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Fractine

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures

creature trapped in its demiplane, that creature is released when the fractine splits, reappearing in an unoccupied space as close to the new fractines as possible.A fractine is a bizarre, two

, and the fractine can’t be harmed from within the demiplane. The fractine can imprison only one creature at a time and can release that creature as a bonus action. If the fractine is reduced

Bridle of Capturing

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

becomes immune to the bridle’s power until the next dawn. A creature controlled by the bridle can be released by the creature that bound it as a bonus action. A creature controlled by the bridle

Rakdos Riteknife

Magic Items Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

dagger has the following additional properties. Siphon Vitality. As a bonus action, you can release any number of stored souls from the dagger to regain 1d10 hit points per soul released

You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Its blade is cruelly serrated, and its hilt resembles a demonic head and wings. Whenever you slay a creature with an attack

Cave Fisher

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

cave fisher, and the cave fisher makes one Claw attack against it. Anyone else who was attached to the filament is released. Until the grapple ends on the target, the cave fisher can’t use Adhesive

stuck to it, requiring an action and a successful DC 13 Strength check to pull free. Destroying the filament deals no damage to the cave fisher. The filament crumbles away if the cave fisher takes this bonus action again.

Soul Cage

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

for the sixth time, it is released, and the spell ends. While a soul is trapped, the dead humanoid it came from can’t be revived. Steal Life. You can use a bonus action to drain vigor from

;You can use a bonus action to bolster yourself with the soul’s life experience, making your next attack roll, ability check, or saving throw with advantage. If you don’t use this benefit

Drown

Magic Items Princes of the Apocalypse

if dropped onto water, and it floats in place if it is released underwater. The trident is always cool to the touch, and it is immune to any damage due to exposure to water. Drown contains a spark of

Olhydra, the Princess of Evil Water. You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls you make with this magic weapon. When you hit with it, the targets takes an extra 1d8 cold damage. Water Mastery

Shield of the Hidden Lord

Magic Items Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

shield’s appearance, so that its celestial motif and designs have become twisted into a fiendish face that subtly moves in disturbing ways. While holding this shield, you gain a +2 bonus to AC and

released from the shield, the pit fiend honors the terms of whatever bargain it struck to facilitate its escape. While trapped in the shield, Gargauth carefully steers the shield’s current owner

Drow Mother of Rebellion

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. Moreover, on each of its turns, it can take either an action or a bonus action, but not both. At the end of each of its turns, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success

into a solid object takes 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Telekinetic Throw","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage for every 10 feet moved. If released in midair, the creature takes falling damage as normal.

Drow Matron Mother

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. Moreover, on each of its turns, it can take either an action or a bonus action, but not both. At the end of each of its turns, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success

","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage for every 10 feet moved. If released in midair, the creature takes falling damage as normal.Lolth’s Fickle Favor. The drow bestows the Spider

Ruinblade

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

the tomb’s workers. (In later years, after Acererak trapped Moghadam in the completed tomb as an undead archwraith, Moghadam was able to use the weapon as his own phylactery.) A small jade

surroundings to appear reflected in the blade as if in a state of decay. You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. When you hit an undead creature with it, the attack

Staff of the Forgotten One

Magic Items Tomb of Annihilation

known on many worlds as a sign of death. Beneficial Properties. While the staff is on your person, you gain the following benefits: Your proficiency bonus to Intelligence (Arcana) and Intelligence

successful one. When the staff is destroyed, the life force of the Forgotten One is released to the afterlife. Where it goes is anyone’s guess. Casting the staff into a sphere of annihilation

Area Information

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rrakkma

to make a pact with it and are bound to return with many sacrifices once they have completed their business in the Far Realm. Interested in being worshipped once more, the insane eidolon protects this

. This allows the ceiling to slowly descend, clicking loudly. If the sacred statue is destroyed the two black crystals explode, releasing two allips, as the eidolon is itself released from the

Conclusion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

, such as Automata. If the characters also return with Beltha, Aristimus provides the bonus he offered: 2,000 gp if Beltha is alive and 1,000 gp if not. If the characters failed in their mission

, Aristimus thanks them for their time and directs them to the line of applicants seeking gate access. When the characters have completed their work in Automata, consult the “Advancing in Level” section of chapter 4 and let the party determine their next destination.

