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Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The beast has Advantage on saving throw;saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Regeneration. The beast regains 20 Hit Points at the
bat, wolverine, or shark, there’s no mistaking the beast of Malar for a mundane animal. The beast shifts easily between its forms to pursue its prey, using whichever shape suits it best to
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Legendary Resistance (4/Day, or 5/Day in Lair). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes three Rend attacks.
Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +12
Underdark societies, such as kuo-toa. Many deep dragons demand tribute from these groups in the form of food or treasure.
Underdark explorers have many reasons to brave deep dragon lairs beyond
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes three Rend attacks.
Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +9
often clash with aquatic Underdark societies, such as kuo-toa. Many deep dragons demand tribute from these groups in the form of food or treasure.
Underdark explorers have many reasons to brave deep
Dominate Monster
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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
creature," "Run over there," or "Fetch that object." If the creature completes the order and doesn't receive further direction from you, it defends and preserves itself to the best of its ability.
You
Dhampir
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races
. Their reasons are often deeply personal. Some seek danger, imagining monsters as personifications of their own hungers. Others pursue revenge against whatever turned them into a dhampir. And still
restraint. In any case, temptation haunts dhampirs, and circumstances conspire to give them endless reasons to indulge.
While many dhampirs thirst for blood, your character might otherwise gain
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the false lich fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The false lich has advantage on saving throws against spells and magical
nefarious magical copies of themselves to fool enemies, to guard treasure, or for other inscrutable reasons.
To create a false lich, a lich binds a shred of its life force to a corpse in a profane
Dominate Beast
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Spells
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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
," "Run over there," or "Fetch that object." If the creature completes the order and doesn't receive further direction from you, it defends and preserves itself to the best of its ability.
You can use
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Spells
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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," "Run over there," or "Fetch that object." If the creature completes the order and doesn't receive further direction from you, it defends and preserves itself to the best of its ability.
You can
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the githyanki fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The githyanki makes two Silver Greatsword attacks.
Silver Greatsword. Melee Weapon
, gaunt folk have potent psionic powers and dwell, for the most part, on the Astral Plane. Among the best-known githyanki are the bellicose followers of the Lich Queen Vlaakith. They terrorize the Astral
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
citadels.
Although the Silver Void is their home, astral elves often venture into Wildspace systems and place their ships and citadels in orbit around stars. Astral elves do this for several reasons
, their longevity gives astral elves a perspective on time that few other kinds of creatures can appreciate. Whether they choose to live in quiet contemplation or strike out to explore the far reaches
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
do this for several reasons. Proximity to a star allows the astral elves to forge pacts with solar dragons and to collect starlight, which the elves use to grow crystals and repair their ships. Most
. Whatever their disposition, their longevity gives astral elves a perspective on time that few other kinds of creatures can appreciate. Whether they choose to live in quiet contemplation or strike
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
to say, and the message can be understood by any creature that has an Intelligence score of 2 or higher.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the zodar fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed
aloofness. They simply hover in silence. When a zodar finally performs some significant action, the reasons for that action aren’t always clear.
One interpretation of this behavior posits that
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
number of reasons, and the departure from his or her homeland could have been voluntary or involuntary. To determine why you are so far from home, roll on the table below or choose from the options
good that even if some people you meet have heard of your homeland, they know merely the name and perhaps a few outrageous stories. You have come to this part of Faerûn for your own reasons, which
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the juggernaut fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Regeneration. The juggernaut regains 20 hit points at the start of its turn. If the juggernaut
Relentless killers come into being and undertake their terrifying sprees for a spectrum of reasons. When creating a relentless killer, consider what circumstances led to their transformation and
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
;dretches, and you choose the unoccupied spaces you can see within range where they appear. A summoned demon disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends.
The demons are hostile to
all creatures, including you. Roll initiative for the summoned demons as a group, which has its own turns. The demons pursue and attack the nearest non-demons to the best of their ability.
As part of
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If the slasher fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Shrouded Presence. The slasher is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its
fear into innocents across lands and over ages.
Creating a Relentless Killer
Relentless killers come into being and undertake their terrifying sprees for a spectrum of reasons. When creating a
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
the Silver Void is their home, astral elves often venture into Wildspace systems and place their ships and citadels in orbit around stars. Astral elves do this for several reasons. Proximity to a
gives astral elves a perspective on time that few other kinds of creatures can appreciate. Whether they choose to live in quiet contemplation or strike out to explore the far reaches of the multiverse
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
.
Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If Ember fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. In battle, Ember dons magical plate armor custom-forged for his use. While wearing the armor
—but he is best known as the adviser of Dragon Highlord Verminaard, leader of the Red Dragon Army.
Empowered by Takhisis herself, Ember’s innate fire can sear those nearby, and his breath
races
multitude of reasons why a native of the Material Plane might find itself shunned to the Shadow Plane. Discovering who they used to be is a motivator for many ombrasks. Do they have parents? Cultural
traditions? What is their history? On the other hand, some ombrasks, perhaps those with a foreboding sense of their past misdeeds, choose to ignore what might have come before and focus on living life anew. That is, if their previous life doesn’t come calling…
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
following options (choose one or roll a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Piscine Anatomy"}):
1–2: Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to
of their former selves. Coral encrusts them. Barnacles cling to their cold skin. Lungs that once filled with air can now breathe in water as well.
