before book damage complete reflection

Book of Exalted Deeds

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

that tries to read from the book takes 24d6 Radiant damage. This damage ignores Resistance and Immunity, and it can’t be reduced or avoided by any means. A creature reduced to 0 Hit Points by

this damage disappears in a flash and is destroyed, leaving its possessions behind. The book then vanishes, and the creature’s Attunement to it ends. Benefits granted by the Book of Exalted Deeds

Spectator

Monsters Monster Manual

":"3d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Wounding Ray", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage. Success: Half damage. Spell Reflection. Trigger: The spectator succeeds on a saving throw

against a spell, or a spell’s attack roll misses it. Response—Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 12, one creature the spectator can see within 120 feet. Failure: 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Spell Reflection", "rollDamageType":"Force"} Force damage.

Book of Vile Darkness

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

damage unless the creature is a Fiend or an Undead. Destroying the Book. The Book of Vile Darkness allows pages to be torn from it, but any evil lore contained on those pages finds its way back into the

Archlich;Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every horrid idea, every corrupt thought, and every example of foul magic he came across or devised. Other practitioners of

Basilisk

Monsters Monster Manual

Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d6+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite

", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage plus 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"Poison"} Poison damage.Petrifying Gaze (Recharge 4–6

Medusa

Monsters Monster Manual

":"Claw"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d6+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"Slashing"} Slashing damage. Snake Hair. Melee Attack Roll: +6

;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Snake Hair"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d4+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Snake Hair", "rollDamageType":"Piercing

Demonomicon of Iggwilv

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

, regardless of what level spell slot you used, if any. Additionally, the Fiend has Disadvantage on its saving throw against the spell. Fiendish Scourging. While carrying the book, when you make a damage

. The tome recounts both the oldest and most current profanities of the Abyss and demons. Demons have attempted to censor the text, and while sections have been ripped from the book’s spine, the

Meld into Stone

Spells Player’s Handbook

that you no longer fit within it) expels you and deals 6d6 Force damage to you. The stone’s complete destruction (or transmutation into a different substance) expels you and deals 50 Force damage

you entered it, which ends the spell. You otherwise can’t move. Minor physical damage to the stone doesn’t harm you, but its partial destruction or a change in its shape (to the extent

Manual of Golems

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

creature that can't use a manual of golems and attempts to read it takes 6d6 psychic damage. d20 Golem Time Cost 1-5 Manual of Clay Golems 30 days 65,000 GP 6-17 Manual of

, the book is consumed in eldritch flames. The golem becomes animate when the ashes of the manual are sprinkled on it. It is under your control, and it understands and obeys your spoken commands.

Mirror of Life Trapping

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

damage, and Vulnerability to Bludgeoning damage. It shatters and is destroyed when reduced to 0 Hit Points. If the mirror is hanging on a vertical surface and you are within 5 feet of it, you can take a

reflection in the activated mirror while within 30 feet of the mirror must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma saving throw or be trapped, along with anything it is wearing or carrying, in one of the mirror’s

Glyph of Warding

Spells Player’s Handbook

You inscribe a glyph that later unleashes a magical effect. You inscribe it either on a surface (such as a table or a section of floor) or within an object that can be closed (such as a book or chest

Thunder damage (your choice when you create the glyph) on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. Spell Glyph. You can store a prepared spell of level 3 or lower in the glyph by casting

Symbol

Spells Player’s Handbook

You inscribe a harmful glyph either on a surface (such as a section of floor or wall) or within an object that can be closed (such as a book or chest). The glyph can cover an area no larger than 10

its turn there. A creature is targeted only once per turn. Death. Each target makes a Constitution saving throw, taking 10d10 Necrotic damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful

Teleport

Spells Player’s Handbook

six months, such as a book from a wizard’s library. “Very familiar” is a place you have visited often, a place you have carefully studied, or a place you can see when you cast the

. Each teleporting creature (or the target object) takes 3d10 Force damage, and the DM rerolls on the table to see where you wind up (multiple mishaps can occur, dealing damage each time). Similar

Medusa (Stranger Things)

Monsters Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club

":"Claw"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d6+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"Slashing"} Slashing damage. Snake Hair. Melee Attack Roll: +6

;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Snake Hair"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d4+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Snake Hair", "rollDamageType":"Piercing

Tome of the Dragon

Magic Items Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

the ritual’s duration are halved. When the ritual is complete, the tome explodes with violet light, dealing (12d6) Necrotic;{"diceNotation":"12d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":" (Necrotic

)", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} damage to you and each assistant. If this damage reduces a creature to 0 Hit Points, the creature is killed and immediately reanimates as a Zombie under the DM’s

Crown of Horns

Magic Items Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

transformation is complete, you become a Lich under the DM's control. Each time you use this Artifact's Cone of Undeath or Myrkul's Hand benefit, there is a 10 percent cumulative chance that you

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

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

Reflection", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage and have the frightened condition for 1 hour or until the vargouille loses concentration (as if concentrating on a spell). If the target’s

