before being dropping creatures release

Grasping Vine

Spells Player’s Handbook

save DC). The vine can grapple only one creature at a time, and you can cause the vine to release a Grappled creature (no action required). As a Bonus Action on your later turns, you can repeat the

attack against a creature within 30 feet of the vine. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The number of creatures the vine can grapple increases by one for each spell slot level above 4.

Book of Exalted Deeds

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

that is attuned to the book can release the clasp that holds it shut. Once the book is opened, the attuned creature must spend 80 hours reading and studying the book to digest its contents and gain its

benefits. Other creatures that peruse the book’s open pages can read the text but glean no deeper meaning and reap no benefits. A Fiend, an Undead, or a servant of a god from the Lower Planes

Songal's Elemental Suffusion

Spells Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

: Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Thunder. You have Resistance to the chosen damage type. Elemental Pulse. When you cast this spell and at the start of each of your subsequent turns, you release a burst

participates in the casting, you can choose one additional creature, to a maximum of nine additional creatures. The chosen creatures also gain the benefits of the spell for its duration. When the spell is cast, each secondary caster must expend a level 2+ spell slot; otherwise, the spell fails.

Piercer (Ice variant)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

","rollAction":"Drop","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage. Miss: The ice piercer takes half the normal falling damage for the distance fallen. Auril the Frostmaiden has transformed icicles into creatures that

resemble piercer;piercers. Clinging to the ceilings of caverns and large subterranean passages, piercers blend in perfectly with natural rock, dropping in silence to impale unsuspecting foes on the

Goose Egg Healing Grenade

magic-items

day as an Action, this item can be thrown into an unoccupied space up to 40 ft away and release a wave of healing energy. Creatures within a 30 ft radius Sphere from the point the Goose Egg Healing

Grenade lands regain 2d8 + 4 Hit Points, or 5d8 + 4 if they are within a 10 ft radius Sphere. The item’s magic heals up to six creatures at a time, starting with the creatures with the lowest Hit Points. This item’s magic has no effect on undead creatures or constructs.

Storm Giant (Variant)

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

breathing Thunderous Stomp (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Thunderous Stomp"}. The storm giant stomps the ground, triggering a thunderclap. All other creatures

range of 1,200 feet.Some adult storm giants can channel thunderous power through their bodies and release it with a deafening stomp.Lightning, ThunderCold

Animal Shapes Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

Your magic turns others into beasts. Choose any number of willing creatures that you can see within range. You transform each target into the form of a Large or smaller beast with a challenge rating

of 4 or lower. On subsequent turns, you can use your action to transform affected creatures into new forms. The transformation lasts for the duration for each target, or until the target drops to 0

Korred

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

): At will: commune with nature (as an action), meld into stone, stone shape 1/day: Otto's irresistible danceKorreds are secretive creatures that have strong ties to earth and stone. They prefer to

keep their own company but occasionally consort with creatures of elemental earth such as galeb duhr. A tribe of korreds gathers weekly to perform ceremonial dances, beating out rhythms on stone with

Speak with Plants Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

the spell’s area within the past day, gaining information about creatures that have passed, weather, and other circumstances. You can also turn difficult terrain caused by plant growth (such as

ability to influence it. This spell can cause the plants created by the entangle spell to release a restrained creature.

Book of Exalted Deeds Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

a creature of good alignment that is attuned to the book can release the clasp that holds it shut. Once the book is opened, the attuned creature must spend 80 hours reading and studying the book to

digest its contents and gain its benefits. Other creatures that peruse the book’s open pages can read the text but glean no deeper meaning and reap no benefits. An evil creature that tries to read

Greater Death Dragon

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

dropping the snared creatures to their doom. Death Dragons Death dragons are the Undead skeletal remains of metallic or chromatic dragons, infused with the lingering fires of the Cataclysm by foul

attack;opportunity attacks, carrying with it any creatures it is grappling. During this move, if it enters the space of a Medium or smaller creature, that creature takes 4 (1d8);{"diceNotation":"1d8

Fractine

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures

move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain, but it takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Two-Dimensionality","rollDamageType":"force

mirror between 9 and 13 feet tall. Astral explorers who have encountered fractines attest that the creatures are intelligent and often allow themselves to be used as scrying sensors, their reflective

Darkweaver

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

can be attacked and destroyed (AC 16; 20 hit points; vulnerability to radiant damage; immunity to bludgeoning, necrotic, poison, and psychic damage). The darkweaver can grapple up to six creatures at a

approaches, the darkweaver fires webs of pure shadow at its quarry, then drags the victim into the darkness. Darkweavers are fascinated by sensations—particularly taste—and how creatures

Astral Projection Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You and up to eight willing creatures within range project your astral bodies into the Astral Plane (the spell fails and the casting is wasted if you are already on that plane). The material body you

your body prematurely, your companions remain in their astral forms and must find their own way back to their bodies, usually by dropping to 0 hit points.

