being before dark contact reduces

Phase Spider

Monsters Monster Manual

, without needing to make an ability check. Web Walker. The spider ignores movement restrictions caused by webs, and the spider knows the location of any other creature in contact with the same

. If this damage reduces the target to 0 Hit Points, the target becomes Stable, and it has the Poisoned condition for 1 hour. While Poisoned, the target also has the Paralyzed condition.Ethereal Jaunt. The spider teleports from the Material Plane to the Ethereal Plane or vice versa.

Gray Ooze

Monsters Monster Manual

dealing any damage. Any nonmagical weapon takes a cumulative −1 penalty to attack rolls immediately after dealing damage to the ooze and coming into contact with it. The weapon is destroyed if

":"Acid"} Acid damage. Nonmagical armor worn by the target takes a −1 penalty to the AC it offers. The armor is destroyed if the penalty reduces its AC to 10. The penalty can be removed by casting the Mending spell on the armor.Acid, Cold, Fire

Black Pudding

Monsters Monster Manual

any damage. Any nonmagical weapon takes a cumulative −1 penalty to attack rolls immediately after dealing damage to the pudding and coming into contact with it. The weapon is destroyed if the

by the target takes a −1 penalty to the AC it offers. The armor is destroyed if the penalty reduces its AC to 10. The penalty can be removed by casting the Mending spell on the armor.Split

Ioun Stone

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

Stones orbiting your head at the same time. Each Ioun Stone orbiting your head is considered to be an object you are wearing. The orbiting stone avoids contact with other creatures and objects, adjusting

Dexterity increases by 2, to a maximum of 20, while this deep-red sphere orbits your head. Ioun Stone of Awareness;Awareness (Rare). While this dark-blue rhomboid orbits your head, you have Advantage on

Giant Spider Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Spider Climb. The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Web Sense. While in contact with a web, the spider knows the exact

location of any other creature in contact with the same web. Web Walker. The spider ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType

Spider King

Monsters Out of the Abyss

Spider Climb. The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Web Sense. While in contact with a web, the spider knows the exact

location of any other creature in contact with the same web. Web Walker. The spider ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing. Second Head. Because of its two heads, the Spider King has

Giant Wolf Spider Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Spider Climb. The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Web Sense. While in contact with a web, the spider knows the exact

location of any other creature in contact with the same web. Web Walker. The spider ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType

Fiendish Giant Spider

Monsters Out of the Abyss

Spider Climb. The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Web Sense. While in contact with a web, the spider knows the exact

location of any other creature in contact with the same web. Web Walker. The spider ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType

Night Hag Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

). While on the Ethereal Plane, the hag magically touches a sleeping humanoid on the Material Plane. A protection from evil and good spell cast on the target prevents this contact, as does a magic

circle. As long as the contact persists, the target has dreadful visions. If these visions last for at least 1 hour, the target gains no benefit from its rest, and its hit point maximum is reduced by 5

Night Hag (Coven Variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

3rd level (3 slots): bestow curse, counterspell, lightning bolt 4th level (3 slots): phantasmal killer, polymorph 5th level (2 slots): contact other plane, scrying 6th level (1 slot): eyebite

hag magically touches a sleeping humanoid on the Material Plane. A protection from evil and good spell cast on the target prevents this contact, as does a magic circle. As long as the contact persists

Ice Spider

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

Spider Climb. The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Web Sense. While in contact with a web, the spider knows the exact

location of any other creature in contact with the same web. Web Walker. The spider ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType

Ice Spider Queen

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

Spider Climb. The spider can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Web Sense. While in contact with a web, the spider knows the exact

location of any other creature in contact with the same web. Web Walker. The spider ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing. Cold Aura. Any creature that starts its turn within 5 feet of

Dohwar

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

affairs in secrecy, preferring to meet in dark alleys and out-of-the-way places even when their business isn't illegal or dangerous. They tend to dress in a garish mishmash of clothing, but many of them

call merging, in which two dohwars stay in mental contact while both are telepathically linked with a third creature.

Mummy Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

hours that elapse. If the curse reduces the target's hit point maximum to 0, the target dies, and its body turns to dust. The curse lasts until removed by the remove curse spell or other magic. Dreadful

of all mummies (but not mummy lords) for the next 24 hours.Raised by dark funerary rituals and still wrapped in the shrouds of death, mummies shamble out from lost temples and tombs to slay any who disturb their rest.Necrotic, PoisonBludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksFire

Iggwilv the Witch Queen

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

start of her turn. Witchcraft. Iggwilv uses Spellcasting or Fey Step. Dark Speech (Costs 2 Actions). Iggwilv utters a phrase in a forbidden language and targets one or two creatures she can see within

60 feet of her. Each target must succeed on a DC 22 Wisdom saving throw or take 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Dark Speech","rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic

Blue Slaad (control gem variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

reduces the target's hit point maximum to 0, the target instantly transforms into a red slaad or, if it has the ability to cast spells of 3rd level or higher, a green slaad. Only a wish spell can reverse

ever comes into contact with the Spawning Stone. Slaadi on Limbo are attracted to the Spawning Stone, so most end up with a gem. A slaad with a control gem in its brain has the following additional

Drowned Master

Monsters Ghosts of Saltmarsh

","rollDamageType":"cold"} cold damage. Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the drowned master to 0 hit points, it must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the

. The target must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or have its hit point maximum reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point

Encephalon Cluster

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

saving throw or have the prone condition. If this attack reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target immediately dies and is consumed by the cluster. Spawn Progeny (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest

the attacker, it then makes one Slam attack against that attacker.An encephalon cluster pays no heed to an elder brain or its mind flayer progenitors. This grotesque creature shambles through dark

