blood being despite creature retain

Assassin's Blood

Equipment

Ingested Poison A creature subjected to Assassin’s Blood makes a DC 10 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 6 (1d12) Poison damage and has the Poisoned condition for 24 hours. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage only.

Sahuagin Baron

Monsters Monster Manual

Blood Frenzy. The sahuagin has Advantage on attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its Hit Points. Limited Amphibiousness. The sahuagin can breathe air and water, but it must

(2d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d8+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Trident", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage.Fiendish Blood. Trigger: The sahuagin takes Piercing or Slashing damage

Shapechange

Spells Player’s Handbook

block of the chosen form, but you retain your creature type; alignment; personality; Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores; Hit Points; Hit Point Dice; proficiencies; and ability to communicate. If

You shape-shift into another creature for the duration or until you take a Magic action to shape-shift into a different eligible form. The new form must be of a creature that has a Challenge Rating

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

3d6 Psychic damage. On a failed save, the wielder is dominated by the sword, as if by the Dominate Monster spell, and the sword demands blood. The spell effect ends when the sword’s demand is met

Sahuagin Priest

Monsters Monster Manual

Blood Frenzy. The sahuagin has Advantage on attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its Hit Points. Limited Amphibiousness. The sahuagin can breathe air and water, but it must

Tiefling

Species Player’s Handbook

Tieflings are either born in the Lower Planes or have fiendish ancestors who originated there. A tiefling (pronounced TEE-fling) is linked by blood to a devil, a demon, or some other Fiend. This

abyssal legacy. Horns, fur, tusks, and peculiar scents are common physical features of such tieflings, most of whom have the blood of demons coursing through their veins. Chthonic Tieflings who have the

Sahuagin Warrior

Monsters Monster Manual

Blood Frenzy. The sahuagin has Advantage on attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its Hit Points. Limited Amphibiousness. The sahuagin can breathe air and water, but it must

Orc

Species Player’s Handbook

, and churning seas and to face the monsters that lurk there. Even when they turn their devotion to other gods, orcs retain Gruumsh’s gifts: endurance, determination, and the ability to see in

. Other orcs are happy to leave old tales in the past and find their own way. Orc Traits Creature Type: HumanoidSize: Medium (about 6–7 feet tall)Speed: 30 feet

Blackrazor

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

with a range of 30 feet. Devour Soul. Whenever you use Blackrazor to reduce a creature to 0 Hit Points, the sword slays the creature and devours its soul unless it is a Construct or an Undead. A

creature whose soul has been devoured by Blackrazor can be restored to life only by a Wish spell. When Blackrazor devours a soul that isn’t yours, you gain Temporary Hit Points equal to the slain

Book of Vile Darkness

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

cases, made notations and additions to existing text. There are places where pages are missing, torn, or covered so completely with ink, blood, and scratches that the original text can’t be

stone cracks and turns to powder if the book rests on it long enough. Whenever a creature that isn’t a Fiend or an Undead attunes to the Book of Vile Darkness, that creature makes a DC 17

Vampire Devotee

Backgrounds Astarion's Book of Hungers

together. The Undead drank your blood more times than you can count. You might have served willingly, perhaps with aspirations of one day becoming a vampire yourself. Or you might have been magically charmed

and retain only a few muddled memories of your time as a vampire familiar. In either case, your time in the vampire den is over.

Umbragen Shadow-Walker

Monsters Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

, one creature the shadow walker can see within 120 feet. Failure: 14 (4d6);{"diceNotation":"4d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Shadow Cowl", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage, and the

surface in the wake of the giant empire’s fall, they retain a spiritual and physical connection to the darkness below. Umbragen shadow walkers weave shadow magic to confound foes.Radiant

Boon of Fluid Forms

Feats Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

statistics are replaced by the stat block of the chosen form, but you retain your creature type; alignment; personality; Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores; Hit Points; Hit Point Dice; proficiencies

; and ability to communicate. If you have the Spellcasting or Pact Magic feature, you retain it too. Upon shape-shifting, you determine whether your equipment drops to the ground or changes in size

Daask Bruiser

Monsters Eberron: Forge of the Artificer

Blood Frenzy. The bruiser has Advantage on attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its Hit Points.Multiattack. The bruiser makes three Pummel attacks and uses Glare

", "rollAction":"Pummel", "rollDamageType":"Bludgeoning"} Bludgeoning damage. Glare. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 14, one creature the bruiser can see within 30 feet. Failure: The target has

Blood Hawk Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Keen Sight. The hawk has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Pack Tactics. The hawk has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the hawk's allies is

within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.Beak. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Beak"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4

Speaker Devil

Monsters Astarion's Book of Hungers

Each: Dimension Door, Modify MemoryDevil of Spoken Compulsion Speaker devils are hulking, four-armed devils who discover the secrets of creatures they then compel to perform wicked deeds. Despite

! Oh, the possibilities! But trust me when I say it’ll only end in tears. —Astarion on Speaker Devils Fire, PoisonColdUtterance of Pain. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 18, each creature in a 20

Dhampir

Species Astarion's Book of Hungers

Dhampirs are living people who possess vampiric prowess but are cursed with macabre hunger. Most dhampirs thirst for blood, but some gain sustenance from dreams, life energy, or other vital sources

their vampiric nature in various ways, including increased speed and a life-draining bite. Dhampir Traits Creature Type: HumanoidSize: Medium (about 4–7 feet tall) or Small (about 2–4 feet tall), chosen when you select this speciesSpeed: 35 feet

Incarnation of Transience

Monsters Lorwyn: First Light

Stampede. The incarnation moves up to 80 feet in a straight line. Each creature whose space the incarnation enters is targeted once by the following effect. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 16. Failure: 18

condition. Success: Half damage only.The incarnations of transience represent all that is fleeting or ephemeral. Despite their apparent bulk, these incarnations are actually ephemeral beings with only a

