birth beast don certain rather

Speak with Animals

Spells Player’s Handbook

that don’t pertain to survival or companionship, but at minimum, a Beast can give you information about nearby locations and monsters, including whatever it has perceived within the past day.

Summon Beast

Spells Player’s Handbook

, or Water. The creature resembles an animal of your choice that is native to the chosen environment, which determines certain details in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 Hit

commands (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its movement to avoid danger. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. Use the spell slot’s level

Giant Insect

Spells Player’s Handbook

determines certain details in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 Hit 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 commands (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses

Symbol

Spells Player’s Handbook

also set conditions for creatures that don’t trigger the glyph, such as those who say a certain password. Once triggered, the glyph glows, filling a 60-foot-radius Sphere with Dim Light for 10

surface, common triggers include touching or stepping on the glyph, removing another object covering it, or approaching within a certain distance of it. For glyphs inscribed within an object, common

Glyph of Warding

Spells Player’s Handbook

glyph could be set to affect Aberrations). You can also set conditions for creatures that don’t trigger the glyph, such as those who say a certain password. Explosive Rune. When triggered, the

a surface, common triggers include touching or stepping on the glyph, removing another object covering it, or approaching within a certain distance of it. For glyphs inscribed within an object, common

Summon Elemental

Spells Player’s Handbook

, Fire, or Water. The creature resembles a bipedal form wreathed in the chosen element, which determines certain details in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points or when

action required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its movement to avoid danger. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. Use the spell slot’s level for the

Summon Celestial

Spells Player’s Handbook

Avenger or Defender. Your choice determines certain details in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 Hit 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 commands (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes

Summon Aberration

Spells Player’s Handbook

, or Slaad. The creature resembles an Aberration of that kind, which determines certain details in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points or when the spell ends. The

don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its movement to avoid danger. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. Use the spell slot’s level for the spell’s level in the stat block

Summon Construct

Spells Player’s Handbook

, Metal, or Stone. The creature resembles an animate statue (you determine the appearance) made of the chosen material, which determines certain details in its stat block. The creature disappears when

. It obeys your verbal commands (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its movement to avoid danger. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. Use the spell

Summon Fey

Spells Player’s Handbook

. The creature resembles a Fey creature of your choice marked by the chosen mood, which determines certain details in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points or when the

action required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its movement to avoid danger. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. Use the spell slot’s level for the spell

Summon Undead

Spells Player’s Handbook

: Ghostly, Putrid, or Skeletal. The spirit resembles an Undead creature with the chosen form, which determines certain details in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points or

(no action required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its movement to avoid danger. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. Use the spell slot’s level for the

Figurine of Wondrous Power

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

figurine form. When the creature becomes a figurine again, its property can’t be used again until a certain amount of time has passed, as specified in the figurine’s description. Figurine

) for up to 12 hours and can be ridden as a mount. Once it has been used, it can’t be used again until 2 days have passed. Giant Fly Large Beast, Unaligned AC 11 Initiative +1 (11) HP 19

Summon Fiend

Spells Player’s Handbook

. The creature resembles a Fiend of the chosen type, which determines certain details in its stat block. The creature disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points or when the spell ends. The creature is

don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its movement to avoid danger. Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. Use the spell slot’s level for the spell’s level in the stat block

Sorcerer

Classes Player’s Handbook

power, while others trace it to strange events in their personal or family history. The blessing of a dragon or a dryad at a baby’s birth or the strike of lightning from a clear sky might spark a

an indelible mark on the Sorcerer, a churning magic that can be passed down through generations. Sorcerers don’t learn magic; the raw, roiling power of magic is part of them. The essential art

House Vadalis Heir

Backgrounds Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Kit, Fine Clothes, Net, 29 GP; or (B) 50 GP You have grown up with respect for both family and nature. You understand the culture of the Five Nations, but you don’t get drawn into the games

of ambition and status that others play. You know the beauty and power inherent in life, the mysteries of birth and death, and the miracles that happen in between. Your insights into the natural world

Biha Babir

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

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

punished.Acid, Cold, LightningFluid Form. Biha Babir Shape-Shifting;shape-shifts into a form resembling a Beast or Humanoid that is Medium or smaller, while retaining her game statistics (other than her size), or returns to her true marid form.

Lorwyn Changeling

Species Lorwyn: First Light

The changelings of Lorwyn are charismatic shapeshifters able to crudely mimic the forms of creatures and plants. Unlike most shapeshifters, however, their innate powers don’t allow them to

truly disguise themselves; rather, their transformations are purely surface level. No matter their form, Lorwyn changelings keep their key traits: blue-green skin, tufts of tentacle-like fur, and bulbous

Kiddywidget

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Tail","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage.A skitterwidget that gives birth to a kiddywidget can’t procreate for 3d6 days afterward. Still, given that

":"roll","rollAction":"Hours"} hours for an impregnated skitterwidget to give birth to one kiddywidget. A newborn kiddywidget magically grows into a full-sized skitterwidget in 10 days. Autonomous. Unlike

Beast Whistle

Equipment

This bone whistle is carved in the shape of a gargath. When blown, it produces a high-pitched sound that can only be heard clearly by certain creatures. When you blow this whistle, any beast within

training a friendly beast in this way, you can use it to deliver coded instructions to a trained beast within the whistle’s range.

