before bones defending creature resolve

Animate Dead

Spells Player’s Handbook

Choose a pile of bones or a corpse of a Medium or Small Humanoid within range. The target becomes an Undead creature: a Skeleton if you chose bones or a Zombie if you chose a corpse. On each of your

turns, you can take a Bonus Action to mentally command any creature you made with this spell if the creature is within 60 feet of you (if you control multiple creatures, you can command any of them

Wand of Orcus

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

within 10 feet of the wand is destroyed. Any creature besides Orcus that tries to attune to the wand makes a DC 17 Constitution saving throw. On a successful save, the creature takes 10d6 Necrotic damage

. On a failed save, the creature dies and, if it is a Humanoid, turns into a Zombie. Magic Weapon. You can wield the wand as a magic Mace that grants a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made

Crown of Horns

Magic Items Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

The Crown of Horns contains the essence and intelligence of Myrkul, one of the Dead Three. This ghastly crown is a pale silver circlet with four curved bones set around its rim. On the crown's brow

instantly complete this transformation. Cone of Undeath. You can take a Magic action to unleash a wave of unholy light in a 60-foot Cone. Each creature in the Cone makes a DC 18 Constitution saving throw

Skeletal Juggernaut

Monsters Ghosts of Saltmarsh

","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Avalanche of Bones"}. The juggernaut collapses into a large heap before quickly reforming. Each creature within 10 feet of the juggernaut must make a DC 14

Dexterity saving throw, taking 18 (4d8);{"diceNotation":"4d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Avalanche of Bones","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature that fails this saving throw is also knocked prone.PoisonBludgeoning

Animate Dead Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

creature. The target becomes a skeleton if you chose bones or a zombie if you chose a corpse (the GM has the creature's game statistics). On each of your turns, you can use a bonus action to mentally

This spell creates an undead servant. Choose a pile of bones or a corpse of a Medium or Small humanoid within range. Your spell imbues the target with a foul mimicry of life, raising it as an undead

Inspiring Leader Legacy

Feats Player’s Handbook (2014)

You can spend 10 minutes inspiring your companions, shoring up their resolve to fight. When you do so, choose up to six friendly creatures (which can include yourself) within 30 feet of you who can

see or hear you and who can understand you. Each creature can gain temporary hit points equal to your level + your Charisma modifier. A creature can't gain temporary hit points from this feat again until it has finished a short or long rest.

Wrathful Smite Legacy

Spells Player’s Handbook (2014)

Wisdom saving throw or be frightened of you until the spell ends. As an action, the creature can make a Wisdom check against your spell save DC to steel its resolve and end this spell.

The next time you hit with a melee weapon attack during this spell’s duration, your attack deals an extra 1d6 psychic damage. Additionally, if the target is a creature, it must succeed on a

Anhkolox

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it must succeed on a DC 18 Strength saving throw or be pushed up to 20 feet in a horizontal direction of the anhkolox’s

":"5d6+6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Entrapping Rend", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, and if the target is a Large or smaller creature, the target must succeed on a DC 18 Strength

Dragonbone Golem

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Fear Aura. Each creature of the golem’s choice that starts its turn within 20 feet of the golem must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw unless the golem is incapacitated. On a failed save, the

creature is frightened until the start of its next turn. On a successful save, the creature is immune to this golem’s Fear Aura for the next 24 hours. Magic Resistance. The golem has advantage on

Bone Roc

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

damage plus 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Talons", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.A bone roc is a birdlike Undead that can incorporate the bones of

bones used and how that affects its stat block. Bone Roc Sources d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Bone Source"} Bone Source 1 Axe Beak. The bone roc’s

Mind Flayer Nothic

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Blast (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Mind Blast"}. The nothic magically emits psychic energy in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must succeed on a

until the end of its next turn. Weird Insight. The nothic targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must contest its Charisma (Deception) check against the nothic’s Wisdom

Nothic Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

being charmed.A nothic is a monstrous creature with terrible talons and a single great eye. When driven to violence, it uses its horrific gaze to rot the flesh from its enemies’ bones.

Gaze. The nothic targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw against this magic or take 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType

Silverquill Professor of Shadow

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

+ 4);{"diceNotation":"3d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Ink Lance","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving

wit and debilitating inky shadow. Whether weaving their magic through spoken incantations and scathing insults or through shadows, these teachers break down the resolve of their foes. The professors

Dhergoloth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

creature within 5 feet of it during its movement. Each target must succeed on a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw or take 22 (3d12 + 3);{"diceNotation":"3d12+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Flailing

brutes, employers must use caution when instructing them. They can handle simple orders that don’t take a lot of time to resolve. When given anything complex to do, however, they either forget what

Berbalang Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

information for powerful people traveling the planes. Berbalangs ignore petitioners, however, unless they come bearing a choice secret or the bones of a particularly interesting creature. Githyanki have

gathering secrets, both from the gods they inhabit and from the bones of dead creatures, they call forth the spirits of the dead and force them to divulge what they learned in life. Speakers of the Dead

Drow House Captain

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

hour. If the saving throw fails by 5 or more, the target is also unconscious while poisoned in this way. The target regains consciousness if it takes damage or if another creature takes an action to

weapon.A drow house captain leads the troops of an Underdark faction, whether defending a stronghold or leading forces against enemies. These officers make extensive study of strategy and tactics to become

Draconian Mage

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Death Throes. When the draconian is reduced to 0 hit points, its scales and flesh immediately shrivel away and its bones explode. Each creature within 10 feet of it must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity

across the battlefield or aid their allies’ incursions and attacks. They have wings that allow them to glide during a fall. When draconian mages die, their flesh shrivels away before their bones

