behind body defending cat rule

Astral Projection

Spells Player’s Handbook

behind in a state of suspended animation; it has the Unconscious condition, doesn’t need food or air, and doesn’t age. A target’s astral form resembles its body in almost every way

You and up to eight willing creatures within range project your astral bodies into the Astral Plane (the spell ends instantly if you are already on that plane). Each target’s body is left

Find Familiar

Spells Player’s Handbook

You gain the service of a familiar, a spirit that takes an animal form you choose: Bat, Cat, Frog, Hawk, Lizard, Octopus, Owl, Rat, Raven, Spider, Weasel, or another Beast that has a Challenge Rating

the pocket dimension, it leaves behind in its space anything it was wearing or carrying. One Familiar Only. You can’t have more than one familiar at a time. If you cast this spell while you have a familiar, you instead cause it to adopt a new eligible form.

Gibbering Mouther

Monsters Monster Manual

. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it has the Prone condition. The target dies if it is reduced to 0 Hit Points by this attack. Its body is then absorbed into the mouther, leaving only

equipment behind. Blinding Spittle (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Blinding Spittle"}. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 10, each creature in a 10-foot-radius

Eye and Hand of Vecna

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

a lich. A treacherous lieutenant named Kas the Betrayer;Kas brought Vecna’s rule to an end in a terrible battle. Of Vecna, all that remained were one hand and one eye, grisly Artifacts that

your body, devours it, and then takes control of the body like a puppet. If that happens, you become an NPC under the DM’s control. Eye of Vecna Spells Spell Charge Cost

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

and become entombed in a state of suspended animation in an extradimensional sphere. Everything you’re wearing and carrying disappears with you except for Artifacts, which stay behind in the space

, which must be cleared out before you can claim the keep as yours. Void. Your soul is drawn from your body and contained in an object in a place of the DM’s choice. One or more powerful beings

Grinning Cat

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

course of its turn. It can choose to leave part of its body visible, such as its tail, its head, or its grinning mouth. Any equipment the cat wears or carries is invisible with it.Grinning cats are

its body visible. Any equipment the cat wears or carries on a visible part of its body also becomes visible. Grinning Step. The grinning cat teleports, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space it can see.

Astral Projection Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

leave behind is unconscious and in a state of suspended animation; it doesn't need food or air and doesn't age. Your astral body resembles your mortal form in almost every way, replicating your game

You and up to eight willing creatures within range project your astral bodies into the Astral Plane (the spell fails and the casting is wasted if you are already on that plane). The material body you

Master Thief

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

behind a calling card to taunt their victims. You may roll on the Master Thief Calling Cards table to determine what a master thief leaves behind. Master Thief Calling Cards d10;{"diceNotation

":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Calling Card"} Calling Card 1 Tiny, folded paper cat 2 Red bird feather 3 Rose petal 4 Figurine made from twigs and twine 5

Tridrone Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Axiomatic Mind. The tridrone can’t be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions. Disintegration. If the tridrone dies, its body disintegrates into dust, leaving

behind its weapons and anything else it was carrying.Multiattack. The tridrone makes three fist attacks or three javelin attacks. Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to

Quadrone Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Axiomatic Mind. The quadrone can’t be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions. Disintegration. If the quadrone dies, its body disintegrates into dust, leaving

behind its weapons and anything else it was carrying.Multiattack. The quadrone makes two fist attacks or four shortbow attacks. Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to

Derro Raider

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

cruelty and destruction. Derro Derro are Underdark dwellers of dubious origin. According to the histories of some duergar, derro are descended from a community of dwarves that was left behind when the

others escaped the rule of mind flayer;mind flayers. The mind flayers’ psionic power eventually transformed these forsaken dwarves into Aberrations. You can learn more about derro in Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse.

Derro Apprentice

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

. Derro Derro are Underdark dwellers of dubious origin. According to the histories of some duergar, derro are descended from a community of dwarves that was left behind when the others escaped the

rule of mind flayer;mind flayers. The mind flayers’ psionic power eventually transformed these forsaken dwarves into Aberrations. You can learn more about derro in Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse.

Monodrone Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Axiomatic Mind. The monodrone can’t be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions. Disintegration. If the monodrone dies, its body disintegrates into dust, leaving

behind its weapons and anything else it was carrying.Dagger. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Dagger"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 3 (1d4

Duodrone Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Axiomatic Mind. The duodrone can’t be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions. Disintegration. If the duodrone dies, its body disintegrates into dust, leaving

behind its weapons and anything else it was carrying.Multiattack. The duodrone makes two fist attacks or two javelin attacks. Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +2;{"diceNotation":"1d20+2","rollType":"to hit

Pentadrone Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Axiomatic Mind. The pentadrone can’t be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions. Disintegration. If the pentadrone dies, its body disintegrates into dust

, leaving behind its weapons and anything else it was carrying.Multiattack. The pentadrone makes five arm attacks. Arm. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Arm

Replica Duodrone

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

Axiomatic Mind. The duodrone can't be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions. Disintegration. If the duodrone dies, its body falls into a pile of parts—gears, plates

, screws, and wires, leaving behind its weapons and anything else it was carrying. Each collapsed modron also spits out a six-inch-diameter magically charged disk that powers the creature, as well as a

Derro

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

some duergar, derro are descended from a dwarven community that was left behind when the others escaped the rule of mind flayers. These remnants were so distorted by the mind flayers’ psionic

King Jhaeros

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

Ashen Creature. When Jhaeros drops to 0 hit points, he explodes in a harmless cloud of ashes, leaving nothing else behind. Berserk. Whenever Jhaeros starts his turn with 60 hit points or fewer, roll

