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Wave

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

you roll a 20 on the d20 for an attack roll with this weapon, the target takes an extra 21 Necrotic damage. While holding Wave, you gain the following benefits: Combat Ready. You have Advantage on

Initiative rolls. Underwater Adaptation. A bubble of air forms around your head while you are underwater, allowing you to breathe normally in that environment. Aquatic Command. Wave has 3 charges and

Summon Beast

Spells Player’s Handbook

Points or when the spell ends. The creature is an ally to you and your allies. In combat, the creature shares your Initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal

the ally doesn’t have the Incapacitated condition. Water Breathing (Water Only). The spirit can breathe only underwater. Actions Multiattack. The spirit makes a number of Rend attacks equal

Biha Babir

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

Amphibious. Biha Babir can breathe air and water. Elemental Restoration. If Biha Babir dies outside the Elemental Plane of Water, her body dissolves into brine, and she gains a new body in 1d4

a cunning mind. Biha Babir is politically savvy and prefers to outsmart her opponents rather than battle them, though she doesn’t shy from combat if necessary. Biha Babir covets opulence, but

Cloaker Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Large or smaller, the cloaker attaches to it. If the cloaker has advantage against the target, the cloaker attaches to the target's head, and the target is blinded and unable to breathe while the cloaker

whether it targets the cloaker or one of the duplicates. A creature is unaffected by this magical effect if it can't see or if it relies on senses other than sight. A duplicate has the cloaker's AC and

Slithering Tracker Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Ambusher. In the first round of a combat, the slithering tracker has advantage on attack rolls against any creature it surprised. Damage Transfer. While grappling a creature, the slithering tracker

a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or be grappled (escape DC 13). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained and unable to breathe unless it can breathe water. In addition, the grappled target

Spinosaurus

Equipment

Before it can be ridden in combat, a spinosaurus dinosaur must practice bearing the weight of its trainer and passengers. They rarely master more than a handful of tricks, but they are extremely

comfortable in the water and can be trained to be are aware that some of their riders may not breathe water. An adult spinosaurus can carry up to six tons as cargo. Riding a spinosaurus requires an saddle, exotic;exotic saddle, riding platform, or howdah.

Sahuagin Hatchling Swarm

Monsters Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Blood Frenzy. The swarm has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn't have all its hit points. Seething. Once it enters combat, the swarm deals 10 slashing damage to itself at

vice versa, and it can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny creature. The swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary hit points. Water Breathing. The swarm can breathe only

Frost Giant Everlasting One

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

":"damage","rollAction":"Rock","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.To hold its place or rise within the ordning, a frost giant must routinely face mighty foes in single combat. Some seek

out magic that will aid them, but enchanted objects can be taken or lost. True greatness relies on personal prowess. Faced with this truth, a frost giant might seek a supernatural gift from Vaprak the

Sahuagin Priestess Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Blood Frenzy. The sahuagin has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn't have all its hit points. Limited Amphibiousness. The sahuagin can breathe air and water, but she needs

maritime trade and drawing other races into the bloody conflict. So intense is sahuagin hatred for the aquatic elves that the sea devils have adapted to combat their ancient foes. A sahuagin born near

Sahuagin Baron Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Blood Frenzy. The sahuagin has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its hit points. Limited Amphibiousness. The sahuagin can breathe air and water, but he

devils have adapted to combat their ancient foes. A sahuagin born near enough to an aquatic elf community can enter the world as a malenti — a sahuagin that physically resembles an aquatic elf in

Slithering Tracker

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

False Appearance. If the slithering tracker is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the slithering tracker move or

within 5 feet of it must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or be grappled (escape DC 13). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained and unable to breathe unless it can breathe water. In

Egg Hunter Adult

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Amphibious. The egg hunter can breathe air and water. False Appearance. If the egg hunter is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature

Groff

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

False Appearance. If the groff is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the groff move or act, that creature must

. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or become engulfed by the groff. While engulfed, the target can’t breathe, is restrained, and

Summon Beast Legacy

Spells Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends. The creature is an ally to you and your companions. In combat, the creature shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours

ally isn’t incapacitated. Water Breathing (Water Only). The beast can breathe only underwater. Actions Multiattack. The beast makes a number of attacks equal to half this spell’s level

Carrionette

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

False Object. If the carrionette is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the carrionette move or act, that

. The swap is also undone if the controlled body takes damage from the carrionette’s Silver Needle.Carrionettes arise from innocent intentions. Heartfelt wishes breathe life into a beloved toy and

Aurnozci

Monsters The Book of Many Things

that’s both its fiefdom and its prison. It lairs within a grotesque hive dangling from a mountain-size tree of tar and flame called Gorewood. Aurnozci relies on demonic proxies and mortal

in consumption. Periodically, the Eye of Aurnozci communes with their horrifying master or leads a ceremony of propitiation in the Firehive. In combat, Aurnozci screeches horribly and attacks any

Cleric Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

spells relies on devotion and an intuitive sense of a deity’s wishes. Clerics combine the helpful magic of healing and inspiring their allies with spells that harm and hinder foes. They can

their combat training to let them wade into melee with the power of the gods on their side. Divine Agents Not every acolyte or officiant at a temple or shrine is a cleric. Some priests are called to

Kobold Inventor

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

’t need to breathe or is immune to poison automatically succeeds on the saving throw. Once the skunk has sprayed its musk, it can’t do so again until it finishes a short or long rest. Wasp

swarm disperses. A kobold inventor builds improvised weapons to gain an advantage in combat. These weapons last for only one or two attacks before they break and typically work only for the inventor, but

Time

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Gate to Waterdeep, the adventurers spend four uneventful days before a goblin ambush interrupts their journey. In combat and other fast-paced situations, the game relies on rounds, a 6-second span of time described in chapter 9, “Combat.”

