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Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
itself by spending 5 feet of its movement. As an action, a creature within reach of the tick can try to detach the tick, doing so with a successful DC 13 Strength check.
Blood Drain. The tick deals 10
(2d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d6+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Blood Drain", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage to one creature it is physically attached to, provided that creature
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
, without needing to make an ability check.
Unusual Nature. The vampirate doesn’t require air or drink.Energy Drain. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit
","rollAction":"Energy Drain"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 30 ft., one creature. Hit: 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Energy Drain","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
to make an ability check.
Unusual Nature. The mage doesn’t require air or drink.Multiattack. The mage makes two Ray of Cold attacks.
Energy Drain. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +5
;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Energy Drain"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 30 ft., one creature. Hit: 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Energy Drain
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
for the sixth time, it is released, and the spell ends. While a soul is trapped, the dead humanoid it came from can’t be revived.
Steal Life. You can use a bonus action to drain vigor from
the soul and regain 2d8 hit points.
Query Soul. You ask the soul a question (no action required) and receive a brief telepathic answer, which you can understand regardless of the language used
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
needing to make an ability check.
Unusual Nature. The captain doesn’t require air or drink.Energy Drain. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction
":"Energy Drain"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 30 ft., one creature. Hit: 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Energy Drain","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage.Divine Insight (3/Day). When the oracle or a creature it can see makes an attack roll, a saving throw, or an ability check, the oracle can cause the roll to be made with
often find dramatic ways to make their thoughts known.
Interpreters of Signs. Oracles possess unparalleled experience in divining godly whims from cryptic visions and mundane forces. Those who receive
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
DC 14 Strength check.
Consume Life. The parasite deals 12 (3d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"3d6+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Consume Life","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage to one creature
passes nearby.
A parasite that comes in physical contact with a Humanoid uses its hooks to latch onto it. The parasite can then drain life energy from that creature or use it as transportation. The
Aboleth
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
aboleth regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Detect. The aboleth makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.
Tail Swipe. The aboleth makes one tail attack.
Psychic Drain (Costs 2
Actions). One creature charmed by the aboleth takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollAction":"Psychic Drain","rollType":"damage","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage, and the aboleth regains hit
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the memory web is animate.
Memory Flood. When the memory web is reduced to 0 hit points, it discharges any memories it consumed over the past 24
Intelligence saving throw. Constructs, Oozes, Plants, and Undead succeed on the save automatically. On a failed save, the target takes 5 (2d4);{"diceNotation":"2d4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Drain
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Web Walker. The spiderdragon ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.Multiattack. The spiderdragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks
powerful as their black dragon progenitors, though, and they often drain the enclaves’ resources with their selfish demands.
Uninterested in building lairs, spiderdragons weave powerful webs and
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
and only at the end of another creature's turn. The aboleth regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Detect. The aboleth makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.
Tail Swipe. The aboleth
makes one tail attack.
Psychic Drain (Costs 2 Actions). One creature charmed by the aboleth takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Psychic Drain","rollDamageType
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the horrid plant move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Nature) check to discern that the horrid
these tendrils to drain the moisture and life force from their prey.
Purple Blossom
The purple blossom is a treelike plant with cup-shaped purple flowers. Tubules within the plant’s branches
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Spider Climb. The mind flayer can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the mind flayer has
dementia and death. The results were vampiric mind flayers, feral atrocities spawned from mind flayer tadpoles infected with vampirism. These specialized but flawed terrors serve a single purpose: to drain
Monsters
Keys from the Golden Vault
spell is 4th level or lower, it fails and has no effect. If the spell is 5th level or higher, Charmayne makes an Intelligence check (DC 10 + the spell’s level). On a success, the spell fails and
spell fails.A powerful spellcaster, Charmayne had become jealous of the king’s passion and warmth. Longing to possess those qualities, she painstakingly created rituals to drain Jhaeros’s
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
flesh twists in alien ways. The creature has disadvantage on attack rolls, its speed is reduced by half, and if it tries to cast a spell, it must first succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence check or the spell
(Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check as an action.
Each creature of Dyrrn’s choice that it can see within 120 feet of it must succeed on a DC 23 Wisdom saving throw or take 26 (4d12
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
. A creature carrying the coin can use its action to expend 1 charge from a soul coin and use it to do one of the following:
Drain Life. You siphon away some of the soul’s essence and gain 1d10
temporary hit points.
Query. You telepathically ask the soul a question and receive a brief telepathic response, which you can understand. The soul knows only what it knew in life, but it must
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
with it.
