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Dungeon Master’s Guide
. The tome recounts both the oldest and most current profanities of the Abyss and demons. Demons have attempted to censor the text, and while sections have been ripped from the book’s spine, the
general chapters remain, ever revealing demonic secrets. Caged behind lines of script roils a secret piece of the Abyss itself, which keeps the book up-to-date, no matter how many pages are removed, and
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
Thrown property with a normal range of 60 feet and a long range of 180 feet. When you hit with a ranged attack roll using Whelm, the target takes an extra 1d8 Force damage, or an extra 4d8 Force damage
. Whelm has ties to the dwarf clan that created it, called the Dankil or the Mightyhammer clan. It longs to be returned to that clan. Whelm’s purpose is to protect dwarves. Conflict arises if the
Spells
Player’s Handbook
six months, such as a book from a wizard’s library.
“Very familiar” is a place you have visited often, a place you have carefully studied, or a place you can see when you cast the
destination in a random direction. Roll 1d8 for the direction: 1, east; 2, southeast; 3, south; 4, southwest; 5, west; 6, northwest; 7, north; or 8, northeast.
On Target. You and your group (or the target object) appear where you intended.
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Lorwyn: First Light
a heinous crime.
In Lorwyn
Lorwyn kithkin live in pastoral villages called clachans and welcome outsiders into their communities. These kithkin collect their cultural heritage in a tome called the
Book of Kith and Kin. They also often entertain many superstitions, particularly related to Lorwyn’s incarnations of nature.
In Shadowmoor
Shadowmoor kithkin are more insular and xenophobic
Species
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Shifters—sometimes called “weretouched”—descend from people who contracted full or partial lycanthropy. Humanoids with a bestial aspect, shifters can’t change shape
Monsters
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
. The shadow walker makes three Gloom Burst attacks and uses Shadow Cowl.
Gloom Burst. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Gloom Burst"}, reach 5
underground. For countless generations, they have lived in the lightless caverns of Khyber. There, they tapped into a mysterious magical shadow they called the Umbra. Though some have emerged to haunt the
Monsters
Stranger Things: Welcome to the Hellfire Club
himself.Dazzling Confetti. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Dazzling Confetti"}, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3);{"diceNotation
ends early immediately after Flizzlebin makes an attack roll, deals damage, or has the Incapacitated condition, or if his hat is removed.Distracting Glitter. Trigger: Flizzlebin is hit by an attack
Monsters
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Multiattack. The inquisitive makes three Crooked Staff attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Inquisitive Eye.
Crooked Staff. Melee Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to
":"recharge", "rollAction":"Spontaneous Barrier"}. Trigger: The inquisitive or an ally it can see is hit with an attack roll. Response: The inquisitive adds 2 to its or the ally’s AC against that
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
in any combination. It can replace two attacks with a use of Spellcasting.
Slam. Melee Attack Roll: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Slam"}, reach 10 ft. Hit: 12 (3d4
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Rend"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 9 (2d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"2d6+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Rend
conditions, a spirit dragon wyrmling might hatch from the egg. Left to its own devices, a wyrmling wanders the ruins that the dragon originated from.
Spirit Dragons
Spirit dragons, sometimes called
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Multiattack. The dragon makes three Rend attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Time-Warping Breath.
Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction
understood ancient magic.
Spirit Dragons
Spirit dragons, sometimes called song dragons, are powerful dragons whose powers stem from the magic and history of fallen realms. They embody the spirit of
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
use of (A) Time-Warping Breath or (B) Spellcasting to cast Thunderwave (level 2 version).
Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +15;{"diceNotation":"1d20+15", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Rend"}, reach 15
spirit dragon’s personality and outlook are often indistinguishable from that fallen realm’s.
Spirit Dragons
Spirit dragons, sometimes called song dragons, are powerful dragons whose
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
use of (A) Time-Warping Breath or (B) Spellcasting to cast Thunderwave.
Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Rend"}, reach 10 ft. Hit: 15 (2d8
uses its magic to walk disguised among people. A dragon might hire adventurers to undertake quests into the ruins of its lost homeland.
Spirit Dragons
Spirit dragons, sometimes called song dragons
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
Spellcasting.
Arcane Burst. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Arcane Burst"}, reach 5 ft., or range 120 ft. Hit: 32 (4d12 + 6);{"diceNotation
one another in a devastating conflict called the Manshoon Wars. The original Manshoon and all but three of his clones were killed, and today only a single Manshoon is believed to be active in Faer
Monsters
Astarion's Book of Hungers
Form Only). Melee Attack Roll: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Hellfire Claw"}, reach 5 ft. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d8+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction
laws of the Nine Hells.
The greatest hell-bound vampires are masters of hellfire called infernalists, who prey on mages. Vampire infernalists are usually too arrogant to work together; even a large
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
False Object. If the library is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the library move or act, that creature must
succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check to discern that the library is animate.Multiattack. The library makes two attacks.
