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Wizard
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Basic Rules (2014)
, defined and united as a class by the spells they cast. Drawing on the subtle weave of magic that permeates the cosmos, wizards cast spells of explosive fire, arcing lightning, subtle deception, and brute
else is secondary. They learn new spells as they experiment and grow in experience. They can also learn them from other wizards, from ancient tomes or inscriptions, and from ancient creatures (such as
Warforged
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Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
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Warforged Personality
The warforged were built to serve and to fight. For most of their existence, warforged had a clearly defined function and were encouraged to focus purely on that role. The Treaty
of Thronehold gave them freedom, but many still struggle both to find a place in the post-war world and to relate to the creatures who created them.
The typical warforged shows little emotion. Many
Juiblex
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
flesh-and-blood creatures form Juiblex’s extended physical body, while the demon lord slowly digests and savors their identities over time.Juiblex’s Lair
Juiblex’s principal lair is
must possess as many material goods as I can.”
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“My personality is irrelevant. I am defined by what I consume.”
Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksCold, Fire, Lightning
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Dayawlongon Gazetteer For any first-time visitor to the archipelago of Dayawlongon, the skybridges are a stunning sight. Both roadways and refuges, with whole communities dwelling along some of the
ages past, bakunawa served as mediators and defenders of the islands, but successive waves of invasion targeted the creatures, drastically reducing their numbers. Today, the islands’ residents fiercely defend their home and seek to honor the history stolen by centuries of war.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Reaction A Reaction is a special action taken in response to a trigger defined in the Reaction’s description. You can take a Reaction on another creature’s turn, and if you take it on your turn, you
can do so even if you also take an action, a Bonus Action, or both. Once you take a Reaction, you can’t take another one until the start of your next turn. The Opportunity Attack is a Reaction available to all creatures. See also “Opportunity Attacks” and chapter 1 (“Actions”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Reaction A Reaction is a special action taken in response to a trigger defined in the Reaction’s description. You can take a Reaction on another creature’s turn, and if you take it on your turn, you
can do so even if you also take an action, a Bonus Action, or both. Once you take a Reaction, you can’t take another one until the start of your next turn. The Opportunity Attack is a Reaction available to all creatures. See also “Opportunity Attacks” and “Playing the Game” (“Actions”).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Warforged Personality The warforged were built to serve and to fight. For most of their existence, warforged had a clearly defined function and were encouraged to focus purely on that role. The
Treaty of Thronehold gave them freedom, but many warforged struggle both to find a place in the post-war world and to relate to the creatures that created them. The typical warforged shows little emotion
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
What Is a Monster? A monster is defined as any creature that can be interacted with and potentially fought and killed. Even something as harmless as a frog or as benevolent as a unicorn is a monster
levels, and for nearly every climate and terrain imaginable. Whether your adventure takes place in a swamp, a dungeon, or the outer planes of existence, there are creatures in this book to populate that environment.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
people defined by their roles and professions, such as mages, pirates, and warriors. They include members of varied species. Monstrosities are unnatural creatures with strange origins, such as mimics
Creature Type Each monster has a tag that identifies the type of creature it is. Certain spells, magic items, class features, and other effects in the game interact in special ways with creatures of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Creature Type Each monster has a tag that identifies the type of creature it is. Certain spells, magic items, class features, and other effects in the game interact in special ways with creatures of
. Beasts are non-Humanoid natural creatures, like horses and wolves, as well as most giant animals. Celestials are magical creatures, such as angels and pegasi, with ties to the Upper Planes. Constructs are
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
