body before devoured carries rules

Bag of Devouring

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

pulled inside the bag first. Any creature that starts its turn inside the bag is devoured, its body destroyed. Inanimate objects can be stored in the bag, which can hold a cubic foot of such material

bag can sense whatever is placed inside the bag. Animal or vegetable matter placed wholly in the bag is devoured and lost forever. When part of a living creature is placed in the bag, as happens when

Intellect Devourer

Monsters Monster Manual

Stunned condition until the end of the intellect devourer’s next turn. Steal Body. Intelligence Saving Throw: DC 12, one Small or Medium creature within 5 feet that has the Incapacitated

telepathy; and its Detect Intelligence trait. It otherwise adopts the target’s game statistics. It knows everything the target knew, including spells and languages. If the host body dies, the

Zlan

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

inches long, it re-forms from that piece of chardalyn in 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Next of the Seven"} days, regaining all its Hit Points. The new body appears in the

unoccupied space nearest to the piece of chardalyn, and another lich’s mind in the body seizes psychic control of the body.Multiattack. Zlan makes three attacks, using Slam or Bewildering Bolt

Biha Babir

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

Amphibious. Biha Babir can breathe air and water. Elemental Restoration. If Biha Babir dies outside the Elemental Plane of Water, her body dissolves into brine, and she gains a new body in 1d4

again until the start of her next turn.Scheming Marid Ruler The calculating Biha Babir rules the pelagic city of Maran Saya in Calimshan. Though her physical form is as fluid as the ocean itself, she

Intellect Devourer Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

devoured brain by means of a wish. By spending 5 feet of its movement, the intellect devourer can voluntarily leave the body, teleporting to the nearest unoccupied space within 5 feet of it. The body then

Intelligence. Body Thief. The intellect devourer initiates an Intelligence contest with an incapacitated humanoid within 5 feet of it that isn’t protected by protection from evil and good. If it wins

Aspirant of the Comet

Monsters The Book of Many Things

the mysteries of the Heralds of the Comet, but they are firmly in the group’s clutches, both socially and metaphysically. If an aspirant is killed, the hapless individual is drawn into the Void and devoured, body and soul.

Hunger of the Void. When the aspirant is reduced to 0 hit points, its body and everything it is wearing or carrying, except for magic items, are sucked into a void and destroyed. Creatures in a 15

Grinning Cat

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

course of its turn. It can choose to leave part of its body visible, such as its tail, its head, or its grinning mouth. Any equipment the cat wears or carries is invisible with it.Grinning cats are

its body visible. Any equipment the cat wears or carries on a visible part of its body also becomes visible. Grinning Step. The grinning cat teleports, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space it can see.

Prosthetics

Equipment

Grievous Wound while wearing a Prosthetic that replaces the lost or wounded body part. Some Prosthetics can be enchanted with magic, giving them even further powers. Rules for Magical Prosthetics can be found in the Grim Hollow Campaign Guide.

Agony the Ghost

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

object. Crew of the Last Breath. The following rules apply to Agony the ghost: As long as the Last Breath has at least 1 hit point, the ghost can’t be permanently slain. If the ghost is reduced

ghost can see within 5 feet of it must succeed on a DC 13 Charisma saving throw or be possessed by the ghost; the ghost then disappears, and the target is incapacitated and loses control of its body

Reborn

Species Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Memories table to inspire its details. Lost Memories d6 Memory 1 You recall a physically painful moment. What mark or scar on your body does it relate to? 2 A memory brings

you like it now? 6 A memory carries a vivid smell or sensation. What are you going to do to recreate that experience? Reborn Origins Reborn might originate from circumstances similar to

Oren Yogilvy

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

carries four daggers. Roleplaying Information Oren came to Northfurrow’s End looking for easy work and found it. He sings for his supper, drinks like a fish, and wanders the fields at night

dreaming up new lyrics to entertain the inn’s other guests. Oren likes to stir up trouble from time to time, but he doesn’t have a mean bone in his body. Ideal: “Music is food for the

