before body defusing changes retreat

Incarnation of Vibrance

Monsters Lorwyn: First Light

/DeafnessThe incarnations of vibrance each resemble a titanic canine with a body of colorful foliage and horns like the branches of a blossoming cherry tree. When vibrance incarnations are in Lorwyn

incarnation changes its size to Medium, Large, or Huge. Teleport. The incarnation teleports up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. The incarnation can’t teleport while it has a creature Grappled.

Leucrotta

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

leucrotta is what you would get if you took the head of a giant badger, the legs of a deer, and the body of a large hyena, then put them together and reanimated them with demon ichor without bothering to

kills transformed into gnolls, others underwent more bizarre changes; leucrottas were the most numerous of these. As clever as it is cruel, a leucrotta loves to deceive, torture, and kill. Creatures who

Reincarnate Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You touch a dead humanoid or a piece of a dead humanoid. Provided that the creature has been dead no longer than 10 days, the spell forms a new adult body for it and then calls the soul to enter that

body. If the target's soul isn't free or willing to do so, the spell fails. The magic fashions a new body for the creature to inhabit, which likely causes the creature's race to change. The GM rolls

Vargouille Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

head tears from its body and becomes a new vargouille. Casting remove curse, greater restoration, or a similar spell on the target before the transformation is complete can end the curse. Doing so

undoes the changes made to the target by the curse. Stunning Shriek. The vargouille shrieks. Each humanoid and beast within 30 feet of the vargouille and able to hear it must succeed on a DC 12 Wisdom

Disguise Self Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

shorter or taller and can appear thin, fat, or in between. You can't change your body type, so you must adopt a form that has the same basic arrangement of limbs. Otherwise, the extent of the illusion

is up to you. The changes wrought by this spell fail to hold up to physical inspection. For example, if you use this spell to add a hat to your outfit, objects pass through the hat, and anyone who

Vargouille

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Charisma becomes 2, it dies, and its head tears from its body and becomes a new vargouille. Casting remove curse, greater restoration, or a similar spell on the target before the transformation is

complete can end the curse. Doing so undoes the changes made to the target by the curse. Stunning Shriek (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Stunning Shriek

Seeming Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

foot shorter or taller and appear thin, fat, or in between. You can't change a target's body type, so you must choose a form that has the same basic arrangement of limbs. Otherwise, the extent of the

illusion is up to you. The spell lasts for the duration, unless you use your action to dismiss it sooner. The changes wrought by this spell fail to hold up to physical inspection. For example, if you

Leedara

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

feet of it must succeed on a DC 13 Charisma saving throw or be possessed by Leedara; Leedara then disappears, and the target is incapacitated and loses control of its body. Leedara now controls the

body but doesn’t deprive the target of awareness. Leedara can’t be targeted by any attack, spell, or other effect, except ones that turn undead, and she retains her alignment, Intelligence

Eye and Hand of Vecna Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

from your body, devours it, and then takes control of the body like a puppet. If that happens, you become an NPC under the DM’s control. Properties of the Hand. Your alignment changes to

would allow him to live on as a lich. Beyond death, he became the greatest of all liches. Even though his body gradually withered and decayed, Vecna continued to expand his evil dominion. So formidable

Withers

Monsters Tomb of Annihilation

, expeditious retreat, feather fall, thunderwave 2nd level (3 slots): darkness, hold person, rope trick 3rd level (3 slots): dispel magic, lightning bolt 4th level (3 slots): blight, wall of fire 5th level

life or its body is destroyed. The wight can have no more than twelve zombie;zombies under its control at one time. Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit

Demilich (Variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

;s body and all the equipment it is carrying cease to exist. On a successful save, the target takes 24 (7d6);{"diceNotation":"7d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Trap Soul", "rollDamageType

exist. If the demilich drops to 0 hit points, it is destroyed and turns to powder, leaving behind its gems. Crushing a gem releases any soul trapped within, at which point the target’s body re

Half-Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

marked by an easy grace—an elvish grace, Flint would have said; yet the man’s body had the thickness and tight muscles of a human, while the facial hair was definitely humankind’s. All

. EXCELLENT AMBASSADORS Many half-elves learn at an early age to get along with everyone, defusing hostility and finding common ground. As a race, they have elven grace without elven aloofness and

