block before distance complete removed

Revenant

Monsters Monster Manual

and Good is cast on its corpse. If it revives, it animates a Humanoid corpse elsewhere on the same plane of existence; it now looks different but uses the same stat block and returns with all its Hit

curses one creature it can see within 30 feet of itself. The revenant knows the distance to and direction of the cursed target, even if it is on a different plane of existence. The curse ends on the target if the revenant uses this Bonus Action on a different creature.

Sending

Spells Player’s Handbook

sender if it knows you, and can answer in a like manner immediately. The spell enables targets to understand the meaning of your message. You can send the message across any distance and even to other

, a creature can block your ability to reach it again with this spell for 8 hours. If you try to send another message during that time, you learn that you are blocked, and the spell fails.

Create Undead

Spells Player’s Handbook

You can cast this spell only at night. Choose up to three corpses of Medium or Small Humanoids within range. Each one becomes a Ghoul under your control (see the Monster Manual for its stat block

complete. The creature is under your control for 24 hours, after which it stops obeying any command you’ve given it. To maintain control of the creature for another 24 hours, you must cast

Eye and Hand of Vecna

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

to your head and remains there until you die. If the eye is ever removed, you die. Properties of the Eye. While you are attuned to the eye, your alignment is Neutral Evil, and you gain the following

3 feet of wood or dirt. Thicker substances block the vision, as does a thin sheet of lead. Attuning to the Hand. To attune to the hand, you must press it against the stump where your left hand was

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

you occupied when you disappeared. You remain imprisoned until you are found and removed from the sphere. You can’t be located by any Divination magic, but a Wish spell can reveal the location

. The DM can use a different stat block to represent the knight, as desired. Moon. You gain the ability to cast Wish 1d3 times. Puzzle. Permanently reduce your Intelligence or Wisdom by 1d4 + 1 (to

Sammaster (Dracolich Form)

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

Resistance. Sammaster has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Soul Gem. Sammaster has a magical soul gem as his dracolich heart. The gem can’t be damaged or removed

, he appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of his soul gem (so long as the gem still exists), using the Sammaster (Lich Form) stat block. The gem is a Tiny object that has AC 20; HP 50; and

Android

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

Specialization"}): 1, aerialist; 2, diplomat; 3, diver; 4, duelist; 5, medic; 6, sentry. This design determines certain traits in this stat block. Lightning Overload. When the android takes lightning

android has one or more upgrades to help it excel at its intended functions, but all androids are capable of defending themselves with concentrated bolts of force up close or from a distance. Despite

Aboleth Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or become diseased. The disease has no effect for 1 minute and can be removed by any magic that cures disease. After 1 minute, the diseased creature’s

skin becomes translucent and slimy, the creature can’t regain hit points unless it is underwater, and the disease can be removed only by heal or another disease-curing spell of 6th level or higher

Starlight Apparition

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

spectral copy of itself across a vast distance with the help of a deity or another powerful celestial entity. The apparition lasts only as long as its services are needed to complete the task at hand

Reduced-threat Aboleth

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or become diseased. The disease has no effect for 1 minute and can be removed

by any magic that cures disease. After 1 minute, the diseased creature's skin becomes translucent and slimy, the creature can't regain hit points unless it is underwater, and the disease can be removed

Guild Keyrune

Magic Items Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

enough space for the creature, the keyrune doesn’t transform. See the Monster Manual for the creature’s stat block — the name of which is given in bold in the keyrune’s

over someone’s body, either to impersonate that person for a brief time or to extract secrets from their mind. When the mission is complete, the creature returns to you, reports its success

Hook of Fisher's Delight

Magic Items Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

within 24 hours of being caught. 11-14 Yellow with black stripes Once removed from the hook, this awful-tasting fish can be thrown up to 120 feet, targeting a creature the thrower can see. The

wings, follows you around, and sings a beautiful tune in Aquan. It disappears after 2d4 hours or when reduced to 0 hit points. The fish uses the quipper stat block, except that it can breathe air and has

