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Cultist Hierophant

Monsters Monster Manual

Multiattack. The cultist makes three attacks, using Pact Blade or Radiant Ray in any combination. Pact Blade. Melee Attack Roll: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Pact

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Pact Blade", "rollDamageType":"Radiant"} Radiant damage. Radiant Ray. Ranged Attack Roll: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Radiant Ray

Instrument of the Bards

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

An Instrument of the Bards is superior to an ordinary instrument in every way. Seven types of these instruments exist, each named after a bard college. The Instruments of the Bards table lists the

spells common to all instruments, as well as the spells specific to each one and its rarity. A creature that attempts to play the instrument without being attuned to it must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom

Ring of X-ray Vision

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

While wearing this ring, you can take a Magic action to gain X-ray vision with a range of 30 feet for 1 minute. To you, solid objects within that radius appear transparent and don’t prevent

light from passing through them. The vision can penetrate 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, or up to 3 feet of wood or dirt. Thicker substances or a thin sheet of lead block the vision. Whenever

Eye and Hand of Vecna

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

Clairvoyance 2 Crown of Madness 1 Disintegrate 4 Dominate Monster 5 Eyebite 4 X-ray Vision. You can take a Magic action to gain X-ray vision with a range of 30 feet for 1

minute. To you, solid objects within that radius appear transparent and don’t prevent light from passing through themselves. The vision can penetrate 1 foot of stone, 1 inch of common metal, or up to

Sword of Kas

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

blood. If the sword doesn’t taste blood on its blade within 1 minute of being drawn from its scabbard, its wielder makes a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a successful save, the wielder takes

Initiative rolls. Blade of Defense. When you take an action to attack with the sword, you can transfer some or all of its attack bonus to your Armor Class instead. The adjusted bonuses remain in

Zhentilar Paladin of Bane

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

aura.Multiattack. The Zhentilar makes three attacks, using Dooming Blade or Oppressive Ray in any combination. It can replace one attack with a use of Spellcasting. Dooming Blade. Melee Attack Roll: +5

":"Bludgeoning"} Bludgeoning damage plus 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Dooming Blade", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage. Oppressive Ray. Ranged Attack Roll: +5

Noggle Wild Mage

Monsters Lorwyn: First Light

or Befuddling Ray in any combination. Noggling Stick. Melee Attack Roll: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Noggling Stick"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3);{"diceNotation

", "rollDamageType":"Psychic"} Psychic damage. Befuddling Ray. Ranged Attack Roll: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Befuddling Ray"}, range 60 ft. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3

Harvester Devil

Monsters Astarion's Book of Hungers

Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The devil makes two attacks, using Infernal Blade or Confounding Ray in any combination. Infernal Blade. Melee Attack

", "rollDamageType":"Slashing"} Slashing damage and 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Infernal Blade", "rollDamageType":"Fire"} Fire damage. Confounding Ray. Ranged Attack Roll

Nimblewright Hulk

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

. The nimblewright makes four attacks, using Halting Slam or Radiant Ray in any combination. Halting Slam. Melee Attack Roll: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Halting Slam

reduced to 0 until the end of its next turn. Radiant Ray. Ranged Attack Roll: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Radiant Ray"}, range 60 ft. Hit: 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation

Bladesinger

Classes Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

experiences in their life— a glorious dance accompanied by a singing blade. Bladesinging is associated with the ancient elven societies that first mastered the art and coined the term. Even today

, Bladesingers take their talents all across the Realms to help common people and perform heroic deeds. Most communities greet the arrival of a Bladesinger as a good omen.