Gnoll Fang of Yeenoghu

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

) Piercing damage. Bonus Actions Rampage (2/Day). Immediately after dealing damage to a creature that is already Bloodied, the gnoll moves up to half its Speed, and it makes one Bite attack

. Yeenoghu claims gnolls not as his brood but as maggots purposefully released to infest a despised carcass. They are a pernicious rot the Beast of Butchery spreads across mortal worlds. Whatever they once were, they were remade and are now his. —Iggwilv, Demonomicon of Iggwilv

Bridle of Capturing

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

successful saving throw, the target becomes immune to the bridle’s power until the next dawn. A creature controlled by the bridle can be released by the creature that bound it as a bonus action. A

Andir Valmakos

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

Andir Valmakos Despite his aptitude for magic and his parents’ being wizards themselves, Andir completed his apprenticeship and chose not to immediately seek out other Mages of High Sorcery. Instead

) Saving Throws Wis +2 Skills Arcana +4, History +4, Investigation +4, Religion +4 Senses passive Perception 10 Languages Common, Draconic Proficiency Bonus +2 Bonus Proficiencies. Andir is

Fractine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume One: Spelljammer Creatures

a bonus action. If the fractine is reduced to 0 hit points, any creature in the fractine’s demiplane is released instantly. A released creature reappears in an unoccupied space as close to the

, prone, restrained, stunned Senses blindsight 360 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 18 Languages — Challenge 9 (5,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4 Magic Resistance. The fractine

General Features

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

takes 9 (2d8) necrotic damage. A creature in a dark pool can’t regain hit points. Pedestals. The 3-foot-high pedestals store radiant energy, which is released in the presence of undead intruders. If an

amount by which the check failed. After making one check, a character realizes that every glyph key he or she holds will grant a +1 bonus to the check. When the group disables its first sepulcher, read

Night Hag

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Nightmare Haunting action. The bag has AC 15, HP 20, and Resistance to all damage. The bag turns to dust if reduced to 0 Hit Points. If the bag is destroyed, any souls the bag is holding are released. The

target can’t be raised from the dead until its soul is released. Spellcasting. The hag casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting

Soul Cage

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

exploit a soul for the sixth time, it is released, and the spell ends. While a soul is trapped, the dead humanoid it came from can’t be revived. Steal Life. You can use a bonus action to drain vigor

use a bonus action to bolster yourself with the soul’s life experience, making your next attack roll, ability check, or saving throw with advantage. If you don’t use this benefit before the start of

Nightwalker

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

that enters the plane, a nightwalker is released to take its place. In order for a trapped creature to escape, the released nightwalker must be lured back to the Negative Plane by offerings of life

, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 9 Languages — Challenge 20 (25,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +6 Annihilating Aura. Any creature that starts its

Shield of the Hidden Lord

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

ways. Shield of the Hidden Lord While holding this shield, you gain a +2 bonus to AC and resistance to fire damage. Sentience. The Shield of the Hidden Lord is sentient as long as it imprisons

suggestions that it is an angel trapped in an unholy prison. If released from the shield, the pit fiend honors the terms of whatever bargain it struck to facilitate its escape. While trapped in the shield

Cave Fisher

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

) CHA 3 (-4) Skills Perception +2, Stealth +5 Senses blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 12 Languages — Challenge 3 (700 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Flammable Blood. If the cave

feet of the cave fisher, and the cave fisher makes one Claw attack against it. Anyone else who was attached to the filament is released. Until the grapple ends on the target, the cave fisher can’t use

Cairnwight

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

rise as a cairnwight and continue the work. Once the artwork is completed, the cairnwight remains as its undying guardian. A cairnwight looks much like an emaciated stone giant. Its form is caked with

, Perception +5, Stealth +8 Condition Immunities charmed, exhaustion, frightened, petrified Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15 Languages Giant Challenge 9 (5,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4

