blood being doesn causes retain

Immovable Rod

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

to push the button again, the rod doesn’t move, even if it defies gravity. The rod can hold up to 8,000 pounds of weight. More weight causes the rod to deactivate and fall. A creature can take

This iron rod has a button on one end. You can take a Utilize action to press the button, which causes the rod to become magically fixed in place. Until you or another creature takes a Utilize action

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

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

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

Daern's Instant Fortress

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

Resistance to all other damage. Shrinking the tower back down to statuette form doesn’t repair damage to the tower. Only a Wish spell can repair the tower (this use of the spell counts as replicating a spell of level 8 or lower). Each casting of Wish causes the tower to regain all its Hit Points.

As a Magic action, you can place this 1-inch adamantine statuette on the ground and, using a command word, cause it to grow rapidly into a square adamantine tower. Repeating the command word causes

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

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.

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

Cultist of Bhaal

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

Blood-Soaked Resolve. While Bloodied, the cultist has Advantage on saving throws.Multiattack. The cultist makes three Cursed Blade attacks. It can replace one of these attacks with a use of

Spellcasting. Cursed Blade. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Cursed Blade"} (with Advantage if the target doesn’t have all its Hit Points

Beast of Malar

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

start of its turn. If the beast takes Radiant damage or damage from a Critical Hit, this trait doesn’t function at the start of the beast’s next turn. The beast dies only if it starts its

turn with 0 Hit Points and doesn’t regenerate.Multiattack. The beast makes three attacks, using Bite or Claws in any combination. Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType

Vampire Warden

Monsters Astarion's Book of Hungers

damage if it starts its turn in sunlight. While in sunlight, it has Disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks. Immobile Restoration. If the vampire drops to 0 Hit Points while it doesn’t

":"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

ability check. Unusual Nature. The necrichor doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The necrichor makes two attacks. Pseudopod. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5

":"necrotic"} necrotic damage, and the target can’t regain hit points until the start of the necrichor’s next turn. Blood Puppeteering (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType

Vampiric Mist

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, insatiable thirst for blood remains. Indistinguishable from fog aside from the charnel reek it exudes, a vampiric mist descends on a creature and causes the blood in the creature’s body to ooze

through its pores or spill out from its eyes, nose, and mouth. This blood wafts out from the victim like crimson smoke, which the mist then consumes. The feeding causes no pain or discomfort to the

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

be wielding a melee weapon.Plenty of blood drinkers haunt Ravnica's alleys and sewers, preying on those who are foolish enough to leave the relative safety of the crowds. Orzhov Vampires. Vampires

Tree Blight

Monsters Curse of Strahd

for sap and is so saturated with blood that it doesn’t catch fire easily. Vicious Carnivore. A tree blight feeds on warm-blooded prey and takes perverse delight in causing carnage. It strikes

or more slashing damage to it on one attack. Cutting the root doesn’t hurt the blight but ends the grapple.Blights (as described in the Monster Manual) are evil, ambulatory plant creatures, and

Darkling Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

chambers beneath the towns of other species. From such enclaves, they quietly ply their trade as thieves and assassins. The Killing Light. The Summer Queen's curse causes a darkling's body to absorb light

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

Bone Whelk

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

whelk dies, it emits a blood-curdling shriek than can be heard out to a range of 120 feet. This shriek causes nonmagical, organic material within 10 feet of the bone whelk to rot. Each creature within

Darkling Elder Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

. The Killing Light. The Summer Queen's curse causes a darkling's body to absorb light, and doing so wizens the creature, much like the effect of rapid aging. For this reason, darklings cover every

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

Nosferatu

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Regeneration. The nosferatu regains 10 hit points at the start of each of its turns if it has at least 1 hit point and isn’t in sunlight. If the nosferatu takes radiant damage, this trait doesn

. The nosferatu doesn’t require air.Multiattack. The nosferatu makes two Claw attacks followed by one Bite attack. If both Claw attacks hit the same creature, the Bite attack is made with

Deathlock Mastermind

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the deathlock’s darkvision. Turn Resistance. The deathlock has advantage on saving throws against any effect that turns Undead

. Unusual Nature. The deathlock doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The deathlock makes two Deathly Claw or Grave Bolt attacks. Deathly Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +6

Thessalar

Monsters Infernal Machine Rebuild

Toxicity. Any magic item that restores hit points and can be applied to a piercing or slashing weapon (a potion, an ointment, and so forth) causes a hit with that weapon to deal extra damage to Thessalar

master alchemist and creator of monsters, whose own blood was said to possess dire magical properties. He is vainglorious, egotistical, and utterly ruthless in furthering his research. His career began

