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Spells
Player’s Handbook
You can cast this spell only at night. Choose up to three corpses of Medium or Small Humanoids within range. Each one becomes a Ghoul under your control (see the Monster Manual for its stat block
).
As a Bonus Action on each of your turns, you can mentally command any creature you animated with this spell if the creature is within 120 feet of you (if you control multiple creatures, you can
Spells
Player’s Handbook
Objects animate at your command. Choose a number of nonmagical objects within range that aren’t being worn or carried, aren’t fixed to a surface, and aren’t Gargantuan. The maximum
.
Each target animates, sprouts legs, and becomes a Construct that uses the Animated Object stat block; this creature is under your control until the spell ends or until it is reduced to 0 Hit Points
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This stoppered flask sloshes when shaken, as if it contains water. The decanter weighs 2 pounds.
You can take a Magic action to remove the stopper and issue one of three command words, whereupon an
amount of fresh water or salt water (your choice) pours out of the flask. The water stops pouring out at the start of your next turn. Choose from the following command words:
Splash. The decanter
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
creature’s stat block. The creature vanishes at the next dawn or when it is reduced to 0 Hit Points.
The creature is Friendly to you and your allies, and it acts immediately after you on your
Initiative count. You can take a Bonus Action to command how the creature moves and what action it takes on its next turn, such as attacking an enemy. In the absence of such orders, the creature acts
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You summon an otherworldly being that appears as a loyal steed in an unoccupied space of your choice within range. This creature uses the Otherworldly Steed stat block. If you already have a steed
the steed’s creature type—Celestial, Fey, or Fiend—which determines certain traits in the stat block.
Combat. The steed is an ally to you and your allies. In combat, it shares your
Spells
Player’s Handbook
.” The target does its best to obey on its turn. If it completes an order and doesn’t receive further direction from you, it acts and moves as it likes, focusing on protecting itself.
You can
command the target to take a Reaction but must take your own Reaction to do so.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. Your Concentration can last longer with a spell slot of level 5 (up to 10 minutes), 6 (up to 1 hour), or 7+ (up to 8 hours).
Spells
Player’s Handbook
.” The target does its best to obey on its turn. If it completes an order and doesn’t receive further direction from you, it acts and moves as it likes, focusing on protecting itself.
You
can command the target to take a Reaction but must take your own Reaction to do so.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. Your Concentration can last longer with a level 9 spell slot (up to 8 hours).
Spells
Player’s Handbook
.” The target does its best to obey on its turn. If it completes an order and doesn’t receive further direction from you, it acts and moves as it likes, focusing on protecting itself.
You
can command the target to take a Reaction but must take your own Reaction to do so.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. Your Concentration can last longer with a spell slot of level 6 (up to 10 minutes), 7 (up to 1 hour), or 8+ (up to 8 hours).
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
commands even if it doesn’t know the language in which the commands are given. If you issue no commands or give the creature a command that is likely to result in its death or imprisonment, it
the following table (see the Monster Manual for the creature’s stat block).
1d100
Contents
0-50
No creature
51
Arcanaloth
52-54
Bone Devil
55-56
Cambion
57
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
until 5 days have passed.
Figurine of Wondrous Power (Ebony Fly);Ebony Fly (Rare). This ebony statuette, carved in the likeness of a horsefly, can become a Giant Fly (see the accompanying stat block
ignore your orders, including a command to revert to figurine form. If you mount the nightmare while it is ignoring your orders, you and the nightmare are instantly transported to a random location on
Wand of Enemy Detection
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Basic Rules (2014)
This wand has 7 charges. While holding it, you can use an action and expend 1 charge to speak its command word. For the next minute, you know the direction of the nearest creature hostile to you
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
flame, thaumaturgy
1st level (4 slots): command, inflict wounds, shield of faith
2nd level (3 slots): hold person, spiritual weaponMultiattack. The fanatic makes two melee attacks.
