before body diameter corpse reflection

Speak with Dead

Spells Player’s Handbook

or it recognizes you as an enemy. This spell doesn’t return the creature’s soul to its body, only its animating spirit. Thus, the corpse can’t learn new information, doesn’t comprehend anything that has happened since it died, and can’t speculate about future events.

You grant the semblance of life to a corpse of your choice within range, allowing it to answer questions you pose. The corpse must have a mouth, and this spell fails if the deceased creature was

Purple Worm

Monsters Monster Manual

Tunneler. The worm can burrow through solid rock at half its Burrow Speed and leaves a 10-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.Multiattack. The worm makes one Bite attack and one Tail Stinger attack

condition. If the worm dies, any swallowed creature no longer has the Restrained condition and can escape from the corpse using 20 feet of movement, exiting Prone.

Revenant

Monsters Monster Manual

body is destroyed only if it starts its turn with 0 Hit Points and doesn’t regenerate. Undead Restoration. If the revenant dies, it revives 24 hours later in a different body unless Dispel Evil

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

Quaal's Feather Token

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

speed by 5 miles per hour for 8 hours. You can dismiss the fan as a Magic action. Swan Boat (Rare). You can take a Magic action to touch the token to a body of water at least 60 feet in diameter

60 feet tall and has a 5-foot-diameter trunk, and its branches at the top spread out in a 20-foot radius. Whip (Rare). You can take a Magic action to throw the token to a point within 10 feet of

Orb of Damara

Magic Items Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

away. The Orb of Damara is about 6 inches in diameter and is made of a glassy, iridescent material that's like obsidian but incredibly hard. If held to one's own lips with the intention of consuming

DM’s control. The type of chromatic dragon depends on your alignment and personality and is left to the DM to decide. The transformation is permanent, but if the dragon is slain, its body

Speak with Dead Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

. This spell doesn't return the creature's soul to its body, only its animating spirit. Thus, the corpse can't learn new information, doesn't comprehend anything that has happened since it died, and can't speculate about future events.

You grant the semblance of life and intelligence to a corpse of your choice within range, allowing it to answer the questions you pose. The corpse must still have a mouth and can't be undead. The

Vargouille Reflection

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

tears from its body and becomes a new vargouille reflection. Casting remove curse, greater restoration, or a similar spell on the target before the transformation is complete ends the curse and

restores the target’s Charisma. Horrific Reflection (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Horrific Reflection"}. The vargouille’s head mimics that of a

Jiangshi

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

jiangshi’s choice). It reverts to its true form if it dies.When a soul becomes trapped within its corpse, its bitterness can reanimate its body, creating a jiangshi. These vengeful dead stalk

Jiangshi Weaknesses. The jiangshi has the following flaws: Fear of Its Own Reflection. If the jiangshi sees its own reflection, it immediately uses its reaction, if available, to move as far away

Skulk Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

Fallible Invisibility. The skulk is invisible. This invisibility can be circumvented by three things: The skulk appears as a drab, smooth-skinned humanoid if its reflection can be seen in a mirror

or on another surface. The skulk appears as a dim, translucent form in the light of a candle made of fat rendered from a corpse whose identity is unknown. Humanoid children, aged 10 and under, can see

Corpse Flower Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

at least one humanoid corpse in its body, the corpse flower can use a bonus action to do one of the following: The corpse flower digests one humanoid corpse in its body and instantly regains 11 (2d10

);{"diceNotation":"2d10","rollType":"healing","rollAction":"Digest Humanoid"} hit points. Nothing of the digested body remains. Any equipment on the corpse is expelled from the corpse flower in its

Corpse Flower

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

malevolent bent and despises the living. With or without corpses nested in its body, a corpse flower exudes a stench of decay that can overwhelm the senses of nearby creatures, causing them to become

one corpse in its body and instantly regains 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10", "rollType":"heal", "rollAction":"Digest"} hit points. Nothing of the digested corpse remains. Any equipment on the corpse

