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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
. Cultists of Bhaal sometimes form cabals of assassins or mercenaries, but they perform their brutal slaughter for the perverse love of bloodshed and honor to their sinister god rather than for
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
glossy black with red fur around its jaws and claws as though stained by the blood it has spilled.
The beast of Malar has a muscular and unnatural appearance no matter its form; whether it resembles a
bat, wolverine, or shark, there’s no mistaking the beast of Malar for a mundane animal. The beast shifts easily between its forms to pursue its prey, using whichever shape suits it best to
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
megalomaniacal.
Sammaster’s travels brought him into contact with people who revered dragons as icons of primeval might. Masquerading his desire to dominate dragonkind as devotion, Sammaster
efficiently as he can. Sammaster personally checks in on the cult’s most important plots, often surprising his minions with his presence.
Rather than keep a soul jar as liches do, Sammaster keeps
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
.
Sammaster’s travels brought him into contact with people who revered dragons as icons of primeval might. Masquerading his desire to dominate dragonkind as devotion, Sammaster established himself
can. Sammaster personally checks in on the cult’s most important plots, often surprising his minions with his presence.
Rather than keep a soul jar as liches do, Sammaster keeps a magical soul
Vampiric Mist
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Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
Life Sense. The mist can sense the location of any creature within 60 feet of it, unless that creature’s type is construct or undead.
Forbiddance. The mist can’t enter a residence
without squeezing. Each foot of movement in water costs it 2 extra feet, rather than 1 extra foot. The mist can’t manipulate objects in any way that requires fingers or manual dexterity.
Sunlight
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Life Sense. The mist can sense the location of any creature within 60 feet of it, unless that creature’s type is Construct or Undead.
Forbiddance. The mist can’t enter a residence
without squeezing. Each foot of movement in water costs it 2 extra feet, rather than 1 extra foot. The mist can’t manipulate objects in any way that requires fingers or manual dexterity.
Sunlight
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
isn’t a Construct or an Undead, or 17 (4d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"4d6+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Blood Drain", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage if the creature is a Giant
itself by spending 5 feet of its movement. As an action, a creature within reach of the tick can try to detach the tick, doing so with a successful DC 13 Strength check.
Blood Drain. The tick deals 10
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Blood Aegis. The AC of Y’demi includes her Constitution modifier while she isn’t wearing armor or wielding a shield.
Oriq Mask. Y’demi wears an Oriq mask. While wearing the mask, Y
).
Sanguine Sense. While Y’demi isn’t blinded, she can see any creature that isn’t an Undead or a Construct within 60 feet of itself, even through total cover, heavily obscured areas
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
been. A redcap’s desire to slay is rooted in its will to survive.
VARIANT: MADCAPS
A madcap is a redcap that soaks its hat in demon ichor instead of blood. Contact with demon ichor makes the
":"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
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
Blood Aegis. The AC of the blood mage includes its Constitution modifier while it isn’t wearing armor or wielding a shield.
Oriq Mask. The blood mage wears an Oriq mask. While wearing the mask
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
are crafted with potent magic to follow the commands of their creators. When not commanded, they follow the last order they received to the best of their ability, and can act independently to fulfill
.
The magic that animates an object is dispelled when the construct drops to 0 hit points. An animated object reduced to 0 hit points becomes inanimate and is too damaged to be of much use or value to
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
live in the mountains and hills of Icewind Dale are among the hardiest of their kind. Drawn to the north by a desire to find and serve white dragons, these kobolds adapted as best they can to the
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
;{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Nosferatu Bite"} days.
Blood Disgorge (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Blood Disgorge"}. The nosferatu vomits blood
in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 16 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 18 (4d8);{"diceNotation":"4d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Blood
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
best of their ability, and can act independently to fulfill simple instructions. Some animated objects might converse fluently or adopt a persona, but most are simple automatons.
Constructed Nature
. An animated object doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep.
The magic that animates an object is dispelled when the construct drops to 0 hit points. An animated object reduced to 0 hit points
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
driven by the desire for blood; after fulfilling its duty, the overwhelmed creature attacks indiscriminately until it is destroyed.Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksCold
ground it courses over, seeking any trace of its prey. To kill, a slithering tracker rises up and enshrouds a creature, attempting to drown the creature while also draining it of blood.
Achieving
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
":"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
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
makes them look like flesh-and-blood people, and the constructs conduct themselves as convincingly real humanoids who are simply living their lives in Wisteria Vale. Detect magic spells do not reveal
their true nature, as each construct is shielded by a spell that makes it seem nonmagical.
Though these constructed villagers can physically interact with the environment around them and hold lengthy
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
in her seventies, but she is, in fact, much older.
Royal Blood. Madam Eva is Strahd’s half-sister, though Strahd is unaware of this fact. Her real name is Katarina, and she is the daughter of a
Vistani woman whom King Barov, Strahd’s father, took to his bed during one of his many crusades. Madam Eva knows she is Strahd’s half-sister but has told no one of the royal blood flowing
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Blood Aegis. The AC of Murgaxor includes his Constitution modifier while he isn’t wearing armor or wielding a shield.