V1. Mastaba

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

criminals who stole a horn of blasting from a storm giant king. Helmdar completed his mission but was killed by Zikzokrishka and turned into an undead thrall to guard her lair. Treasure The horn of

exhaustion, poisoned Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14 Languages — Challenge 16 (15,000 XP) Proficiency Bonus +5 Actions Multiattack. The giant makes two attacks with its greatsword

M6. Immortality Ritual

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

stones he needs to complete his life-draining ritual (see “Murgaxor and the Ritual Stones” below). While performing the ritual, Murgaxor can’t move or take actions, bonus actions, or reactions. However

. Reducing Murgaxor to 0 hit points or destroying all five ritual stones ends the ritual before it can be completed (see “Stopping the Ritual” below). Murgaxor’s Lair Actions. On initiative count 20

Initiative Variants

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

completed their turns. If more than two sides take part in a battle, each side rolls for initiative. Sides act from the highest roll to lowest. Combat continues in the initiative order until the battle

the +2 bonus for using a light or finesse weapon only once. In the case of spellcasting, apply only the modifier from the highest-level spell. Apply any modifiers for bonus actions to that creature’s

Monsters (N)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

. Teleport. The nalfeshnee teleports up to 120 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. Bonus Actions Horror Nimbus (Recharge 5–6). Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 15, each creature in a 15-foot Emanation

Points. If the bag is destroyed, any souls the bag is holding are released. The hag can create a new bag after 7 days. Actions Multiattack. The hag makes two Claw attacks. Claw. Melee Attack Roll

Forge Domain

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

burned? Oh, the fire must be for the wax seals! Forge Domain Features Cleric Level Feature 1st Domain Spells, Bonus Proficiencies, Blessing of the Forge 2nd Channel Divinity: Artisan’s Blessing

energy 7th fabricate, wall of fire 9th animate objects, creation Bonus Proficiencies When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain proficiency with heavy armor and smith’s tools. Blessing of

Memory Web

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

creatures as dreamlike recollections, potentially spurring their inheritors to action. The Memory Web Memories table presents adventure seeds that might be released by a slain memory web. Memory Web

Perception 12 Languages — Challenge 4 (1,100 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Damage Transfer. While it is grappling a creature, the memory web takes only half the damage dealt to it, and the creature

Barghest

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

Immunities poisoned Senses blindsight 60 ft., darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 15 Languages Abyssal, Common, Goblin, Infernal, telepathy 60 ft. Challenge 4 (1,100 XP) Proficiency Bonus +2 Fire

the barghest for 24 hours, after which time it is digested and the person is incapable of being revived. If the barghest dies before the soul is digested, the soul is released. While a soul is trapped

Hirelings

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

makeshift apparatus of Kwalish at your determination, making it easier for characters to explore Daoine Gloine — though Ctenmiir will need to first be released. The coffin can also be used as protective

to the foothills, then claim to no longer recognize the route ahead. He asks to be released so that he can scout more easily. But if he is, any promise of obedience he makes to the characters is

Manipulation in Motion

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

Manipulation in Motion After the Dark Powers released him, Kas tracked down a cell of Vecna’s cultists, who told the vampire more about the lich-god’s planned ritual. The vampire used the Crown of

weaves his ritual and encourages the characters to follow the vampire to Pandemonium when they can. In this case, Kas lacks the completed Rod of Seven Parts. Adjust chapter 10 to reflect that Miska never

Staff

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

staff is included in a franchise’s costs. Each staff member has a proficiency bonus equal to 2 + the franchise’s rank. For skilled hirelings or crew, the DM might substitute NPC statistics when that

other skilled hirelings from helping with franchise tasks and downtime activities until the mission is completed. As with untrained hirelings, detailing a group background and assigning personality

Ruinblade

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

the weapon during the time frame of the adventure to intimidate the tomb’s workers. (In later years, after Acererak trapped Moghadam in the completed tomb as an undead archwraith, Moghadam was able to

blade always appears ruined and rusting, and causes its surroundings to appear reflected in the blade as if in a state of decay. You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic

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