body beating diffusing checks rituals

Shadow Demon

Monsters Monster Manual

Demonic Restoration. If the demon dies outside the Abyss, its body dissolves into ichor, and it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere in the Abyss. Incorporeal

", "rollDamageType":"Force"} Force damage if it ends its turn inside an object. Light Sensitivity. While in Bright Light, the demon has Disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls.Umbral Claw. Melee

Meld into Stone

Spells Player’s Handbook

You step into a stone object or surface large enough to fully contain your body, merging yourself and your equipment with the stone for the duration. You must touch the stone to do so. Nothing of

your presence remains visible or otherwise detectable by nonmagical senses. While merged with the stone, you can’t see what occurs outside it, and any Wisdom (Perception) checks you make to hear

Wight

Monsters Monster Manual

Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the wight has Disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls.Multiattack. The wight makes two attacks, using Necrotic Sword or Necrotic Bow in any

rises 24 hours later as a Zombie under the wight’s control, unless the Humanoid is restored to life or its body is destroyed. The wight can have no more than twelve zombies under its control at a time.PoisonNecrotic

Valindra Shadowmantle

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Spirit Gem"} days if her spirit gem is intact, reviving with all her Hit Points. The new body appears in an unoccupied space within her lair.Multiattack. Valindra makes

. Thirst for Knowledge. Within 1 mile of the lair, creatures have Advantage on Intelligence checks made when they take the Study action. If Valindra dies or moves her lair elsewhere, these effects end

Larva Legacy

Monsters Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.A larva is a miserable fiend that retains the facial features of its previous form but has the body of a fat worm. A larva has only a few faint

memories of its previous life. Hades is crawling with larvae. Night hag;Night hags, lich;liches, and rakshasa;rakshasas harvest them for use in vile rituals. Other fiends like to feed on them.

Staggering Smite Legacy

Spells Player’s Handbook (2014)

The next time you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack during this spell’s duration, your weapon pierces both body and mind, and the attack deals an extra 4d6 psychic damage to the target

. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks, and can’t take reactions, until the end of its next turn.

Mummy Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

hours that elapse. If the curse reduces the target's hit point maximum to 0, the target dies, and its body turns to dust. The curse lasts until removed by the remove curse spell or other magic. Dreadful

of all mummies (but not mummy lords) for the next 24 hours.Raised by dark funerary rituals and still wrapped in the shrouds of death, mummies shamble out from lost temples and tombs to slay any who disturb their rest.Necrotic, PoisonBludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksFire

Contagion Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

Wisdom checks and Wisdom saving throws and is blinded. Filth Fever. A raging fever sweeps through the creature’s body. The creature has disadvantage on Strength checks, Strength saving throws

, and attack rolls that use Strength. Flesh Rot. The creature’s flesh decays. The creature has disadvantage on Charisma checks and vulnerability to all damage. Mindfire. The creature’s

Leather Golem Armor

Magic Items Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

Strange rituals have repurposed the body of a flesh golem into this partially sentient suit of leather armor. While wearing this armor, you gain a +1 bonus to AC and to saving throws against spells

: Aversion of Fire. If you take fire damage, you have disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks until the end of your next turn. Berserk. Whenever a critical hit is made against you, roll a d6

Wood Woad

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Plant Camouflage. The wood woad has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks it makes in any terrain with ample obscuring vegetation. Regeneration. The wood woad regains 10 hit points at the start of

. 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

Shadow Sibling

magic-items

ectoplasmic shadow that surrounds your body and conceals you from prying eyes. While the shadow is active, Wisdom (Perception) checks made to see you have Disadvantage, and you have Advantage on Dexterity

(Stealth) checks made to Hide. In addition, when you are hit by an attack, you can take a Reaction to expend one Hit Point Dice;Hit Die to shield yourself. Roll the die and add the result to your Armor

Raise Dead Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You return a dead creature you touch to life, provided that it has been dead no longer than 10 days. If the creature's soul is both willing and at liberty to rejoin the body, the creature returns to

closes all mortal wounds, but it doesn't restore missing body parts. If the creature is lacking body parts or organs integral for its survival--its head, for instance--the spell automatically fails

Charmayne Daymore

Monsters Keys from the Golden Vault

spell fails.A powerful spellcaster, Charmayne had become jealous of the king’s passion and warmth. Longing to possess those qualities, she painstakingly created rituals to drain Jhaeros’s

magic to tear out Jhaeros’s heart while keeping it alive. She then used the still-beating heart as the focus of a ritual to destroy Ghalasine.Fire

Resurrection Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

removed prior to casting the spell, they afflict the target on its return to life. This spell closes all mortal wounds and restores any missing body parts. Coming back from the dead is an ordeal

. The target takes a −4 penalty to all attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks. Every time the target finishes a long rest, the penalty is reduced by 1 until it disappears. Casting this

Chitine

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Web Sense. While in contact with a web, the chitine knows the exact location of any other creature in contact with the

. Long ago, the cult of Lolth first subjected elf prisoners to horrible rituals that transformed them into creatures with both elven and spider traits, which their creators dubbed chitines. The intention

Oath of the Ancients Legacy

Classes Player’s Handbook (2014)

The Oath of the Ancients is as old as the race of elves and the rituals of the druids. Sometimes called fey knights, green knights, or horned knights, paladins who swear this oath cast their lot with

principles are simple. Kindle the Light. Through your acts of mercy, kindness, and forgiveness, kindle the light of hope in the world, beating back despair. Shelter the Light. Where there is good