Oriq Mask. Murgaxor wears an Oriq mask. While wearing the mask, Murgaxor
. While Murgaxor isn’t blinded, he can see any creature that isn’t an Undead or a Construct within 60 feet of himself, even through total cover, heavily obscured areas, invisibility, or any
Equipment
This long metal chain bears hook-like barbs made of alchemically strengthened urdefhan teeth. If you score a Critical Hit against a creature that isn’t a Construct or Undead while using this
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
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
damage.Animated objects are crafted with potent magic to follow the commands of their creators. When not commanded, they follow the last order they received to the best of their ability, and can act independently
, or sleep.
The magic that animates an object is dispelled when the construct drops to 0 hit points. An animated object reduced to 0 hit points becomes inanimate and is too damaged to be of much use
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
all creatures, including you. Roll initiative for the summoned demons as a group, which has its own turns. The demons pursue and attack the nearest non-demons to the best of their ability.
As part of
casting the spell, you can form a circle on the ground with the blood used as a material component. The circle is large enough to encompass your space. While the spell lasts, the summoned demons can
Magic Items
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
harmlessly floats to the ground. Once the mirror has been deactivated, it can’t be activated again until the next dawn.
If a non-Construct creature other than you sees its reflection in the activated
memories aren’t real, but rather idealized versions of those occurrences. Nearby observers can glimpse flashes of these memories if looking indirectly at the mirror.
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
While speaking an intricate incantation, you cut yourself with a jewel-encrusted dagger, taking 2d4 piercing damage that can’t be reduced in any way. You then drip your blood on the spell&rsquo
;s other components and touch them, transforming them into a special construct called a homunculus.
The statistics of the homunculus are in the Monster Manual. It is your faithful companion, and it
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.
Blood Boiling Hex (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Blood Boiling Hex"}. The mite places a hex on a creature it can see
surly brawlers. Within even the most tight-knit adventuring party, morale plummets, arguments boil over into fights, and discipline becomes spotty at best.
Chaotic Battlegrounds. Dungeons infested with
Scourge Aasimar
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Species
Volo's Guide to Monsters
Scourge aasimar are imbued with a divine energy that blazes intensely within them. It feeds a powerful desire to destroy evil — a desire that is, at its best, unflinching and, at its worst, all
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
on a successful one. If at least one of the creatures that failed this save isn’t a Construct or an Undead, the blight regains 9 hit points.Travelers of Sigil and the Lower Planes take care to
avoid razorvine, a creeping plant named for its prickly stems and cutting leaves. While razorvine is normally a mere environmental nuisance or deterrent, razorvine that absorbs the blood of a vampiric
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Aura of Nightmares. Undead creatures within 30 feet of the shepherd gain a +5 bonus to attack and damage rolls. When any other creature that isn’t undead or a construct starts its turn within
plane might consider it a rarity from some undiscovered Abyssal layer. In general, feel free to use whatever fiends you wish when telling stories in Theros—the Underworld’s a big place with room for all the incarnate wickedness you desire.
PoisonCold, Necrotic
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
archfey named Zybilna, who had forged secret pacts with some of the fiends Isolde and her companions had slain. Rather than be angry at Isolde, Zybilna was impressed by her. She enlisted a powerful fiend
Isolde place her devotion to the carnival above her desire to leave it.
When Isolde’s fey carnival crossed paths with another carnival from the Shadowfell, the eladrin found the escape she
Equipment
and are often carried (and revered) by that urdefhan’s descendants. If you score a Critical Hit against a creature that isn’t a Construct or Undead while using this weapon, you deal an
extra 1d4 Slashing damage. This extra damage isn’t doubled. Urdefhans can train to drink blood through hollow parts of a shauth blade for a moment after hitting.
This weapon has the following
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
’ greed to turn them against one another and their own best interests.
Some foul souls can’t let go of the miserable lives they had. Having been despicable in life, these spirits fester in
, feel free to use whatever fiends you wish when telling stories in Theros—the Underworld’s a big place with room for all the incarnate wickedness you desire.
PoisonCold, Necrotic
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
damage.Animated objects are crafted with potent magic to follow the commands of their creators. When not commanded, they follow the last order they received to the best of their ability, and can act independently
, drink, or sleep.
The magic that animates an object is dispelled when the construct drops to 0 hit points. An animated object reduced to 0 hit points becomes inanimate and is too damaged to be of much use
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
pursuing and attacking the nearest non-demons to the best of its ability. If you stop concentrating on the spell before it reaches its full duration, an uncontrolled demon doesn’t disappear for 1d6
rounds if it still has hit points.
As part of casting the spell, you can form a circle on the ground with the blood used as a material component. The circle is large enough to encompass your space
Outlander
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Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook (2014)
comprehend, and enjoyed the solitude of being the only thinking creature for miles in any direction. The wilds are in your blood, whether you were a nomad, an explorer, a recluse, a hunter-gatherer, or
table to determine your occupation during your time in the wild, or choose one that best fits your character.
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Forester
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Trapper
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Homesteader
4
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Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
that has been turned to stone. The ritual, which requires a mixture of basilisk blood and the ashes from the burned feathers of a cockatrice, awakens a dim echo of the petrified victim’s spirit
they obey that being’s orders to the best of their ability.
In combat, stony claws that drip with thick, gray sludge emerge from a stone cursed’s fingers. This alchemical sludge