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Staff of Thunder and Lightning

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

required). Thunder. When you hit with a melee attack using the staff, you can cause the staff to emit a crack of thunder audible out to 300 feet (no action required). The target you hit must succeed on a

is used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn. Lightning. When you hit with a melee attack using the staff, you can cause the target to take an extra 2d6 Lightning damage (no action

Grasping Vine

Spells Player’s Handbook

save DC). The vine can grapple only one creature at a time, and you can cause the vine to release a Grappled creature (no action required). As a Bonus Action on your later turns, you can repeat the

Mythallar Cloak

Magic Items Netheril’s Fall

cloak, you can take a Bonus Action and expend 1 charge to activate the cloak’s magic. The magic lasts for 1 minute or until you end it early (no action required). While the cloak’s magic

is active, you gain a Fly Speed of 30 feet and can hover. Additionally, once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with an attack roll and deal damage, you can cause the target to take an extra 1d4 Radiant damage. If you are aloft when the cloak’s magic ends, you fall.

Mechanical Wonder

Magic Items Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

and your allies. In combat, the wonder shares your Initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal commands (no action required by you). If you don’t issue

, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal commands (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its movement to avoid danger

Dominate Monster Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

telepathic link to issue commands to the creature while you are conscious (no action required), which it does its best to obey. You can specify a simple and general course of action, such as "Attack that

do. During this time, you can also cause the creature to use a reaction, but this requires you to use your own reaction as well. Each time the target takes damage, it makes a new Wisdom saving throw

Black Rose Bearer

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

berserk. On each of its turns while berserk, the bearer has advantage on melee attack rolls, it can Dash as a bonus action, and it must attack the nearest creature it can see. If no creature is near

as a guardian. Its name derives from the preserved black rose the bearer carries inside a delicate bell jar. The slightest jostle can cause the bearer to lose its grasp on the bell jar, destroying

Dire Corby

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

unable to use the Dash action, cannot climb, or cast spells other than cantrips until the start of its next turn. Keen Hearing. The dire corby has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on

inevitably emerge on the surface, the dire corbies’ voracious appetites cause them to quickly strip their new environment—including any nearby settlements—of life.Thunder

Titivilus

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

creature he can see within 10 feet of him. The target must succeed on a DC 21 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened of him for 1 minute. While frightened in this way, the target must take the Dash

action and move away from Titivilus by the safest available route on each of its turns, unless there is nowhere to move, in which case it needn’t take the Dash action. The target can repeat the

Coiling Grasp Tattoo

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

tattoo ends, the tattoo vanishes, and the needle reappears in your space. Grasping Tendrils. While the tattoo is on your skin, you can, as an action, cause the tattoo to extrude into inky tendrils

escape the grapple by succeeding on a DC 14 Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics) check. The grapple also ends if you halt it (no action required), if the creature is ever more than 15 feet away from you, or if you use this tattoo on a different creature.

Morkoth Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

close to the morkoth as possible, using its actions to Dash until it is within 5 feet of the morkoth. A charmed target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns and whenever it takes

to take lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the morkoth takes a lair action to cause one of the effects described below: The morkoth uses its Hypnosis action, originating

Aboleth Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the aboleth takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects: The aboleth casts phantasmal force (no components required) on any number

Dominate Beast Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

link to issue commands to the creature while you are conscious (no action required), which it does its best to obey. You can specify a simple and general course of action, such as "Attack that creature

. During this time, you can also cause the creature to use a reaction, but this requires you to use your own reaction as well. Each time the target takes damage, it makes a new Wisdom saving throw against

Dominate Person Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

link to issue commands to the creature while you are conscious (no action required), which it does its best to obey. You can specify a simple and general course of action, such as "Attack that

. During this time you can also cause the creature to use a reaction, but this requires you to use your own reaction as well. Each time the target takes damage, it makes a new Wisdom saving throw

Healing Spirit

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

choice). Until the spell ends, whenever you or a creature you can see moves into the spirit’s space for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, you can cause the spirit to restore 1d6

hit points to that creature (no action required). The spirit can’t heal constructs or undead. The spirit can heal a number of times equal to 1 + your spellcasting ability modifier (minimum

Githzerai Anarch Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

action to cause one of the following effects; the anarch can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row: The anarch casts the lightning bolt spell (at 5th level), but the anarch can change the

Limbo and brought to the Material Plane for as long as the anarch remains within 1 mile of it (no action required). If the anarch dies, these effects end after 1d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType

Storm Giant Quintessent Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; the giant can't use the same effect two rounds in a row: The giant creates a thunderclap centered on a point anywhere in its lair. Each

within water) centered on a point anywhere in its lair. The sphere spreads around corners, and its area is heavily obscured. The fog lasts until the giant disperses it (no action required), and it can't

Reduced-threat Aboleth

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

, an aboleth can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the aboleth takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects: The aboleth

casts phantasmal force (no components required) on any number of creatures it can see within 60 feet of it. While maintaining concentration on this effect, the aboleth can’t take other lair actions

Draconic Shard

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

object. The shard can cause the object to fly using the shard’s own flying speed, use its senses, speak verbally or telepathically, cast spells, and use its legendary actions. If a creature

