before bones devote can run

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

some fell goal. The wand is topped with a skull that once belonged to a human hero slain by Orcus. The wand can magically change in size to better conform to the grip of its user. All Holy Water

. 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

the curse to you. Only a Wish spell or the will of Myrkul can remove this curse. As long as you remain cursed, the following properties apply to you: Bound. You are unwilling to part with the crown

Anhkolox

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

saving throw or be trapped in the anhkolox’s rib cage and grappled (escape DC 18). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the anhkolox can’t use Entrapping Rend on another

target.Anhkoloxes are vicious undead creatures created from the bones of bears and other beasts. Their barbed bones grind and crack, often moving in seemingly impossible ways. Anhkoloxes are driven by

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

Allosaurus Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

"} slashing damage.The allosaurus is a predatory dinosaur of great size, strength, and speed. It can run down almost any prey over open ground, pouncing to pull creatures down with its wicked claws.

knocked prone. If the target is prone, the allosaurus can make one bite attack against it as a bonus action.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite

Elkhorn

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

has urged Elkhorn to retire, but the old dwarf stubbornly refuses to do so. Alignment. Lawful good. Personality Trait. “As long as I have the strength in my bones to fight evil, that is what I

will do.” Ideal. “One who stands idle as evil remains unchecked is no friend or ally of mine. We all have an obligation to fight atrocity and corruption, to whatever extent we can.&rdquo

Darz Helgar

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

Xanathar Thieves’ Guild in Waterdeep. After serving ten years in prison for his crimes, he cut all ties to the city and moved north to be a campground caretaker. Ideal: “You can run from

your past, but you can’t hide from it.” Bond: “I’ve made a new life in Triboar. I’m not gonna run away this time.” Flaw: “I have no regrets. I do whatever it takes to survive.”

Nightsea chil-liren

Monsters Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

Water Breathing. Nightsea chil-liren can breathe only underwater.Spear. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +2;{"diceNotation":"1d20+2","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spear"} to hit, reach 5 ft. or

similar to the humans of Djaynai, but their brown skin is often tinged shades of gray, and eel-like fins run along their arms and legs.

Axe Beak Legacy

Equipment

An axe beak;axe beak's splayed toes allow it to run across snow, and it can carry as much weight as a mule. A domesticated axe beak can be purchased in Ten-Towns for 50 gp. An animal pulling a

carriage, cart, chariot, sled, or wagon can move weight up to five times its base carrying capacity, including the weight of the vehicle. If multiple animals pull the same vehicle, they can add their carrying capacity together.

Animatronic Allosaurus

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

"} slashing damage.The allosaurus is a predatory dinosaur of great size, strength, and speed. It can run down almost any prey over open ground, pouncing to pull creatures down with its wicked claws.Poison, Psychic

knocked prone. If the target is prone, the allosaurus can make one bite attack against it as a bonus action.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite

Walrus

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Hold Breath. The walrus can hold its breath for 10 minutes.Tusks. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Tusks"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7

grunting and roaring. A typical adult specimen weighs at least 2,000 pounds. Humans hunt them for their meat, fat, skin, bones, and tusks.

Dragonbone Golem

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

, each of which can restrain one target. If a creature is restrained by one of the pinions, the golem can’t attack with it. Any creature restrained by a pinion can free itself at the start of its

ends on the target. On a failed save, the target is petrified.A dragonbone golem is composed of dragon bones linked together with adamantine wire into the form of a dragon, animated by drawing on the

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

Berbalang Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

Spectral Duplicate (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). As a bonus action, the berbalang creates one spectral duplicate of itself in an unoccupied space it can see within 60 feet of it. While the

duplicate exists, the berbalang is unconscious. A berbalang can have only one duplicate at a time. The duplicate disappears when it or the berbalang drops to 0 hit points or when the berbalang

Nothic Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

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

":"damage","rollAction":"Rotting Gaze","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. Weird Insight. The nothic targets one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. The target must contest its

Reduced-threat Dragon Turtle

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

Amphibious. The dragon turtle can breathe air and water. Reduced Threat. This creature has -2 penalty on all ability checks and saving throws. Chains. Magic infuses the chains, which are long

enough to allow the dragon turtle free run of the chamber. When the dragon turtle moves, any creature within 10 feet of its path must succeed on a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw or be knocked

Mind Flayer Nothic

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

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

terrible talons and a single great eye. When driven to violence, it uses its horrific gaze to rot the flesh from its enemies’ bones.