Belashyrra's Beholder Crown

Magic Items Eberron: Rising from the Last War

magical and nonmagical, to a distance of 120 feet. Spells. The crown has 10 charges. While wearing it, you can use an action to expend some of its charges to cast one of the following spells from it

charges), sleep (1 charge), slow (3 charges), telekinesis (5 charges). The crown regains 1d6 + 3 expended charges daily at dawn. Symbiotic Nature. The crown can’t be removed from you while you

Kyrzin's Ooze

Magic Items Eberron: Rising from the Last War

this property, it can’t be used again until the next dawn. Symbiotic Nature. The ooze can’t be removed from you while you’re attuned to it, and you can’t voluntarily end your

you, turning your corpse into a black pudding allied with the daelkyr (see the Monster Manual for the black pudding;black pudding's stat block).

Spirit of Death

Spells The Book of Many Things

You call forth a spirit that embodies death. The spirit manifests in an unoccupied space you can see within range and uses the reaper spirit stat block. The spirit disappears when it is reduced to 0

target is haunted, you and the spirit sense the direction and distance to the target if it is on the same plane of existence as you. Additionally, if the target starts its turn within 10 feet of the

Animate Objects Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

particular chamber or corridor. If you issue no commands, the creature only defends itself against hostile creatures. Once given an order, the creature continues to follow it until its task is complete

speed is 0. It has blindsight with a radius of 30 feet and is blind beyond that distance. When the animated object drops to 0 hit points, it reverts to its original object form, and any remaining

Miirym

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

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

substances block this vision, as does a thin sheet of lead.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 34

Geryon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

long rest. The target’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to half the poison damage taken. This reduction lasts until the poisoned condition is removed. The target dies if its hit

times. Currently, Levistus claims lordship over Stygia, but he has been trapped in an enormous block of ice at the command of Asmodeus. In response, Geryon is marshaling his followers, hoping to use this

Geryon (Variant)

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

long rest. The target’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to half the poison damage taken. This reduction lasts until the poisoned condition is removed. The target dies if its hit

innumerable times. Currently, Levistus claims lordship over Stygia, but he has been trapped in an enormous block of ice at the command of Asmodeus. In response, Geryon is marshaling his followers, hoping to

Triton Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

arrogant. They see themselves as caretakers of the sea, and they expect other creatures to pay them deep respect, if not complete deference. This attitude might grate on others, but it arises from a seed

them. Tritons also have a tendency to emerge from their isolation under the assumption that other folk will welcome them as respected allies and mentors. Again, distance drives much of this attitude

Devastation Orb

Magic Items Princes of the Apocalypse

example, an air node creates a devastation orb of air. The ritual takes 1 hour to complete and requires 2,000 gp worth of special components, which are consumed. A devastation orb measures 12 inches in

. If it is removed from the container after the time when it was supposed to detonate, it explodes 1d6 rounds later, unless it is returned to the container. Regardless of the type of orb, its effect

30. Mummification Chamber

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

30. Mummification Chamber Stone Block. In the middle of the room rests a granite block 8 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 2 feet tall. Urns. Sixty limestone urns rest in dusty wall niches. The dwarves

once mummified their dead atop the stone block, which has shelves built into its sides. The funeral wrappings and embalming fluids once held here have either turned to dust or been destroyed. Each

5. Tomb Stone and Wet Lime

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a3

each hour of contact with it reduces the armor’s AC by 1, making the armor useless if its AC becomes 10. The lime can’t be removed from the stone, since it isn’t a coating. Moving the Block. After the

, exposing the seams of one of the large stone blocks from which this structure was built. The tightly fitted stone seals off a tomb. The block is made of limestone, and the entire face of the plug is

H: Dragonnel Spire

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

dragons killed during Onyari’s fall reshaped the land. The dragonnels avoid the characters unless Clystran is with them. Clystran respectfully lays out the dried meat he brought for the dragonnels and watches them from a distance. After an hour, he’s ready to return home, his errand complete.

