being before deals change replacing

Alter Self

Spells Player’s Handbook

. Aquatic Adaptation. You sprout gills and grow webs between your fingers. You can breathe underwater and gain a Swim Speed equal to your Speed. Change Appearance. You alter your appearance. You decide

another species, though none of your statistics change. You can’t appear as a creature of a different size, and your basic shape stays the same; if you’re bipedal, you can’t use this

Meld into Stone

Spells Player’s Handbook

you entered it, which ends the spell. You otherwise can’t move. Minor physical damage to the stone doesn’t harm you, but its partial destruction or a change in its shape (to the extent

that you no longer fit within it) expels you and deals 6d6 Force damage to you. The stone’s complete destruction (or transmutation into a different substance) expels you and deals 50 Force damage

Wand of Orcus

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

some fell goal. The wand is topped with a skull that once belonged to a human hero slain by Orcus. The wand can magically change in size to better conform to the grip of its user. All Holy Water

with it. The wand deals an extra 2d12 Necrotic damage on a hit. Random Properties. The Wand of Orcus has the following random properties: 2 minor beneficial properties 1 major beneficial property

Brooch of the Elements

Magic Items Netheril’s Fall

see within 60 feet of you hits a target with an attack roll and deals damage, you can expend 1 charge and change one damage type the attack deals to one of the following damage types: Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, or Thunder.

Arcane Propulsion Arm

Magic Items Eberron: Rising from the Last War

magically forms a copy of the appendage it’s replacing. While attached, the prosthetic provides these benefits: The prosthetic is a fully capable part of your body. You can take an action to remove

the prosthetic, and it removes itself if your attunement to it ends. It can’t be removed against your will. The prosthetic is a magic melee weapon with which you’re proficient. It deals

Master of Souls

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

Grave Magic. When the master of souls cast a spell that deals damage, it can change the spell's damage type to necrotic. Spellcasting. The master of souls is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting

attempt to steal spellbooks and other tomes from wizards outside of the cult. Cult Ranks. A follower of Myrkul wields a flail that has a skull replacing the normal flail's striking head. Necromite of

Deva Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Angelic Weapons. The deva's weapon attacks are magical. When the deva hits with any weapon, the weapon deals an extra 4d8;{"diceNotation":"4d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Angelic Weapons

"} hit points and is freed from any curse, disease, poison, blindness, or deafness. Change Shape. The deva magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating equal to or less than

Meld into Stone Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

your movement to leave the stone where you entered it, which ends the spell. You otherwise can't move. Minor physical damage to the stone doesn't harm you, but its partial destruction or a change in

its shape (to the extent that you no longer fit within it) expels you and deals 6d6 bludgeoning damage to you. The stone's complete destruction (or transmutation into a different substance) expels you

Cloud Giant Smiling One Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. The attack deals an extra 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Morningstar"} damage if the giant has advantage on the

":"damage","rollAction":"Rock","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. The attack deals an extra 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Rock"} damage if the giant

Gunvald Halraggson

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Indomitable (3/Day). Gunvald can reroll a saving throw he fails. He must use the new roll. Menacing Blows (1/Turn). Gunvald deals an extra 6 (1d12);{"diceNotation":"1d12","rollType":"roll

Bear King cuts an impressive figure and is renowned for his size and strength. He tries to be honorable, but he is often merciless and doesn't change his mind easily. He has trouble relating to Ten

Lineages

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

unfold during adventures that lead your character to replacing their race with this new lineage. Work with your DM to establish if you’re amenable to such a development and how such stories

racial traits might remain after you gain a lineage, a possibility captured in the Ancestral Legacy trait. Keep this in mind when you explore the details of how you change after gaining a lineage

Winter Eladrin

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

ends for it, the creature is immune to any eladrin’s Sorrowful Presence for the next 24 hours. Whenever the eladrin deals damage to the charmed creature, the charmed creature can repeat the saving

to their emotional state by transforming them into different seasonal aspects, with behaviors and abilities that change with their forms. Some eladrin might remain in a particular aspect for years

Giant Child

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

block. Change the creature type to Giant, increase the Strength to 14 (+2), and choose Giant as the child’s one language. The child attacks at +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit

","rollAction":"Club"} and deals 4 (1d4 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d4+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Club", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage with a club (which might be a toy or

Portentia Dran

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

Sneak Attack (1/Turn). Portentia deals an extra 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Sneak Attack"} damage when she hits a target with a weapon attack and has advantage on

","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Shortsword","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage. Change Shape. Portentia magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating equal to or less

Spring Eladrin

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

minute. On a successful save, the creature becomes immune to any eladrin’s Joyful Presence for 24 hours. Whenever the eladrin deals damage to the charmed creature, the charmed creature can

their emotional state by transforming them into different seasonal aspects, with behaviors and abilities that change with their forms. Some eladrin might remain in a particular aspect for years, while

Murder Comet

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

. The comet deals double damage to objects and structures. Unusual Nature. The comet doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The comet makes one Slam attack and one Spit Fire

Wildspace without need for air, sleep, or sustenance. The murder comet’s face takes on the appearance of its creator’s, and its statistics change as follows: Replace the comet’s

Githzerai Anarch Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

anarch magically teleports, along with any equipment it is wearing and carrying, to an unoccupied space it can see within 30 feet of it. Change Gravity (Costs 3 Actions). The anarch casts the reverse

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

Githzerai Anarch

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. The anarch casts the lightning bolt spell (at 5th level), but the anarch can change the damage type from lightning to cold, fire, psychic, radiant, or thunder. If the spell deals damage other than

equipment it is wearing and carrying, to an unoccupied space it can see within 30 feet of it. Change Gravity (Costs 3 Actions). The githzerai casts the reverse gravity spell, using Wisdom as the