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

Hypnos Magen

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Fiery End. If the magen dies, its body disintegrates in a harmless burst of fire and smoke, leaving behind anything it was wearing or carrying. Magic Resistance. The magen has advantage on saving

telepathic and use their power of suggestion to control others. Their creators use them to force enemies to withdraw or surrender. A hypnos magen carries no weapons, relying entirely on its psychic

Vargouille

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Charisma becomes 2, it dies, and its head tears from its body and becomes a new vargouille. Casting remove curse, greater restoration, or a similar spell on the target before the transformation is

all vargouilles for 1 hour.Shrieking, flapping, and hideous to behold—with a body like a severed head and wings in place of ears—vargouilles boil out of the Abyss to infest other planes

Nabassu Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

Demonic Shadows. The nabassu darkens the area around its body in a 10-foot radius. Nonmagical light can’t illuminate this area of dim light. Devour Soul. A nabassu can eat the soul of a

creature devoured by a nabassu can be restored to life only by a wish spell. Magic Resistance. The nabassu has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Magic Weapons

Wereraven

Monsters Curse of Strahd

, modestly give money to charity. They take steps to keep magic items out of evil hands by stashing them in secret hiding places. Characters as Wereravens. The Monster Manual has rules for characters

piercing damage (no ability modifier applies to this damage) and carries the curse of lycanthropy; see the “Player Characters as Lycanthropes” sidebar in the lycanthropes entry in the Monster Manual for details.

Shapechange Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

had before you transformed. If you revert as a result of dropping to 0 hit points, any excess damage carries over to your normal form. As long as the excess damage doesn't reduce your normal form to 0

rules for the original form, with one exception: if your new form has more hit points than your current one, your hit points remain at their current value.

Frost Giant Everlasting One

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

troll upon a sacred quest to find the frost giant and meet the giant in secret. The troll offers up its own body to be devoured in Vaprak’s name. Only the boldest and most determined frost giants

fails to heed Vaprak’s visions, injuries the frost giant sustains heal wrong, resulting in discolored skin; warty scars; and vestigial body parts, such as extra digits, limbs, and even heads. The

Devastation Orb

Magic Items Princes of the Apocalypse

the area of effect, the rules for heavy precipitation apply, as detailed in chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. If there is a substantial body of water in the area, it floods after 2d10 hours

batter it. The wind is strong enough to uproot weak trees and destroy light structures after at least 10 minutes of exposure. Otherwise, the rules for strong wind apply, as detailed in chapter 5 of the

Galder's Speedy Courier

Spells Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

You summon a Small air elemental to a spot within range. The air elemental is formless, nearly transparent, immune to all damage, and cannot interact with other creatures or objects. It carries an

and seen at least once before, or any creature for which you possess a body part, lock of hair, clipping from a nail, or similar portion of the creature’s body. As soon as the lid of the chest

Frostmourn

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

keep them roaming the wilds for years after their murderers are slain. A frostmourn looks like a desiccated corpse mummified by exposure to bitter cold. It carries the marks of its death on its body: a

wound that seeps frosty vapor or vibrant, purple veins showing the ravages of poison. It can momentarily dissolve its body into a swirling blizzard to avoid harm, reforming at a distance to continue its assault.Cold, PoisonFire

Miros Xelbrin

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

. Hit: 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Heavy Crossbow","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. Miros carries ten crossbow bolts. Roleplaying Information Innkeeper

Miros is a retired carnival attraction, dubbed “the Yeti” because of his barrel-shaped body and the thick, white hair covering his arms, chest, back, and head. When Goldenfields suffers

Nabassu

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Demonic Shadows. The nabassu darkens the area around its body in a 10-foot radius. Nonmagical light can’t illuminate this area of dim light. Devour Soul. A nabassu can eat the soul of a

Soul"} damage on a hit. The nabassu retains these benefits for 6 days. A creature devoured by a nabassu can be restored to life only by a wish spell. Magic Resistance. The nabassu has advantage on

Demilich (Variant) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

;s body and all the equipment it is carrying cease to exist. On a successful save, the target takes 24 (7d6);{"diceNotation":"7d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Trap Soul", "rollDamageType

":"necrotic"} necrotic damage, and if this damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, its soul is trapped as if it failed the saving throw. A soul trapped in a gem for 24 hours is devoured and ceases to

Megapede

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

, it attaches the eggs to its body using sticky saliva and carries them on its back until the eggs hatch. Newly hatched megapedes grow to full size within weeks by consuming as much as they can, possibly including one another if food is scarce.