Karas Chembryl

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

instead.Multiattack. Karas makes two attacks using Dread Dagger or Tyrant’s Blade in any combination. Dread Dagger. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit

after a ranged attack. Tyrant’s Blade. Melee Attack Roll: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Tyrant's Blade"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 8 (1d6 + 5);{"diceNotation":"1d6+5

Mercane

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

Mercane Telepathy. The mercane can communicate telepathically with any other mercane it knows, regardless of the distance between them.Multiattack. The mercane makes three Psi-Imbued Blade attacks

. Psi-Imbued Blade. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Psi-Imbued Blade"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d6+3

Aurumach Rilmani

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

Multiattack. The aurumach makes three Manifested Blade or Gleaming Ray attacks. Manifested Blade. Melee Weapon Attack: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Manifested

Blade"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 23 (4d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"4d8+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Manifested Blade", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage. Gleaming Ray. Ranged

Skyweaver

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

with spell attacks). It knows the following sorcerer spells: Cantrips (at will): blade ward, light, message, ray of frost, shocking grasp 1st level (4 slots): feather fall, mage armor, witch bolt 2nd

Scion of Surtur

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

. Siege Monster. The scion deals double damage to objects and structures.Multiattack. The scion makes one attack using Lava Blade or Lava Ball, as well as two Slam attacks. Lava Blade. Melee Weapon

Attack: +18;{"diceNotation":"1d20+18", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Lava Blade"} to hit, reach 30 ft., one target. Hit: 32 (4d10 + 10);{"diceNotation":"4d10+10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction

Abjurer Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

with spell attacks). The abjurer has the following wizard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): blade ward, dancing lights, mending, message, ray of frost 1st level (4 slots): alarm,* mage armor

Dawnbringer

Magic Items Out of the Abyss

Lost for ages in the Underdark, Dawnbringer appears to be a gilded longsword hilt. While grasping the hilt, you can use a bonus action to make a blade of pure radiance spring from the hilt, or cause

the blade to disappear. Dawnbringer has all the properties of a sun blade. While holding the weapon, you can use an action to touch a creature with the blade and cast lesser restoration on that

Mind Flayer Arcanist Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). The mind flayer arcanist has the following wizard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): blade ward, dancing lights, mage hand, shocking grasp 1st level (4 slots

): detect magic, disguise self, shield, sleep 2nd level (3 slots): blur, invisibility, ray of enfeeblement 3rd level (3 slots): clairvoyance, lightning bolt, sending 4th level (3 slots): confusion

Barovian Witch

Monsters Curse of Strahd

with spell attacks). The witch has the following wizard spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): mage hand, prestidigitation, ray of frost 1st level (4 slots): ray of sickness, sleep, Tasha's hideous

spell component, a ritual object, or a potion ingredient. Barovian witches use the find familiar spell to call forth familiars. They are particularly fond of cats, though snakes and toads are also common. These animals lurk amid the clutter of the witches' lairs, seldom wandering far from their vile masters.

College of Swords

Classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock

combats. Though they use their weapons to entertain, they are also highly trained and skilled warriors in their own right. Their talent with weapons inspires many blades to lead double lives. One blade

College of Swords (XGtE)

Classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Bards of the College of Swords are called blades, and they entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. Blades perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock

combats. Though they use their weapons to entertain, they are also highly trained and skilled warriors in their own right. Their talent with weapons inspires many blades to lead double lives. One blade

Instrument of the Bards Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

An instrument of the bards is an exquisite example of its kind, superior to an ordinary instrument in every way. Seven types of these instruments exist, each named after a legendary bard college. The

following table lists the spells common to all instruments, as well as the spells specific to each one and its rarity. A creature that attempts to play the instrument without being attuned to it must

Bard Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

from Experience True bards are not common in the world. Not every minstrel singing in a tavern or jester cavorting in a royal court is a bard. Discovering the magic hidden in music requires hard study

of song, speech, and the magic they contain. Bards say that the multiverse was spoken into existence, that the words of the gods gave it shape, and that echoes of these primordial Words of Creation

Heretic

Magic Items Quests from the Infinite Staircase

The blasphemous weapon Heretic was created by a cult to steal power from good-aligned gods. The blade hungers to strike down servants of the Upper Planes and weaken the forces of good. You gain a +3

17, and a Charisma of 15. It has hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120 feet. The weapon can speak, read, and understand Common and Giant, and it can communicate with its wielder telepathically