. Governing from Castle Cinis, Jhaeros was advised by two councilors, Regine LaVerne and Charmayne Daymore, and a guard captain named Naevys Tharesso. Jhaeros’s rule was compassionate, just, and kind

Death Kiss

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. Lacking the egotism of their stronger kin, a death kiss usually submits to the rule of its creator or any other beholder it encounters, but it tries to escape as soon as the beholder is preoccupied. A

death kiss consumes ingested blood, which it also uses to heal and generate electrical energy inside its body. Terrified of dying from starvation, it obsessively drains even little creatures such as rat

Eye and Hand of Vecna Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

would allow him to live on as a lich. Beyond death, he became the greatest of all liches. Even though his body gradually withered and decayed, Vecna continued to expand his evil dominion. So formidable

’s lieutenant Kas coveted the Spider Throne for himself, or that the sword his lord made for him seduced him into rebellion. Whatever the reason, Kas brought the Undying King’s rule to an

Replica Monodrone

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

Axiomatic Mind. The monodrone can't be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions. Disintegration. If the monodrone dies, its body falls into a pile of parts—gears

, plates, screws, and wires, leaving behind its weapons and anything else it was carrying. Each collapsed modron also spits out a six-inch-diameter magically charged disk that powers the creature, as well as

Replica Quadrone

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

Axiomatic Mind. The quadrone can't be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions. Disintegration. If the quadrone dies, its body falls into a pile of parts—gears, plates

, screws, and wires, leaving behind its weapons and anything else it was carrying. Each collapsed modron also spits out a six-inch-diameter magically charged disk that powers the creature, as well as a

Efreeti Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Elemental Demise. If the efreeti dies, its body disintegrates in a flash of fire and puff of smoke, leaving behind only equipment the efreeti was wearing or carrying. Innate Spellcasting. The

Find Familiar Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You gain the service of a familiar, a spirit that takes an animal form you choose: bat, cat, crab, frog (toad), hawk, lizard, octopus, owl, poisonous snake, fish (quipper), rat, raven, sea horse

. When the familiar drops to 0 hit points, it disappears, leaving behind no physical form. It reappears after you cast this spell again. As an action, you can temporarily dismiss the familiar to a pocket

Dao Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Earth Glide. The dao can burrow through nonmagical, unworked earth and stone. While doing so, the dao doesn’t disturb the material it moves through. Elemental Demise. If the dao dies, its body

disintegrates into crystalline powder, leaving behind only equipment the dao was wearing or carrying. Innate Spellcasting. The dao’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14

Marid Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Amphibious. The marid can breathe air and water. Elemental Demise. If the marid dies, its body disintegrates into a burst of water and foam, leaving behind only equipment the marid was wearing or

Replica Tridrone

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

Axiomatic Mind. The tridrone can't be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions. Disintegration. If the tridrone dies, its body falls into a pile of parts—gears, plates

, screws, and wires, leaving behind its weapons and anything else it was carrying. Each collapsed modron also spits out a six-inch-diameter magically charged disk that powers the creature, as well as a

Djinni Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Elemental Demise. If the djinni dies, its body disintegrates into a warm breeze, leaving behind only equipment the djinni was wearing or carrying. Innate Spellcasting. The djinni’s innate

Earworm

Magic Items Eberron: Rising from the Last War

To attune to this symbiont, you must hold it against the skin behind your ear for the entire attunement period, whereupon it burrows into your head and bonds to your skull. While the earworm is

’re attuned to it, and you can’t voluntarily end your attunement to it. If you’re targeted by a spell that ends a curse, your attunement to the earworm ends, and it exits your body.

Yakfolk Warrior

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

, the target is incapacitated, loses control of its body, and is unaware of its surroundings. The yakfolk now controls the body and can’t be targeted by any attack, spell, or other effect, and it

, feats, and proficiencies. The possession lasts until either the body drops to 0 hit points, the yakfolk ends the possession as an action, or the yakfolk is forced out of the body by an effect such as the

Yakfolk Priest

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

, the target is incapacitated, loses control of its body, and is unaware of its surroundings. The yakfolk now controls the body and can’t be targeted by any attack, spell, or other effect, and it

, feats, and proficiencies. The possession lasts until either the body drops to 0 hit points, the yakfolk ends the possession as an action, or the yakfolk is forced out of the body by an effect such as the

Ettin Ceremorph

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

experiments all ended in failure: a giant’s body is simply too large for a single tadpole to take over. Ettin;Ettins, however, proved to be perfect subjects. An ettin’s two brains provide

sufficient food for two tadpoles, and the two tadpoles are able to transform the entirety of the ettin’s body, creating an ettin ceremorph. As part of the transformation process, one of the ettin’s

Demos Magen

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Fiery End. If the magen dies, its body disintegrates in a harmless burst of fire and smoke, leaving behind anything it was wearing or carrying. Magic Resistance. The magen has advantage on saving

are constructs. When one is wounded, its blood is seen to have the color and consistency of mercury. They exist purely through magical means. When one is killed, its body disappears in a burst of

Galvan Magen

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Fiery End. If the magen dies, its body disintegrates in a harmless burst of fire and smoke, leaving behind anything it was wearing or carrying. Magic Resistance. The magen has advantage on saving

wounded, its blood is seen to have the color and consistency of mercury. They exist purely through magical means. When one is killed, its body disappears in a burst of harmless fire and a cloud of

Vargouille

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Charisma becomes 2, it dies, and its head tears from its body and becomes a new vargouille. Casting remove curse, greater restoration, or a similar spell on the target before the transformation is

all vargouilles for 1 hour.Shrieking, flapping, and hideous to behold—with a body like a severed head and wings in place of ears—vargouilles boil out of the Abyss to infest other planes

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