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

, bronze, and almost bluish-white, hair of green or blue, and eyes like pools of liquid gold or silver. Elves have no facial and little body hair. They favor elegant clothing in bright colors, and they

have been known to retreat from intrusions into their woodland homes, confident that they can simply wait the invaders out. But when the need arises, elves reveal a stern martial side, demonstrating

Hexblood

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

enter into bargains with hags gain their deepest wishes but eventually find themselves transformed. These changes evidence a hag’s influence: ears that split in forked points, skin in lurid

unusual crown, often called an eldercross or a witch’s turn. This living, garland-like part of a hexblood’s body extends from their temples and wraps behind the head, serving as a visible

Halaster Blackcloak

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

/Day). If Halaster fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Rejuvenation. If Halaster dies in Undermountain, he revives after 1d10 days, with all his hit points and any missing body

parts restored. His new body appears in a random safe location in Undermountain. Spellcasting. Halaster is a 20th-level spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 22, +14 to hit

Skabatha Nightshade

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

eyelashes. Underneath her makeup, her flesh is textured like rotten bark and infested with wood lice and fungus. The windup key sticking out of her back is a part of her body and no easier to remove than one

to her normal size, she attains the maximum size possible in the space available. Anything she is wearing or carrying changes size along with her. As a Tiny creature, Skabatha deals 2 (1d4

The Archmages' Desperation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin

archmages Mordenkainen and a version of Tasha from Oerth, though Alustriel and Tasha don’t yet know that Mordenkainen is Kas the Destroyer in disguise. These Wizards Three retreat to a sanctum Alustriel

keeps in Sigil. Using their combined magic, the archmages weave a Wish spell in hopes of sabotaging Vecna’s accumulated power and defusing his ritual. Instead of any expected effect, the Wish spell shunts

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

body, thought, and emotion. Freed from the limitations of their human bodies, the yuan-ti used their new abilities to conquer new lands and expand their borders. One Race, Many Forms The bodies of all

of purebloods and slaves are thrown at opposing forces in the hope of allowing the malisons and abominations time to escape. Survival First Yuan-ti are likely to retreat or flee from conflict if

Aarakocra Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

changes in the prevailing winds that they regarded as a bad omen. Unlike the aarakocra of other worlds on the Material Plane, the aarakocra of the Realms rarely travel to the Elemental Plane of Air

the Wind Dukes long ago to defeat the Queen of Chaos’s monstrous champion, Miska the Wolf-Spider. When plunged into Miska’s body, the chaos in his blood sundered the rod and scattered its

Testing Phase

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

, green, gray, and death slaadi requires a successful DC 12 Intelligence (Arcana) check. Defusing Slaad Confrontations. Writing short essays about commonly accepted ways to keep slaadi calm during

can use a gland under one of their claws to implant an egg into a Humanoid. The egg eventually becomes a tadpole that bursts from the host’s body and transforms into a full-grown blue slaad, or a green

Scandal and Rebuilding

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse

Scandal and Rebuilding If you run the “Tomb of Moving Stones” adventure in chapter 6, the exposure of the Believers leads to some big changes. Even if the Believers can avoid a murder investigation

. The other citizens of Red Larch shun the Believers for the next several months, and the Believers turn against one another. Many retreat into seclusion. Leadership of Red Larch passes to Harburk

Dragonmark Appearance

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Dragonmark Appearance A dragonmark appears on the skin. There are twelve known dragonmarks, each unique in design and power. A dragonmark can appear on any part of the body. One half-elf could have

another part of the bearer’s body. All dragonmarks share a similar initial appearance, but a dragonmark can grow in size and complexity as a character gains levels and uses it to cast more powerful magic

Leucrotta

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse

Leucrotta A leucrotta is what you would get if you took the head of a giant badger, the legs of a deer, and the body of a large hyena, then put them together and reanimated them with demon ichor

hyenas that ate Yeenoghu’s kills transformed into gnolls, others underwent more bizarre changes; leucrottas were the most numerous of these. As clever as it is cruel, a leucrotta loves to deceive

Book of Vile Darkness (Variant)

