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Dungeon Master’s Guide
You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon, which has no string. Each time you pull your arm back in a firing motion, a magical arrow made of golden energy
an object that isn’t being worn or carried, provided the object is small enough to fit inside a 5-foot Cube. The arrow teleports the target to an unoccupied space you can see within 10 feet of
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Dungeon Master’s Guide
in the area that aren’t being worn or carried are also pushed clear of the tower.
The tower is 20 feet on a side and 30 feet high, with arrow slits on all sides and a battlement atop it. Its
Resistance to all other damage. Shrinking the tower back down to statuette form doesn’t repair damage to the tower. Only a Wish spell can repair the tower (this use of the spell counts as replicating a spell of level 8 or lower). Each casting of Wish causes the tower to regain all its Hit Points.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
, foul rites that allow one to transform into a death knight or lich, or long-lost spells crafted by beings so evil their names ought never to be spoken aloud.
Vile Speech. While the book is on your
damage unless the creature is a Fiend or an Undead.
Destroying the Book. The Book of Vile Darkness allows pages to be torn from it, but any evil lore contained on those pages finds its way back into the
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
their questions have been satisfied, they report back to their creator, allowing the Kolyarut to impose accurate judgments.
Kolyaruts are four-armed beings of magic and machinery. Like maruts, they
judges the needs of planar beings seeking uniquely binding terms and forges ironclad agreements. Those who break these contracts are pursued by marut;maruts (detailed in Mordenkainen Presents
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
against each other, perhaps to determine who rules a war band or because of extreme starvation. Even under ordinary circumstances, gnolls that are deprived of victims for too long struggle to control
the remains back to a semblance of life in the form of a gnoll witherling.
Witherlings travel with their comrades and try to kill anything in their path. They don’t eat and aren’t motivated
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
fishing on Lake Zarovich. On the way back to town, a dire wolf attacked Izek and bit off his right arm. His father carried Izek back to town while his uncle distracted the beast. His sister ran and hid in
damage. If the target is a flammable object that isn’t being worn or carried, it catches fire.Izek and his sister were born in Vallaki. One morning, their father and their uncle took them
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Explosive Tank. When the guard dies, or if it rolls a 1 when checking whether its Scorchbringer action recharges, the tank on its back explodes in a 10-foot radius sphere. Each creature in that area
damage on a successful one. The explosion ignites flammable objects that aren’t being worn or carried, and it destroys the scorchbringer.Light Hammer. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
beings who dwell in the frozen wastelands of Krynn. They sport thick, ivory tusks, which they use both to defend themselves and to poke breathing holes in sea ice as they swim.
Often at odds with the
monstrous creatures that live in the frozen wastes, thanoi are adept hunters. In addition to their tusks, they use harpoons on long ropes that they can quickly reel back. Groups of thanoi hunters work
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Levistus, the archdevil who rules Stygia, the sixth layer of the Nine Hells, from the confines of an ice prison from which he cannot escape.
Most of the cultists are Icewind Dale natives who would
-shaped amulet of chardalyn. Each of these amulets has an inner radiance that provides warmth and aid, protecting its wearer against the cold while guiding them safely back to civilization. Once its
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
takes a bonus action to turn it back into an inanimate tree. The tree then takes root if possible.
Spellcasting. Turlang casts one of the following spells, requiring no material spell components and
, pass without trace, speak with animals
1/day each: commune with nature (cast as 1 action), conjure woodland beings, hallucinatory terrain (cast as 1 action)A xenophobic, moss-covered treant named Turlang.Bludgeoning, PiercingFire
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
portfolios revolve around fair commerce. Standing 12 feet tall, they are lanky blue beings who dress in elegant robes and have elongated heads and long, spindly fingers.
Mercanes conduct most of their
unreliable. Once a mercane has been offended by someone, getting back into their good graces is next to impossible.
