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Player’s Handbook
You speak a one-word command to a creature you can see within range. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or follow the command on its next turn. Choose the command from these options
:
Approach. The target moves toward you by the shortest and most direct route, ending its turn if it moves within 5 feet of you.
Drop. The target drops whatever it is holding and then ends its turn
Spells
Player’s Handbook
Until the spell ends, you control any water inside an area you choose that is a Cube up to 100 feet on a side, using one of the following effects. As a Magic action on your later turns, you can
repeat the same effect or choose a different one.
Flood. You cause the water level of all standing water in the area to rise by as much as 20 feet. If you choose an area in a large body of water, you
Shapechange
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replaced by the statistics of the chosen creature, though you retain your alignment and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You also retain all of your skill and saving throw proficiencies, in
hit points, you aren't knocked unconscious.
You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them, provided that your new form is physically capable of doing
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the necrichor fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Rejuvenation. Unless its lifeless remains are splashed with Holy Water (flask);holy water or
sludge in the crypts of failed liches. Despite the loss of a solid physical form, these foul creatures retain their terrible intellects and aspire to megalomaniacal goals—the first of which
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expended charge for each hour it spends in direct sunlight and 1d6 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn.
Radiant Absorption. When a creature within 30 feet of you takes radiant damage, you can use your
per charge expended.
Dreamcatcher. While attuned to the suncatcher, you are aware when a creature is using the dream spell to contact you and can choose to end the spell early.
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regains 1 expended charge for each hour it spends in direct sunlight and 1d6 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn.
Radiant Absorption. When a creature within 30 feet of you takes radiant damage, you can use
damage per charge expended.
Dreamcatcher. While attuned to the suncatcher, you are aware when a creature is using the dream spell to contact you and can choose to end the spell early.
Rare variant: You
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regains 1 expended charge for each hour it spends in direct sunlight and 1d6 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn.
Radiant Absorption. When a creature within 30 feet of you takes radiant damage, you can use
damage per charge expended.
Dreamcatcher. While attuned to the suncatcher, you are aware when a creature is using the dream spell to contact you and can choose to end the spell early.
Monsters
Locathah Rising
, mass cure wounds6th level (1 slot): conjure feyBalm of the Summer Court (12d6). (As a Bonus Action) Amble can choose one creature they can see within 120 feet of them and spend up to 6d6
statistics of the beast, but they retain their alignment, personality, and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. Amble also retains all their skill and saving throw proficiencies, in addition to
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regains 1 expended charge for each hour it spends in direct sunlight and 1d6 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn.
Radiant Absorption. When a creature within 30 feet of you takes radiant damage, you can use
damage per charge expended.
Dreamcatcher. While attuned to the suncatcher, you are aware when a creature is using the dream spell to contact you and can choose to end the spell early.
Very rare variant
Spells
Elemental Evil Player's Companion
You choose an area of water that you can see within range and that fits within a 5-foot cube. You manipulate it in one of the following ways:
You instantaneously move or otherwise change the
flow of the water as you direct, up to 5 feet in any direction. This movement doesn’t have enough force to cause damage.
You cause the water to form into simple shapes and animate at your
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regains 1 expended charge for each hour it spends in direct sunlight and 1d6 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn.
Radiant Absorption. When a creature within 30 feet of you takes radiant damage, you can use
damage per charge expended.
Dreamcatcher. While attuned to the suncatcher, you are aware when a creature is using the dream spell to contact you and can choose to end the spell early.
Very rare variant
Control Water
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in the area to move in a direction you choose, even if the water has to flow over obstacles, up walls, or in other unlikely directions. The water in the area moves as you direct it, but once it moves
Until the spell ends, you control any freestanding water inside an area you choose that is a cube up to 100 feet on a side. You can choose from any of the following effects when you cast this spell
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regains 1 expended charge for each hour it spends in direct sunlight and 1d6 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn.
Radiant Absorption. When a creature within 30 feet of you takes radiant damage, you can use
damage per charge expended.
Dreamcatcher. While attuned to the suncatcher, you are aware when a creature is using the dream spell to contact you and can choose to end the spell early.
Rare variant: You
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regains 1 expended charge for each hour it spends in direct sunlight and 1d6 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn.
Radiant Absorption. When a creature within 30 feet of you takes radiant damage, you can use
damage per charge expended.
Dreamcatcher. While attuned to the suncatcher, you are aware when a creature is using the dream spell to contact you and can choose to end the spell early.
Rare variant: You
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regains 1 expended charge for each hour it spends in direct sunlight and 1d6 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn.
Radiant Absorption. When a creature within 30 feet of you takes radiant damage, you can use
damage per charge expended.
Dreamcatcher. While attuned to the suncatcher, you are aware when a creature is using the dream spell to contact you and can choose to end the spell early.
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regains 1 expended charge for each hour it spends in direct sunlight and 1d6 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn.
Radiant Absorption. When a creature within 30 feet of you takes radiant damage, you can use
damage per charge expended.
Dreamcatcher. While attuned to the suncatcher, you are aware when a creature is using the dream spell to contact you and can choose to end the spell early.
Dhampir
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Poised between the worlds of the living and the dead, dhampirs retain their grip on life yet are endlessly tested by vicious hungers. Their ties to the undead grant dhampirs a taste of a vampire
sustenance from the living. Roll on or choose an option from the Dhampir Hungers table to determine what tempts your character to feed.