Eyestalk of Gzemnid

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

Tunneler. The eyestalk can burrow through solid rock at half its burrow speed and leaves a 10-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.Multiattack. The eyestalk uses Eradication Gaze, if available, and makes

swallowed creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse by using 20 feet of movement, exiting prone. Eradication Gaze (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType

Replica Tridrone

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

Axiomatic Mind. The tridrone can't be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions. Disintegration. If the tridrone dies, its body falls into a pile of parts—gears, plates

, screws, and wires, leaving behind its weapons and anything else it was carrying. Each collapsed modron also spits out a six-inch-diameter magically charged disk that powers the creature, as well as a

Purple Worm Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Tunneler. The worm can burrow through solid rock at half its burrow speed and leaves a 10-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.Multiattack. The worm makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its

by it and can escape from the corpse by using 20 feet of movement, exiting prone. Tail Stinger. Melee Weapon Attack: +14;{"diceNotation":"1d20+14","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Tail Stinger"} to

Replica Duodrone

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

Axiomatic Mind. The duodrone can't be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions. Disintegration. If the duodrone dies, its body falls into a pile of parts—gears, plates

, screws, and wires, leaving behind its weapons and anything else it was carrying. Each collapsed modron also spits out a six-inch-diameter magically charged disk that powers the creature, as well as a

Dybbuk Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

lost (at which point the body becomes a corpse once more) or the dybbuk ends its possession using a bonus action. When the possession ends, the dybbuk reappears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of

other magical effects. Violate Corpse. The dybbuk can use a bonus action while it is possessing a corpse to make it do something unnatural, such as vomit blood, twist its head all the way around, or

Replica Monodrone

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

Axiomatic Mind. The monodrone can't be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions. Disintegration. If the monodrone dies, its body falls into a pile of parts—gears

, plates, screws, and wires, leaving behind its weapons and anything else it was carrying. Each collapsed modron also spits out a six-inch-diameter magically charged disk that powers the creature, as well as

Replica Quadrone

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

Axiomatic Mind. The quadrone can't be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions. Disintegration. If the quadrone dies, its body falls into a pile of parts—gears, plates

, screws, and wires, leaving behind its weapons and anything else it was carrying. Each collapsed modron also spits out a six-inch-diameter magically charged disk that powers the creature, as well as a

Replica Pentadrone

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

Axiomatic Mind. The pentadrone can’t be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions. Disintegration. If the pentadrone dies, its body falls into a pile of parts

—gears, plates, screws, and wires, leaving behind its weapons and anything else it was carrying. Each collapsed modron also spits out a six-inch-diameter magically charged disk that powers the

Young Purple Worm

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

Tunneler. The worm can burrow through solid rock at half its burrow speed and leaves a 10-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.Multiattack. The worm makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its

it and can escape from the corpse by using 20 feet of movement, exiting prone. Tail Stinger. Melee Weapon Attack: +14;{"diceNotation":"1d20+14","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Tail Stinger"} to hit

Clockwork Horror

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures

. The body of a clockwork horror is about two feet in diameter, but the legs give it an overall diameter of four feet. Embedded in the front of its head is a crystal that enables the clockwork horror to

tiny rotating saws mounted at the tips of its forelimbs. A horror can also discharge bolts of lightning from a short lightning rod embedded in its body. When a clockwork horror dies, the magic that

Skulk

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

fat rendered from a corpse whose identity is unknown. Children. Humanoid children, aged 10 and under, can see through this invisibility. Reflective Surfaces. The skulk appears as a drab, smooth

-skinned biped if its reflection can be seen in a mirror or on another surface. Trackless. The skulk leaves no tracks to indicate where it has been or where it’s headed.Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +6

Remorhaz Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Heated Body. A creature that touches the remorhaz or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Heated Body

throw at the end of that turn or regurgitate all swallowed creatures, which fall prone in a space within 10 feet of the remorhaz. If the remorhaz dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse using 15 feet of movement, exiting prone.Cold, Fire

Dybbuk

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

":"Tentacle"}. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest. The target dies if its hit point maximum is reduced to 0. Possess Corpse (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6

", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Possess Corpse"}. The dybbuk disappears into an intact corpse within 5 feet of it that belonged to a Large or smaller Beast or Humanoid. The dybbuk gains 20 temporary hit

Revenant Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

turn. The revenant’s body is destroyed only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate. Rejuvenation. When the revenant’s body is destroyed, its soul lingers

. After 24 hours, the soul inhabits and animates another humanoid corpse on the same plane of existence and regains all its hit points. While the soul is bodiless, a wish spell can be used to force the soul

Yestabrod

Monsters Out of the Abyss

creature can’t be reinfected, and it must repeat the saving throw at the end of every 24 hours, ending the infection on a success. On a failure, the infected creature’s body is slowly taken

legendary actions at the start of its turn. Corpse Burst. Gore, offal, and acid erupt from a corpse within 20 feet of Yestabrod. Creatures within 10 feet of the corpse must succeed on a DC 12 Dexterity

Carrion Stalker

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

infest its body. The creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Any effect that cures disease or removes the poisoned condition

instantly kills the larvae in the creature, ending the effect on it. If a creature is reduced to 0 hit points by the infestation, it dies. The larvae remain in the corpse, and one survives to become a fully

Wurm

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

":"force"} force damage. Siege Monster. The wurm deals double damage to objects and structures. Tunneler. The wurm can burrow through solid rock at half its burrow speed and leaves a 10-foot-diameter

it and can escape from the corpse by using 20 feet of movement, exiting prone.Wurms are huge creatures that resemble limbless, wingless dragons. They burrow through the earth and eat virtually

False Lich

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

nefarious magical copies of themselves to fool enemies, to guard treasure, or for other inscrutable reasons. To create a false lich, a lich binds a shred of its life force to a corpse in a profane

ritual. This transforms the corpse into a near-identical copy of the lich with immense necrotic power and some of its creator’s arcane prowess. The creator then embeds enchanted gemstones into the

Swarm of Scarabs

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

temporary hit points. Skeletonize. If the swarm starts its turn in the same space as a dead creature that is Large or smaller, the corpse is destroyed, leaving behind only equipment and bones (or

of its hit points or fewer. If the target is a creature, scarabs burrow into its body, and the creature takes 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Ravenous Bites

Maurezhi

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

which time the form gradually decays until, when the effect ends, the form sloughs from the demon’s body. Magic Resistance. The maurezhi has advantage on saving throws against spells and other

24 hours later as a ghoul (see the Monster Manual), unless it has been revived or its corpse has been destroyed. Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit

Goon Balloon

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures

-diameter beach ball with clawed feet. Unblinking eyes on the outer surface of its spherical air sac enable the creature to see in all directions at once. These eyes can produce kaleidoscopic light that

noxious gas that bursts from the corpse, potentially poisoning other creatures nearby. Although they can seem playful and harmless, goon balloons are quite mean-spirited. They like to observe the

Thorny Vegepygmy

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

’t regenerate. Thorny Body. At the start of its turn, the thorny deals 2 (1d4);{"diceNotation":"1d4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Thorny Body", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage

the infestation. A creature reduced to 0 hit points by the mold dies. If the dead creature is a Beast, a Giant, or a Humanoid, one or more vegepygmies emerge from its body 24 hours later: one from a

Vegepygmy Chief

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. If the dead creature is a Beast, a Giant, or a Humanoid, one or more vegepygmies emerge from its body 24 hours later: one from a Small corpse, two from a Medium corpse, four from a Large corpse, eight

ages, it grows tougher and develops spore clusters on its body. Other vegepygmies defer to these so-called chiefs. A chief can expel its spores in a burst, infecting nearby creatures. If a creature

Relentless Impaler

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Bloodheart Stake. The impaler is magically bound to the ceremonial stake and the sacrificed corpse the ritual caster used to create it. If the impaler is reduced to 0 hit points, it disappears, then

if it is reduced to 0 hit points while either the ceremonial stake is removed from the sacrifice’s corpse or the impaler is on a different plane of existence from that corpse. Legendary

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