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.The Knights of the Black Sword are a secret society of cultists devoted to Levistus, the archdevil who rules Stygia, the sixth layer of the Nine Hells, from the
warmth and aid, protecting its wearer against the cold while guiding them safely back to civilization. Once its wearer reaches Ten-Towns, the talisman loses its inner radiance, yet the cultists keep their
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
Special Equipment. Ras Nsi wears bracers of defense, wields a flame tongue longsword, and carries a sending stone matched to one carried by the guide Salida (see chapter 1).
Shapechanger. Ras Nsi
can use his action to polymorph into a Medium snake or back into his yuan-ti form. His statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment he is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. He doesn't change
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
powerful, hocked legs carry them over great distances. These good-natured, boisterous Celestials boast their might in contests of strength and rarely back down from a challenge. Tough and courageous
supernatural virtue puts them at odds with the evil beings of the Lower Planes. Guardinals abhor wickedness and strike out against injustice and villainy without hesitation, determined to eradicate forces that threaten beauty and peace.Radiant
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Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
object.
Crew of the Last Breath. The following rules apply to Agony the ghost:
As long as the Last Breath has at least 1 hit point, the ghost can’t be permanently slain. If the ghost is reduced
, the ghost disappears and instantly reappears in the ship’s cargo hold.
While away from the Last Breath, the ghost can use a bonus action to magically teleport back to the ship, either to the
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
wereraven polymorphs into a raven–humanoid hybrid or into a raven, or back into its humanoid form. Its statistics, other than its size and speed, are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing
, modestly give money to charity. They take steps to keep magic items out of evil hands by stashing them in secret hiding places.
Characters as Wereravens. The Monster Manual has rules for characters
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
’s Guide for rules on extreme cold). If the climate in the area already features extreme cold, the cold is numbing—creatures in the area without immunity or resistance to cold damage have
” in chapter 3 for additional inspiration.)
Scions of giants’ gods are enormously powerful beings who infuse the world around them with primeval magic. In many worlds, they slumber and have
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply those rules to these aquatic dragons.)
Dragon Turtle Personality Traits
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stuck beneath a bridge on a major trade road, terrifying travelers.
3
After an unwise attack from a whaling ship, a dragon turtle pursued the ship back to harbor and now attacks any ship that tries
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
;t being worn or carried take the damage and are pushed as if they were creatures that failed the saving throw.
Spellcasting. Velomachus casts one of the following spells, requiring no material
accompanied by visual effects resembling tomes and scrolls composed of golden light, perceptible distortions as time doubles back on itself, and thunderous sounds.Thunder
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
work well together, sharing the unified goals of overcoming their foes and getting back to the task at hand.
Returned have escaped the Underworld and dwell among the living once more, but their
, which manifest as separate beings known as eidolons. The experience of escaping the Underworld also causes them to lose their faces, which become expressionless surfaces with empty eye sockets and gaping
Magic Items
Princes of the Apocalypse
batter it. The wind is strong enough to uproot weak trees and destroy light structures after at least 10 minutes of exposure. Otherwise, the rules for strong wind apply, as detailed in chapter 5 of the
effects, the spell is cast on the turn that the orb explodes.
Fire Orb. When this orb detonates, it creates a dry heat wave that lasts for 24 hours. Within the area of effect, the rules for extreme heat
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
;t being worn or carried in the sphere automatically take the damage and are similarly moved.Telekinetic Deflection. In response to being hit by an attack roll, the inquisitor increases its AC by 4
order’s members became the inquisition’s scholars, represented by a tome.
Today the inquisition rules the city of Malitain, a vast city-state to the north of Barovia’s original site
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
envelops the land within 6 miles of the scion (see the Dungeon Master’s Guide for rules on extreme cold). If the climate in the area already features extreme cold, the cold is numbing—creatures
the substance of the world together. (See “Giants of Myth” in chapter 3 for additional inspiration.)
