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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
disappears, your Attunement to it ends immediately, and you lose all benefits granted by it. If you die while attuned to the book, an entity of great evil claims your soul. You can’t be restored to life
Monsters
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
of the curse of vampirism. These ravenous, graceless predators stalk the night, desperately seeking blood and barely remembered comforts of life.
Nosferatu feed on anything with blood. Heaps of
Blood Frenzy. The nosferatu has Advantage on attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its Hit Points.
Regeneration. The nosferatu regains 10 Hit Points at the start of each of
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
that drains life from those it kills and transfers that life to its wielder, imbuing that individual with the stamina to keep fighting.
When you hit with a melee attack using this magic spear and
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
function only for their intended wearers.
Oriq Blood Mage
Oriq blood mages create deadly weapons formed of their own blood. They can also sense the life energy within nearby creatures, making the
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
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
creature dies if reduced to 0 hit points by this necrotic damage.Oriq blood mages create deadly weapons formed of their own blood. They can also sense the life energy within nearby creatures, making the
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
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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
other phenomena that would prevent sight.Multiattack. Murgaxor makes two Blood Lash attacks.
Blood Lash. Melee Spell Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Blood Lash
Vampiric Mist
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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
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
Spells
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
While casting the spell, you place a vial of quicksilver in the chest of a life-sized human doll stuffed with ash or dust. You then stitch up the doll and drip your blood on it. At the end of the
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
), or it takes 10 (2d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"2d6+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Life Drain", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage, the mist regains 10 hit points, and the target’s
Nosferatu
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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
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
);{"diceNotation":"1d10+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Slam", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Life Leech. One Large or smaller creature that the slithering tracker can see
addition, the grappled target takes 16 (3d10);{"diceNotation":"3d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Life Leech", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage at the start of each of its turns. The
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Infernal Machine Rebuild
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
of life, resulting in such creatures as the thessalhydra and the owlbear. In recent years, he has also researched the prolonging of life—namely his own. Thessalar hopes that by becoming a lich
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
attacks. It can replace one Slam attack with a Life Drain attack.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Slam"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one target
. Hit: 18 (2d12 + 5);{"diceNotation":"2d12+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Slam", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Life Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Blood Witch Dance. The witch can use a bonus action to control the movement of one creature cursed by its hex spell that it can see within 30 feet of it. The creature must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma
following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: alter self, detect magic, eldritch blast (at 11th level), false life, levitate (self only), mage armor (self only)
1/day each: circle of
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
is missing any of its hit points), reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.
Life
-Draining Vines (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Life-Draining Vines"}. Snaking vines erupt from the blight. Each creature within 10 feet of it must make a DC 12
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
saga further claims that trolls were born similarly when Vaprak’s blood was spilled. Whatever the truth of their origin, trolls embody life’s steadfast determination to grow and thrive
troll amalgam.
Trolls
The dwarven tale titled The Saga of Gnarldan Steelshield claims the god Vaprak the Destroyer came into being when Annam was injured and his blood spilled on the ground. The
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
that terrorize mortals on the Material Plane by possessing corpses and giving them a semblance of life, after which the demons use them to engage in a range of sordid activities.
In their natural form
vehicle, rousing the body from death. Dybbuks delight in terrorizing other creatures by making their host bodies behave in horrifying ways—throwing up gouts of blood, excreting piles of squirming
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
sinister goals of Lady Illmarrow.
Karrnathi Patriots. Early in the Last War, Karrnath turned to the necromancers of the Blood of Vol to bolster the nation's army with undead forces. The skeletons and
zombies created by the necromancers were mindless creatures that required guidance. The first bone knights were appointed to provide this control.
Devoted paladins of the Blood of Vol were fused into
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
injured and his blood spilled on the ground. The saga further claims that trolls were born similarly when Vaprak’s blood was spilled. Whatever the truth of their origin, trolls embody life&rsquo
Strigoi
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
instinctual hunger that drives it to undertake bloodthirsty rampages along with swarms of emboldened, bloodsucking pests.
Strigoi drain the blood, marrow, and soft tissues from their victims, leaving behind
compelled to drain living victims. Others, though, embrace their new forms and mimic vampires. These would-be bloodsucker aristocrats create stirge courts amid scabrous husk-decorated villas and drain the life from any who balk at their grotesque gentility.Necrotic
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Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
before then, it can be restored to life only by a wish spell or by killing the lemure and casting true resurrection on the creature’s original body.Multiattack. The hellion makes two Morningstar
sometimes leads the giants to a fascination with the Blood War—the endless conflict between demons and devils across the Lower Planes. Such a giant might enter into a pact with a powerful devil
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
more important, he believes that the Amber Temple holds the secret to bringing the ancient dead back to life.