Dagger. Melee or
he's tight with Levistus. He rules the roost by sheer force of personality, though it chafes him that Hethyl Arkorran has more respect and influence within the cult. Kadroth doesn't involve Avarice
Ring of X-ray Vision
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Basic Rules (2014)
While wearing this ring, you can use an action to speak its command word. When you do so, you can see into and through solid matter for 1 minute. This vision has a radius of 30 feet. To you, solid
. Thicker substances block the vision, as does a thin sheet of lead.
Whenever you use the ring again before taking a long rest, you must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or gain one level of exhaustion.
Magic Items
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
. The head resembles the shell of a sea creature. On command, the keyrune turns into a category 1 krasis (see chapter 6 for the stat block) that has the Grabber and Stabilizing Legs adaptations. The transformation lasts for up to 5 hours.
.
When you use an action to speak the item’s command word and place the keyrune on the ground in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you, the keyrune transforms into a creature. If there isn’t
monsters
Monster Manual
and Good is cast on its corpse. If it revives, it animates a Humanoid corpse elsewhere on the same plane of existence; it now looks different but uses the same stat block and returns with all its Hit
curses one creature it can see within 30 feet of itself. The revenant knows the distance to and direction of the cursed target, even if it is on a different plane of existence. The curse ends on the target if the revenant uses this Bonus Action on a different creature.
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
flame, thaumaturgy
1st level (4 slots): command, inflict wounds, shield of faith
2nd level (3 slots): hold person, spiritual weapon
Icy Doom. When the cultist dies, its corpse freezes for 9 days
","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.The Knights of the Black Sword are a secret society of cultists devoted to Levistus, the archdevil who rules Stygia, the sixth layer of the Nine Hells, from the
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
, calm emotions, detect magic, detect thoughts, dispel magic, sending, suggestion
1/day each: mass suggestion, modify memory
Inquisitor’s Command (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType
":"recharge","rollAction":"Inquisitor's Command"}. Each creature of the inquisitor’s choice that it can see within 60 feet of it must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed until
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19):
At will: command
3/day: dominate monster
1/day: feeblemindInstinctive Charm. When a creature
, the attacker is immune to the amnizu’s Instinctive Charm for 24 hours.Amnizus lead infernal legions into battle and command guardians at the gateways to the Hells. Amnizus are arrogant, bullying
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19):
At will: command
3/day: dominate monster
1/day: feeblemindInstinctive Charm. When a creature within 60 feet of the amnizu makes an attack roll against it, and
24 hours.Amnizus lead infernal legions into battle and command guardians at the gateways to the Hells. Amnizus are arrogant, bullying, and ruthless, but they’re also highly intelligent
Magic Items
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
This gold statuette is carved in the likeness of a canary and is small enough to fit in a pocket. If you use an action to speak the command word and throw the figurine to a point on the ground within
’t be used this way again until the next dawn.
Gold Dragon Form. While you are missing half or more of your hit points, you can speak a different command word and the figurine becomes an
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
but otherwise uses the wererat stat block, excluding actions that require equipment the target doesn’t have. During any night when there’s a full moon in the sky, the target becomes an NPC
"} poison damage.Delour the wererat is a sly trickster and consummate thief who rules the Moonstalkers alongside his friend Boss Augustus;Augustus. Delour’s honeyed words and calculating mind make
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
of bone and obsidian blades, while chatkchas are usually made of sharpened bone or crystal.
A generic thri-kreen stat block appears in the Monster Manual. This section provides a few more options.Leap. The thri-kreen leaps up to 20 feet in any direction, provided its speed isn’t 0.
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
-kreen stat block appears in the Monster Manual. This section provides a few more options.Chameleon Carapace. The thri-kreen changes the color of its carapace to match the color and texture of its
surroundings, gaining advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks it makes to hide in those surroundings.
Leap. The thri-kreen leaps up to 20 feet in any direction, provided its speed isn’t 0.
