initiative depending on its size and the action it takes. For example, a creature that fights with a light
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
The moonblade scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20. 91–92 When you hit with an attack using the moonblade, the attack an extra 1d6 slashing damage. 93–94 When you hit a creature of a specific
cause the moonblade to flash brightly. Each creature that can see you and is within 30 feet of you must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or become blinded for 1 minute. A creature can repeat
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
side to side. A large mass glides through the dark water below you.
A character who succeeds on a DC 13 Intelligence (Nature) check can identify the creature as a plesiosaurus. The creature recognizes
boats from Bremen but does not attack indiscriminately, trying to gauge the strength and determination of the crew before deciding what to do. Roll on the Plesiosaurus Behavior table to determine how
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Moonblade Weapon (Greatsword, Longsword, Rapier, Scimitar, or Shortsword), Legendary (Requires Attunement by a Creature of the Weapon’s Choice) Of all the magic items created by elves, one of the
Moonblade scores a Critical Hit on a roll of 19 or 20 on the d20. 86–95 You can take a Bonus Action to cause the Moonblade to flash brightly. Each other creature that is within 30 feet of you and not
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
first creature to pass through the gate triggers an elder rune (see “Elder Runes”). A creature that passes through the gate appears in area 40 on level 6, in the closest unoccupied space next to the
until the item is washed. The stench is not as potent as a troglodyte’s Stench trait and imposes no conditions on those who catch a whiff of it.
The drow mage is deciding whether to kill the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
its choosing. Obtaining a demonic amulet is a dangerous enterprise, and simply seeking such a device risks drawing the attention of the demon that created it. A creature possessing a demonic amulet can
exact favors from the demon whose life essence the amulet holds — or inflict great pain if the fiend resists. If an amulet is destroyed, the demon that created it is trapped in the Abyss for a year
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
whether a creature avoids or resists something. When the chest releases toxic gas, Phillip’s and Amy’s characters make Constitution saving throws. Constitution is one of the six abilities that measure
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
the spell resists it and can’t be targeted by this effect again. On a failed save, the creature stands perfectly still and does nothing while the alien entity probes its mind for 1 hour. If a creature
inside the wall of ice and partially within some distant, horrific demiplane. As this otherworldly entity peers into the cavern, visitors risk losing their sanity to its influence. Any creature that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
inscribed on it. Each time a creature other than a Fiend opens the door, the glyph glows for a split second, and the creature must make a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw, taking 21 (6d6) psychic damage on a failed
attack intruders on sight and fight to the death. The spyder-fiends spun the webs in this room, making the entire room difficult terrain. The webs don’t burn, but a creature can use an action to cut
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
creature that steps inside the corridor triggers a trap. When the creature touches the corridor floor, the floor tiles depress, and a slab of stone lodged in the ceiling lowers to the ground, sealing
the corridor before flooding it with magical fire. Each creature inside the closed-off corridor must make a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw, taking 28 (8d6) fire damage on a failed save or half as much
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
ability check, attack roll, or saving throw it makes. The creature can wait until after it rolls the d20 before deciding to use the number, but it must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds
creature that enters the area and can see normally is overwhelmed by multiple visions of itself. Each creature that passes through this area must succeed on a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw or accidentally
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
spell (save DC 14). On a successful saving throw, the creature resists the spell. On a failed saving throw, the creature is compelled to leave the room empty-handed and not return for 8 hours (the
triggering the glyph. When the glyph triggers, each creature in a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on the suit of armor suffers the effect of a shatter spell (save DC 14). The spell also causes the suit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
the gates from area B1 or B4 requires a successful DC 25 Strength (Athletics) check. Any Medium or smaller creature attempting to force open one of these doors has disadvantage on its ability check to
simultaneously. For each winch, it takes 3 actions to raise a portcullis or 1 action to lower it. As an action, a creature can try to lift a portcullis above its head, doing so with a successful a DC 25
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
leadership found among the great predator birds of Icewind Dale. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of transmutation magic around the runestone. Any humanoid creature that prays or meditates next to the
until after it rolls the d20 before deciding to use the runestone die, but must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds or fails. Once the runestone die is rolled, it is lost, and the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
once belonged to a secret society called the Ba’al Verzi. If a creature speaks the rhyme while standing within 5 feet of the mirror and staring at its own reflection, the assassin’s ghost appears nearby
one living creature within Strahd’s domain that the summoner mentions by name. The assassin automatically knows the distance and direction to the named target. The assassin attacks any other creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
, 30 hit points, and immunity to cold, psychic, and poison damage; if reduced to 0 hit points, the ice sheet fractures and falls into the chasm. Any creature standing on the ice sheet when it begins to
collapse must make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed check, the creature falls into the chasm, taking 28 (8d6) bludgeoning damage and landing prone. On a success, the creature lunges and