something there. Light The presence or absence of light determines the category of illumination in an area, as defined below. Bright Light. Bright Light lets most creatures see normally. Even gloomy days
Senses Some creatures have special senses that help them perceive things in certain situations. The rules glossary defines the following special senses: Blindsight Darkvision Tremorsense Truesight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
are realms of spirituality and thought. They are the spheres where celestials, fiends, and deities exist. The plane of Elysium, for example, isn’t merely a place where good creatures dwell, and not
even simply the place where spirits of good creatures go when they die. It is the plane of goodness, a spiritual realm where evil can’t flourish. It is as much a state of being and of mind as it is a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Elysium Elysium is home to creatures of unfettered kindness and a refuge for planar travelers seeking a safe haven. The plane’s bucolic landscapes glimmer with life and beauty. The River Oceanus
, are among the most hospitable refuges on the Outer Planes. Eronia Steep hills, craggy mountains, and white granite valleys offer a rugged home for hardy souls. Belierin Lighthouses pierce the fog and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
trying to see something there. Light The presence or absence of light determines the category of illumination in an area, as defined below. Bright Light. Bright Light lets most creatures see normally
Darkness. Special Senses Some creatures have special senses that help them perceive things in certain situations. The rules glossary defines the following special senses: Blindsight Darkvision Tremorsense Truesight
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Warforged Personality Warforged The warforged were built to serve and to fight. For most of their existence, warforged had a clearly defined function and were encouraged to focus purely on that role
. The Treaty of Thronehold gave them freedom, but many still struggle both to find a place in the post-war world and to relate to the creatures who created them. The typical warforged shows little
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
”). Special Speeds. Some creatures have special speeds, such as a Burrow Speed, Climb Speed, Fly Speed, or Swim Speed, each of which is defined in this glossary. If you have more than one speed, choose
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
” (“Combat”). Special Speeds. Some creatures have special speeds, such as a Burrow Speed, Climb Speed, Fly Speed, or Swim Speed, each of which is defined in this glossary. If you have more than one speed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
. It goes on to describe adventures and encounters that can occur in transit — on airships, on lightning rails, and at resting spots along the way. Finally, this section discusses the role that creatures typically defined as “monsters” play in Khorvaire, and explores Eberron’s cosmology.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
of the countless Djaynaians who vanished into its depths during the earliest days of the Passage of Vultures, before the first Nightsea chil-liren came to be. The trench is defined by the pale-pink
meadows of feathery creatures known as sea lilies that grow along its edges. Scouts of Janya’s Billowing Patrol have explored only a small fraction of the trench, which contains the wrecks of numerous
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Areas of Effect Spells such as burning hands and cone of cold cover an area, allowing them to affect multiple creatures at once. A spell's description specifies its area of effect, which typically
extends from its point of origin in a straight path up to its length and covers an area defined by its width. A line's point of origin is not included in the line's area of effect, unless you decide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Divine Characteristics The gods of Theros are far more active than the deities of most D&D worlds. But that doesn’t mean they are ordinary creatures—they aren’t mere mortals, nor are they monsters
also create Nyxborn creatures to serve as messengers or emissaries. Gods grant their clerics the ability to cast spells, and they can effortlessly duplicate the effect of any spell they could grant (any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
barbarian or your spellcasting as a sorcerer. Giant Foes Your character’s relationship to giants might be defined by animosity. You could choose class features specifically to target giants or all creatures
have a connection with giant-sized or prehistoric animals. You might call on the spirits of cave bears, dire wolves, or eagle-eyed pteranodons, or you might use your magic to take the shapes of such creatures. Or you could have a dinosaur companion. Nikki Dawes A druid summons a primeval beast
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
of a storm giant can affect the fate of thousands.
