before blessing deity creature rites

Unicorn

Monsters Monster Manual

again until the start of its next turn.PoisonUnicorn’s Blessing (3/Day). The unicorn touches another creature with its horn and casts Cure Wounds or Lesser Restoration on that creature, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.

, Druidcraft1/Day Each: Calm Emotions, Dispel Evil and Good, Entangle, Pass without Trace, Word of RecallLegendary Action Uses: 3. Immediately after another creature’s turn, the unicorn can expend a use to

Dwarf

Species Player’s Handbook

Dwarves were raised from the earth in the elder days by a deity of the forge. Called by various names on different worlds—Moradin, Reorx, and others—that god gave dwarves an affinity for

settings have such communities. Dwarf Traits Creature Type: HumanoidSize: Medium (about 4–5 feet tall)Speed: 30 feet

Book of Vile Darkness

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

stone cracks and turns to powder if the book rests on it long enough. Whenever a creature that isn’t a Fiend or an Undead attunes to the Book of Vile Darkness, that creature makes a DC 17

Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is magically transformed into a Larva under the DM’s control. Only a Wish spell can reverse this vile transformation. A creature attuned to the

Cleric

Classes Player’s Handbook

, Mace, Holy Symbol, Priest's Pack, and 7 GP; or (B) 110 GP Clerics draw power from the realms of the gods and harness it to work miracles. Blessed by a deity, a pantheon, or another immortal entity

associate themselves with temples dedicated to the deity or other immortal force that unlocked their magic. Harnessing divine magic doesn’t rely on specific training, yet Clerics might learn

Druid

Classes Player’s Handbook

, individual Druids gain their magic from nature, a nature deity, or both, and they typically unite with other Druids to perform rites that mark the passage of the seasons and other natural cycles

Sorcerer

Classes Player’s Handbook

power, while others trace it to strange events in their personal or family history. The blessing of a dragon or a dryad at a baby’s birth or the strike of lightning from a clear sky might spark a

Sorcerer’s gift. So too might the gift of a deity, exposure to the strange magic of another plane of existence, or a glimpse into the inner workings of reality. Whatever the origin, the result is

Swanmay

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Beak", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it has the Prone condition. Scimitar (Humanoid Form Only). Melee

GrowthSwanmays are members of a reclusive order of wilderness defenders. Each bears a primal blessing that allows them to transform into a swan to watch over the lakes and woods they call home. Swanmays get

Bjornhild Solvigsdottir

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Auril's Blessing (3/Day). When Bjornhild hits a creature with a weapon attack, the attack deals an extra 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Auril","rollDamageType

","rollAction":"Greataxe","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage if Bjornhild uses Auril's Blessing. Spear. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spear

Red Wizard Blade

Magic Items Legendary Magic Items

, the target takes an extra 3d12 necrotic damage. A creature reduced to 0 hit points by this weapon dies and can’t be raised from the dead except by a deity or by a creature using a tablet of reawakening to cast the true resurrection spell.

Forged by Red Wizards using a secret process known only to them, this grim steel dagger draws its power from the Negative Plane. When you hit a creature with a melee attack using this magic dagger

Acolyte Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

You have spent your life in the service of a temple to a specific god or pantheon of gods. You act as an intermediary between the realm of the holy and the mortal world, performing sacred rites and

offering sacrifices in order to conduct worshipers into the presence of the divine. You are not necessarily a cleric—performing sacred rites is not the same thing as channeling divine power

Living Portent

Monsters The Book of Many Things

", "rollAction":"Prophetic Blessing"}, and it gains a prophecy die, a d8. Once during each of the creature’s turns, when it fails an ability check or saving throw or misses an attack roll, it can

":"1d12+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Radiant Strike", "rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage. Prophetic Blessing. The living portent magically infuses the power of its prophecy into another

Guardian Emblem

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

This emblem is the symbol of a deity or a spiritual tradition. As an action, you can attach the emblem to a suit of armor or a shield or remove it. The emblem has 3 charges. When you or a creature

Daemogoth Titan

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

;Supernatural Gifts” in the Dungeon Master’s Guide). As long as the creature has the blessing, it must expend and roll two of its Hit Dice whenever it finishes a long rest. It takes

creature dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0. The blessing can be removed only by a wish spell.Psychic

Cambion Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Fiendish Blessing. The AC of the cambion includes its Charisma bonus. Innate Spellcasting. The cambion’s spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14). The cambion can innately cast the

charmed target obeys the cambion’s spoken commands. If the target suffers any harm from the cambion or another creature or receives a suicidal command from the cambion, the target can repeat the

Shadow Mastiff

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.Shunning

sunlight, these hounds are usually met as a pack. Some faiths devoted to deities of gloom and night, such as that of Shar in the Forgotten Realms, perform unholy rites to summon shadow mastiffs to work

Guardian of Faith Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

gleaming sword and shield emblazoned with the symbol of your deity. Any creature hostile to you that moves to a space within 10 feet of the guardian for the first time on a turn must succeed on a

Dexterity saving throw. The creature takes 20 radiant damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The guardian vanishes when it has dealt a total of 60 damage.

