body before death charge runes

Raise Dead

Spells Player’s Handbook

neutralizes any poisons that affected the creature at the time of death. This spell closes all mortal wounds, but it doesn’t restore missing body parts. If the creature is lacking body parts or organs

Death Knight

Monsters Monster Manual

can’t use this trait if it has the Incapacitated condition. Undead Restoration. If the death knight is destroyed before it atones for its evil, it gains a new body in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10

", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Undead Restoration"} days, reviving with all its Hit Points. The new body appears in a location significant to the death knight.Multiattack. The death knight makes

Resurrection

Spells Player’s Handbook

Hit Points. This spell also neutralizes any poisons that affected the creature at the time of death. This spell closes all mortal wounds and restores any missing body parts. Coming back from the dead

Balor

Monsters Monster Manual

Death Throes. The balor explodes when it dies. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 20, each creature in a 30-foot Emanation originating from the balor. Failure: 31 (9d6);{"diceNotation":"9d6", "rollType

":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Throes", "rollDamageType":"Fire"} Fire damage plus 31 (9d6);{"diceNotation":"9d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Throes", "rollDamageType":"Force"} Force damage

Nine Lives Stealer

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

this weapon and roll a 20 on the d20 for the attack roll, the creature must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be slain instantly as the sword tears its life force from its body. Constructs

and Undead succeed on the save automatically. The weapon loses 1 charge if the creature is slain. When the weapon has no charges remaining, it loses this property.

Eye and Hand of Vecna

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

your body, devours it, and then takes control of the body like a puppet. If that happens, you become an NPC under the DM’s control. Eye of Vecna Spells Spell Charge Cost

Concentration required), demanding that you commit an evil act. The hand might have a specific act in mind or leave it up to you. Hand of Vecna Spells Spell Charge Cost Finger of Death 5

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

combat, you have Advantage on Death Saving Throws for 1 year. If someone else reduces your chosen foe to 0 Hit Points or you don’t choose a foe, this card has no effect. Donjon. You disappear

yourself. The knight has the same alignment as you and serves you loyally until death, believing the two of you have been drawn together by fate. Work with your DM to create a name and backstory for this NPC

Dracolich

Monsters Monster Manual

the gem is on the same plane of existence as it, the dracolich gains a new body in 1d20;{"diceNotation":"1d20", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Soul Gem"} days, regaining all its Hit Points and

Constitution saving throw or gain 1 Exhaustion level. Soul Drain. Creatures within 1 mile of the lair have Disadvantage on Death Saving Throws. If the dracolich is destroyed or moves its lair elsewhere

Dracolich (Gargantuan)

Monsters Monster Manual

the gem is on the same plane of existence as it, the dracolich gains a new body in 1d20;{"diceNotation":"1d20", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Soul Gem"} days, regaining all its Hit Points and

Constitution saving throw or gain 1 Exhaustion level. Soul Drain. Creatures within 1 mile of the lair have Disadvantage on Death Saving Throws. If the dracolich is destroyed or moves its lair elsewhere

Lich

Monsters Monster Manual

", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Spirit Jar"} days if it has a spirit jar, reviving with all its Hit Points. The new body appears in an unoccupied space within the lich’s lair.Multiattack. The lich

Hand, Prestidigitation 2/Day Each: Animate Dead, Dimension Door, Plane Shift 1/Day Each: Chain Lightning, Finger of Death, Power Word Kill, ScryingProtective Magic. The lich casts Counterspell or Shield

Wand of Orcus

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

from it (save DC 18). The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell. Spell Charge Cost Animate Dead 1 Blight 2 Circle of Death 3 Finger of

Death 3 Power Word Kill 4 Speak with Dead 1 While attuned to the wand, Orcus or a follower blessed by him can cast each of the wand’s spells using 2 fewer charges (minimum of 0

Orb of Dragonkind

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

charges daily at dawn. If you control the orb, you can cast one of the spells on the following table from it. The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell. Spell Charge

Cost Cure Wounds (level 9 version) 4 Daylight 1 Death Ward 2 Detect Magic 0 Scrying (save DC 18) 3 Call Dragons. While you control the orb, you can take a Magic

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

, Prestidigitation 2/Day Each: Animate Dead, Plane Shift 1/Day Each: Cone of Cold (level 8 version), Finger of Death, Power Word Kill, ScryingProtective Magic. Valindra casts Counterspell or Shield in response

Orb of Damara

Magic Items Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

table from it (+10 spell attack modifier, spell save DC 18). The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell. Spell Charge Cost Disguise Self 0 Fire

DM’s control. The type of chromatic dragon depends on your alignment and personality and is left to the DM to decide. The transformation is permanent, but if the dragon is slain, its body

Zalthar Shadowdusk

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be slain instantly as the sword tears its life force from its body (a construct or an undead is immune). The sword loses 1 charge if the creature is slain

Magic Resistance. The death knight has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Marshal Undead. Unless the death knight is incapacitated, it and undead creatures of its

Triceratops Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Trampling Charge. If the triceratops moves at least 20 feet straight toward a creature and then hits it with a gore attack on the same turn, that target must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw

","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.One of the most aggressive of the herbivorous dinosaurs, a triceratops possesses great horns and formidable speed, which it uses to gore and trample would-be predators to death.