Sahuagin Baron Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Blood Frenzy. The sahuagin has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its hit points. Limited Amphibiousness. The sahuagin can breathe air and water, but he

":"piercing"} piercing damage if used with two hands to make a melee attack.Across fog-shrouded coasts or endless ocean swells, an ominous drone sounded on a conch shell chills the blood of all who hear

Madcap

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

Iron Boots. While moving, the madcap has disadvantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks. Outsize Strength. While grappling, the madcap is considered to be Medium. Also, wielding a heavy weapon doesn

":"3d10+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Ironbound Pursuit","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone.A redcap is a homicidal fey creature born of blood lust

Fensir Devourer

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Death Curse. When the fensir starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate, it releases a curse on those around it. Each creature within 30 feet of the fensir when it dies must

. Regeneration. The fensir regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn if it isn’t in sunlight. If the fensir takes acid or fire damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of the fensir

Fensir Skirmisher

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Regeneration. The fensir regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn if it isn’t in sunlight. If the fensir takes acid or fire damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of the

fensir’s next turn. The fensir dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate. Sunlight Hypersensitivity. When the fensir starts its turn in sunlight, it must

Dhampir

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Poised between the worlds of the living and the dead, dhampirs retain their grip on life yet are endlessly tested by vicious hungers. Their ties to the undead grant dhampirs a taste of a vampire

restraint. In any case, temptation haunts dhampirs, and circumstances conspire to give them endless reasons to indulge. While many dhampirs thirst for blood, your character might otherwise gain

Fomorian Warlock of the Dark

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Blood Rune. The fomorian has a blood rune inscribed on an effigy or some other object in its possession. While holding or wearing the object bearing the rune, the giant can use its Corrupting Hex

action and Poisoning Rebuke reaction. The object bearing the blood rune has AC 15; 30 hit points; and immunity to necrotic, poison, and psychic damage. The object regains all its hit points at the end

Shauth Lash

Equipment

weapon, you deal an extra 1d6 Slashing damage. This extra damage isn’t doubled. Urdefhans can train to drink blood through hollow parts of a shauth lash for a moment after hitting, and urdefhans

use it. Slow. If you hit a creature with this weapon and deal damage to it, you can reduce its Speed by 10 feet until the start of your next turn. If the creature is hit more than once by weapons that have this property, the Speed reduction doesn’t exceed 10 feet.

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

’t function at the start of the mutate’s next turn. The mutate dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate. If the mutate starts its turn with 0 hit points

Canopic Golem

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

Limited Spell Immunity. The golem automatically succeeds on saving throws against spells of 7th level or lower, and the attack rolls of such spells always miss it. Unusual Nature. The golem doesn

":"force"} force damage.Spell Deflection. In response to a spell attack missing the golem, it causes that spell to hit another creature within 120 feet of it that it can see.A mummy lord’s organs

Living Doll

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

, this trait doesn’t function at the start of the doll’s next turn. The doll is destroyed only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate. Unusual Nature. The

doll doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Grabby Hands. Melee Weapon Attack: +2;{"diceNotation":"1d20+2", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Grabby Hands"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature

Vampiric Mist Legacy

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

the vampire’s hunger for blood. It exists only to seek out creatures and drain the life from them, and its insubstantial nature enables it to pursue prey through the tiniest of openings. When

first encountered, a vampiric mist appears as a billowing mass of light clouds. As the creature feeds, its coloration darkens to a deep crimson. In the Temple of Blood inside the Doomvault (Dead in Thay

Firegaunt

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Fire Blood. Whenever a creature within 5 feet of the firegaunt hits the firegaunt with a melee attack that deals piercing or slashing damage, that creature takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10

", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Fire Blood", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage.Multiattack. The firegaunt makes two Heated Maul attacks. Heated Maul. Melee Weapon Attack: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20

Flind

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Aura of Blood Thirst. If the flind isn’t incapacitated, any creature that has Rampage can make a Bite attack as a bonus action while within 10 feet of the flind.Multiattack. The flind makes one

Yeenoghu, a flind uses demonic insight to guide the gnolls toward weak prey ripe for slaughter. Unlike other leaders who might skulk behind their minions, a flind leads the charge in battle. Its flail causes wracking pain, paralysis, and disorientation in those it strikes.

Gray Scavver

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

Unusual Nature. The scavver doesn’t require air.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit (with advantage if the target is a

are 6 feet long and travel in packs. The scent of blood sends them into a feeding frenzy, but wounding one usually weakens it enough to make it break off its attack. Scavvers Scavvers are shark

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