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smaller creatures. The effects last 8 hours, until dispelled by dispel magic or similar magic, or you consume another magical meal. Rules for cooking magical meals can be found in the Cooking chapter of
Heliana's Guide to Monster Hunting: Part 2. For the duration, you gain the following benefits:
Boss Meal. You know the direction and distance of all corpses within a 960-foot radius around you. The
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
;and were imbued with a measure of their masters’ power over winds. Their descendants still command echoes of that power.
From below, aarakocra look like large birds and thus are sometimes called
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation
Bigby's Hand
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Spells
Player’s Handbook (2014)
You create a Large hand of shimmering, translucent force in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. The hand lasts for the spell's duration, and it moves at your command, mimicking the
.
Forceful Hand. The hand attempts to push a creature within 5 feet of it in a direction you choose. Make a check with the hand's Strength contested by the Strength (Athletics) check of the target. If the
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smaller creatures. The effects last 8 hours, until dispelled by dispel magic or similar magic, or you consume another magical meal. Rules for cooking magical meals can be found in the Cooking chapter of
Heliana's Guide to Monster Hunting: Part 2. For the duration, you gain the following benefits:
Boss Meal. You know the direction and distance of all corpses within a 60-foot radius around you. The
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13):
At will: Prestidigitation, Speak with Animals
1/day each: Bestow Curse, Command, Crown of MadnessBaphomet’s Blessing. When Brusipha reduces a hostile
distance and direction to the target if it is on the same plane of existence. The link ends if Brusipha has the incapacitated condition or uses this ability on a different target.
Magic Items
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
only if you can see the shadow:
You control the shadow’s movements and can make the shadow move up to 30 feet across a solid or liquid surface, in any direction you choose (including along
air, sleep, or nourishment.
You can relinquish control of the shadow, at which point it becomes autonomous and behaves as the DM wishes. It uses the shadow stat block in the Monster Manual, but its
Arcane Hand
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You create a Large hand of shimmering, translucent force in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. The hand lasts for the spell's duration, and it moves at your command, mimicking the
.
Forceful Hand. The hand attempts to push a creature within 5 feet of it in a direction you choose. Make a check with the hand's Strength contested by the Strength (Athletics) check of the target. If the
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Minotaurs are barrel-chested humanoids with heads resembling those of bulls. Blessed with a supernaturally strong sense of direction, minotaurs make great navigators. Some sages believe minotaurs
choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At will: Thaumaturgy
2/day each: Command, Silence
1/day: Insect PlagueIn life, Nafik was the high priest of Amun Sa, the last pharaoh of the land of Bakar
by evil, Nafik now rules over the upper halls of Amun Sa’s pyramid and the priests he sentenced to an exanimate eternity.Necrotic, PoisonBludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksFire
Shield Guardian Amulet
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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
amulet requires 1 week and costs 1,000 gp in components.
A shield guardian’s solitary focus is to protect the amulet’s wearer. The amulet’s wearer can command the guardian to attack
attunes to this amulet knows the distance and direction of the shield guardian, provided the amulet and the guardian are on the same plane of existence. As an action, the amulet’s attuned wearer can
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smaller creatures. The effects last 8 hours, until dispelled by dispel magic or similar magic, or you consume another magical meal. Rules for cooking magical meals can be found in the Cooking chapter of
Heliana's Guide to Monster Hunting: Part 2. For the duration, you gain the following benefits:
Boss Meal. You know the direction and distance of all corpses within a radius (varies by rarity) around you
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smaller creatures. The effects last 8 hours, until dispelled by dispel magic or similar magic, or you consume another magical meal. Rules for cooking magical meals can be found in the Cooking chapter of
Heliana's Guide to Monster Hunting: Part 2. For the duration, you gain the following benefits:
Boss Meal. You know the direction and distance of all corpses within a 1-mile radius around you. The effect