Sun Staff

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

Veins of sunstone run through this wooden staff. This staff can be wielded as a magic quarterstaff that grants a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. When you hit with an attack roll

using this staff, the target takes an extra 1d8 fire damage. Solar Focus. You can use the staff as a spellcasting focus. While holding the staff, you can reroll a number of damage dice up to your

Knucklehead Trout

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

, particularly if they're weighed down by heavy furs and cloaks. A male knucklehead trout can weigh 70 pounds or more. The females tend to be smaller, weighing about 50 pounds. Both are prized for their ivory-like bones.

Water Breathing. The trout can breathe only underwater.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2

Charlatan Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

there’s money involved. 5 I can’t resist swindling people who are more powerful than me. 6 I hate to admit it and will hate myself for it, but I’ll run and preserve my own hide if the going gets tough.

You have always had a way with people. You know what makes them tick, you can tease out their hearts’ desires after a few minutes of conversation, and with a few leading questions you can read

Berbalang

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

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

life. Berbalangs prefer to speak only to dead things, and specifically only to the spirits they call forth in the hope of learning secrets. They record their stories on the bones that once belonged

Dragonborn of Tiamat

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If the dragonborn fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragonborn makes two Greataxe attacks. Greataxe. Melee Weapon Attack: +8

1 minute. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and isn’t frightened. A frightened creature can repeat the saving throw at end of each of its turns, ending the effect on

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

incapacitated, it subtracts up to 100 feet from the fall when calculating the fall’s damage, and it can move up to 2 feet horizontally for every 1 foot it descends.Multiattack. The draconian makes two

Onyx

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

encounter on how to run it. Without the special circumstances from that encounter, Onyx can be considered a standard cat.

traits, and a modified attack, that only apply when used in the following encounter: https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/ai/showdown-with-the-six#OnyxAscendant Further information can be found within that

Frost Giant Skeleton

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

":"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

. 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

Dominate Monster Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You attempt to beguile a creature that you can see within range. It must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by you for the duration. If you or creatures that are friendly to you are

fighting it, it has advantage on the saving throw. While the creature is charmed, you have a telepathic link with it as long as the two of you are on the same plane of existence. You can use this

Bozak Draconian

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

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

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

Rune Carver

Backgrounds Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

. 5 You carve runes on a set of animal bones you can throw in different formations. 6 You draw runes into candles, melting the wax to smooth over the engravings. Feature: Rune Shaper You gain the Rune Shaper feat.

You’ve dedicated your life to studying runecraft. Whether you were taught by a master rune carver or learned by poring over ancient engravings, you can tap into the supernatural power held

Trapper

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

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

, the target is restrained, blinded, and deprived of air. The trapper can smother only one creature at a time.A trapper is a manta-like creature that usually lurks in subterranean environments. It can

Drow Arachnomancer

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put the drow to sleep. Spider Climb. The drow can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down

. Web Walker. The drow ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.Multiattack. The drow makes three attacks, using Bite, Poisonous Touch, Web, or a combination of them. One attack can be replaced

Mark of Hospitality Halfling

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Ghallanda don’t sell information; they prefer to build friendship and deal in favors. But should a Ghallanda baron ever truly need something, they likely have a favor they can call in. Ghallanda has

a number of “bound businesses”—franchises run directly by the house. The Gold Dragon Inn is such a business, with Gold Dragon Inns being found in every major city, each serving a

Dragonborn of Bahamut

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If the dragonborn fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragonborn makes three Longsword attacks. Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +7

, plus 13 (3d8);{"diceNotation":"3d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Longsword", "rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage. The dragonborn can cause the sword to flare with bright light, and the

Bavlorna Blightstraw

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

within 10 feet of Bavlorna uses at least 10 feet of movement to run in place counterclockwise, Bavlorna is overcome by a fit of sneezing and can’t cast spells until the end of her next turn. In

moment, is all that matters.” Bond. “I’m safe in my cottage. Why should I leave it when I can make others come to me?" Flaw. “Watching someone run widdershins makes me sneeze

Living Demiplane

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Dimensional Form. The living spell can enter another creature's space and vice versa, and it can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing. The living spell can't detach from a

, an unfurnished stone chamber 30 feet in every dimension. A creature too big to fit in this space succeeds on the saving throw automatically. Creatures in the chamber never run out of breathable air

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