Distant Prophet-Kings. Storm giants live in isolated refuges so far above the surface of the world or below the sea that they are beyond the reach
of most other creatures. Some make their abodes in cloud-top castles so high that flying dragons appear as specks below. Others live atop mountain peaks that pierce the clouds. Some occupy palaces
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
character’s turns, he or she can make a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a success, the character regains control until he or she rolls another 1. Important Layers The layers of the Abyss are defined by the
is topped with an enormous fanged skull. The spires constitute the fortress of Abysm, where few creatures can venture without their minds being crushed. Thanatos. If Orcus had his way, all planes would
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Works A standard airship (at least as far as standards have been defined for this relatively new creation) looks similar to an oceangoing ship but is rigged with control fins and rudders rather than
the sky. Airships can move in all three dimensions, with or without the aid of the wind. Unlike most flying creatures, they don’t rely on wings for lift thanks to their soarwood hulls. They are able to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Areas of Effect Left to Right: Line, Cone, Cube, Sphere, Cylinder
*Point of Origin Spells such as burning hands and cone of cold cover an area, allowing them to affect multiple creatures at once
cylinder. A cylinder’s point of origin is included in the cylinder’s area of effect. Line A line extends from its point of origin in a straight path up to its length and covers an area defined by its width
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
pilfer items that would otherwise be beyond its reach. To create such a rift in space, a boggle must be adjacent to a space defined by a frame, such as an open window or a doorway, a gap between the bars
inch deep and covers the ground in the boggle’s space. The puddle is difficult terrain for all creatures except boggles and lasts for 1 hour. The oil has one of the following additional effects of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
26. Terraced Aquarium You are looking out and down into an enormous chamber defined by terraced steps that ring the entire area and descend toward a central enclosure.
A few feet south of the door
are filled with water. All the creatures in this room have been charmed and ordered to stay in their areas as long as their glass walls are intact. Map 4.5: Aquarium and Prison A 10-foot-square area
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
terror and bloodshed, especially under a full moon. Good lycanthropes are reclusive and uncomfortable around other civilized creatures, often living alone in wilderness areas far from villages and towns
form or hybrid form at will. Most lycanthropes that embrace their bestial natures succumb to bloodlust, becoming evil, opportunistic creatures that prey on the weak. PLAYER CHARACTERS AS LYCANTHROPES
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
to a space defined by a frame, such as an open window or a doorway, a gap between the bars of a cage, or the opening between the feet of a bed and the floor. The rift is invisible and disappears after
a few seconds — enough time for the boggle to step, reach, or attack through it. Unreliable Allies. A boggle makes a decent servant for a strong-willed master, and wicked creatures such as fomorians
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Outline The events of Hoard of the Dragon Queen lead directly into The Rise of Tiamat. The shape of this adventure is defined by the meetings of the Council of Waterdeep, which divide the adventure
factions’ case to some of the oldest and most powerful creatures in Faerûn. The Cult Strikes Back (Part 2). After a first attempt to assassinate the heroes failed, the Cult of the Dragon tries again. With
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
creatures, they traveled in Corellon’s shadow, sparkling like the reflections from a finely cut gem. When Corellon came to notice these glorious echoes, the god tarried with them in the place that became
example of Corellon’s wild, ever-shifting ways. As these primal reflections of Corellon changed their nature and defined themselves, they came to see Corellon and Lolth in new lights. They now viewed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
of Dreams. With a few exceptions (such as elves, kalashtar, and warforged), mortal creatures touch Dal Quor when they dream. The outer fringes of the plane are morphic and shaped by the memories and
and only touched in dreams. Dolurrh: The Realm of the Dead. When a mortal soul dies, it is drawn to Dolurrh. It is a place defined by despair and apathy; over time, memories are leached out of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
takes bizarre forms, such as a dull liquid in an antique chalice that must be sipped to transport creatures, or a sassy, sapient mouth that admits only those who reveal a titillating secret to it
transformations don’t harm Xaos’s inhabitants. Noteworthy Sites Xaos has no defined districts and few steady landmarks. Aside from a handful of local anchors—structures built on stable, neutral-aligned areas
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
position as the supreme ruler of the githyanki with a grand proclamation that defined the githyanki’s all-encompassing mission. They had been bred and trained for war by their one-time masters and had
arcane magic, only to fall victim to a bizarre curse that transforms them into the formless creatures known as allips. All attempts to learn about Gith through divine magic return utter silence. Those