before bestial diffusing creature rule

Summon Beast

Spells Player’s Handbook

You call forth a bestial spirit. It manifests in an unoccupied space that you can see within range and uses the Bestial Spirit stat block. When you cast the spell, choose an environment: Air, Land

, or Water. The creature resembles an animal of your choice that is native to the chosen environment, which determines certain details in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 Hit

Eye and Hand of Vecna

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

a lich. A treacherous lieutenant named Kas the Betrayer;Kas brought Vecna’s rule to an end in a terrible battle. Of Vecna, all that remained were one hand and one eye, grisly Artifacts that

on Initiative rolls. Necrotic Reduction. As a Magic action, you can target one creature you can see within 5 feet of yourself. The target makes a DC 18 Constitution saving throw, taking 7d6 Necrotic

Demogorgon Spawn

Monsters Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club

);{"diceNotation":"1d4+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it has the Grappled condition (escape DC 13). While

Grappled, the target has the Blinded condition.Relentless, Faceless Hunters Monstrous offspring of the bestial demon lord Demogorgon, these spawn are lean, bipedal creatures with bulbous

Shifter

Species Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Shifters—sometimes called “weretouched”—descend from people who contracted full or partial lycanthropy. Humanoids with a bestial aspect, shifters can’t change shape

. Their facial features have a bestial cast, often with large eyes and pointed ears; most shifters also possess prominent canine teeth. They grow fur-like hair on nearly every part of their bodies. While

Sammaster (Dracolich Form)

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

"}. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 20, each creature in a 90-foot Cone. Failure: 52 (8d12) Acid;{"diceNotation":"8d12", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Corroding Breath (Acid)", "rollDamageType":"Acid

, Speak with Dead 1/Day Each: Create Undead (level 8 version), Power Word KillLegendary Action Uses: 3. Immediately after another creature’s turn, Sammaster can expend a use to take one of the

Sammaster (Lich Form)

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

response to the spell’s trigger, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.Legendary Action Uses: 3. Immediately after another creature’s turn, Sammaster can expend a use to take one of

the following actions. Sammaster regains all expended uses at the start of each of his turns. Deathly Teleport. Sammaster teleports up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space he can see, and each creature

Shifter

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Shifting (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus action, the shifter takes on a more bestial form for 1 minute or until it dies. The shifter gains 5 temporary hit points. It can make a

bite attack when it activates this trait and also as a bonus action on each of its turns while in its bestial form.Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit

Circle of Power Legacy

Spells Player’s Handbook (2014)

Divine energy radiates from you, distorting and diffusing magical energy within 30 feet of you. Until the spell ends, the sphere moves with you, centered on you. For the duration, each friendly

creature in the area (including you) has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Additionally, when an affected creature succeeds on a saving throw made against a spell or

Musteval Guardinal

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

ability: At will: dancing lights 1/day each: disguise self, invisibilitySkirmish Movement. When a creature ends its turn within 5 feet of the musteval, the musteval can move up to half its speed

Humanoids with bestial traits. In their daily interactions, guardinals embody the beauty, calm, and righteousness of their home plane. Guardinals can be found throughout the Outlands, especially in Ecstasy

Shifter Legacy

races Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Shifters are sometimes called weretouched, as they are descendants of people who contracted full or partial lycanthropy. Humanoids with a bestial aspect, shifters can’t fully change shape, but

facial features have a bestial cast, often with large eyes and pointed ears; most shifters also have prominent canine teeth. They grow fur-like hair on nearly every part of their bodies. While a shifter

Summon Beast Legacy

Spells Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

You call forth a bestial spirit. It manifests in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. This corporeal form uses the Bestial Spirit stat block. When you cast the spell, choose an

environment: Air, Land, or Water. The creature resembles an animal of your choice that is native to the chosen environment, which determines certain traits in its stat block. The creature disappears when it

Vegepygmy Thorny Hunter

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

Pack Tactics. The vegepygmy has advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of the vegepygmy’s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally doesn’t have the

", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage to any creature grapple;grappling it.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one

Echo of Demogorgon

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

transform into powerful tentacles, and the heads take on a more bestial appearance. The transformation leaves the echo frenzied with rage; the two heads shout and howl at each other with a fury that

, attacking their allies.Cold, Fire, LightningDiscordant Screams. The echo directs its frenzied howls at one creature it can see within 60 feet of itself. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving

Equinal Guardinal

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

Headfirst Charge. If the equinal moves at least 30 feet in a straight line toward a creature and ends within 5 feet of it, that creature must succeed on a DC 17 Strength saving throw or take 14 (4d6

", "rollAction":"Rock", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 17 Strength saving throw or have the prone condition. Shout (Recharge 6

Wastrilith

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

defilement, you can use the optional rule on abyssal corruption in chapter 2 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide, causing the poisoned creature to be corrupted.PoisonCold, Fire, Lightning; Bludgeoning

lightly obscured;lightly obscures the area until a current clears it away. Water in containers remains corrupted until it evaporates. A creature that consumes this foul water or swims in it must make a

Orlekto

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

lightning bolt at a point it can see within 500 feet of it. Each creature within 10 feet of that point must make a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw, taking 54 (12d8);{"diceNotation":"12d8","rollType":"damage

to eliminate Hekaton or Serissa presents itself, Orlekto seizes it. Until then, he conceals his treacherous nature. Ideal: “Storm giants should rule the world. Weak leaders have let dragons and

Derro Raider

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

", "rollAction":"Hooked Spear", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, the derro can choose to deal no damage, and instead the target has the prone

others escaped the rule of mind flayer;mind flayers. The mind flayers’ psionic power eventually transformed these forsaken dwarves into Aberrations. You can learn more about derro in Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse.