Kraul Death Priest

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Feed on Death. When a creature within 30 feet of the kraul drops to 0 hit points, the kraul or another creature of its choice within 30 feet of it gains 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType

: animate dead, blight, vampiric touch Pack Tactics. The kraul has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the kraul's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally

Death's Head of Bhaal

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. Stunning Gaze. The death's head targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw or be stunned until the end

of its next turn.Unstoppable (3/Day). The death's head reduces the damage it takes from an attack to 0.Bhaal's cultists emulate their deity, carrying out gruesome murders to spread fear and horror

Valetta

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

long rest); each creature in the line must make a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw, taking 2d6;{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Dragonborn","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning

rites. A priest typically has one or more acolytes to help with religious ceremonies and other sacred duties.Lightning

Nightbringer

Magic Items Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

attuned to Nightbringer: Blessing of the Dragon Queen. You are immune to the charmed and frightened conditions, and you gain immunity to one of the following damage types (choose when you attune to the

weapon has 6 charges. When you hit a creature with an attack using this weapon, you can expend one charge to force the creature to make a DC 20 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is blinded until the start of your next turn. The weapon regains 1d6 expended charges daily at dawn.

Yakfolk Warrior

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

Forgotten God. Yakfolk are the creations of a malevolent deity they call the Forgotten God. The worship of this nameless deity directs their lives. The deity takes the form of a male Yikaria, but its

face is worn smooth into a featureless mask. The deity is appeased by sacrifice, which its followers carry out by capturing Humanoids and putting them to death by fire (immolation), earth (live burial

Yakfolk Priest

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

apart. Servants of the Forgotten God. Yakfolk are the creations of a malevolent deity they call the Forgotten God. The worship of this nameless deity directs their lives. The deity takes the form of

a male Yikaria, but its face is worn smooth into a featureless mask. The deity is appeased by sacrifice, which its followers carry out by capturing Humanoids and putting them to death by fire

Sorcerer Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

from him in a mighty blast of lightning. Crouching behind a stalagmite, a halfling points a finger at a charging troglodyte. A blast of fire springs from her finger to strike the creature. She ducks

apparent flukes. Some sorcerers can’t name the origin of their power, while others trace it to strange events in their own lives. The touch of a demon, the blessing of a dryad at a baby’s

Candle of Invocation Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

This slender taper is dedicated to a deity and shares that deity's alignment. The candle's alignment can be detected with the detect evil and good spell. The GM chooses the god and associated

dim light in a 30-foot radius. Any creature within that light whose alignment matches that of the candle makes attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks with advantage. In addition, a cleric or

Euryale's Aegis

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

This gleaming brass shield bears a relief of the legendary medusa druid Euryale. While wielding this shield, you gain the following benefits: Blessing of Euryale. You have resistance to poison

eyes to glow brightly. Choose one creature you can see within 30 feet of you. The creature must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution saving throw, or it has the restrained condition as its body turns to stone

Sir Braford

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

":"1d10+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Longsword","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage if used with two hands.Protection. When a creature Sir Braford can see attacks a target other than

were captured by goblins. The young paladin of Pelor has been corrupted by the sinister Gulthias Tree and now swings his magic sword, Shatterspike, on behalf of a different sort of “deity.”

Acolyte - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

between the realm of the holy and the mortal world, performing sacred rites and offering sacrifices in order to conduct worshipers into the presence of the divine. You are not necessarily a cleric&mdash

;performing sacred rites is not the same thing as channeling divine power. Choose a god, a pantheon of gods, or some other quasi-divine being, and work with your DM to detail the nature of your

Gideon Lightward

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

one creature he can see within 60 feet of him. The target must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Withering Gaze

","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.Gideon Lightward was a priest of Lathander who served Elturel and his deity proudly. Zariel saw that

Gorthok the Thunder Boar

Monsters Dragon of Icespire Peak

":"Lightning Bolt"}. Gorthok shoots a bolt of lightning at one creature it can see within 120 feet of it. The target must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 18 (4d8);{"diceNotation":"4d8

Talos's evil followers. Like its patron deity, Gorthok revels in destruction.Lightning, ThunderBludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Folk Hero Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

after I led a symbolic act of protest against it. 9 A celestial, fey, or similar creature gave me a blessing or revealed my secret origin. 10 Recruited into a lord’s army, I rose to

Eyestalk of Gzemnid

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it must succeed on a DC 19 Dexterity saving throw or be swallowed by the

eyestalk. A swallowed creature is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the eyestalk, and it takes 21 (6d6);{"diceNotation":"6d6","rollType":"damage

Xvart Warlock of Raxivort

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Raxivort’s Blessing. When the xvart reduces an enemy to 0 hit points, the xvart gains 4 temporary hit points. Raxivort’s Tongue. The xvart can communicate with ordinary bat;bats and rat

"} slashing damage. Raxivort’s Bite. Ranged Spell Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Raxivort's Bite"} to hit, range 30 ft., one creature. Hit: 7 (1d10 + 2

Echo of Demogorgon

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Demogorgon’s purposes in the Material Plane are rewarded with a “blessing” that transforms them into monstrous echoes of their demon patron. The arms of an echo of Demogorgon

, 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

Treefolk

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

Vine", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it has the grappled condition (escape DC 18). While grappled, the creature also has the restrained condition. The

. “Right now, you are a feeble stick, but I will help you grow some rings.” —Borogrove, Tuinvale treefolk Bludgeoning, PiercingFireOaken Boon. The treefolk blesses one creature other

Brusipha

Monsters The Book of Many Things

Demonic Ritual. Brusipha can spend 3 hours performing a ritual that summons 1d3 + 1 barlgura;barlguras or 1 hezrou. She must sacrifice a Medium or larger living creature to Baphomet during this

4 (1d8);{"diceNotation":"1d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Gore", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, and if the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving

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