before block dead check repels

Mason's Tools

Equipment

Ability: Strength Utilize: Chisel a symbol or hole in stone (DC 10) Craft: Block and Tackle If you have proficiency with a tool, add your Proficiency Bonus to any ability check you make that uses

the tool. If you have proficiency in a skill that’s used with that check, you have Advantage on the check too.

Giant Insect

Spells Player’s Handbook

You summon a giant centipede, spider, or wasp (chosen when you cast the spell). It manifests in an unoccupied space you can see within range and uses the Giant Insect stat block. The form you choose

determines certain details in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points or when the spell ends. The creature is an ally to you and your allies. In combat, the creature

Book of Vile Darkness

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

attuned to the book, you can cast the following spells (save DC 18) from it: Animate Dead Circle of Death Dominate Monster Finger of Death Once you use the book to cast a spell, you can’t

cast that spell again from it until the next dawn. Vile Lore. You can reference the Book of Vile Darkness whenever you make an Intelligence check to recall information about some aspect of evil, such as

Sammaster (Lich Form)

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

to dust. After 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Soul Gem"} days, he appears in the space of his soul gem, using the Sammaster (Dracolich Form) stat block. The gem is a

, Prestidigitation 2/Day Each: Speak with Dead, Wall of Force 1/Day Each: Create Undead (level 8 version), Disintegrate, Power Word KillProtective Magic. Sammaster casts Counterspell or Shield in

Sammaster (Dracolich Form)

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

, he appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of his soul gem (so long as the gem still exists), using the Sammaster (Lich Form) stat block. The gem is a Tiny object that has AC 20; HP 50; and

, 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

Mechanical Wonder

Magic Items Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

designed to assist with household duties. It vaguely resembles whatever species its creator used as inspiration. An activated domestic wonderuses the Domestic Wonder stat block. The wonder is an ally to you

is wound again. Flying Wonder (Common). An activated flying wonderuses the Flying Wonder stat block. The wonder is an ally to you and your allies. In combat, the wonder shares your Initiative count

Insect Repellent-Incense

Equipment

against giant insects or the vile swarm of insects;swarms of insects described in appendix A of the Monster Manual. A block of incense sells for 1 sp. When lit, it burns for 8 hours and repels normal insects within a 20-foot-radius centered on it.

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

’ will. These living portents are Aberrations instead of Celestials and are typically chaotic evil. They replace any radiant damage in their stat block with necrotic or psychic damage (DM&rsquo

Corpse Flower Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

up to nine dead humanoids. These remains have total cover against attacks and other effects outside the corpse flower. If the corpse flower dies, the corpses within it can be pulled free. While it has

space. The corpse flower animates one dead humanoid in its body, turning it into a zombie. The zombie appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the corpse flower and acts immediately after it in

Night Caller

Magic Items Tales from the Yawning Portal

DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana or History) check, the character recalls lore that says the duergar made several such whistles for various groups in an age past. If you blow the whistle in darkness or

under the night sky, it allows you to cast the animate dead spell. The target can be affected through up to 10 feet of soft earth or similar material, and if it is, it takes 1 minute to claw its way to

Telescopic Transporter

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

This enormous telescope allows you to view distant celestial objects, including stars, Wildspace systems, and Astral Sea phenomena like the cities of deities or the petrified husks of dead gods

(Arcana) check. On a successful check, you and eight other willing creatures touching the telescope, along with everything all travelers are wearing and carrying, safely teleport to unoccupied spaces

Spirit Statue Mascot

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

":"roll","rollAction":"Counsel of the Past"} and add the number rolled to one ability check of its choice, immediately after rolling the d20.To enhance their studies of the past, Lorehold students often

call upon the spirits of dead creatures. Mages seeking longer-term assistance from ancient spirits have learned to house these spirits in statues, giving them a more permanent residence from which to

Scalathrax Oil

Equipment

makes a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Arcana) check recognizes this usefulness upon seeing the dead scalathrax’s body. By spending 10 minutes and succeeding on a DC 15 Intelligence check using

Zombie Plague Spreader

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

":"poison"} poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A Humanoid reduced to 0 hit points by this damage dies and rises as a zombie (see its stat block in the Monster

Manual) 1 minute later. The zombie acts immediately after the plague spreader in the initiative count.Among the undead, a lone zombie ranks far from the most menacing. The horror of the shambling dead lies

Two-Headed Cerberus

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

"} fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. On a failed save, a creature is also restrained by the hardening rock. A creature can make a DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check

of the dead. Such isn’t the case for mortals, though, and they eagerly set upon those who tread too close to the Underworld’s borders. Feared by the living and the dead, cerberi patrol

Magewright

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

form of dragonshards. Creating a Magewright The magewright stat block provides the baseline statistics for a magewright. You then add to that baseline by choosing a specialty from the Magewright

: speak with dead. Deception (+3), Religion (+4) 8 Oracle Guidance. Ritual only: augury, divination (1 hour). History (+4), Religion (+4)