Haughty Nobles

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

expect other creatures to pay them deep respect, if not complete deference. This attitude might grate on others, but it arises from a seed of truth. Few know of the tritons’ great victories over

under the assumption that other folk will welcome them as respected allies and mentors. Again, distance drives much of this attitude. The tritons’ limited view of the world leaves them ignorant of

15. Thessalar's Laboratory

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

he wants to learn as much about his rival’s machinations as he can. See appendix B for his stat block. Thessalar Grand Experiments If the characters poke around the room while speaking with

glass case. A vermiform pseudodragon twists and crawls about inside a large crystal tank. A colony of ants is constructing an elaborate city system in a huge glass tank—complete with an ant lion larva to

E3: Aquarium Car

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault

E3: Aquarium Car This car is filled with clear water that isn’t displaced when the door opens. The car’s interior space is a large aquarium, complete with a coral reef and algae-coated ruins. Tiny

successful DC 17 Strength check. Once the plug is removed, the aquarium’s water level decreases at a rate of 1 foot per minute. It takes 15 minutes for all the water to drain from the car. The car’s

Q1. Dragon Statue

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

fog makes it hard to see the dragon’s features from a distance, but close inspection reveals that it’s a silver dragon of noble bearing, its spiny frill cracked and broken in many places. The statue

is 10 feet tall but looks much more imposing perched on the granite block. If scrutinized with a detect magic spell, the statue radiates an aura of evocation magic. The dragon statue used to breathe a cone of cold as part of a magic trap, but the trap no longer works (see area Q2).

Anthradusk's Return

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

halls. Something huge draws near. Anthradusk has returned with the final items necessary to complete his ritual. The dragon enters the city via the sinkhole in the catacombs (area H11) and heads to his

weakened (see “Using the Brazen Egg” below), he uses the Ancient Blue Dragon stat block. The dragon is too preoccupied with his ritual to pursue characters who flee.

8. Trophy Hall

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons

here in death are two remorhazes, a trio of behirs, five abominable yetis, and a giant squid of jaw-dropping size. A complete longship with sail raised is also on display here. The ship clearly will not

Intelligence check. If the chest or any of the treasure it contains—even a single coin—is removed from the ship, Arauthator senses it immediately and dispatches 2 ice trolls (see area 12) to investigate.

Hades

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

long rest taken on the plane, a visitor must make a DC 10 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the creature gains one level of exhaustion, which can’t be removed while the creature remains in Hades

. If the creature reaches six levels of exhaustion, it doesn’t die. Instead, the creature permanently transforms into a larva, whereupon all levels of exhaustion afflicting the creature are removed

Homunculus Servant (p. 62)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata

Homunculus Servant (p. 62) “Prerequisite: 6th-level artificer” has been removed. The “item” entry has been changed to “A gem or crystal worth at least 100 gp”. In the third paragraph the second

sentence has been changed to read: “See this creature’s game statistics in the Homunculus Servant stat block, which uses your proficiency bonus (PB) in several places.” The fourth paragraph has been

Belashyrra's Beholder Crown

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

skull. While wearing the crown, you can see normally in darkness, both magical and nonmagical, to a distance of 120 feet. Spells. The crown has 10 charges. While wearing it, you can use an action to

Nature. The crown can’t be removed from you while you’re attuned to it, and you can’t voluntarily end your attunement to it. If you’re targeted by a spell that ends a curse, your attunement to the

Forest Encounters (Levels 11–16)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

of Yeenoghu with 2d6 + 3 gnolls 11–15 2d4 displacer beasts 16–20 1d6 + 2 veterans 21–25 A pool of clear, still water. Gold coins litter the bottom, but they disappear if removed from the pool. 26–30

1d4 gorgons 68–69 1d3 shambling mounds 70–71 1 treant 72–73 1d4 unicorns 74–75 1d6 + 2 weretigers 76–80 Peals of silvery laughter that echo from a distance 81–82 1 guardian naga 83–84 1 young gold

Plan of Attack

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat

Road As the characters are traveling, the cultists can get ahead of them and lay an ambush. Alternatively, cultists might follow the party at a distance by day, then move closer when the characters

stop to rest for the night. A surprise attack in the dark or at dawn is particularly dangerous, granting the dragon complete freedom of movement and creating the possibility that some party members will be asleep or unarmored.

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