Vampire Warden

Monsters Astarion's Book of Hungers

smaller creature, it has the Grappled condition (escape DC 16) from one of two claws. Bite. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 16, one creature within 5 feet that is willing or that has the Grappled

":"2d6+4", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Resilient Flesh"}.Stone-Skinned, Blood-Drinking Guardian Vampires need trusted guards for their lairs, minions, and treasures. After all, vampire familiars

Necrichor

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

":"recharge","rollAction":"Blood Puppeteering"}. The necrichor targets a creature it can see within 5 feet of it that is missing any of its hit points. If the target isn’t a Construct or an Undead, it

sludge in the crypts of failed liches. Despite the loss of a solid physical form, these foul creatures retain their terrible intellects and aspire to megalomaniacal goals—the first of which

Blood Drinker Vampire

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

they remain capable of experiencing all the delights of their corporeal forms. In contrast to Orzhov spirits, they also retain their personalities, which are almost uniformly cruel. Blood Bond

, reach 5 ft., one willing creature, or a creature that is grappled by the vampire, incapacitated, or restrained. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"1d6+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite

Darkling Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

absorbs over the course of its lifetime explodes outward when the darkling dies, incinerating the creature and much of its possessions. Love of Art. Despite their curse, darklings retain a fondness

Death Flash. When the darkling dies, nonmagical light flashes out from it in a 10-foot radius as its body and possessions, other than metal or magic objects, burn to ash. Any creature in that area

Darkling Elder Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

much of its possessions. Love of Art. Despite their curse, darklings retain a fondness for the beauty of art. A darkling might risk taking a peek at a sunset or lighting a tiny candle to glimpse

Death Burn. When the darkling elder dies, magical light flashes out from it in a 10-foot radius as its body and possessions, other than metal or magic objects, burn to ash. Any creature in that area

Blod Stone

Magic Items Storm King's Thunder

This diamond contains the blood of a creature — blood that appears in the form of the blod (blood) rune. While the item is on your person, you can use your action to divine the location of the

creature nearest to you that is related to the blood in the item and that isn’t Undead. You sense the distance and direction of the creature relative to your location. The creature is either the

Blood Spear

Magic Items Curse of Strahd

vampires: he slept during the day and hunted at night, he drank the blood of his prey, and he lived underground. In battle, he wielded a spear stained with blood. His was the first blood spear, a weapon

reduce the target to 0 hit points, you gain 2d6 temporary hit points. Any creature can wield the spear, but only the character chosen by Kavan to wield it gains a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.

Circle of the Moon Legacy

Classes Player’s Handbook (2014)

they might go for weeks on end before crossing paths with another humanoid creature, let alone another druid. Changeable as the moon, a druid of this circle might prowl as a great cat one night, soar

over the treetops as an eagle the next day, and crash through the undergrowth in bear form to drive off a trespassing monster. The wild is in the druid’s blood.

Stirge Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Blood Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Blood Drain"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d4+3","rollType

movement. It does so after it drains 10 hit points of blood from the target or the target dies. A creature, including the target, can use its action to detach the stirge.This horrid monster looks like

Y'demi

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

the target is a creature, it can’t regain hit points until the start of the Y’demi’s next turn. Blood Boil (Recharge 4–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction

":"Blood Boil"}. Y’demi chooses a point within 150 feet of itself, and a 20-foot radius sphere centered on that point fills with a burst of searing, blood-red mist. Each creature of Y’demi

Troll Amalgam

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

regarded as an avatar of their fearsome god. A troll amalgam is a misshapen mass of rubbery flesh, claws, and faces. If a creature tries to attack it from beyond its reach or to escape through a small

tunnel, the troll amalgam tears off a piece of its own body and hurls it at the creature. These body parts eventually regenerate into full troll;trolls, and sometimes they regather and combine into a new

Feral Ashenwight

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

creature, it has disadvantage on the next attack roll it makes before the end of its next turn.Feral ashenwights retain a fragment of the spark they had in life. However, they are devoid of memories

creature sometimes rises as an ashenwight. The skin of these Undead horrors is desiccated, and their eyes often glow with otherworldly power.Necrotic, Poison

Thessaltoxin (Ingested or Injury)

Equipment

This poison was first created using blood harvested from the artificer Thessalar. A creature subjected to the poison must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or take on a new form as if

affected by the polymorph spell. The creature’s new form is a random beast or a creature it has seen within the last 24 hours (as chosen by the DM). This transformation lasts until the end of the

Troll Mutate

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

damage, each creature within 20 feet of it takes that damage as well. Regeneration. The mutate regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn. If the mutate takes acid or fire damage, this trait doesn

. Psychic Burst (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Psychic Burst"}. The mutate unleashes a wave of psychic energy. Each creature within 30 feet of the mutate must

Death Kiss Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Lightning Blood. A creature within 5 feet of the death kiss takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Lightning Blood","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage

creature. Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the death kiss can't use the same tentacle on another target. The death kiss has ten tentacles. Blood Drain. One creature grappled by a

Oriq Blood Mage

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

). Sanguine Sense. While the blood mage isn’t blinded, it can see any creature that isn’t an Undead or a Construct within 60 feet of itself, even through total cover, heavily obscured areas

damage. If the target is a creature, it can’t regain hit points until the start of the blood mage’s next turn. Blood Boil (Recharge 4–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge

Shapechange Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

replaced by the statistics of the chosen creature, though you retain your alignment and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. You also retain all of your skill and saving throw proficiencies, in

You assume the form of a different creature for the duration. The new form can be of any creature with a challenge rating equal to your level or lower. The creature can't be a construct or an undead

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