before burning defying causing requiring

Delayed Blast Fireball

Spells Player’s Handbook

makes a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the spell ends, causing the bead to explode. On a successful save, the creature can throw the bead up to 40 feet. If the thrown bead enters a creature

’s space or collides with a solid object, the spell ends, and the bead explodes. When the bead explodes, flammable objects in the explosion that aren’t being worn or carried start burning. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The base damage increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 7.

Shield Guardian

Monsters Monster Manual

. Any previously stored spell is lost when a new spell is stored. The guardian can cast the spell stored with any parameters set by the original caster, requiring no spell components and using the

the guardian. Response: The wearer gains a +5 bonus to AC, including against the triggering attack and possibly causing it to miss, until the start of the guardian’s next turn.Poison

Death Knight

Monsters Monster Manual

following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 18): At Will: Command, Phantom Steed2/Day Each: Destructive Wave (Necrotic), Dispel

MagicParry. Trigger: The death knight is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The death knight adds 6 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.Legendary Action

Mummy Lord

Monsters Monster Manual

mummy’s next turn. Spellcasting. The mummy casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17, +9;{"diceNotation

Sand. Trigger: The mummy is hit by an attack roll. Response: The mummy adds 2 to its AC against the attack, possibly causing the attack to miss, and the mummy teleports up to 60 feet to an unoccupied

Elemental Cataclysm

Monsters Monster Manual

: Half damage. Failure or Success: The target starts burning.2: Freezing Waves. Strength Saving Throw: DC 23, each creature in a 90-foot Cone. Failure: 22 (5d8);{"diceNotation":"5d8", "rollType":"damage

successful check, the creature is no longer buried. Success: Half damage only. Control Weather. The cataclysm casts the Control Weather spell, requiring no spell components and using Constitution as the

Medani Inquisitive

Monsters Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

disappears after 1 minute or when the inquisitive uses this action again. Success: Half damage only. Spellcasting. The inquisitive casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and

attack, possibly causing it to miss. <p>The most prized inquisitives of House Medani, a house of mostly Khoravar, employ their dragonmarks and their keen intellects to anticipate threats from any

Dreaming Dark Mindkiller

Monsters Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

to kill. Mindkillers force foes to attack their own allies, causing physical and emotional devastation to grow the power of the Dreaming Dark.PsychicSlayer’s Puppet (1/Day). The mindkiller

casts Dominate Person, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17).

Xvart Warlock of Raxivort Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Innate Spellcasting. The xvart's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma. It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: detect magic, mage armor (self only

, prestidigitation 1st–2nd level (2 2nd-level slots): burning hands, expeditious retreat, invisibility, scorching ray Low Cunning. The xvart can take the Disengage action as a bonus action on each of

Firenewt Warlock of Imix Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Amphibious. The firenewt can breathe air and water. Innate Spellcasting. The firenewt’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma. It can innately cast mage armor (self only) at will, requiring

, light, mage hand, prestidigitation 1st–2nd level (2 2nd-level slots): burning hands, flaming sphere, hellish rebuke, scorching ray Imix’s Blessing. When the firenewt reduces an enemy to 0

Warlock of the Fiend Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Innate Spellcasting. The warlock's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma. It can innately cast the following spells (spell save DC 15), requiring no material components: At will: alter self, false

): banishment, burning hands, flame strike, hellish rebuke, magic circle, scorching ray, scrying, stinking cloud, suggestion, wall of fire Dark One's Own Luck (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). When

Living Portent

Monsters The Book of Many Things

this action again. Spellcasting. The living portent casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability: 2/day: Cure Wounds 1/day each

encounter. Variant: Servants of Living Stars Some stars in the sky are Elder Evils, alien beings of godlike power from the reality-defying Far Realm. A living portent can be a fragment of these beings

Smiler the Defiler

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

empty seat of his infernal war machine. Innate Spellcasting. Smiler’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material

shocking recklessness. Smiler thinks he can accomplish anything with a positive attitude and some death-defying stunt. Although he admits others might end up getting killed by his actions, he believes he

Oread

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: fire bolt (see “Actions” below) 3/day: burning hands 1/day each: hellish rebuke (see “Reactions” below), scorching

oread provides the smith with materials drawn from the burning heart of the world, allowing the smith to create an even greater wonder. In more tales, though, a smith pursues an oread, then later the

Dusk Hag

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Innate Spellcasting. The hag's spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 15). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: detect magic, disguise self

undertaking quests or making bargains with a dusk hag in exchange for its prophecies and visions of the future. But the information gained from a dusk hag often has a way of causing more pain than joy. Like

Tarkanan Assassin

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: fire bolt 1/day: chromatic orb Unstable Mark. When the assassin casts an innate spell, each creature within 10 feet of the

mark, replacing the spells in the stat block's Innate Spellcasting trait. Aberrant Dragonmark Innate Spells d6 At Will 1/Day 1 Fire bolt (2d10) Burning hands (3d6) 2 Shocking grasp (2d8

Xvart Warlock of Raxivort

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

);{"diceNotation":"1d10+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Raxivort's Bite", "rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage. Spellcasting. The xvart casts one of the following spells, requiring no material

components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 11): At will: detect magic, mage armor (self only), mage hand, minor illusion, prestidigitation 1/day each: burning hands