. While under the shard’s control, the target can take only the Attack (shard chooses the target) or Dash action on its turn.Gem dragons wield psionic power, and when a powerful gem dragon perishes

Mighty Servant of Leuk-o

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

(for either attuned creature), you can command it in the following ways: Open or close the hatch (no action required, once per turn) Move the servant up to its speed (no action required) As an

soul of the mighty warlord Leuk-o was drawn into the artifact and has become its animating force. The servant has been known to attack or move of its own accord, particularly if doing so will cause

Elder Brain Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

mind once it is no longer incapacitated, and the elder brain can terminate the link at any time (no action required). The target can use an action on its turn to attempt to break the psychic link

Actions When fighting inside its lair, an elder brain can use lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), an elder brain can take one lair action to cause one of the following

Halaster Blackcloak

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

(losing initiative ties), Halaster takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects: Halaster targets a volume of unoccupied space or solid stone no larger than four 10-foot cubes within 30

was in its space. The eye can’t be harmed or dispelled, but it winks out within an antimagic field. A scrying eye lasts until Halaster ends the effect (no action required). A minor illusory

Orcus Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

action to cause one of the following effects; he can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row: Orcus’s voice booms throughout the lair. His utterance causes one creature of his choice to

disappear or until Orcus releases their grasp (no action required). Regional Effects The region containing Orcus’s lair is warped by the Orcus’s magic, creating one or more of the following

Demogorgon Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

bulk of this palace extends deep underwater, in chill and darkened caverns. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Demogorgon can take a lair action to cause one of the

of the next round. On his turn, Demogorgon can move the illusory duplicate a distance equal to his walking speed (no action required). The first time a creature or object interacts physically with

Dekella, Bident of Thassa

Magic Items Mythic Odysseys of Theros

cold damage. Blessing of the Deep. If you are a worshiper of Thassa, you gain all the following benefits for which you have the required piety: Piety 10+. You can breathe underwater, and you gain a

within 1 mile of you, creating strong winds and heavy rain that cause violent waves (see “Weather at Sea” in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide) or calming a storm. In either

Morkoth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

failed save, the creature is charmed by the morkoth for 1 minute. While charmed in this way, the target tries to get as close to the morkoth as possible, using its actions to Dash until it is within

warped by the creature’s presence, creating the following effects: Alter Water. With a thought (no action required), the morkoth can initiate a change in the water within its lair that takes

Belashyrra

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

minute or until the target takes damage. Belashyrra can issue telepathic commands to the charmed creature (no action required), which it does its best to obey. 3. Mind-Weakening Ray. The target must

initiative ties), Belashyrra can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; it can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row: An eye opens on a solid surface within 60 feet of

Staff of Thunder and Lightning

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

target to take an extra 2d6 Lightning damage (no action required). Thunder. When you hit with a melee attack using the staff, you can cause the staff to emit a crack of thunder audible out to 300

has the following additional properties. Once one of these properties is used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn. Lightning. When you hit with a melee attack using the staff, you can cause the

Staff of Thunder and Lightning

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

target to take an extra 2d6 Lightning damage (no action required). Thunder. When you hit with a melee attack using the staff, you can cause the staff to emit a crack of thunder audible out to 300

has the following additional properties. Once one of these properties is used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn. Lightning. When you hit with a melee attack using the staff, you can cause the

Action Stations

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

. Cause the infernal war machine to take the Dash or Disengage action while the vehicle’s engine is running. Insert a soul coin or pour a flask of demon ichor into the engine’s furnace (see “Soul Fuel

The Dawn Mother

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

thri-kreen. Read the following as the characters approach: Numerous thri-kreen dash through the tall grass, attempting to avoid the steps of a massive figure. A gigantic, ancient woman dressed in thick

checks cause the Dawn Mother to stop attacking. Consulting with the Dawn Mother Once the Dawn Mother comes to her senses, she apologizes for her rage and explains that she’s been suffering terrible

Healing Spirit

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

can see moves into the spirit’s space for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, you can cause the spirit to restore 1d6 hit points to that creature (no action required). The spirit can’t

The Watchful Order of Magists and Protectors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

arcane spellcasters who intend to stay in Waterdeep for any length of time are required to register with the city, and will be strongly encouraged to join the Watchful Order of Magists and Protectors

helps investigators determine whether magic was used to commit a crime in the city. Members can also expect to be tapped for assistance during and after fires, natural events that cause multiple

Coiling Grasp Tattoo

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

, you can, as an action, cause the tattoo to extrude into inky tendrils, which reach for a creature you can see within 15 feet of you. The creature must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or take

halt it (no action required), if the creature is ever more than 15 feet away from you, or if you use this tattoo on a different creature.

The Breaker's Map

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Prisoner 13

The Breaker’s Map Each character can now cause a magical image of map 4.1 to appear in the air before them while they aren’t incapacitated (no action required). A breaker’s map isn’t visible to

The Breaker's Map

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

The Breaker’s Map Each character can now cause a magical image of map 4.1 to appear in the air before them while they aren’t incapacitated (no action required). A breaker’s map isn’t visible to

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