Adult Oblex

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

and elders, have eaten so many memories that they can form duplicates of the creatures they have devoured from the substance of their bodies, sending these copies off to lure prey into their clutches

sharper the mind, the better the meal, so oblexes hunt targets more likely to be intelligent, such as wizards and other spellcasters. When suitable fare comes within reach, an oblex draws its body up to

Armor Class Legacy

Rules

modifier. Not all characters wear armor or carry shields, however. Without armor or a shield, your character's AC equals 10 + his or her Dexterity modifier. If your character wears armor, carries a shield

, or both, calculate your AC using the rules in the Equipment section. Record your AC on your character sheet.

Forest Master

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

carrying, teleports to an unoccupied space within 30 feet that he can see.Said to be older than the trees themselves, the Forest Master is a wise and powerful unicorn who rules over the creatures of

Darken Wood in Krynn. The ancient being’s body is wreathed in protective briars, and moonlight dances around the unicorn’s horn. Those who threaten the Forest Master’s lands find

Deformed Duergar

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

Enlarge, or until its concentration is broken, up to 1 hour (as if concentrating on a spell). Any equipment the duergar wears or carries is invisible with it.This creature used to be two separate duergar, a

ears, three eyes, two noses, and two mouths. It has a third arm on the right side of its body, and its left leg splits into two at the knee, giving it three feet. The transformation drove the poor creature insane, and it regards all other creatures as threats that must be destroyed.Poison

Monk Legacy

Classes Basic Rules (2014)

important mission beyond the cloister? Perhaps you were cast out because of some violation of the community’s rules. Did you dread leaving, or were you happy to go? Is there something you hope to

ft. Ability Score Improvement 9th +4 1d6 9 +15 ft. Unarmored Movement Improvement 10th +4 1d6 10 +20 ft. Purity of Body

Elder Oblex

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

person, hypnotic pattern, telekinesisOlder oblexes, called adults and elders, have eaten so many memories that they can form duplicates of the creatures they have devoured from the substance of their

suitable fare comes within reach, an oblex draws its body up to engulf its victim. As it withdraws, it plunders the creature’s mind, leaving its prey befuddled and confused—or dead. When

Vecna the Archlich

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If Vecna fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Special Equipment. Vecna carries a magic dagger named Afterthought. In the hands of anyone other than

Vecna, Afterthought is a Dagger, +2;+2 Dagger. Undying. If Vecna is slain, his soul refuses to accept its fate and lives on as a disembodied spirit that fashions a new body for itself after 1d100

Cradle of the Frost Scion

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

Awakening of the Scion. The cradle is a container for the scion of Thrym. When the cradle drops to 0 hit points, its body shatters into shards of ice. The scion instantly appears in the space the

frigid air to freeze foes in place. If the cradle is destroyed, its icy body shatters to reveal the awakened scion of Thrym inside it. Forming a double-bladed axe in its hand, the 70-foot-tall scion

Acererak

Monsters Tomb of Annihilation

Special Equipment. Acererak carries the Staff of the Forgotten One. He wears a talisman of the sphere and has a sphere of annihilation under his control. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Acererak

fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Rejuvenation. Acererak’s body turns to dust when he drops to 0 hit points, and his equipment is left behind. Acererak gains a new body

Froghemoth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

full size over a period of months by indiscriminately preying on other creatures in its swampy domain. It learns to hide its enormous body in murky pools, keeping only its eyestalk above water to watch

it in to be devoured while holding the rest at bay. If bullywug;bullywugs (see the Monster Manual) come across a froghemoth, the bullywugs may treat the froghemoth as a god and do all they can to coax

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