Scions of giants’ gods are enormously powerful beings who infuse the world around
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
characters, and use the Dragon Turtle Spellcasting table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. (Though the Monster Manual doesn’t explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for
making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply those rules to these aquatic dragons.)
Dragon Turtle Personality Traits
d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Trait"}
Trait
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
the start of the mindwitness’s next turn or until the mindwitness is incapacitated.
If the target is an object weighing 300 pounds or less that isn’t being worn or carried, it is
flumph;flumphs (see the Monster Manual) and planar beings such as demons, shifting their worldview and alignment to match those of their new masters.
Magic Items
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
tower that remains until you use an action to touch the tower and speak the command word again, whereupon the tower shrinks back to a 1-inch-diameter granite sphere. The tower must be empty to shrink in
unoccupied space outside but next to the tower. Objects in the area that aren’t being worn or carried take this damage and are pushed automatically.
Whenever it expands, the mudslick tower
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
form and then makes one Bite attack.Loup garou possess a strain of lycanthropy more virulent than that carried by common werewolves. Aside from being deadlier than their werewolf cousins, loup garou
month.Change Shape. The loup garou polymorphs into a Large wolf-humanoid hybrid or into a Large dire wolf, or back into its true form, which appears humanoid. Its statistics, other than its size and
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
table to help select spells for a spellcasting dragon. (Though the Monster Manual doesn’t explicitly include dragon turtles in the variant rules for making a dragon a spellcaster, you can apply
those rules to these aquatic dragons.)
Dragon Turtle Personality Traits
d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Trait"}
Trait
1
I speak slowly and deliberately
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
standing stones, a village, or a city on a scion’s back, unaware of the mighty power beneath them. Such settlements can thrive for centuries, as the scion’s magic causes crops to flourish
Myth” in chapter 3 for additional inspiration.)
Scions of giants’ gods are enormously powerful beings who infuse the world around them with primeval magic. In many worlds, they slumber
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
long, snakelike tail. In the midst of a conversation with an especially tantalizing victim-to-be, Hulgaz can’t help but whip her tail back and forth with excitement.
Selfless heroes and true
martyrs pique Hulgaz’s interest because she loves the challenge of twisting and defiling the souls of such noble beings. She responds to unwavering do-gooders by redoubling her efforts to corrupt
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
each swallowed creature and regains 10 hit points.A slumbering scion of Grolantor is often mistaken for a hill, and sometimes people erect standing stones, a village, or a city on a scion’s back
giants’ gods are enormously powerful beings who infuse the world around them with primeval magic. In many worlds, they slumber and have become part of the landscape. In this case, each scion is
Monsters
Princes of the Apocalypse
’t being worn or carried ignite. A creature also takes 17 (5d6);{"diceNotation":"5d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Fire Aura","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage if it touches Imix or hits
":"roll","rollAction":"Destruction Chance"} that any container of fluid held or carried by an affected creature (for example, a magic potion) is destroyed.
Regional Effects
The region containing an
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the necrotic energy of the Negative Plane that suffuses them. Their psionic power manifests the fundamental entropic principle that mortal beings and their creations are ultimately doomed to death and
spines that run in a ridge from the crown of the head to the tip of the tail. These spines hover above a living topaz dragon’s back, dancing and shifting with the dragon’s mood.
Embodiment of
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the nature of topaz dragons, thanks to the necrotic energy of the Negative Plane that suffuses them. Their psionic power manifests the fundamental entropic principle that mortal beings and their
visibly in the gem-like spines that run in a ridge from the crown of the head to the tip of the tail. These spines hover above a living topaz dragon’s back, dancing and shifting with the dragon
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
their bodies and the spines and horns that hover close to their heads and backs. These horns shift with the dragon’s mood: bristling with anger, lying back with fear or suspicion, and rippling
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Control. Everyone is welcome, as long as they follow my rules. (Lawful)
Crystal Dragon Adventures
The Crystal Dragon Adventure Hooks table offers suggestions for stories and adventures