A creature restrained by the vortex, or another creature that can reach it, can use its action to make a DC 22 Strength check. On a successful check, the restrained creature is no longer
this role, Nafas sends adventurers to distant worlds to fulfill the wishes of creatures beyond his reach. Adventurers who return to Nafas successful receive gifts as rewards. As a noble genie, Nafas
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
level or higher while holding the staff, you can make an Intelligence (Arcana) check with a DC of 10 + the level of the spell. If the check succeeds, you cast the spell without expending a spell slot
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a4
is a wheel connected to a valve. Turning the wheel requires a successful DC 20 Strength check. When the wheel is turned, a channel will open, and all the water in the wet corridors will drain out in 1
9. Pool and Drain As the characters move along the water-covered corridor, they can see that the water is deeper in a small circular area to the east. This space is a 10-foot-deep pit. At the bottom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
exploit a soul for the sixth time, it is released, and the spell ends. While a soul is trapped, the dead humanoid it came from can’t be revived. Steal Life. You can use a bonus action to drain vigor
from the soul and regain 2d8 hit points. Query Soul. You ask the soul a question (no action required) and receive a brief telepathic answer, which you can understand regardless of the language used. The
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma as the spellcasting ability (your choice).
Mischief. You receive an uncommon wondrous item (chosen by the DM), or you can draw two additional cards beyond your declared
(chosen by the DM) disappears. The item remains nearby but concealed for a short time, so it can be found with a successful DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. If the item isn’t recovered within 1 hour, it disappears forever.
Magic Items
Infernal Machine Rebuild
check or saving throw, you receive a grim vision of the DM’s determination, imposing disadvantage on your next attack roll, ability check, or saving throw.
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As an action, you can become
make an Intelligence check or use divination magic to learn something about a creature, that knowledge comes with added trivia of the DM’s devising.
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You emanate a weak magnetic aura
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
, or with a successful DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) check. A decoded clue points the characters toward one of the areas of the Biblioplex as well as the action they must take to receive a prize in that area.
Scavenger Hunt Clues A character can win a prize for each clue they solve but can receive only one item in each place. If a character tries to redo a clue to receive a second item, the magic that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Biblioplex and succeeding on a DC 14 Intelligence (History) check. Characters who exceed DC 18 on this check also learn the information in the “Records Gap” section. After successfully conducting their
research, a character can show their notes to Dean Tullus and receive extra credit on their second Advanced Arcane History Exam, as noted in the “Exam Results” section for that Exam.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Hint Checks Any character has the option of making these ability checks to receive a hint: Intelligence (Arcana) DC 10. The character sees one instance of a school of magic on the floor. Intelligence
(Investigation) DC 10. The character interprets the clue in the wall verse: there are eight schools of magic. Wisdom (Perception) DC 10. Each character who succeeds on this check sees an instance of the word “magic” in the floor.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
requires a successful DC 17 Intelligence (History) check. Interpreting Weals and Woes. Reasoning out meaningful interpretations of cryptic scenarios paired with the results of auguries requires a
successful DC 17 Wisdom (Insight) check. Have each player note their character’s Exam results—how many Student Dice they gained and what skills they used during the test—on their copies of the tracking
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie
, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Unusual Nature. The vampirate doesn’t require air or drink.
Actions
Energy Drain. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +4 to hit
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
itself by spending 5 feet of its movement. As an action, a creature within reach of the tick can try to detach the tick, doing so with a successful DC 13 Strength check.
Blood Drain. The tick deals
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
Captain Othelstan in Parnast to receive a full report on the status of the cult raids and to inform the captain of the possible arrival of adventurers. Tracking her successfully requires a DC 23 Wisdom
(Survival) check. If the adventurers ignore the lodge in favor of following Rezmir to Parnast, skip to chapter 8.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
aid the wearer when the need is great. When the wearer fails an ability check, they can add a d4 to the roll, potentially turning the roll into a success. This benefit can be used a number of times
equal to your proficiency bonus, and all expended uses are restored when you finish a long rest. If you lose the talisman, you can perform a 1-hour ceremony to receive a replacement from your patron
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Captain Othelstan in Parnast to receive a full report on the status of the cult raids and to inform the captain of the possible arrival of adventurers. Tracking her successfully requires a DC 23 Wisdom
(Survival) check. If the adventurers ignore the lodge in favor of following Rezmir to Parnast, skip to chapter 8.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
) check. History of Magical Devices. Writing short essays about the origins of different magical devices requires a successful DC 18 Wisdom (Insight) check. Have each player note their character’s Exam
masquerade costume adjusts their Exam results as follows: If the character failed the Exam, they pass instead. If the character passed the Exam, they ace it instead. If the character aced the Exam, they receive three Student Dice, instead of two.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
After the Horror It’s always a good idea to check in with players at the end of a session, but this rings especially true for adventures where tensions run high and the stories can elicit strong
emotional responses. At the end of a horror game session, leave time to check in with players and ask them how the game went, how they’re feeling, and what they liked about the session. You might ask the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
. If the coach is an NPC, any characters racing a frog receive disadvantage on their check. Heckle a Coach. A character might taunt one of the coaches. If the heckled coach is another player character
been able to source. The costumes—and the frog race that is afoot!—were the students’ ideas. For the race, a single student will “coach” each frog toward the finish. The winning coach will receive
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
cave behind the waterfall to the entrance to area 2, its surface slick from billowing mist. A character must succeed on a DC 12 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check or a DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check to
not receive the garlands, or if they took them off for any reason while within a quarter mile of Chuth’s lair, the dragon’s many animal spies alert him to the party’s approach. He waits at the mouth of






