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Player’s Handbook
You evoke a fiery blade in your free hand. The blade is similar in size and shape to a scimitar, and it lasts for the duration. If you let go of the blade, it disappears, but you can evoke it again
as a Bonus Action.
As a Magic action, you can make a melee spell attack with the fiery blade. On a hit, the target takes Fire damage equal to 3d6 plus your spellcasting ability modifier.
The flaming
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creature that has been dead for 365 days or longer taxes you. Until you finish a Long Rest, you can’t cast spells again, and you have Disadvantage on D20 Tests.
With a touch, you revive a dead creature that has been dead for no more than a century, didn’t die of old age, and wasn’t Undead when it died.
The creature returns to life with all its
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integral for its survival—its head, for instance—the spell automatically fails.
Coming back from the dead is an ordeal. The target takes a −4 penalty to D20 Test;D20 Tests. Every time the target finishes a Long Rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it becomes 0.
With a touch, you revive a dead creature if it has been dead no longer than 10 days and it wasn’t Undead when it died.
The creature returns to life with 1 Hit Point. This spell also
Monsters
Monster Manual
Mimicry. The kenku can mimic any sounds it has heard, including voices. A creature that hears the sounds can tell they are imitations with a successful DC 14 Wisdom (Insight) check.Shadow Blade
. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Shadow Blade"}, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d6+3", "rollType":"damage
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"} Fire damage.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the balor fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The balor has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other
magical effects.Multiattack. The balor makes one Flame Whip attack and one Lightning Blade attack.
Flame Whip. Melee Attack Roll: +14;{"diceNotation":"1d20+14", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Flame
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Can damage be reduced to 0 by Resistance or another form of damage reduction? Yes, it is possible to reduce damage to 0 but no lower.
Monsters
Monster Manual
Resistance. The marilith has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Reactive. The marilith can take one Reaction on every turn of combat.Multiattack. The marilith makes six Pact
Blade attacks and uses Constrict.
Pact Blade. Melee Attack Roll: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Pact Blade"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 10 (1d10 + 5);{"diceNotation":"1d10
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Wishes. The efreeti has a 30 percent chance of knowing the Wish spell. If the efreeti knows it, the efreeti can cast it only on behalf of a non-genie creature who communicates a wish in a way the efreeti
can understand. If the efreeti casts the spell for the creature, the efreeti suffers none of the spell’s stress. Once the efreeti has cast it three times, the efreeti can’t do so again
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Monster Manual
-foot Emanation originating from it have Advantage on attack rolls and saving throws. It can’t use this trait if it has the Incapacitated condition.Multiattack. The aspirant makes three Dread Blade
attacks.
Dread Blade. Melee Attack Roll: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Dread Blade"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 14 (2d8 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d8+5", "rollType":"damage
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This item appears to be a sword hilt.
Blade of Radiance. While grasping the hilt, you can take a Bonus Action to cause a blade of pure radiance to spring into existence or make the blade disappear
.
Sunlight. The sword’s luminous blade emits Bright Light in a 15-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 15 feet. The light is sunlight. While the blade persists, you can take a Magic action
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Monster Manual
the target’s Hit Point maximum decreases by an amount equal to the damage taken. Failure or Success: The death knight can’t take this action again until the start of its next turn.
Lunge. The death knight moves up to half its Speed, and it makes one Dread Blade attack.Necrotic, Poison
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the death knight fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The death knight has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other
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You touch a corpse or other remains. For the duration, the target is protected from decay and can’t become Undead.
The spell also effectively extends the time limit on raising the target from
the dead, since days spent under the influence of this spell don’t count against the time limit of spells such as Raise Dead.
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. The djinni has a 30 percent chance of knowing the Wish spell. If the djinni knows it, the djinni can cast it only on behalf of a non-genie creature who communicates a wish in a way the djinni can
understand. If the djinni casts the spell for the creature, the djinni suffers none of the spell’s stress. Once the djinni has cast it three times, the djinni can’t do so again for 365
Equipment
The double-bladed scimitar is the signature weapon of Valenar elves. A haft of fine wood supports a long, curving blade on either end. Forged with techniques honed over centuries, these blades are
one. A Valenar blade in the hands of a non-elf is generally assumed to have been stolen or looted from a fallen foe, and a Valenar elf might feel entitled to demand its return or challenge the bearer
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Strength saving throw or take 5d10 Bludgeoning damage. A creature can take this damage only once per round. At the end of the turn, the wall’s height is reduced by 50 feet, and the damage the wall
deals on later rounds is reduced by 1d10. When the wall reaches 0 feet in height, the spell ends.
A creature caught in the wall can move by swimming. Because of the wave’s force, though, the
Monsters
Monster Manual
Coven Magic. While within 30 feet of at least two hag allies, the hag can cast one of the following spells, requiring no Material components, using the spell’s normal casting time, and using
that spell again.
Magic Resistance. The hag has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Soul Bag. The hag has a soul bag. While holding or carrying the bag, the hag can
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You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.
You can take a Bonus Action to magically coat the blade with poison. The poison remains for 1 minute or until an
attack using this weapon hits a creature. That creature must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take 2d10 Poison damage and have the Poisoned condition for 1 minute. The weapon can’t be used this way again until the next dawn.