Niv-Mizzet

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Chemister. When Niv-Mizzet casts a spell that deals damage, he can change the spell’s damage to cold, fire, force, lightning, or thunder. Spellcasting. Niv-Mizzet is a 20th-level Izzet

Autumn Eladrin

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

for 1 minute. On a successful save, the creature becomes immune to any eladrin’s Enchanting Presence for 24 hours. Whenever the eladrin deals damage to the charmed creature, the charmed creature

different seasonal aspects, with behaviors and abilities that change with their forms. Some eladrin might remain in a particular aspect for years, while others run through the emotional spectrum each

Wereraven

Monsters Curse of Strahd

"} to hit, range 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Hand Crossbow","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. Change Shape. The

already higher. Attack and damage rolls for the wereraven’s bite are based on whichever is higher of the character’s Strength and Dexterity. The bite of a wereraven in raven form deals 1

Drow Arachnomancer Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

Change Shape (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The drow can use a bonus action to magically polymorph into a giant spider, remaining in that form for up to 1 hour. It can revert to its true

attacks. The first of these attacks that hits each round deals an extra 26 (4d12);{"diceNotation":"4d12","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Multiattack","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage to the

Reigar

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

stormy seas of Ysgard until the gods of that plane transformed them. They have bioluminescent freckles and the ability to change the coloration of their skin. A glory (or halo) surrounds each of them. This

talarith, any weapon wielded by the reigar deals an extra 1d6 force damage when it hits. As an action, a reigar can use their talarith to summon a duplicate that looks just like the reigar. The duplicate

The Abbot

Monsters Curse of Strahd

Angelic Weapons. The Abbot's weapon attacks are magical. When the Abbot hits with any weapon, the weapon deals an extra 4d8;{"diceNotation":"4d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Angelic Weapons

"} hit points and is freed from any curse, disease, poison, blindness, or deafness. Change Shape. The Abbot magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating equal to or less

Minor Alterations

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

stat block has spells, you can replace any of its spells with a different spell of the same level. Avoid replacing a spell that deals damage with one that doesn’t and vice versa. Attacks You can

freely change the name and flavor of an attack, as well as its damage type. For example, you can turn an ordinary Skeleton into an ice skeleton that deals Cold damage as it accosts characters with a blade

Wand of Orcus Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

. Made from bones as hard as iron, the wand is topped with a magically enlarged skull that once belonged to a human hero slain by Orcus. The wand can magically change in size to better conform to the

as a magic mace that grants a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with it. The wand deals an extra 2d12 necrotic damage on a hit. Random Properties. The Wand of Orcus has the following random

Changing a Skill

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

replacing that skill proficiency with another skill proficiency offered by your class at 1st level. A convenient time for such a change is when you reach a level that grants you the Ability Score Increase

Arcane Propulsion Arm

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

item, you must attach it to your arm at the wrist, elbow, or shoulder, at which point the prosthetic magically forms a copy of the appendage it’s replacing. While attached, the prosthetic provides

will. The prosthetic is a magic melee weapon with which you’re proficient. It deals 1d8 force damage on a hit and has the thrown property, with a normal range of 20 feet and a long range of 60 feet

Brooch of the Elements

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Netheril’s Fall: Tales of Terror, Treasure, and Time Travel

expended charges daily at dawn. As a Reaction when a creature you can see within 60 feet of you hits a target with an attack roll and deals damage, you can expend 1 charge and change one damage type the attack deals to one of the following damage types: Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, or Thunder.

The Abyss

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade

: Entropy of the Abyss. Whenever the creature deals bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage, it can change the damage type to necrotic. Poison Tolerant. The creature has advantage on saving throws

it makes to avoid or end the poisoned condition on itself. Siege Monster. The creature deals double damage to objects and structures.

Variant Abilities

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

combustion ray that deals fire damage instead of necrotic damage. Unless otherwise indicated, an alternative ability has the same range as the eye ray it is replacing, and it affects only one creature per

monster’s challenge rating. As another option, you can switch any of the damaging eye rays in the Monster Manual to an effect with a different damage type, such as replacing the enervation ray with a

Modifying a Monster

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

make minor tweaks, such as replacing the quaggoth’s language, Undercommon, with one that’s more appropriate, such as Elvish or Sylvan. Need a fiery phoenix? Take the giant eagle or roc, give it immunity

as swapping languages, changing its alignment, or adding special senses. However, once you change the creature’s offensive or defensive ability, such as its hit points or damage, its challenge rating

Lineages

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

unfold during adventures that lead your character to replacing their race with this new lineage. Work with your DM to establish if you’re amenable to such a development and how such stories unfold. WHAT

remain after you gain a lineage, a possibility captured in the Ancestral Legacy trait. Keep this in mind when you explore the details of how you change after gaining a lineage subsequent to character creation.

The Nine Hells

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morte’s Planar Parade

one or more of following traits of your choice: Flames of the Nine. Whenever the creature deals bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage, it can change the damage type to fire. Viper Nest. When the

creature dies, its body disgorges a swarm of poisonous snakes in the same space. CoupleofKooks “The planes work on you in all sorts of ways, Chief. Sometimes they’ll change your hair or give you

Spell Damage

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

Spell Damage For any spell that deals damage, use the Spell Damage table to determine approximately how much damage is appropriate given the spell’s level. The table assumes the spell deals half as

the ones in the table if the average damage is about the same. For example, you could change a cantrip’s damage from 1d10 (average 5.5) to 2d4 (average 5), reducing the maximum damage and making an

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