Hammer of Runic Focus

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

This magic hammer has 3 charges. As a bonus action, you can expend 1 charge and slam this hammer on the ground, creating a 15-foot-radius circle of glowing runes centered on the point of impact

. While you’re inside that area, your hammer glows with matching runes, and you gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this hammer. The rune circle disappears after 1 minute, when you

Centaur Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Charge. If the centaur moves at least 30 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a pike attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType

":"damage","rollAction":"Charge","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Multiattack. The centaur makes two attacks: one with its pike and one with its hooves or two with its longbow. Pike. Melee Weapon

Rune Shaper

Feats Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

runes you know with another one from the Rune Spells table. Rune Spells Rune Spell Cloud Fog cloud Death Inflict wounds Dragon Chromatic orb Enemy Disguise self

You’ve studied the magic of Giant runes, granting you the following benefits: Comprehend Languages. You learn the comprehend languages spell. You can cast this spell without expending a spell

Ygorl, Lord of Entropy

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

each: circle of death, enervation,* phantasmal killer,symbol;symbol (discord only)2/day each: finger of death, harm, mental prison,*power word pain*1/day each: power word kill, power word stun, symbol

;symbol (death only), weird* Spell from Xanathar’s Guide to EverythingMultiattack. Ygorl makes three attacks: two with its scythe, and one with its Entropic Touch. Scythe. Melee Weapon Attack: +14

Mountain Goat

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Charge. If the goat moves at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a ram attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"damage

","rollAction":"Charge","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 12 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. Sure-Footed. The goat has

School of Necromancy (PHB) Legacy

Classes Player’s Handbook (2014)

The School of Necromancy explores the cosmic forces of life, death, and undeath. As you focus your studies in this tradition, you learn to manipulate the energy that animates all living things. As

you progress, you learn to sap the life force from a creature as your magic destroys its body, transforming that vital energy into magical power you can manipulate. Most people see necromancers as

Glowrune Pigment

Magic Items Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

This set of 1d4 + 2 small paint pots contains pigments mixed from crushed luminescent gemstones. This magical paint bestows temporary magical gifts on creatures with runes drawn on their skin with

this paint. One paint pot contains enough pigment to paint one rune. A creature can spend 10 minutes to paint one of the following runes onto itself or another creature: Journey Rune. Difficult

Traag Draconian

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

, it subtracts up to 50 feet from the fall when calculating the fall’s damage. Death Throes. If the draconian is reduced to 0 hit points, its body erupts into sludge that fills a 10-foot-radius

only minimally help to slow a falling traag’s descent. Its metallic scales are coated in a sickly patina. In battle, the draconian can charge its body with vicious fire, burning all in its wake. When a traag draconian dies, its body explodes in a thick, disgusting sludge.

Eye and Hand of Vecna Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

would allow him to live on as a lich. Beyond death, he became the greatest of all liches. Even though his body gradually withered and decayed, Vecna continued to expand his evil dominion. So formidable

: finger of death (5 charges), sleep (1 charge), slow (2 charges), or teleport (3 charges). The hand regains 1d4 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. Each time you cast a spell from the hand, it casts the

Giff Shock Trooper

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

Firearms Knowledge. The giff’s mastery of its weapons enables it to ignore the loading property of any firearm. Headfirst Charge. If the giff moves at least 20 feet in a straight line and ends

within 5 feet of a Large or smaller creature, that creature must succeed on a DC 16 Strength saving throw or take 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Headfirst Charge

Burnished Hart

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

":"damage","rollAction":"Charge","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. Heated Body. A creature that touches

Charge. If the hart moves at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with an antlers attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType

Death Tyrant Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Negative Energy Cone. The death tyrant’s central eye emits an invisible, magical 150-foot cone of negative energy. At the start of each of its turns, the tyrant decides which way the cone faces

place in the initiative order and animates at the start of its next turn, provided that its body hasn’t been completely destroyed.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5

Orcus Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

with dead. Alternatively, he can expend 1 or more of the wand’s charges to cast one of the following spells from it: circle of death (1 charge), finger of death (1 charge), or power word kill (2

. A Taste of Undeath. Orcus casts chill touch (17th level). Creeping Death (Costs 2 Actions). Orcus chooses a point on the ground that he can see within 100 feet of him. A cylinder of swirling

Devourer

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

brink of death, it pulls the victim’s body in and traps the creature within its own ribcage. As the victim tries to stave off death (usually without success), the devourer tortures its soul with

creature is restrained and has disadvantage on death saving throws. If the creature dies while imprisoned, the devourer regains 25 hit points and immediately recharges Soul Rend. Additionally, at the

Centaur Mummy

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

Charge. If the centaur mummy moves at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a pike attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType

":"damage","rollAction":"Charge","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Multiattack. The centaur mummy makes two melee attacks, one with its pike and one with its hooves, or it attacks with its

Catoblepas

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

proven false. In some lands, the silhouette of a catoblepas, with its tail extended over its body and its head held low, is a baleful heraldic figure signifying death or doom. Sages say that gods of

succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be stunned until the start of the catoblepas’s next turn. Death Ray (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction

Orcus

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

will: animate dead (as an action), blight, speak with dead 1 charge each: circle of death, finger of death 2 charges: power word killOrcus can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options

Tail or Necrotic Bolt attack. Creeping Death (Costs 2 Actions). Orcus chooses a point on the ground that he can see within 100 feet of him. A cylinder of swirling necrotic energy 60 feet tall and

Champion of Madarua

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.Champions of Madarua represent the most skilled warriors in the faction. Hardened by battle, they lead the charge into the fray and inspire their

, death, and the seasons. Each member bears a small tattoo of a sickle on the inside of their left wrist. Warriors of Madarua recognize and respect the ever-changing complexity of life. In combat

School of Necromancy Legacy

Classes Player’s Handbook (2014)

The School of Necromancy explores the cosmic forces of life, death, and undeath. As you focus your studies in this tradition, you learn to manipulate the energy that animates all living things. As

you progress, you learn to sap the life force from a creature as your magic destroys its body, transforming that vital energy into magical power you can manipulate. Most people see necromancers as

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