Baphomet

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

"} piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 25 Strength saving throw or be pushed up to 10 feet away and knocked prone. Heartcleaver. Melee Weapon Attack: +17;{"diceNotation

", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage. Frightful Presence. Each creature of Baphomet’s choice within 120 feet of him and aware of him must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1

Derro Apprentice

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

. Force Burst (Recharge 4–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Force Burst"}. Raw arcane magic bursts out from the derro. Each creature within 10 feet of it must make a DC 11

Strength saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Force Burst", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage and has the prone

King Jhaeros

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

Ashen Creature. When Jhaeros drops to 0 hit points, he explodes in a harmless cloud of ashes, leaving nothing else behind. Berserk. Whenever Jhaeros starts his turn with 60 hit points or fewer, roll

a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Berserk"}. On a 6, Jhaeros goes berserk. On each of his turns while berserk, Jhaeros attacks the nearest creature he can see. If no creature

Avoral Guardinal

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

Dive Attack. If the avoral is flying, dives at least 30 feet in a straight line toward a Medium or smaller creature, and ends within 5 feet of it, that creature must succeed on a DC 15 Strength

, guardinals are animalistic Celestials who hail from Elysium. Guardinals resemble Humanoids with bestial traits. In their daily interactions, guardinals embody the beauty, calm, and righteousness of

Sage Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

can obtain it. Usually, this information comes from a library, scriptorium, university, or a sage or other learned person or creature. Your DM might rule that the knowledge you seek is secreted away in

Redtooth Werefox

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

. If the werefox moved at least 20 feet straight toward the target immediately before the hit and the target is a Medium or smaller creature, the target must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or

their bodies would forever transform to match their hearts’ selfish and bestial natures. “My people are both bloom and thorn. Our ferocious impulses are as much a part of us as our

The Abbot

Monsters Curse of Strahd

":"radiant"} radiant damage. Healing Touch (3/Day). The Abbot touches another creature. The target magically regains 20 (4d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"4d8+2","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Healing Touch

capabilities (except class features, legendary actions, and lair actions) that the new form has but that it lacks.No creature in Barovia is older than the master of the Abbey of Saint Markovia in Krezk. This

Jarund Elkhardt

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

. Shield. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Shield"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d6+4","rollType":"damage

the target is pushed to within 5 feet of a creature friendly to Jarund, that creature can make an attack against the target as a reaction. Javelin. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation

Baphomet Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

","rollAction":"Charge","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 25 Strength saving throw or be pushed up to 10 feet away and knocked prone

Presence. Each creature of Baphomet’s choice within 120 feet of him and aware of him must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A frightened creature can

Planar Ally Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

fiend loyal to it to aid you, making the creature appear in an unoccupied space within range. If you know a specific creature's name, you can speak that name when you cast this spell to request that

creature, though you might get a different creature anyway (GM's choice). When the creature appears, it is under no compulsion to behave in any particular way. You can ask the creature to perform a

Draegloth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

shape of an elf’s arms, capable of delicate movements. Although the creature is heavily muscled, it is graceful like an elf. Its bestial face features glowing red eyes, a doglike snout, and a

. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 16 (2d10 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d10+5", "rollType":"damage

Sword of Kas Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

power grew, so did his hubris. His sword urged him to supplant Vecna, so that they could rule the lich’s empire in Vecna’s stead. Legend says Vecna’s destruction came at Kas’s

becomes a fixation for its wielder. Destroying the Sword. A creature attuned to both the Eye of Vecna and the Hand of Vecna can use the wish property of those combined artifacts to unmake the Sword of

Mind Drinker Vampire

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

, only one of which can be a bite attack. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one willing creature, or a creature that is

":"Unarmed Strike","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. The vampire can also grapple the target (escape DC 13) if it is a creature and the vampire has a hand free. Mind Siphon (Recharge 5

Death Kiss

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Lightning Blood. A creature within 5 feet of the death kiss takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Lightning Blood", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage

Blood Drain—one replacement per tentacle grappling a creature. Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Tentacle"} to hit, reach 20 ft., one

Yuan-ti Anathema

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Magic Resistance. The anathema has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Ophidiophobia Aura. Any creature of the anathema’s choice, other than a snake or a yuan

: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Flurry of Bites"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one creature. Hit: 27 (6d6 + 6);{"diceNotation":"6d6+6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction

Yuan-ti Malison (Type 3) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

5 ft., one creature. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d4+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage

impossible to manipulate, influence, or control by nonmagical means, even as it seeks to control other creatures through terror, pleasure, and awe. Yuan-ti know that the world they hope to rule can

Needle Lord

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

Needle Defense. Each time a creature makes a melee attack against a needle lord, it takes 2 piercing damage. A creature can choose to make an attack with disadvantage to avoid this damage.Multiattack

implacable foe. Driven only by a desire to conquer and rule, it wages endless war with its army of mobile dead against all creatures it views as a threat to its domination. It might even forge treaties with

Eye and Hand of Vecna Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

’s lieutenant Kas coveted the Spider Throne for himself, or that the sword his lord made for him seduced him into rebellion. Whatever the reason, Kas brought the Undying King’s rule to an

premonitions of danger and, unless you are incapacitated, can’t be surprise;surprised. If you start your turn with at least 1 hit point, you regain 1d10 hit points. If a creature has a skeleton

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