Choker

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal

this attack is a critical hit, the target also can’t breathe or speak until the grapple ends. The choker (from Dead in Thay) is a malevolent, otherworldly creature that relies on stealth and

Time

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

Gate to Waterdeep, the adventurers spend four uneventful days before a goblin ambush interrupts their journey. In combat and other fast-paced situations, the game relies on rounds, a 6-second span of time.

Topaz Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Amphibious. The dragon can breathe both air and water.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d10

ocean. (Good) 6 Code of Combat. I despise most other dragons, but I meet them face to face without resorting to the base trickery I use on lesser creatures. (Lawful) Topaz Dragon

Healers and Warriors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

and ancient rites, but the ability to cast cleric spells relies on devotion and an intuitive sense of a deity’s wishes. Clerics combine the helpful magic of healing and inspiring their allies with

most from a mace to the head, clerics depend on their combat training to let them wade into melee with the power of the gods on their side.

Young Topaz Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Amphibious. The dragon can breathe both air and water.Multiattack. The dragon makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType":"to hit

Combat. I despise most other dragons, but I meet them face to face without resorting to the base trickery I use on lesser creatures. (Lawful) Topaz Dragon Adventures The Topaz Dragon

Healers and Warriors

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

and ancient rites, but the ability to cast cleric spells relies on devotion and an intuitive sense of a deity’s wishes. Clerics combine the helpful magic of healing and inspiring their allies with

most from a mace to the head, clerics depend on their combat training to let them wade into melee with the power of the gods on their side.

Character Classes

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

with Rage, and wade into hand-to-hand combat. Then follow the Path of the Berserker to unleash raw violence. Bard. Perform spells that inspire and heal allies or beguile foes. Then join the College of

, shape-shift, and control the elements. Then join the Circle of the Land to draw on the magic of the environment. Fighter. Master all weapons and armor. Then embody the Champion to strive for peak combat

Tracking Time

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

Tracking Time If tracking the passage of time is important during exploration, use a time scale appropriate for the situation at hand: Rounds. In combat and other fast-paced situations, the game

relies on 6-second rounds. Minutes. In a dungeon or settlement, movement happens on a scale of minutes. In the Free City of Greyhawk, getting from the Silver Dragon Inn to the wharf takes about 10 minutes

Slithering Tracker

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

speak Challenge 3 (700 XP) Ambusher. In the first round of a combat, the slithering tracker has advantage on attack rolls against any creature it surprised. Damage Transfer. While grappling a

restrained and unable to breathe unless it can breathe water. In addition, the grappled target takes 16 (3d10) necrotic damage at the start of each of its turns. The slithering tracker can grapple only one target at a time.

Cargo Deck Conflagration

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer Academy

Cargo Deck Conflagration Miken follows the characters as they head to the Cargo Deck to combat the fire, as does Wizpop if the characters found and repaired the autognome. The characters arrive to

find the Cargo Deck filled with thick smoke. Rules for the smoke are as follows: Smoke Inhalation. Any creature that needs to breathe must make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw whenever it starts its

Chapter 3: Character Classes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

character’s most exciting capabilities. This chapter offers twelve classes, each of which contains four subclasses—all summarized below. Barbarian. Storm with Rage, and wade into hand-to-hand combat

. Fighter. Master all weapons and armor. Then embody the... Battle Master to use special combat maneuvers. Champion to strive for peak combat prowess. Eldritch Knight to learn spells to aid in

Chapter 3: Character Classes (Continued)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

below. Barbarian. Storm with Rage, and wade into hand-to-hand combat. Then follow the Path of the... Berserker to unleash raw violence. Wild Heart to manifest kinship with animals. World

forms. Sea to channel tides and storms. Stars to gain powers in a starry form. Fighter. Master all weapons and armor. Then embody the... Battle Master to use special combat maneuvers. Champion

5. Fenthaza's Quarters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

5. Fenthaza’s Quarters Two type 2 yuan-ti malisons stand guard in the corridor outside this room. Combat in the hallway alerts the yuan-ti broodguards in area 6, which arrive in 1 round. The room can

nightmare speaker (see appendix D), lairs here. If an alarm is raised, Fenthaza relies on her guards to protect her while she releases the creature trapped in the stone urn (see below). Fenthaza tries

The Infernal Machine of Lum the Mad

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

. The tentacles cannot attack or grapple. You are constantly followed by 1d4 octopus;octopuses that can breathe air and water, and which have a walking speed of 30 feet. Each time combat breaks out, you

. The first time during a combat that a creature attacks you with a metal weapon, that creature has disadvantage on the attack roll. Metal rusts in response to your touch—including metal armor you

Sahuagin Hatchling Swarm

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

— Challenge 3 (700 XP) Blood Frenzy. The swarm has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its hit points. Seething. Once it enters combat, the swarm deals 10 slashing

breathe only underwater. Actions Bites. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm’s space. Hit: 14 (4d6) piercing damage, or 7 (2d6) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer.

Swashbuckler

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

almost like a performance. Duelists and pirates typically belong to this archetype. A Swashbuckler excels in single combat, and can fight with two weapons while safely darting away from an opponent

creature can’t make opportunity attacks against you for the rest of your turn. SWASHBUCKLERS AND TWO-WEAPON FIGHTING The Swashbuckler relies on a good understanding of the D&D rules to realize its

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