The Lord of Blades

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

(4 slots): expeditious retreat, sanctuary, thunderwave 2nd level (3 slots): blur, heat metal, scorching ray, see invisibility 3rd level (3 slots): dispel magic, fly, haste 4th level (3 slots

a spell of 2nd level or lower from his spell list that takes 1 action to cast. Blade Dash (Costs 3 Actions). The Lord of Blades moves up to his speed without provoking opportunity attacks, then makes

Cradle of the Fire Scion

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

’s form is shrouded in a continual cloud of billowing ash and smoke. The awakened scion forms a blade of lava in its mighty hand and schemes to resume its ancient campaigns of conquest

. Veins of precious metals and ore are more common within 6 miles of the scion. Desertification. Precipitation is almost nonexistent within 6 miles of the scion, parching the land and withering most

Tearulai

Magic Items Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

The longsword, Tearulai, is a sentient, neutral good longsword of sharpness;sword of sharpness with an emerald-colored blade and precious gemstones embedded in its hilt and pommel. The sword’s

cause the blade to shed bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet. Speaking the command word again or sheathing the sword puts out the light. Evil creatures can’t

Keeper's Fang

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the actual fate of the souls of those slain by a Keeper’s Fang. Common myth says that the souls of victims are trapped in the Lair of the Keeper, and heroes can seek to reclaim a soul from the

Fangs were created by the Shaarat’khesh assassins of the Empire of Dhakaan. Rather than ascribing the blade’s power to the Keeper--whose existence the Dhakaani reject--they believe these

The Forest Queen

monsters

and wield a blade of steel.” The Queen replied, “Then leave the wood, but do not bring your metal into my domain.” And so he left the wood and founded the kingdom of Karrnath. The

wonders with those who enter her woods with empty hands and open eyes. The story above is clearly apocryphal, but it’s a common tale with many variations, such as her children founding nearby towns

Ruinblade

Magic Items Infernal Machine Rebuild

version of the green devil face of the Tomb of Horrors is fashioned into the hilt of the weapon, with the blade extending from its open mouth. The blade always appears ruined and rusting, and causes its

surroundings to appear reflected in the blade as if in a state of decay. You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. When you hit an undead creature with it, the attack

Golgari Agent

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

: Choose one of Elvish, Giant, or Kraul Equipment: A Golgari insignia, a poisoner’s kit, a pet beetle or spider, a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 10 gp worth of mixed

Spell Level Spells Cantrip dancing lights, spare the dying 1st entangle, ray of sickness 2nd protection from poison, ray of enfeeblement, spider climb 3rd

Miirym

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

Miirym fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead. X-Ray Vision. Miirym can see through solid matter out to a range of 60 feet. To her, opaque creatures, objects, and obstacles within

that distance appear transparent and don’t prevent light from passing through them. This vision can penetrate 5 feet of stone, 3 inches of common metal, and up to 10 feet of wood or dirt. Thicker

Mark of Making Human

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

enchanted blade. House Cannith Leaders: Cannith East, Zorlan d’Cannith; Cannith West, Jorlanna d’Cannith; Cannith South, Merrix d’Cannith Headquarters: Cannith East, Korth Enclave

-marked Cannith forgeholds use streamlined forms of production to quickly produce common goods. Even independent artisans often learn their trade at Cannith academies and adhere to Cannith standards

Soldier Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

, Intimidation Tool Proficiencies: One type of gaming set, vehicles (land) Equipment: An insignia of rank, a trophy taken from a fallen enemy (a dagger, broken blade, or piece of a banner), a set of bone dice

or deck of cards, a set of common 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

The Harpers

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

. Even though most bards in the region aren’t Harpers (and many who are don’t advertise that fact), common folk in the North often behave as if all bards are legendary wandering heroes, and are as

The Harpers Bards in the North and the Dalelands benefit from the existence of the Harpers, that legendary society recruiting bards and other independent agents to struggle against the forces of evil

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