Berbalang

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

the planes. Berbalangs ignore petitioners, however, unless they come bearing a choice secret or the bones of a particularly interesting creature. Some githyanki have been able to strike deals with the

Astral Plane. Obsessed with gathering secrets, both from the gods they inhabit and from the bones of dead creatures, they call forth the spirits of the dead and force them to divulge what they learned in

Quandrix Professor of Theory

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

":"to hit", "rollAction":"Heuristic Lance"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft., one creature. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d8+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Heuristic Lance

professor until the start of the professor’s next turn. The charmed creature must immediately use its reaction, if available, to move up its speed toward another creature of the professor&rsquo

Frost Giant Skeleton

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

. Freezing Stare. The skeleton targets one creature it can see within 60 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or take 35 (10d6);{"diceNotation":"10d6","rollType

":"damage","rollAction":"Freezing Stare","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage and be paralyzed until the end of its next turn.Necromancers can transform the inanimate bones of long-dead frost giants into malevolent juggernauts that love to harm the living.Cold, PoisonBludgeoning

Akroan Hoplite

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Hold the Line. While the hoplite is holding a spear, other creatures provoke an opportunity attack from the hoplite when they move within 5 feet of it. When the hoplite hits a creature with an

opportunity attack using its spear, the creature takes an extra 4 (1d8);{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Hold the Line","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, and the

Trapper

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

False Appearance. If the trapper is motionless on a floor, wall, or ceiling at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the trapper

move or act, that creature must succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the trapper isn’t part of the floor, wall, or ceiling. Spider Climb. The trapper can climb

Bozak Draconian

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

Death Throes. When the draconian is reduced to 0 hit points, its scales and flesh immediately shrivel away, and then its bones explode. Each creature within 10 feet of it must succeed on a DC 10

enough for full flight, but bozaks can use them to glide during a fall. When bozaks die, their flesh shrivels away before their bones explode, sending a shower of magical splinters in all directions

Blood-Toll Harpy

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Blood Frenzy. The harpy has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn't have all its hit points. Dark Devotion. The harpy has advantage on saving throws against being charmed or

upon travelers or claw open fresh graves, stripping bodies of riches and flesh. Then they carry back any treasures or appealing bones they find to reeking nests situated in cramped caves or rotten trees.

Ooze-Folk

Monsters Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

Transparent. Even when an ooze-folk is in plain sight, it takes a DC 12 Wisdom (Perception) check to spot an ooze-folk that has neither moved nor attacked. A creature that tries to enter the ooze

-folk's space while unaware of the ooze-folk is surprised by the ooze-folk. Fragile Bones. For each 5 damage it takes, the ooze-folk's walking speed is reduced by 5 feet.Multiattack. The ooze folk makes

Android

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Force Strike", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or have the

android has one or more upgrades to help it excel at its intended functions, but all androids are capable of defending themselves with concentrated bolts of force up close or from a distance. Despite

Gavel of the Venn Rune

Magic Items Storm King's Thunder

used as part of rituals to resolve disputes. The gavel has the following properties. Arbiter’s Shield. At the start of every combat, attack rolls against you have disadvantage before the start of

your first turn, provided that the gavel is on your person. Bond of Amity. As an action, you can use the gavel to strike a point on a hard surface. The first time in the next minute that a creature

Troglodyte Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Chameleon Skin. The troglodyte has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide. Stench. Any creature other than a troglodyte that starts its turn within 5 feet of the troglodyte must

succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the start of the creature’s next turn. On a successful saving throw, the creature is immune to the stench of all troglodytes for 1

Kindori

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

body is dotted with small eyes that can emit bright beams of light, which the creature uses to disorient predators before making its escape. Kindori communicate with one another over long distances

these parasites, which it doesn’t mind. An extremely old or sick kindori can be identified by the overgrowth of vines and vegetation on it. The bones and cartilage of a dead kindori do not

Darkweaver

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

cocoon contains the bones of a non-Humanoid creature, such as a flumph or a mule. 2 A swarm of insects that might be a darkweaver’s young 3 A corpse holding a jar of universal

if the target is a creature, the target’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target

Bone Whelk

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 4 (1d8);{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. Bone whelks are large mollusks that excrete an adhesive to attach skulls, bones, and other detritus to their bodies for protection.

Adhesive. The bone whelk can cause Medium or smaller objects to adhere to it. A Medium or smaller creature that touches the bone whelk is grappled by it (escape DC 10). Death Scream. When the bone

Duergar Kavalrachni

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Invisibility (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The duergar magically turns invisible for up to 1 hour or until it attacks, it forces a creature to make a saving throw, or its concentration is

if that passion rarely manifests as mirth. They bring an emotional intensity to their lives, whether they’re exploring neighboring tunnels, defending their homes, engaging with their families

Duergar Despot

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

energy erupts from its frame to deal 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Psychic Engine", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage to each creature within 5 feet of it

", "rollAction":"Iron Fist", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it must succeed on a DC 17 Strength saving throw or be pushed up to 30 feet

Duergar Stone Guard

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

of Enlarge. Invisibility (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The duergar magically turns invisible for up to 1 hour or until it attacks, it forces a creature to make a saving throw, or its

;re exploring neighboring tunnels, defending their homes, engaging with their families, or crafting bold new works. The bonds of friendship and kinship are strong, though navigating the inevitable

Gnoll Witherling

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

their hunger and violent urges. Eventually, they fight among themselves. The survivors devour the flesh of their slain comrades but preserve the bones. Then, by invoking rituals to Yeenoghu they bring

creature to 0 hit points with a melee attack on its turn, the gnoll moves up to half its speed and makes one Bite attack.

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