Swarm of Rot Grubs

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

maggots that eat living and dead creatures, although they can survive on vegetation. They infest corpses and piles of decaying matter and attack anyone that disturbs them. After burrowing into a

poison can also stop them before they kill their host. Single Rot Grub Rot grubs pose a threat both singly and as a swarm. A single rot grub has no stat block. Any creature that comes into contact

Underworld Cerberus

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. On a failed save, a creature is also restrained by the hardening rock. A creature can make a DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check as an

the dead. Three-headed cerberi commonly serve demons, but if left to their own devices, they often herd wily souls into labyrinthine Underworld wildernesses, then hunt them for sport. Feared by the

Ancient Blue Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check. Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail

the wealth of the dead intruders. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; the dragon can’t use the

Stone Cursed

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the stone cursed move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that

would be lost. Cryptic Whispers Even though a creature transformed into a stone cursed is long dead, a vague whisper of their memories lives on in the obsidian skull embedded within the stone cursed

Conclave Dryad

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

become restrained by twisting vines for 1 minute. A target restrained in this way can use an action to make a DC 17 Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check, ending the effect on itself on

the dryad. The mount remains for 8 hours, until it or the dryad dies, or until the dryad dismisses it as an action. The mount uses the stat block of an elk (see the Monster Manual) with these changes

Skabatha Nightshade

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

key between her hunched shoulders that rotates quickly when she’s in a good mood and slows down as her mood sours. When she is furious, the key comes to a dead stop. Alignment. Neutral evil

of her limbs. Skabatha roams Thither on her flying rocking horse (see chapter 3 for its stat block), which creaks horribly as it moves. Skabatha’s Weakness Skabatha always forgets the first

Adult Blue Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check. Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack

wealth of the dead intruders. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; the dragon can’t use the same

Occultant Abacus

Magic Items Acquisitions Incorporated

someone in your franchise within the last 24 hours, then grant the character who slew it a d10. Once within the next hour, that character can add the d10 to an attack roll, ability check, or saving

within 5 feet of a creature killed within the past 24 hours, you can cast the augury spell. The course of action you inquire about with the spell does not need to have any connection to the dead creature

Witchkite

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

will: detect magic, minor illusion, speak with dead 1/day each: detect thoughts, dimension door, hold monsterThe witchkite can take up to two reactions per round but only one per turn. Enchanting

the mostly forgotten adventurer Osval Dragons of Eldraine The dragons of Eldraine, are much like those of other D&D worlds. You can use any dragon stat block for a dragon of Eldraine. On

Vampirate

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

","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Vampirates are the walking, talking husks of dead pirates who refused to go quietly into the afterlife. They ply the void in their ships, plundering unsuspecting

Animated Coffin

Monsters Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the coffin is animate. Spider Climb. The animated coffin can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on

"} piercing damage at the start of each of its turns. The animated coffin can grapple only one creature at a time.Animated coffins are heavy, macabre Constructs designed to ferry the dead to places of rest

Yggdrasti

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures

connected to one another. False Appearance. If the yggdrasti is motionless and rooted in the ground at the start of combat, it looks just like a dead tree and has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover

, if a creature hasn’t observed the rooted yggdrasti move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the yggdrasti is animate. Lightning

Adult Green Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

the end of another creature's turn. The dragon regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check. Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail

saving throw or be restrained by the roots and vines. A creature can be freed if it or another creature takes an action to make a DC 15 Strength check and succeeds. The roots and vines wilt away when

Ancient White Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Ice Walk. The dragon can move across and climb icy surfaces without needing to make an ability check. Additionally, difficult terrain composed of ice or snow doesn't cost it extra movement

actions at the start of its turn. Detect. The dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check. Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack. Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each

Horrid Plant

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

; 3–4, purple blossom; or 5–6, snapper saw. This form determines certain traits in this stat block. False Appearance. If the horrid plant is motionless at the start of combat, it has

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

Splugoth the Returned

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

the weapon cannot be used until the creature succeeds on a DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check as an action to pull it out of Splugoth. Natural weapons can have their attacks negated by this feature, but

you get taken prisoner by a group of sociopathic adventurers who end up letting you die after you save their sorry lives. One minute, you’re a dead goblin named Splug. And then you’re alive

Tree Blight

Monsters Curse of Strahd

succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the blight is animate. Siege Monster. The blight deals double damage to objects and structures.Multiattack. The blight makes one

a tree blight is a particularly enormous variety. It looks like a dead tree or treant, 30 feet tall, with spongy wooden flesh, thorny branches, and rubbery roots that trail behind it. It has blood

Factol Skall

Monsters Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

dead (as an action), dispel magic, speak with dead 1/day each: finger of death, plane shift (self only), project imageSkall can take up to three reactions per round but only one per turn. Baleful

is 5th level or higher, Skall makes an Intelligence check (DC 10 + the spell’s level). On a successful check, the spell fails and has no effect. Whatever the spell’s level, the caster

Giff (Gunpowder Keg Variant)

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

armed with gleaming pistols and muskets. The stat block here represents one of those mercenaries. Every aspect of these spacefaring giff’s society is organized along military lines. From birth

. Every other keg of gunpowder within 20 feet of an exploding keg has a 50 percent chance of also exploding. Check each keg only once per turn, no matter how many other kegs explode around it.

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