before breathing deciding contained rolls

Shield of the Cavalier

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

while holding it. Forceful Bash. When you take the Attack action, you can make one of the attack rolls using the Shield against a target within 5 feet of yourself. Apply your Proficiency Bonus and

appears, any creatures or objects not fully contained within it are pushed into the nearest unoccupied spaces outside it. The attack or area of effect that triggered the Reaction has no effect on creatures

Moonblade

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

+1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Each rune beyond the first grants the Moonblade an additional property. The DM chooses each property or determines it randomly by

. Moonblade Properties 1d100 Property 01-60 Increase the weapon’s bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls by 1, to a maximum of +3. Reroll if the Moonblade already has a +3 bonus. 61

Hunter Shark Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Blood Frenzy. The shark has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn't have all its hit points. Water Breathing. The shark can breathe only underwater.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack

Giant Shark Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Blood Frenzy. The shark has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn't have all its hit points. Water Breathing. The shark can breathe only underwater.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack

Quipper Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Blood Frenzy. The quipper has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn't have all its hit points. Water Breathing. The quipper can breathe only underwater.Bite. Melee Weapon

Swarm of Quippers Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Blood Frenzy. The swarm has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn't have all its hit points. Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature's space and vice versa, and the

swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny quipper. The swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary hit points. Water Breathing. The swarm can breathe only underwater.Bite.. Melee

Obliteros

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Blood Frenzy. Obliteros has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn't have all its hit points. Water Breathing. Obliteros can breathe only underwater.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack

Shell Shark

Monsters Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Blood Frenzy. The shark has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn't have all its hit points. Magic Resistance. The shark has advantage on saving throws against spells and

other magical effects. Water Breathing. The shark can breathe only underwater.Multiattack. The shark makes two bite attacks. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit

Fhenimore (Kraken Priest Variant)

Monsters Locathah Rising

Amphibious. Fhenimore can breathe air and water. Blood Frenzy. Fhenimore has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn't have all its hit points. Innate Spellcasting

spells, requiring no material components: At will: command, create or destroy water3/day each: control water, darkness, water breathing, water walk1/day each: Evard's black tentacles, lightning

Sahuagin Hatchling Swarm

Monsters Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Blood Frenzy. The swarm has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn't have all its hit points. Seething. Once it enters combat, the swarm deals 10 slashing damage to itself at

vice versa, and it can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny creature. The swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary hit points. Water Breathing. The swarm can breathe only

Bloodwell Vial

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

To attune to this vial, you must place a few drops of your blood into it. The vial can’t be opened while your attunement to it lasts. If your attunement to the vial ends, the contained blood

turns to ash. You can use the vial as a spellcasting focus for your spells while wearing or holding it, and you gain a bonus to spell attack rolls and to the saving throw DCs of your sorcerer spells

Wave Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

weapon, Wave happily accepts new converts. You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. If you score a critical hit with it, the target takes extra necrotic damage

equal to half its hit point maximum. The weapon also functions as a trident of fish command and a weapon of warning. It can confer the benefit of a cap of water breathing while you hold it, and you can

Moonblade Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

preserving and protecting elvenkind. If the blade rejects you, you make ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws with disadvantage for 24 hours. If the blade accepts you, you become attuned to it and a

first rune always grants a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. Each rune beyond the first grants the moonblade an additional property. The DM chooses each property or

Dyrrn

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

flesh twists in alien ways. The creature has disadvantage on attack rolls, its speed is reduced by half, and if it tries to cast a spell, it must first succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence check or the spell

horrid site shaped from the leftover flesh and bones of the daelkyr’s sculpting. The walls of the palace undulate as air flows through them, as if the space were breathing. Lair Actions. While

Elder Brain

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, attack rolls, and saving throws until the end of the creature’s next turn. Tentacle (Costs 2 Actions). The elder brain makes one Tentacle attack.The ultimate expression of mind flayer domination

master, which then absorbs the knowledge and experience contained therein. Mind flayers conceive of this oneness with the elder brain as a sacred state akin to an afterlife. Hive Mind Elder brains

Yan-C-Bin

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

an unoccupied space he can see. Anything Yan-C-Bin is wearing or carrying is teleported with him. Suffocate (Costs 3 Actions). Yan-C-Bin steals the air of one breathing creature he can see within 60

freezing cold; thunder rolls and lightning cracks; powerful gales bear heavy creatures and objects aloft and hurl them with incredible force; cyclones touch down randomly, obliterating whatever they

Esoteric Martial Arts

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

Esoteric Martial Arts The Book of Inner Alchemy is an esoteric document on the mental, physical, and spiritual practices pertaining to the life energy known as ki. Contained within it are meticulous

energy, to gain advantages in combat or perform extraordinary feats. These techniques emphasize the use of controlled breathing, meditation, and spiritual discipline as the primary means of achieving

Giant Shark

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising

advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its hit points. Water Breathing. The shark can breathe only underwater. Actions Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (3d10 + 6) piercing damage.