Brain in a Jar

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

laughterThrough rituals combining alchemy, necromancy, and grim surgical precision, the brain of a mortal being is encased in a glass jar filled with preserving fluids and the liquefied goop of their body&rsquo

wrought masterwork, depending on its creator. Still other brains desire nothing more than to regain a body. This might be the brain’s original body, another frame they covet, or some more

Nafik

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

. Rejuvenation. When he is destroyed, Nafik gains a new body in 24 hours if his heart is intact, regaining all his hit points. The new body appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of Nafik’s

"} for every 24 hours that elapse. If the curse reduces the target’s hit point maximum to 0, the target dies and its body turns to dust. The curse lasts until removed by the Remove Curse spell or

Griffon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Keen Sight. The griffon has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The griffon makes two attacks: one with its beak and one with its claws. Beak. Melee Weapon Attack

":"2d6+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Claws","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.A griffon is a ferocious avian carnivore with the muscular body of a lion and the head, forelegs, and wings of an eagle.

Dragonflesh Grafter

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

that covers the grafted areas of its body. A dragonflesh grafter can belch forth a gout of corrosive acid in a mockery of dragon breath. As a universal effect of their experimentation, grafters become

baubles. Dragonflesh Grafters Dragonflesh grafters practice forbidden rituals and risky experiments on themselves, modifying their bodies and minds to emulate the dragons they revere. They

Deck of Several Things

Magic Items Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

defeat the next hostile monster or group of monsters you encounter, you have advantage on ability checks made using one skill of your choice for the duration of the adventure. Otherwise, this card has no

effect. Donjon. You are instantly teleported to and confined within the prison of the Monastery of the Distressed Body (area M6). Everything you were wearing and carrying stays behind in the

Troll Amalgam

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

, or through twisted rituals of wicked spellcasters. Sometimes troll worshipers of Vaprak hear a call to gather in the Underdark and perform a gruesome rite that fuses them into an amalgam that is

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

"The Demogorgon"

Monsters Infernal Machine Rebuild

Two Heads. The ettin has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks and on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, and knocked unconscious. Wakeful. When one of the

stewards. If the ettin is defeated, examining the pouches around his necks reveals a collection of eyeballs and still-beating dragon hearts. The silver wires connect those living tissues to the ettin

Meld into Stone Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You step into a stone object or surface large enough to fully contain your body, melding yourself and all the equipment you carry with the stone for the duration. Using your movement, you step into

Wisdom (Perception) checks you make to hear sounds outside it are made with disadvantage. You remain aware of the passage of time and can cast spells on yourself while merged in the stone. You can use

Thorny Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Plant Camouflage. The thorny has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks it makes in any terrain with ample obscuring plant life. Regeneration. The thorny regains 5 hit points at the start of its

. Thorny Body. At the start of its turn, the thorny deals 2 (1d4);{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Thorny Body","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage to any creature

Dimensional Loop

Magic Items Acquisitions Incorporated

. Dimensional Cloak. As a bonus action, you send your body out of phase with the material world for 1 minute, granting you advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide, and imposing disadvantage on

Young Griffon (Tiny)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Keen Sight. The griffon has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The griffon makes two attacks: one with its beak and one with its claws. Beak. Melee Weapon Attack

hit","rollAction":"Claws"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 slashing damage.A griffon is a ferocious avian carnivore with the muscular body of a lion and the head, forelegs, and wings of an eagle.

Korred

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Stone Camouflage. The korred has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide in rocky terrain.Multiattack. The korred makes two Greatclub or Rock attacks. Greatclub. Melee Weapon Attack: +9

keep their own company but occasionally consort with creatures of elemental earth such as galeb duhr. A tribe of korreds gathers weekly to perform ceremonial dances, beating out rhythms on stone with

Wight Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the wight has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The wight makes two longsword attacks or

hit point maximum to 0. A humanoid slain by this attack rises 24 hours later as a zombie under the wight's control, unless the humanoid is restored to life or its body is destroyed. The wight can have

Leviathan

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

force of nature, dragging ships down to the ocean’s depths and washing away coastal settlements. When called forth, a leviathan arises from a large body of water and takes on the form of a

. Nihilistic cults have also been known to perform arduous rituals to summon a leviathan to a world, with the aim of using the creature to destroy coastal communities. Those cultists often consider it

Dragonflesh Abomination

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

providing it with a caustic breath weapon. Its body is in a constant state of growth and change, allowing it to quickly heal from its wounds. These creatures are most often found in abandoned dragon

lairs, temples to Tiamat, or other sites associated with the dragons they love. Dragonflesh Grafters Dragonflesh grafters practice forbidden rituals and risky experiments on themselves, modifying

Vegepygmy Thorny Hunter

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

incapacitated condition. Plant Camouflage. The vegepygmy has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks it makes in any terrain with ample obscuring vegetation. Regeneration. The vegepygmy regains 5 hit

turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate. Thorny Body. At the start of its turn, the vegepygmy deals 2 (1d4);{"diceNotation":"1d4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Thorny Body

Young Griffon (Small)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Keen Sight. The griffon has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The griffon makes two attacks: one with its beak and one with its claws. Beak. Melee Weapon Attack

":"damage","rollAction":"Claws","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.A griffon is a ferocious avian carnivore with the muscular body of a lion and the head, forelegs, and wings of an eagle.

Werewolf Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Keen Hearing and Smell. The werewolf has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that

that can appear as a humanoid, as a wolf, or in a terrifying hybrid form—a furred and well-muscled humanoid body topped by a ravening wolf’s head.Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Silvered

Choldrith

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the choldrith has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks

dedicated solely to her, but the devotees performed no such ritual. As revenge for the devotees’ betrayal, the Spider Queen manipulated the creation rituals so that they sometimes created

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