With the characters' help, Kasimir thinks he might be able to find out how to restore
Patrina to flesh and blood, whereupon he can travel to Castle Ravenloft and end his sister's torment. Kasimir has no inkling that Patrina is using him for exactly that purpose, and that her ultimate goal
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
least get close without arousing suspicion. Once in a position to observe, the dragon studies the day-to-day life of local folk, with a keen interest in any magical phenomena.
Emerald dragons&rsquo
with the folk of the world.
Emerald Dragon Wyrmling Connections
d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Connected Creatures"}
Connected Creatures
1
Blood hawk;Blood
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You once were dead, but the mysterious Blood Moon of Rebirth returned you to life, leaving an indelible Eldritch
your past life and the promise that this life will again end violently. Embracing your new life as a symbol of rebirth and sacrifice, you have resolved to use this opportunity, even if it leads to countless brutal struggles.
races
Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
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
Dybbuk
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
other magical effects.
Violate Corpse. The dybbuk can use a bonus action while it is possessing a corpse to make it do something unnatural, such as vomit blood, twist its head all the way around, or
life.
While possessing the corpse, the dybbuk retains its hit points, alignment, Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma, telepathy, and immunity to poison damage, exhaustion, and being charmed and frightened
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"4d4+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Club", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage.A wood woad is a powerful bipedal Plant invested with the soul of someone who gave up life to become an
. Any hollow or crook will do, but often a special cavity is carved out of the trunk. The tree is bathed and watered with the blood of the sacrificed victim, and the body is buried among the tree’s
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precious few memories of life before you took up arms. Battle is in your blood. Sometimes you catch yourself reflexively performing the basic fighting exercises you learned first. Eventually, you put that training to use on the battlefield, protecting the realm by waging war.
Relentless Juggernaut
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. Their bargains transform them into vicious butchers that exist only to indulge their endless bloodlust. While some who become relentless killers began life as innocents, any semblance of who they were
was left for dead and granted new life to seek revenge.
2
It was turned into a weapon of vengeance by a family member’s bargain with sinister forces.
3
It was marked by a fiend before
Relentless Slasher
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Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
relentless killers began life as innocents, any semblance of who they were is washed away in a tide of gore and rage. These killers’ grisly work swiftly becomes the stuff of legends,striking
, unique monstrous slayers.
Relentless Origins
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Origin
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It was left for dead and granted new life to seek revenge.
2
It was turned into a weapon of vengeance by a family member
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Curse of Strahd
feet of Baba Lysaga and acts as her ally. It remains until it dies or until Baba Lysaga dismisses it as an action.Two women gave life to Strahd von Zarovich. The first was Queen Ravenovia van Roeyen
her life that matters to her.
Mother Nearest. During her exile, Baba Lysaga made countless sacrifices to Mother Night, pleading with the goddess to afflict Queen Ravenovia with ill health and visit
Orcus
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Out of the Abyss
Prince of Undeath, known as the Blood Lord. He takes some pleasure in the sufferings of the living, but far prefers the company and service of the undead. His desire is to see all life quenched and the
withdrawn and moody, dwelling on the insufferable state of life.”
21–40
“I am compelled to make the weak suffer.”
41–60
“I have no compunction against
Zuggtmoy
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Out of the Abyss
lingers for 1 minute. Any flesh-and-blood creature in the cloud when it appears, or that enters it later, must make a DC 19 Constitution saving throw. On a successful save, the creature can’t be
’, is a soulless mockery of mortal life and its many facets.
Zuggtmoy’s cultists often follow her unwittingly. Most are fungi-infected to some degree, whether through inhaling her mind
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Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
’s blood on the title page. The tome contains the spells Vellynne has prepared plus the following additional spells: bestow curse, blindness/deafness, false life, find familiar, magic weapon, polymorph, protection from evil and good, remove curse, shield, and Tenser's floating disk.
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
myconid adult;myconid adults, shrieker;shriekers, and violet fungus;violet fungi (all appear in the Monster Manual).
Although they prefer to eat fresh meat, bone, and blood, vegepygmies can absorb
peculiar metal dungeon full of strange life. Another story says that explorers found russet mold in a crater left by a falling star, with vegepygmies infesting the forest nearby.
The mold is found only