Tales provide myriad reasons for these strange
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
their ships and citadels in orbit around stars. Astral elves do this for several reasons. Proximity to a star allows the astral elves to forge pacts with solar dragons and to collect starlight, which the
. Whether they choose to live in quiet contemplation or strike out to explore the far reaches of the multiverse, astral elves tend to see events happening elsewhere as having little or no meaning to them
magic-items
Forged as a pair, these magic weapons are crafted from the matching upper and lower jaw bones of a tar-rasque. Their innate magic—and one of the reasons the tar-rasque’s bite is so
, the attack you make with your second weapon deals an additional 1d8 damage.
Optional Attunement. You can choose to attune to a pair of jaw breakers. They count as a single magic item with regard to
magic-items
Forged as a pair, these magic weapons are crafted from the matching upper and lower jaw bones of a tar-rasque. Their innate magic—and one of the reasons the tar-rasque’s bite is so
, the attack you make with your second weapon deals an additional 1d8 damage.
Optional Attunement. You can choose to attune to a pair of jaw breakers. They count as a single magic item with regard to
magic-items
Forged as a pair, these magic weapons are crafted from the matching upper and lower jaw bones of a tar-rasque. Their innate magic—and one of the reasons the tar-rasque’s bite is so
, the attack you make with your second weapon deals an additional 1d8 damage.
Optional Attunement. You can choose to attune to a pair of jaw breakers. They count as a single magic item with regard to
magic-items
Forged as a pair, these magic weapons are crafted from the matching upper and lower jaw bones of a tar-rasque. Their innate magic—and one of the reasons the tar-rasque’s bite is so
, the attack you make with your second weapon deals an additional 1d8 damage.
Optional Attunement. You can choose to attune to a pair of jaw breakers. They count as a single magic item with regard to
magic-items
Forged as a pair, these magic weapons are crafted from the matching upper and lower jaw bones of a tar-rasque. Their innate magic—and one of the reasons the tar-rasque’s bite is so
, the attack you make with your second weapon deals an additional 1d8 damage.
Optional Attunement. You can choose to attune to a pair of jaw breakers. They count as a single magic item with regard to
magic-items
Forged as a pair, these magic weapons are crafted from the matching upper and lower jaw bones of a tar-rasque. Their innate magic—and one of the reasons the tar-rasque’s bite is so
, the attack you make with your second weapon deals an additional 1d8 damage.
Optional Attunement. You can choose to attune to a pair of jaw breakers. They count as a single magic item with regard to
magic-items
Forged as a pair, these magic weapons are crafted from the matching upper and lower jaw bones of a tar-rasque. Their innate magic—and one of the reasons the tar-rasque’s bite is so
, the attack you make with your second weapon deals an additional 1d8 damage.
Optional Attunement. You can choose to attune to a pair of jaw breakers. They count as a single magic item with regard to
magic-items
Forged as a pair, these magic weapons are crafted from the matching upper and lower jaw bones of a tar-rasque. Their innate magic—and one of the reasons the tar-rasque’s bite is so
, the attack you make with your second weapon deals an additional 1d8 damage.
Optional Attunement. You can choose to attune to a pair of jaw breakers. They count as a single magic item with regard to
magic-items
Forged as a pair, these magic weapons are crafted from the matching upper and lower jaw bones of a tar-rasque. Their innate magic—and one of the reasons the tar-rasque’s bite is so
, the attack you make with your second weapon deals an additional 1d8 damage.
Optional Attunement. You can choose to attune to a pair of jaw breakers. They count as a single magic item with regard to
magic-items
Forged as a pair, these magic weapons are crafted from the matching upper and lower jaw bones of a tar-rasque. Their innate magic—and one of the reasons the tar-rasque’s bite is so
, the attack you make with your second weapon deals an additional 1d8 damage.
Optional Attunement. You can choose to attune to a pair of jaw breakers. They count as a single magic item with regard to
magic-items
Forged as a pair, these magic weapons are crafted from the matching upper and lower jaw bones of a tar-rasque. Their innate magic—and one of the reasons the tar-rasque’s bite is so
, the attack you make with your second weapon deals an additional 1d8 damage.
Optional Attunement. You can choose to attune to a pair of jaw breakers. They count as a single magic item with regard to
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Demogorgon fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Demogorgon has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
magical gaze toward one creature he can see within 120 feet of him. The target must succeed on a DC 23 Wisdom saving throw or suffer one of the following effects (choose one or roll a d6
magic-items
Forged as a pair, these magic weapons are crafted from the matching upper and lower jaw bones of a tar-rasque. Their innate magic—and one of the reasons the tar-rasque’s bite is so
, the attack you make with your second weapon deals an additional 1d8 damage.
Optional Attunement. You can choose to attune to a pair of jaw breakers. They count as a single magic item with regard to
magic-items
Forged as a pair, these magic weapons are crafted from the matching upper and lower jaw bones of a tar-rasque. Their innate magic—and one of the reasons the tar-rasque’s bite is so
, the attack you make with your second weapon deals an additional 1d8 damage.
Optional Attunement. You can choose to attune to a pair of jaw breakers. They count as a single magic item with regard to