Dhampir Hungers
d6
Hunger
1
Blood
2
Flesh
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Velomachus fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. Velomachus makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +18
exploration and discovery through the lens of creating a direct conduit to the past.
She founded Lorehold College to ensure mortals would never forget the lessons of the past. After living for centuries
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regains 1 expended charge for each hour it spends in direct sunlight and 1d6 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn.
Radiant Absorption. When a creature within 30 feet of you takes radiant damage, you can use
damage per charge expended.
Dreamcatcher. While attuned to the suncatcher, you are aware when a creature is using the dream spell to contact you and can choose to end the spell early.
Very rare variant
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Planes, each genasi can tap into the power of one of the elements. Air, earth, fire, and water—these are the four pillars of the Material Plane and the four types of genasi. Some genasi are direct
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Regeneration. The jabberwock regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn. If the jabberwock takes slashing damage, this trait doesn’t function at the
jabberwocks are difficult to come by, because the rare survivors of an encounter with one retain only a confused impression of its parts and not a sense of the whole. Pieced-together accounts
backgrounds
Astarion's Book of Hungers
Ability Scores: Strength, Constitution, CharismaFeat: Vampire’s PlaythingSkill Proficiencies: Persuasion and StealthTool Proficiency: Cook's UtensilsEquipment: Choose A or B: (A) Cook’s
and retain only a few muddled memories of your time as a vampire familiar. In either case, your time in the vampire den is over.
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or choose an option from the Hexblood Origins table to determine how your character gained their lineage.
Hexblood Origins
d6
Origin
1
Seeking a child, your parent made a bargain
player, unless the DM rules otherwise.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of one of the game’s fantastical races
races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the power of one of the elements. Air, earth, fire, and water—these are the four pillars of the Material Plane and the four types of genasi. Some genasi are direct descendants of a genie, while
others were born to non-genasi parents who lived near a place suffused by a genie’s magic.
A typical genasi has a life span of 120 years.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you choose
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Unusual Nature. The dragon doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Cataclysmic Rush", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. A creature can take this damage only once per turn.Some death dragons manage to retain almost all
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
standing national army or a mercenary company, or perhaps a member of a local militia who rose to prominence during a recent war.
When you choose this background, work with your DM to determine which
clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Specialty
During your time as a soldier, you had a specific role to play in your unit or army. Roll a d8 or choose from the options in the table below to
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The River Styx winds through the Shadow Realm, full of mindless shades that live only to consume the memories of those they can drown. An unfortunate few of these shades bound to the plane retain
. Rediscovering one’s name is a huge piece of reclaiming identity, so shades that do learn their own names use them with pride. For shades who don’t yet remember, they often choose and
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Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Chardalyn Sense. Zlan senses the emotions of anyone touching a piece of chardalyn within 100 miles of itself.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Zlan fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed
direct action when an oblique or hidden action will suffice. Its plans always contain fallbacks and contingencies. One of these contingencies—one the other liches who constitute its new form failed
Magic Items
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
chosen creature’s appearance exactly, including its voice. Your size and speed are replaced by the chosen creature’s. You otherwise retain your own game statistics. While in this new form
your true form, you can choose for the crown to be visible if you wish.
Destroying the Crown. If a creature wearing the crown is killed by the creature it is disguised as, the crown disintegrates and is destroyed.
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fulfill.
Mordent. You emerged from the mysterious device known as the Apparatus, your body a lifeless shell and your past a mystery.
Creating Your Character
At 1st level, you choose whether your
character is a member of the human race or of one of the game’s fantastical races. Alternatively, you can choose a lineage. If you choose a lineage, you might have once been a member of another race
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can choose to succeed instead.
Mycelial Form. The Veiled Lady can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check, and can move through a space as
, and saving throws until the end of its next turn. The Veiled Lady dies if it spends more than 1 hour in direct sunlight.Multiattack. The Veiled Lady uses either its Infectious Spores or Shackles of
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, lightning bolt, sendingSpell Reflection. If the morkoth makes a successful saving throw against a spell or a spell attack misses it, the morkoth can choose another creature (including the spellcaster) it
are tied to a particular place or group of locales, and still others move erratically through the cosmos. Occasionally, a morkoth learns to direct its island’s movement.A Morkoth’s Lair
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can choose to succeed instead.
Mycelial Form. The Veiled Lady can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check, and can move through a space as
, and saving throws until the end of its next turn. The Veiled Lady dies if it spends more than 1 hour in direct sunlight.
Symbiotic Vigour (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If the Veiled Lady
Eladrin
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
finishing a long rest, any eladrin can change their season. An eladrin might choose the season that is present in the world or perhaps the season that most closely matches the eladrin’s current
fancy passes with equal speed.
4
Anything worth doing is worth doing again and again.
Summer
d4
Summer Personality Trait
1
You believe that direct confrontation is
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, accessible only to the warforged it is attached to. While the messenger is attached to you, you can take a Magic action to review the data currently stored within the messenger, and if you choose to, change
can release the messenger as a Bonus Action, at which point it flies to its destination by the most direct route possible. Once it reaches the destination it seeks the target individual; if no target