Equipment
As a Utilize action, you can spread Caltrops from their bag to cover a 5-foot-square area within 5 feet of yourself. A creature that enters this area for the first time on a turn must succeed on a DC
15 Dexterity saving throw or take 1 Piercing damage and have its Speed reduced to 0 until the start of its next turn. It takes 10 minutes to recover the Caltrops.
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Raise Dead. As a Magic action, you can cause the cauldron to grow large enough for a Medium creature to crouch within. You can revert the cauldron to its normal size as a Magic action, harmlessly
) for at least 8 hours, the salt is consumed and the creature returns to life as if by Raise Dead at the next dawn. Once used, this property can’t be used again for 7 days.
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You call forth a Fey spirit. It manifests in an unoccupied space that you can see within range and uses the Fey Spirit stat block. When you cast the spell, choose a mood: Fuming, Mirthful, or Tricksy
number of Fey Blade attacks equal to half this spell’s level (round down).
Fey Blade. Melee Attack Roll: Bonus equals your spell attack modifier, reach 5 ft. Hit: 2d6 + 3 + the spell’s level
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While you wear these boots, your Speed becomes 30 feet unless your Speed is higher, and your Speed isn’t reduced by you carrying weight in excess of your carrying capacity or wearing Heavy Armor.
Once on each of your turns, you can jump up to 30 feet by spending only 10 feet of movement.
Monsters
Monster Manual
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the mummy fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The mummy has Advantage on saving throws against spells and
":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it is cursed. While cursed, the target can’t regain Hit Points, it gains no benefit from finishing a Long Rest, and its Hit Point
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An aura radiates from you in a 30-foot Emanation for the duration. While in the aura, you and your allies have Resistance to Necrotic damage, and your Hit Point maximums can’t be reduced. If an ally with 0 Hit Points starts its turn in the aura, that ally regains 1 Hit Point.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You mentally contact a demigod, the spirit of a long-dead sage, or some other knowledgeable entity from another plane. Contacting this otherworldly intelligence can break your mind. When you cast
this spell, make a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw. On a successful save, you can ask the entity up to five questions. You must ask your questions before the spell ends. The DM answers each question with
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You unleash virulent magic on a creature you can see within range. The target makes a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it takes 14d6 Necrotic damage, and its Hit Point maximum is reduced
by an amount equal to the Necrotic damage it took. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage only. This spell can’t reduce a target’s Hit Point maximum below 1.
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and regains 1 expended charge daily at dawn. While touching the planchette, you can take 1 minute to cast one of the spells on the table below. The table indicates how many charges you must expend to
cast the spell. As you cast the spell, you call on the spirits of the dead to help guide the planchette across the board’s surface, answering your questions by pointing to the letters or words on the board.
Spell
Charge Cost
Augury
1
Commune
3
Monsters
Monster Manual
Hold Breath. The hydra can hold its breath for 1 hour.
Multiple Heads. The hydra has five heads. Whenever the hydra takes 25 damage or more on a single turn, one of its heads dies. The hydra dies if
all its heads are dead. At the end of each of its turns when it has at least one living head, the hydra grows two heads for each of its heads that died since its last turn, unless it has taken Fire
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Incorporeal Movement. The wraith can move through other creatures and objects as if they were Difficult Terrain. It takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction
Humanoid corpse within 10 feet of itself that has been dead for no longer than 1 minute. The target’s spirit rises as a Specter in the space of its corpse or in the nearest unoccupied space. The
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":"2d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Dread Scythe", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage, and the target can’t regain Hit Points until the end of its next turn.
Deathly Ray. Ranged
", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage.
Spellcasting. The cultist casts one of the following spells, using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At Will: Speak with Dead
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Dragon Scale Mail is made of the scales of one kind of dragon. Sometimes dragons collect their cast-off scales and gift them. Other times, hunters carefully preserve the hide of a dead dragon. In
Resistance to one damage type determined by the kind of dragon that provided the scales (see the accompanying table).
Additionally, you can focus your senses as a Magic action to discern the distance
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becomes bound to the tome and can escape only if the tome is reduced to 0 Hit Points.
Fiendish Burst. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Fiendish
arcanaloth has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Soul Tome. The arcanaloth has a magic tome. While holding or carrying the tome, the arcanaloth can use its Banishing
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Vampiric Connection. While the familiar and its vampire master are on the same plane of existence, the vampire can communicate with the familiar telepathically, and the vampire can perceive through
);{"diceNotation":"3d4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Umbral Dagger", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage. If the target is reduced to 0 Hit Points by this attack, the target becomes Stable but
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next turn. Success: The target is immune to this ghast’s Stench for 24 hours.Multiattack. The ghast makes two Horrific Necrosis attacks. It can replace one attack with a Claw attack.
Claw. Melee
components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability:
At Will: Speak with Dead, ThaumaturgyNecrotic, Poison
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Death
3
Power Word Kill
4
Speak with Dead
1
While attuned to the wand, Orcus or a follower blessed by him can cast each of the wand’s spells using 2 fewer charges (minimum of 0
some fell goal.
The wand is topped with a skull that once belonged to a human hero slain by Orcus. The wand can magically change in size to better conform to the grip of its user. All Holy Water
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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
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