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Spells
Player’s Handbook
You grant the semblance of life to a corpse of your choice within range, allowing it to answer questions you pose. The corpse must have a mouth, and this spell fails if the deceased creature was
it knew in life, including the languages it knew. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or repetitive, and the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are antagonistic toward it
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.Legendary Action Uses: 3. Immediately after another creature’s turn, Zlan can expend a use to take one of the following actions. Zlan regains
all expended uses at the start of each of its turns.
Retaliation. Zlan makes one Slam or Bewildering Bolt attack.
Stoke Paranoia. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 19, one creature Zlan can see within 30 feet
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
). Immediately after a creature within 30 feet of the gremishka casts a spell, the gremishka can spontaneously react to the magic. Roll a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Magic Allergy
"} to determine the effect:
1–2. The gremishka emanates magical energy. Each creature within 30 feet of the gremishka must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or take 3 (1d6
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
another creature’s space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny gremishka. The swarm can’t regain hit points or gain temporary hit points.Bites. Melee
spell attack roll missing the swarm, the swarm causes that spell to hit another creature of its choice within 30 feet of it that it can see.Gremishka;Gremishkas are the vicious products of mistakes made
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
Divine Strike. Once on each of his turns when he hits a creature with a weapon attack, Omin can cause the attack to deal an extra 4 (1d8);{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Divine
movement, locate creature, stoneskin
5th level (1 slot): dispel evil and good, flame strike, hold monster, greater restoration, legend loreMultiattack. Omin makes two attacks with his maul.
Maul. Melee
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Resonant Connection. If the banderhobb has even a tiny piece of a creature or an object in its possession, such as a lock of hair or a splinter of wood, it knows the most direct route to that
creature or object if it is within 1 mile of the banderhobb.Multiattack. The banderhobb makes one Bite attack and one Tongue attack. It can replace one attack with a use of Shadow Step.
Bite. Melee Weapon
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
;shadow demons, wraith;wraiths, and other incorporeal entities hiding in palls of darkness. With a brief reboant chant, an exorcist can expunge a harmful entity from a possessed creature—or make that creature vulnerable to a painful spiritual inhabitation.Necrotic
(exorcist’s choice).
Admit Entity (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Admit Entity"}. The exorcist thins the veil of death for a creature it can see within 60
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
’s grim energy.
Shadar-kai have ashen skin tones, and while they’re in the Shadowfell, they also become wizened, reflecting the somber nature of that gloomy plane.
Like other elves
free to modify that list for a campaign.
Creature Type
Every creature in D&D, including each player character, has a special tag in the rules that identifies the type of creature they are. Most
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
eyebinders — entities formed of pure shadow that is outlined by a nimbus of energy. A host of disembodied eyes whirl around a kalaraq, each reflecting a consciousness the creature has consumed.
Kalaraq quori
","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Soul Binding","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. A creature reduced to 0 hit points from this attack dies and has its soul imprisoned in one of the quori's
Magic Items
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
a single soul to the coin. Because each soul coin has a unique soul trapped within it, each has a story. A creature might have been imprisoned as a result of defaulting on a deal, while another might
be the victim of a night hag’s curse.
Carrying Soul Coins. To hold a soul coin is to feel the soul bound within it — overcome with rage or fraught with despair.
An evil creature can
Fraz-Urb'luu
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. Fraz-Urb’luu regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn
":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it is also grappled (escape DC 24). The grappled target is also restrained. Fraz-Urb’luu can grapple only one creature
Backgrounds
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
creature of pure water, but your brief romance ended tragically.
Suggested Characteristics
Fishers succeed only if they spend time at their jobs. As such, most fishers have a strong
Magic Items
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
over someone’s body, either to impersonate that person for a brief time or to extract secrets from their mind. When the mission is complete, the creature returns to you, reports its success
.
When you use an action to speak the item’s command word and place the keyrune on the ground in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you, the keyrune transforms into a creature. If there isn’t
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
"} force damage.
Phantasmal Terror. Fraz-Urb’luu targets one creature he can see within 120 feet of him. The target must succeed on a DC 23 Wisdom saving throw, or it takes 16 (3d10);{"diceNotation
, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. Fraz-Urb’luu regains spent legendary actions at
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
the soul and regain 2d8 hit points.
Query Soul. You ask the soul a question (no action required) and receive a brief telepathic answer, which you can understand regardless of the language used
information from the sensor as if you were in its space using your senses.
A creature that can see the sensor (such as one using see invisibility or truesight) sees a translucent image of the tormented humanoid whose soul you caged.
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Nafas drops to 0 hit points, his body disintegrates into a whirl of multiversal dust that surrounds one creature responsible for his demise. That creature then hears Nafas’s last wish: for the
creature to take his place.
If the creature accepts, it is transformed into a noble djinni. The creature’s game statistics are replaced by those of Nafas (including this trait), though it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Peryton Although this monstrous carnivore feeds on any creature, it prefers humanoids, especially elves, half-elves, and humans. When it kills a humanoid, a peryton rips out its prey’s heart and
takes it back to its nest to be devoured.
The peryton is a bizarre creature that blends the body and wings of a bird of prey with the head of a stag. Its strangest feature is its shadow, which appears
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Monster Alignment Alignment can help you determine how a creature behaves in your game in two simple ways. Starting Attitude A creature’s alignment can help you determine the creature’s attitude in
Handbook offers a table of brief personality traits linked to alignment that can inspire you in playing an NPC or another monster in your game.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Final Breath A deity’s favored servant lies dying and calls down divine wrath. Pronouncement. The dying creature declares to the killer, “May your mind grow dim in battle until the sun sets forever
.” Burden. The character has disadvantage on attack rolls brought on by brief, sporadic bouts of confusion. Resolution. To lift the curse, the character must cause a symbolic setting of the sun or an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
corpse of your choice within range, allowing it to answer questions you pose. The corpse must have a mouth, and this spell fails if the deceased creature was Undead when it died. The spell also fails
languages it knew. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or repetitive, and the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are antagonistic toward it or it recognizes you as an enemy. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
Caregiver Every companion has a player character caregiver who commands the creature. The caregiver’s player controls the companion most of the time during the game, though the GM can step in to take
level, those statistics might fluctuate if the characters in a party are different levels, reflecting that a more experienced caregiver is more adept at directing a companion.