Bardic Inspiration

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

it makes. The creature can wait until after it rolls the d20 before deciding to use the Bardic Inspiration die, but must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds or fails. Once the Bardic

Hunter Shark

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak

— Challenge 2 (450 XP) Blood Frenzy. The shark has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its hit points. Water Breathing. The shark can breathe only underwater

Bardic Inspiration

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

it makes. The creature can wait until after it rolls the d20 before deciding to use the Bardic Inspiration die, but must decide before the DM says whether the roll succeeds or fails. Once the Bardic

Reef Shark

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

has advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of the shark’s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and isn’t incapacitated. Water Breathing. The shark can breathe only

Giant Shark

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

) CHA 5 (−3) Skills Perception +3 Senses blindsight 60 ft., passive Perception 13 Languages — Challenge 5 (1,800 XP) Blood Frenzy. The shark has advantage on melee attack rolls against

any creature that doesn’t have all its hit points. Water Breathing. The shark can breathe only underwater. Actions Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (3d10 + 6) piercing damage.

Quipper

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its hit points. Water Breathing. The quipper can breathe only underwater. Actions Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 piercing damage.

Hunter Shark

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

(450 XP) Blood Frenzy. The shark has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its hit points. Water Breathing. The shark can breathe only underwater. Actions Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) piercing damage.

Bloodwell Vial

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

opened while your attunement to it lasts. If your attunement to the vial ends, the contained blood turns to ash. You can use the vial as a spellcasting focus for your spells while wearing or holding

it, and you gain a bonus to spell attack rolls and to the saving throw DCs of your sorcerer spells. The bonus is determined by the vial’s rarity. In addition, when you roll any Hit Dice to recover hit

Shell Shark

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10 Languages — Challenge 2 (450 XP) Blood Frenzy. The shark has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its hit

points. Magic Resistance. The shark has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Water Breathing. The shark can breathe only underwater. Actions Multiattack. The shark

Swarm of Quippers

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

, prone, restrained, stunned Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 8 Languages — Challenge 1 (200 XP) Blood Frenzy. The swarm has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that

regain hit points or gain temporary hit points. Water Breathing. The swarm can breathe only underwater. Actions Bites. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm’s space

Fhenimore

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising

breathe air and water. Blood Frenzy. Fhenimore has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its hit points. Innate Spellcasting. Fhenimore’s spellcasting ability is

water, darkness, water breathing, water walk 1/day each: Evard’s black tentacles, lightning bolt. Actions Multiattack. Fhenimore can attack once with her bite attack and once with Thunderous Touch

Oozing Royalty

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

juices. The varnish also protects against water damage. A svirfneblin archmage named Lesla Carrowil authored both spellbooks. The wizard spells contained in each book are listed below; feel free to swap

: blink, dispel magic, gaseous form, major image, protection from energy, slow, tongues, water breathing 4th level: blight, fabricate, fire shield, hallucinatory terrain, locate creature, phantasmal

Random Obstacles

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

barrier to many characters but easily navigated by water-breathing creatures. Obstacles can affect more than one room. A chasm might run through several passages and chambers, or send cracks through

Obstacle 1 Antilife aura with a radius of 1d10 × 10 ft.; while in the aura, living creatures can’t regain hit points 2 Battering winds reduce speed by half, impose disadvantage on ranged attack rolls 3

Creating a New Item

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

several different abilities, but simply deciding that an item is always active or can be used a fixed number of times per day might be easier to manage. Power Level If you make an item that lets a

cast a lower-level spell more frequently. Maximum Bonus. If an item delivers a static bonus to AC, attack rolls, saving throws, or ability checks, this column suggests an appropriate bonus based on

Eric

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hold Back The Dead

you can use while holding it. Forceful Bash. When you take the Attack action, you can make one of the attack rolls using the Shield against a target within 5 feet of yourself. Apply your Proficiency

Emanation appears, any creatures or objects not fully contained within it are pushed into the nearest unoccupied spaces outside it. The attack or area of effect that triggered the Reaction has no effect on

Sahuagin Hatchling Swarm

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

— Challenge 3 (700 XP) Blood Frenzy. The swarm has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its hit points. Seething. Once it enters combat, the swarm deals 10 slashing

creature’s space and vice versa, and it can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny creature. The swarm can’t regain hit points or gain temporary hit points. Water Breathing. The swarm can

Initiative Variants

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

has an initiative score, which is a passive Dexterity check: 10 + Dexterity modifier. By cutting down on die rolls, math done on the fly, and the process of asking for and recording totals, you can

players roll a d20 for their initiative as a group, or side. You also roll a d20. Neither roll receives any modifiers. Whoever rolls highest wins initiative. In case of a tie, keep rerolling until the

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