Potion of Mind Control

Magic Items Tales from the Yawning Portal

When you drink a potion of mind control, you can cast a dominate spell (save DC 15) on a specific creature if you do so before the end of your next turn. If you don’t, the potion is wasted. A

potion of mind control produces the effect of a dominate beast, a dominate person (humanoid), or a dominate monster spell (see the table below). If the target’s initial saving throw fails, the

Dracophage Subject

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

slaad tadpole. In the 24-hour period before the tadpole is born, the host feels unwell; its speed is halved; and it has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws. At birth, the

, making them formidable assassins as well. Their small wings don’t allow kapaks to fly, but they do help the draconians turn a fall into a rough glide. When they die, kapaks dissolve into acid

Red Slaad (control gem variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

point. Control Gem. Implanted in the slaad's brain is a magic control gem. The slaad must obey whoever possesses the gem and is immune to being charmed while so controlled. Certain spells can be used to

egg. A humanoid host can carry only one slaad egg to term at a time. Over three months, the egg moves to the chest cavity, gestates, and forms a slaad tadpole. In the 24-hour period before giving birth

Summon Beast Legacy

Spells Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

environment: Air, Land, or Water. The creature resembles an animal of your choice that is native to the chosen environment, which determines certain traits in its stat block. The creature disappears when it

. It obeys your verbal commands (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its move to avoid danger. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a

Giff Shock Trooper

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

their martial training and love of explosives and are typically armed with gleaming firearms. Every aspect of these spacefaring giff’s society is organized along military lines. From birth until

death, each has a military rank. Promotions don’t depend on time in service but are granted by superiors as rewards for valor. Muskets and grenades are the specialties of many giff regiments

Giff

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

armed with gleaming pistols and muskets. The stat block here represents one of those mercenaries. Every aspect of these spacefaring giff’s society is organized along military lines. From birth

until death, each has a military rank. Promotions don’t depend on age but are granted by a superior as a reward for valor. Muskets and grenades are the specialties of many giff regiments. The

Giff Warlord

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

spacefaring giff’s society is organized along military lines. From birth until death, each has a military rank. Promotions don’t depend on time in service but are granted by superiors as

The Abbot

Monsters Curse of Strahd

"} 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

, inbred lepers—came to the abbey seeking salvation. The deva rid them of their diseases, an act for which they were eternally grateful, but could not cure them of certain human defects that had been

Giff Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

of giff society is organized along military lines. From birth until death, every giff has a military rank. It must follow orders from those of superior rank, and it can give orders to those of lower

rank. Promotions don’t depend on age but are granted by a superior as a reward for valor. Giff are devoted to their children, even as most of their education is geared toward fighting and war

Vampiric Mist Legacy

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

without squeezing. Each foot of movement in water costs it 2 extra feet, rather than 1 extra foot. The mist can’t manipulate objects in any way that requires fingers or manual dexterity. Sunlight

), several clouds of vampiric mist appear and attempt to engulf any who don’t escape the place quickly. Undead Nature. A vampiric mist doesn’t require air or sleep.PoisonAcid, Cold, Lightning, Necrotic, Thunder; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Sea Water

Equipment

Combat Utility Whimsy 1 0 0 Sea water is a staple in many potion brewing processes but some master potion makers will demand seawater from certain areas around Obojima due

the difference in the waters around Obojima, so don’t try to fool them with just any old sea water.

Noodle Eel

Equipment

apparently noodle eels have a rather refined palate and don’t come to just any bowl of broth, seeking only to slurp down the finest ramen—a major irritant to serious chefs. This makes

Giff (Gunpowder Keg Variant)

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

armed with gleaming pistols and muskets. The stat block here represents one of those mercenaries. Every aspect of these spacefaring giff’s society is organized along military lines. From birth

until death, each has a military rank. Promotions don’t depend on age but are granted by a superior as a reward for valor. Muskets and grenades are the specialties of many giff regiments. The

Glyph of Warding Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

or drow), or alignment. You can also set conditions for creatures that don’t trigger the glyph, such as those who say a certain password. When you inscribe the glyph, choose explosive

another object covering the glyph, approaching within a certain distance of the glyph, or manipulating the object on which the glyph is inscribed. For glyphs inscribed within an object, the most common

Swarmkeeper

Classes Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

force in battle, as well as helpful company for the ranger. Some Swarmkeepers are outcasts or hermits, keeping to themselves and their attendant swarms rather than dealing with the discomfort of others

into the swarm, instead of a cloud of mist, or the arcane eye spell could create an extension of your swarm that spies for you. Such descriptions don’t change the effects of spells, but they are

Cloud Giant Smiling One

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

feel like a Beast or a Humanoid it has seen or to return to its true form. Any equipment the giant is wearing or carrying is absorbed by the new form. Its statistics, other than its size, don’t

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