Drow Favored Consort Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

DC 18). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: dancing lights 1/day each: darkness, faerie fire, levitate (self only) Spellcasting. The drow is a 11th

following wizard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): mage hand, message, poison spray, shocking grasp, ray of frost 1st level (4 slots): burning hands, mage armor, magic missile, shield 2nd level (3

Android

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

prone condition. Spellcasting (Diplomat and Medic Only). The android casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability: 2/day each

can wear down an android’s critical faculties, causing it to behave erratically.Cold, PoisonAcid, Fire

Juiblex Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

attacks). Juiblex can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: acid splash (17th level), detect magic 3/day each: blight, contagion, gaseous form Legendary

. If the slime is set on fire, it burns away after 1 round. Any creature that starts its turn in the burning slime takes 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Burning Slime

Quandrix Professor of Substance

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

larger, and the professor can push the target horizontally up to 10 feet away. Spellcasting. The professor casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as

Translation (2/Day). When the professor is hit by an attack roll, it can increase its AC by 3 against that attack, potentially causing it to miss. The professor can then teleport, along with any equipment

Moloch Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

Innate Spellcasting. Moloch's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 21). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: alter self (can become

Medium when changing his appearance), animate dead, burning hands (as a 7th-level spell), confusion, detect magic, fly, geas, major image, stinking cloud, suggestion, wall of fire 1/day each: flame

Yeenoghu Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: detect magic, spiritual weapon (8th-level spell, 4d8 + 2;{"diceNotation":"4d8+2","rollType":"damage

atrocities in his name. Yeenoghu takes pleasure in causing fear before death, and he sows sorrow and despair through destroying beloved things. He doesn’t parlay; to meet him is to do battle with him

Yeenoghu

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17): At will: detect magic 3/day each: dispel magic, fear, invisibility 1/day

them into flind;flinds. Yeenoghu takes pleasure in causing fear before death, and he sows sorrow and despair through destroying beloved things. He doesn’t parlay; to meet him is to do battle with

Undercity Medusa

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Innate Spellcasting. The medusa's innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 14). The medusa can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: 1/day each

dreams of one day reclaiming control of the Golgari Swarm, or at least causing pain to its current guildmaster, Jarad Vod Savo (whose own sister displaced the medusas from their position).

Draconian Mastermind

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

. The draconian casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14): At will: invisibility, mage hand 2/day each

AC against that attack and potentially causing the attack to miss.The rarest and most powerful of the draconians are the masterminds—spellcasters and strategists who most often serve as military

Verminaard

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

be blinded until the start of Verminaard’s next turn. Malediction. Verminaard utters an unholy word, causing profane fire to descend on one creature Verminaard can see within 60 feet of himself

. Verminaard casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 18): At will: light, thaumaturgy 2/day each: bane, fear

Refraction of Ilvaash

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Spellcasting (Psionics). The refraction casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using

. The refraction targets a creature within 120 feet of itself and disrupts its mental processes, causing the target to have disadvantage on all ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws until the

Sahuagin Wave Shaper

Monsters Ghosts of Saltmarsh

cast the following spells, requiring only verbal components: At will: message 1/day: comprehend languagesMultiattack. The wave shaper makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its claws. Bite

at least 50 feet square and 25 feet deep, causing a whirlpool to form in the center of the area. The whirlpool forms a vortex that is 5 feet wide at the base, up to 50 feet wide at the top, 25 feet

Mind Flayer Clairvoyant

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

. Spellcasting (Psionics). The mind flayer casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17): At will: detect magic, detect

its AC against that attack roll, potentially causing it to miss. Then the mind flayer, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, magically teleports up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space it can

Juiblex

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

−5, the object is destroyed. The penalty on an object can be removed by the mending spell. Spellcasting. Juiblex casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Wisdom

after 1 round. Any creature that starts its turn in the burning slime takes 22 (4d10);{"diceNotation":"4d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Slippery Slime","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage. Sticky

Dandylion

Monsters Misplaced Monsters: Volume One

is enriched, restoring withered vegetation in the area to full health and causing all crops in the area to produce twice the normal harvest for the next year. Spellcasting. The dandylion casts one of

the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15): At will: druidcraft, guidance, purify food and drink 2/day each: entangle

Aurnozci

Monsters The Book of Many Things

failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Spellcasting. Aurnozci casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell

intruders in sight with reckless abandon. Cultists of Aurnozci Aurnozci grants its cultists the following trait: Burning Corpse. When the creature dies, its body is reduced to a pile of smoldering

Goblin Psi Commander

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

goblin’s next turn. Spellcasting (Psionics). The goblin casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13

triggering attack roll, potentially causing it to miss.Goblin psi commanders are among the few psionic goblins who manage to fully control the power within themselves. Awakened to the total breadth

Windfall

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Dazzling Visage. A brilliant array of chromatic colors emanates from Windfall, causing attack rolls against her to have disadvantage. This trait ceases to function while Windfall has the

only. Spellcasting. Windfall casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 23): At will: Detect Magic, Light

Sibriex

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

or take 31 (9d6);{"diceNotation":"9d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Squirt Bile", "rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage. Spellcasting. The sibriex casts one of the following spells, requiring no

feet. 91–95 The target’s body becomes unusually brittle, causing the target to have vulnerability to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. 96–00 The target grows

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