Deathless Rider

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

advantage on Dexterity saving throws, and the rider can force an attack targeted at its mount to target the rider instead. Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the rider to 0 hit points, it must make

called lich-knights or fell horsemen. In stark contrast to the knights of Eldraine, the deathless riders are without virtue of any kind. They are few in number—unless many more lurk in the dark

Chardalyn Berserker

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

creep over them, but it passes quickly. Chardalyn Madness. Prolonged contact with the demonic magic imprinted on the chardalyn has afflicted the berserker with a form of madness, causing the berserker

to believe that its weapons are conduits through which it can speak to a demon lord or other dark power, as well as channel its rage. If the berserker’s madness is cured using magic that removes

Criminal / Spy Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

. Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Stealth Tool Proficiencies: One type of gaming set, thieves’ tools Equipment: A crowbar, a set of dark common clothes including a hood, and a pouch

CONTACT You have a reliable and trustworthy contact who acts as your liaison to a network of other criminals. You know how to get messages to and from your contact, even over great distances

Priest of Osybus (Deathly)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

next turn. If this damage reduces a Medium or smaller creature to 0 hit points, the creature dies, and its soul is trapped in the priest’s body, manifesting as a shadowy Soul Tattoo on the

delved into any eldritch secret that would prolong his life. He became a devotee of the Dark Powers and tapped into their immortal malice to fuel his apotheosis. As his power grew, he attracted

Nightmare Beast

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures

":"Disintegration Gaze","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If this magical effect reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target is disintegrated

the beast’s mouth, and its large red eyes glow in the dark. The creature smashes through structures and fortifications with ease, and it doesn’t hesitate to rend foes with its claws and

Dimir Operative

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

;Disguise kit Languages: One of your choice Equipment: A Dimir insignia, three small knives, a set of dark-colored common clothes, and the starting equipment of the background described in this

Contacts table, giving you an ally who serves as your contact in Dimir. Then roll twice on the table for your secondary guild. The first roll gives you an ally there, and the second roll gives you a rival

Rakdos Cultist

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

. Rakdos Contacts d8 Contact 1 I was part of a two-person act until my former partner moved to a different troupe. 2 My sibling and I ran away from home and joined the Cult

a romance with a pain artist in another troupe. 8 Rakdos himself has witnessed me perform. Non-Rakdos Contacts d10 Contact 1 I know an Azorius elocutor who has a

Priest of Osybus (Dread)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

":"Soul Blade","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, and if the target is a creature, it is paralyzed until the start of the priest’s next turn. If this damage reduces a Medium or smaller

immortality. He forged pacts with any entity that would give him more power and delved into any eldritch secret that would prolong his life. He became a devotee of the Dark Powers and tapped into

Priest of Osybus

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

target is a creature, it is paralyzed until the start of the priest’s next turn. If this damage reduces a Medium or smaller creature to 0 hit points, the creature dies, and its soul is trapped in

more power and delved into any eldritch secret that would prolong his life. He became a devotee of the Dark Powers and tapped into their immortal malice to fuel his apotheosis. As his power grew, he

Priest of Osybus (Ectoplasmic)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, and if the target is a creature, it is paralyzed until the start of the priest’s next turn. If this damage reduces a Medium or smaller creature to 0 hit points

Dark Powers and tapped into their immortal malice to fuel his apotheosis. As his power grew, he attracted disciples who also wished to defy life and death. He shared his dread secrets with them and

Priest of Osybus (Spectral)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

","rollAction":"Soul Blade","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, and if the target is a creature, it is paralyzed until the start of the priest’s next turn. If this damage reduces a Medium or

his own immortality. He forged pacts with any entity that would give him more power and delved into any eldritch secret that would prolong his life. He became a devotee of the Dark Powers and tapped

Priest of Osybus (Vampiric)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

if the target is a creature, it is paralyzed until the start of the priest’s next turn. If this damage reduces a Medium or smaller creature to 0 hit points, the creature dies, and its soul is

give him more power and delved into any eldritch secret that would prolong his life. He became a devotee of the Dark Powers and tapped into their immortal malice to fuel his apotheosis. As his power

Xill

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

","rollAction":"Poison Stinger","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful one. If the poison damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target is

, built for a specific purpose. Some are fortresses, designed to keep wanderers from the material world away. Others are far more sinister, dark realms where evil dreams take root and become ghastly

Mummy Lord Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

, and its hit point maximum decreases by 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Rotting Fist"} for every 24 hours that elapse. If the curse reduces the target's hit point maximum

. Regional Effects A mummy lord’s temple or tomb is warped in any of the following ways by the creature’s dark presence: Food instantly molders and water instantly evaporates when brought

Valin Sarnaster

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Hit Point Reduction"} for every 24 hours that elapse. If the curse reduces the target’s hit point maximum to 0, the target dies, and its body turns to dust. The curse

as the immortal heir of Savras’s realm. The Canopic Being came into her possession years ago, and an obsession with the dark rituals therein set the oracle on her present course. Valin has

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

magic allow them to support themselves without the need for clearing and plowing land. They are talented artisans, crafting finely worked clothes and art objects. Their contact with outsiders is

(Moonbrook), Xiloscient (Goldpetal) Subrace Ancient divides among the elven people resulted in three main subraces: high elves, wood elves, and dark elves, who are commonly called drow. Choose one of

Golgari Agent

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

, rot, and rebirth. You have spent your life in the slow churn of that ecosystem, in the dark places of the city where the messy parts of existence are on display. There is little squeamishness among the

meaningful connections with others. Roll twice on the Golgari Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Golgari Contacts table. Golgari Contacts d8 Contact 1 One

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