Magic Items Keys from the Golden Vault

must make a DC 17 Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, the creature’s alignment changes to neutral evil. The Book of Vile Darkness remains with you only as long as you strive to work evil

book, the spirit tries to leave the book and enter your body. If you fail a DC 20 Charisma saving throw, it succeeds, and you become an NPC under the DM’s control until the intruding spirit is

Body Horror Torments

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Body Horror Torments Darklords in this genre draw their power from their biological changes or gain abilities that assist them in fulfilling their appetites. Their torment is rooted in the

physiological and, frequently, in fecund and uncontrollable growth. Body Horror Torments d8 Torment 1 The Darklord is pockmarked with eyes that never close and never allow for sleep. 2 The

Death of a Dragon

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

dragon’s body might be swallowed suddenly in mud. 2 The dragon uses its breath weapon one last time. 3 The dragon’s body transforms into stone, metal, lava, ice, or mist. Or the body

surge of life energy erupts from the dragon, causing each creature within 120 feet of the body to gain the benefit of finishing a long rest. 6 The body is drawn through a portal to the lair of

5. Trolling the Troglodytes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

door, and retreat to area 7a, leaving the characters to deal with the troll on their own. The mutated troll has an extra pair of arms sprouting from its chest and a fifth arm growing out of its back. The

troll has made a successful saving throw against the stench of the troglodytes. It has the statistics of a normal troll, with these changes: It has 44 hit points when the characters first arrive. It

Reincarnate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

a dead humanoid or a piece of a dead humanoid. Provided that the creature has been dead no longer than 10 days, the spell forms a new adult body for it and then calls the soul to enter that body. If

the target’s soul isn’t free or willing to do so, the spell fails. The magic fashions a new body for the creature to inhabit, which likely causes the creature’s race to change. The DM rolls a d100 and

Brains in Iron (The Council)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

mechanical body. The brains share insights and knowledge with one another, and have typically been taken from creatures that desired to prolong their consciousness—or that were tasked with controlling a

construct for all time as punishment. A brain in iron uses the brain in a jar stat block with the following changes: It is lawful neutral. It has the construct type. Its size is Large. It has Armor Class

Reincarnate

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

a dead humanoid or a piece of a dead humanoid. Provided that the creature has been dead no longer than 10 days, the spell forms a new adult body for it and then calls the soul to enter that body. If

the target’s soul isn’t free or willing to do so, the spell fails. The magic fashions a new body for the creature to inhabit, which likely causes the creature’s race to change. The DM rolls a d100 and

Draconic Gifts

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

character’s hair (or a streak of it) changes color to match the color of the dragon’s scales. 3 A mark like a stylized dragon eye or claw appears on the body. 4 Patches of scales appear on the character’s body, typically on the neck, shoulders, or forearms.

30. Hideous Transmutation

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

30. Hideous Transmutation Carrion Ogre. Lying on the floor in the middle of the room, held down with chains, is a creature that has the body of an ogre and the head of a carrion crawler. Body Parts

. The ogre’s severed head and the carrion crawler’s decapitated body lie discarded in the northern corner of the room, where they have begun to putrefy and emit a dreadful stench. Key Ring. Hanging

High Alert

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13

prisoner revolt, an escape, the approach of an unfamiliar ship, a dragon sighting, an attack, discovering a dead body, or suspicious activity (see “Suspicion” above). By speaking the command word

R18. The warden does the same and commands the garrison from there. Members of the Absolution Council retreat to area R20. See Invisibility. The warden and all prison guards gain the benefit of a see invisibility spell.

Drow Crews

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention

of the ships, but might retreat below deck to eat, rest, or get a break from the light of day. Each ship has six officers: a captain, a first mate, a bosun, a quartermaster, a surgeon, and a cook. Each

when they think no one is looking. A drow character recognizes the hand signals as Drow Sign Language. The changes wrought by the magic of the ships’ figureheads fail to hold up to physical inspection

High Alert

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

prisoner revolt, an escape, the approach of an unfamiliar ship, a dragon sighting, an attack, discovering a dead body, or suspicious activity (see “Suspicion” above). By speaking the command word

R18. The warden does the same and commands the garrison from there. Members of the Absolution Council retreat to area R20. See Invisibility. The warden and all prison guards gain the benefit of a see invisibility spell.

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