Charmed Caregiver A
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
town appears in the distance.
Suddenly, from the clear sky crackles a bolt of lightning followed by a thunderous screech. Above the town circles a mighty draconic form—an iridescent creature wreathed
in lightning and with multiple sets of wings. As smoke begins to rise from Kalapang, the creature dives toward the town.
The characters are still a mile from Kalapang when Pangil ng Buwan—a bakunawa
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
spell, everyone rolls Initiative, and the Sorcerer does so with Advantage. If the doppelganger rolls well, it might still act before the Sorcerer’s spell goes off, reflecting the monster’s ability to
for Monsters. A monster’s stat block in the Monster Manual includes its Initiative score after its Initiative bonus. Advantage and Disadvantage. If a creature has Advantage on Initiative rolls, increase its Initiative score by 5. If it has Disadvantage on those rolls, decrease that score by 5.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
corpse of your choice within range, allowing it to answer questions you pose. The corpse must have a mouth, and this spell fails if the deceased creature was Undead when it died. The spell also fails
languages it knew. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or repetitive, and the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are antagonistic toward it or it recognizes you as an enemy. This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Attitude Each creature controlled by the DM has one of the following attitudes toward the adventurers: Friendly, Indifferent, or Hostile. The “Monster Behavior” section in chapter 4 offers guidance
social interaction. A simple social interaction might involve a brief conversation and a single Charisma check, while a more complex encounter might involve multiple ability checks helping to steer the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Flumph The mysterious flumphs drift through the Underdark, propelled through the air by the jets whose sound gives them their name. A flumph glows faintly, reflecting its moods in its color. Soft
creatures. If a creature’s thoughts suggest goodness, a flumph seeks that creature out. When facing creatures that exude evil, a flumph flees. Psionic Siphons. Flumphs feed by siphoning mental energy
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
spontaneously created swarms can rapidly turn a single annoying gremishka into a chittering, magic-reflecting wave of teeth and claws. Gremishka
Tiny Monstrosity
Armor Class 12
Hit Points 10 (4d4
3 (1d6) force damage.
Reactions
Magic Allergy (1/Day). Immediately after a creature within 30 feet of the gremishka casts a spell, the gremishka can spontaneously react to the magic. Roll a d6 to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
there previously were none. Fraz-Urb’luu chooses one humanoid within the lair and instantly creates a simulacrum of that creature (as if created with the simulacrum spell). This simulacrum obeys Fraz
-Urb’luu’s commands and is destroyed on the next initiative count 20. Fraz-Urb’luu creates a wave of anguish. Each creature he can see within the lair must succeed on a DC 23 Wisdom saving throw or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
on walls where there previously were none. Fraz-Urb’luu chooses one humanoid within the lair and instantly creates a simulacrum of that creature (as if created with the simulacrum spell). This
simulacrum obeys Fraz-Urb’luu’s commands and is destroyed on the next initiative count 20. Fraz-Urb’luu creates a wave of anguish. Each creature he can see within the lair must succeed on a DC 23 Wisdom
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy
Wildspace creature silhouettes deck she brought along.
You’re gathered on the Command Deck at mealtime when Saerthe says, “Feels like an asteroid coming up on us.” As the ship slows down, Saerthe
Wisdom (Perception) check can see a brief glint suggestive of a metallic vessel moments before it disappears behind the asteroid. If the characters send a message back to Tarto, she has a hunch that the hidden ship is a pirate vessel, since pirates are known to haunt this region of Wildspace.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
mote of the Dragon Queen’s power. Carrying and exchanging talons bear unpleasant consequences: Curse. A creature that carries any number of talons is cursed. While cursed in this way, the creature
has disadvantage on Intelligence and Wisdom saving throws as its mind is clouded by jealous and selfish thoughts. The curse ends on an affected creature only when the creature no longer holds any talons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
the right price. Some other wicked Fey and powerful Fiends also know of the process, as do a few mortal mages. During its brief existence, a banderhobb attempts to carry out its creator’s bidding. It
Connection. If the banderhobb has even a tiny piece of a creature or an object in its possession, such as a lock of hair or a splinter of wood, it knows the most direct route to that creature or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
treacherous coasts. Marids vary in appearance, their bodies reflecting the colors of the waves while distinctive fins and scales accent their features. Marids lend their powers and knowledge of the
its Hit Points somewhere on the Plane of Water.
Wishes. The marid has a 30 percent chance of knowing the Wish spell. If the marid knows it, the marid can cast it only on behalf of a non-genie creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
, where it erupts into a sphere of radiant light for a brief but deadly instant. Each creature in that 20-foot-radius sphere must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take 2d6 radiant damage. A
light shed by the soul of every living creature. Radiant Sun Bolt Starting when you choose this tradition at 3rd level, you can hurl searing bolts of magical radiance. You gain a new attack option that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
Master of Cruelties When a master of cruelties steps up as ringleader of a Rakdos show, the audience can be assured of a performance they will remember for the rest of their lives — however brief
.
Challenge 9 (5,000 XP)
Aura of Blood Lust. When any other creature starts its turn within 30 feet of the master, that creature must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw, or it must immediately