Delerium Fragment Legacy

Equipment

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

1 Gravity breaks within a 100-foot radius area for 1 hour. Creatures levitate in midair, and must move by pushing or pulling against a fixed object or surface within reach (such as a wall

Orthon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

knows which one, but not the exact location there.Explosive Retribution. In response to dropping to 15 hit points or fewer, the orthon explodes. All other creatures within 30 feet of it must each make

Delerium Chip Legacy

Equipment

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

1 Gravity breaks within a 100-foot radius area for 1 hour. Creatures levitate in midair, and must move by pushing or pulling against a fixed object or surface within reach (such as a wall

Delerium Geode Legacy

Equipment

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

1 Gravity breaks within a 100-foot radius area for 1 hour. Creatures levitate in midair, and must move by pushing or pulling against a fixed object or surface within reach (such as a wall

Delerium Massive Cluster Legacy

Equipment

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

1 Gravity breaks within a 100-foot radius area for 1 hour. Creatures levitate in midair, and must move by pushing or pulling against a fixed object or surface within reach (such as a wall

Delerium Crystal Legacy

Equipment

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

1 Gravity breaks within a 100-foot radius area for 1 hour. Creatures levitate in midair, and must move by pushing or pulling against a fixed object or surface within reach (such as a wall

Delerium Shard Legacy

Equipment

, delerium shatters and crumbles into worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random arcane anomaly (see Dungeons of Drakkenheim) when destroyed. Delerium

1 Gravity breaks within a 100-foot radius area for 1 hour. Creatures levitate in midair, and must move by pushing or pulling against a fixed object or surface within reach (such as a wall

Imprisonment Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

other creatures to see in), but nothing else can pass through, even by means of teleportation or planar travel. The gemstone can't be cut or broken while the spell remains in effect. The special

version of the spell consists of rare soporific herbs. Ending the Spell. During the casting of the spell, in any of its versions, you can specify a condition that will cause the spell to end and release

Hythonia

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

medusa rising up anew, the last of her shed skin dropping away, revealing glistening, unscarred scales. Fighting Hythonia as a mythic encounter is equivalent to taking on two challenge rating 17

creatures in one encounter. Award a party 36,000 XP for defeating Hythonia after she uses Shed Skin. Hythonia’s Lair Hythonia makes her lair on Skathos, an island where a secret sect of

Delerium Fragment

Equipment

when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random Arcane Anomaly when destroyed. Delerium Hazards When a humanoid creature touches delerium without protective gear (such as

within a 100-foot radius area for 1 hour. Creatures levitate in midair and must push or pull against a fixed object or surface within reach (such as a wall or a ceiling) to move as if climbing

Delerium Shard

Equipment

reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random Arcane Anomaly when destroyed. Delerium Hazards When a humanoid creature touches delerium without protective gear (such as

within a 100-foot radius area for 1 hour. Creatures levitate in midair and must push or pull against a fixed object or surface within reach (such as a wall or a ceiling) to move as if climbing

Delerium Geode

Equipment

when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random Arcane Anomaly when destroyed. Delerium Hazards When a humanoid creature touches delerium without protective gear (such as

within a 100-foot radius area for 1 hour. Creatures levitate in midair and must push or pull against a fixed object or surface within reach (such as a wall or a ceiling) to move as if climbing

Delerium Massive Cluster

Equipment

worthless ash when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random Arcane Anomaly when destroyed. Delerium Hazards When a humanoid creature touches delerium without protective

Gravity breaks within a 100-foot radius area for 1 hour. Creatures levitate in midair and must push or pull against a fixed object or surface within reach (such as a wall or a ceiling) to move as if

Delerium Chip

Equipment

reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random Arcane Anomaly when destroyed. Delerium Hazards When a humanoid creature touches delerium without protective gear (such as

within a 100-foot radius area for 1 hour. Creatures levitate in midair and must push or pull against a fixed object or surface within reach (such as a wall or a ceiling) to move as if climbing. Unattended

Delerium Crystal

Equipment

when reduced to zero hit points. However, delerium geodes release a random Arcane Anomaly when destroyed. Delerium Hazards When a humanoid creature touches delerium without protective gear (such

breaks within a 100-foot radius area for 1 hour. Creatures levitate in midair and must push or pull against a fixed object or surface within reach (such as a wall or a ceiling) to move as if climbing

Blackstaff

Magic Items Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

expend the charge to cast the spell. Drain Magic. This property affects only creatures that use spell slots. When you hit such a creature with a melee attack using the Blackstaff, you can expend 1 of the

.) Destroying the staff would release the spirits trapped inside it, but in that event, Khelben’s spirit can lodge itself inside any one piece of the staff that remains. The piece containing Khelben&rsquo

Piercer

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

Piercer Clinging to the ceilings of caverns and large subterranean passages, piercers blend in perfectly with natural rock, dropping in silence to impale unsuspecting foes on the ground below. A

piercer is the larval form of a roper, and the two creatures often attack in tandem. A rock-like shell encases a piercer’s body, giving it the look and texture of a stalactite. That shell protects a soft

Animal Shapes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

creatures that you can see within range. You transform each target into the form of a Large or smaller beast with a challenge rating of 4 or lower. On subsequent turns, you can use your action to

transform affected creatures into new forms. The transformation lasts for the duration for each target, or until the target drops to 0 hit points or dies. You can choose a different form for each target

Appendix: Magic Items

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->One-Shot Wonders: Holiday Adventure Pack

has remarkable healing powers. Once per day as an Action, this item can be thrown into an unoccupied space up to 40 ft away and release a wave of healing energy. Creatures within a 30 ft radius

Sphere from the point the Goose Egg Healing Grenade lands regain 2d8 + 4 Hit Points, or 5d8 + 4 if they are within a 10 ft radius Sphere. The item’s magic heals up to six creatures at a time, starting

Unity of Self

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

freed, and the following things happen: Lost and Found. Each freed incarnation appears and then swiftly vanishes, dropping one or more magic items (see the “Heroic Equipment” section). The associated

, more powerful self. If a character doesn’t release their lost incarnation, it might make the following chapter more challenging. Let each character decide what to do with their trapped incarnation

Animal Shapes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

creatures that you can see within range. You transform each target into the form of a Large or smaller beast with a challenge rating of 4 or lower. On subsequent turns, you can use your action to

transform affected creatures into new forms. The transformation lasts for the duration for each target, or until the target drops to 0 hit points or dies. You can choose a different form for each target

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