Animated Chained Library

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

":"to hit","rollAction":"Chained Book"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d8+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Chained Book","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning

succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to discern that the library is animate.Multiattack. The library makes two attacks. Chained Book. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType

Book of Exalted Deeds Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

from the book takes 24d6 radiant damage. This damage ignores resistance and immunity, and can’t be reduced or avoided by any means. A creature reduced to 0 hit points by this damage disappears

The definitive treatise on all that is good in the multiverse, the fabled Book of Exalted Deeds figures prominently in many religions. Rather than being a scripture devoted to a particular faith, the

Swarm of Animated Books

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Book Club"} to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the swarm’s space. Hit: 6 (2d4 + 1);{"diceNotation":"2d4+1","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Book Club","rollDamageType

":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage, or 3 (1d4 + 1);{"diceNotation":"1d4+1","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Book Club","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage if the swarm has half its hit points or fewer.Poison, PsychicFire

Book of Vile Darkness Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

even glimpse the scrawled pages invites madness. Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every diseased idea, every unhinged thought, and every

example of blackest magic he came across or devised. Vecna covered every vile topic he could, making the book a gruesome catalog of all mortal wrongs. Other practitioners of evil have held the book and

Fulminating Treatise

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

expend 1 charge to replace one of your prepared wizard spells with a different spell in the book. The new spell must be of the evocation school. When one creature you can see takes damage from an

This thick, scorched spellbook reeks of smoke and ozone, and sparks of energy crackles along the edges of its pages. When found, the book contains the following spells: contingency, fireball, gust of

Basilisk Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

save. If the basilisk sees its reflection within 30 feet of it in bright light, it mistakes itself for a rival and targets itself with its gaze.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5

","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d6+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage

Book of Vile Darkness (Variant)

Magic Items Keys from the Golden Vault

foul language known as Dark Speech. Each time you do so, you take 1d12 psychic damage, and each non-evil creature within 15 feet of you takes 3d6 psychic damage. Destroying the Book. The Book of

even glimpse the scrawled pages invites madness. Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every diseased idea, every unhinged thought, and every

Libram of Souls and Flesh

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

With covers made of skin and fittings of bone, this tome is cold to the touch, and it whispers faintly. When found, the book contains the following spells, which are wizard spells for you while you

are attuned to the book: animate dead, circle of death, false life, finger of death, speak with dead, summon undead (appears in this book), vampiric touch. It functions as a spellbook for you. While

Vecna the Archlich

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

;{"diceNotation":"1d100", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Undying"} years. Vecna’s new body appears within 100 miles of where he was slain. When the new body is complete, Vecna regains all his hit

Attack: +13;{"diceNotation":"1d20+13", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Afterthought"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d4 + 5);{"diceNotation":"1d4+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction

Jiangshi

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

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

from the reflection as possible. Susceptible to Holy Symbols. While the jiangshi is wearing or touching a holy symbol, it automatically fails saving throws against effects that turn Undead. Unusual

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

","rollAction":"Claws"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d4+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claws","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. If the skulk has

Nass Lantomir's Ghost

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Incorporeal Movement","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage if it ends its turn inside an

;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Withering Touch"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (4d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"4d6+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Withering Touch

Runic Colossus

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.Spell Reflection (2/Day). Ranged Spell Attack: +14;{"diceNotation":"1d20+14", "rollType":"spell", "rollAction":"Spell Reflection"} to hit, range 120

ft., one creature casting a spell of 5th level or lower. Hit: 26 (4d12);{"diceNotation":"4d12", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Spell Reflection", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage, and the

Reduced-threat Basilisk

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

save. If the basilisk sees its reflection within 30 feet of it in bright light, it mistakes itself for a rival and targets itself with its gaze. Reduced Threat. This creature has -2 penalty on all

","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage.A

Basilisk (Young)

Monsters Out of the Abyss

save. If the basilisk sees its reflection within 15 feet of it in bright light, it mistakes itself for a rival and targets itself with its gaze.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3

","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1);{"diceNotation":"1d4+1","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus

Vargouille Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2","rollType":"damage

","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage plus 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage. Kiss. The vargouille

Lyre of Building

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

immune to that damage and any further damage of the same type until the start of your next turn. In addition, you can play the lyre as an action to cast fabricate, move earth, passwall, or summon construct (appears in this book), and that spell can’t be cast from it again until the next dawn.

While holding this lyre, you can cast mending as an action. You can also play the lyre as a reaction when an object or a structure you can see within 300 feet of you takes damage, causing it to be

Blue Guard Drake

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to

hit","rollAction":"Tail"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d6+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Tail","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.A guard

Lifewell Tattoo

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

, pressing the needle there throughout the attunement process. When the attunement is complete, the needle turns into the ink that becomes the tattoo, which appears on the skin. If your attunement to

the tattoo ends, the tattoo vanishes, and the needle reappears in your space. Necrotic Resistance. You have resistance to necrotic damage. Life Ward. When you would be reduced to 0 hit points, you drop to 1 hit point instead. Once used, this property can’t be used again until the next dawn.

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