Chained Book. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
False Objects. If the swarm is motionless at the start of combat, it has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover, if a creature hasn’t observed the swarm move or act, that creature must
","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Book Club"} to hit, reach 0 ft., one target in the swarm’s space. Hit: 6 (2d4 + 1);{"diceNotation":"2d4+1","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Book Club","rollDamageType
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
and headed toward the Sea of Moving Ice, hoping to find a tome called The Codicil of White, a book of magic and lore composed by servants of Auril the Frostmaiden. The Arcane Brotherhood believes that
a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened for 1 minute. If the save fails by 5 or more, the target also ages 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Horrifying Visage"} ×
Equipment
, and you descend 60 feet per round and take no damage from falling. When you are 10 feet away from the ground, roll a d20. If you roll a 5 or less, the parachute gives out, and you begin to fall normally.
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
To you, this book is a magical spellbook. To anyone else, the book appears to be a volume of verbose romance fiction. As an action, you can change the book’s appearance and alter the plot of
the romance.
When found, the book contains the following spells: hallucinatory terrain, major image, mirror image, mislead, Nystul's magic aura, phantasmal force, and silent image. It functions as a
Magic Items
Keys from the Golden Vault
to the book, you can cast circle of death (save DC 20) from it as an action. After you cast the spell, roll a d6. On a roll of 1–5, you can’t use this property again until the next dawn
even glimpse the scrawled pages invites madness.
Most believe the lich-god Vecna authored the Book of Vile Darkness. He recorded in its pages every diseased idea, every unhinged thought, and every
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
tell that these geese descend from a monstrous many-headed bird that dwells deep within the wilds. Though the knights of Eldraine consider its existence a myth, the folk of the wilds know that the
, you can use the Goose Egg Trinket table to determine the contents of one of the Goose Mother’s eggs that isn’t destined to hatch into a goose or a giant goose (also described in that book).
Magic Items
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
The Codicil of White is a tall, thin volume bound in white ermine fur over seasoned boards of white pine and sealed with a clasp and lock of tarnished silver. The book is cold to the touch, and the
(frost fingers), and a poem called “Rime of the Frostmaiden” (see appendix E). The poem is an incantation, the power of which can be used to split a glacier (see chapter 6). The poem might have other capabilities, at your discretion.
Monsters
Tales from the Yawning Portal
Keen Smell. The rat has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell.
Pack Tactics. The rat has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the rat's allies is
":"roll","rollAction":"Bite"} every 24 hours. If the target's hit point maximum drops to 0 as a result of this disease, the target dies.A monstrously swollen female diseased giant rat [6 feet long] that
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
: plane shift (self only), scrying (as an action), slow, telekinesisFuture Insight (3/Day). When the githzerai or a creature it can see makes an attack roll, a saving throw, or an ability check, the
githzerai can cause the roll to be made with advantage or disadvantage.Githzerai futurists have transcended their limits through focused meditation and can now catch glimpses of the future. They foresee
Spells
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
;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
dies if you die. Whenever you finish a long rest, you can spend up to half your Hit Dice if the homunculus is on the same plane of existence as you. When you do so, roll each die and add your
Yeenoghu
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
, decorated by the flayed skins of his foes. He wields a triple-headed flail called the Butcher, which he can summon into his hand at will, although he is as likely to tear his prey apart with his bare
hands before ripping out its throat with his teeth.Yeenoghu’s Lair
Yeenoghu’s lair in the Abyss is called the Death Dells, its barren hills and ravines serving as one great hunting ground
Blue Slaad
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
damage. If the target is a humanoid, it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be infected with a disease called chaos phage. While infected, the target can’t regain hit points, and
its hit point maximum is reduced by 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Claw"} every 24 hours. If the disease reduces the target’s hit point maximum to 0, the target
Demonomicon of Iggwilv
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Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
do so, you can add double your proficiency bonus to the check.
Fiendish Scourging. Your magic causes pain to fiends. While carrying the book, when you make a damage roll for a spell you cast against
recounts both the oldest and most current profanities of the Abyss and demons. Demons have attempted to censor the text, and while sections have been ripped from the book’s spine, the general
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
manipulate planar energies to create wondrous effects.
Githzerai descend from an ancient people who were also the progenitors of the githyanki—all of whom were destroyed or transformed by mind
Manipulation"}. The githzerai manipulates the energy of the plane of existence it’s on to produce one of the following effects (choose one or roll a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
following options (choose one or roll a d6;{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Piscine Anatomy"}):
1–2: Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to
turtle;dragon turtles (morkoths appear in this book; the others appear in the Monster Manual)—all of these and more can mark mortals as their own and claim them as minions. Unlucky folk might
Baphomet
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Out of the Abyss
. Although filled with bestial bloodlust, there lies within a cruel and cunning intellect devoted to subverting all of civilization.
Baphomet wields a great glaive called Heartcleaver. He sometimes
’s lair is his palace, the Lyktion, which is on the layer of the Abyss called the Endless Maze. Nestled within the twisting passages of the plane-wide labyrinth, the Lyktion is immaculately
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
willing creature the living portent can see within 30 feet of itself. The target’s hit point maximum and current hit points increase by 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3", "rollType":"roll
", "rollAction":"Prophetic Blessing"}, and it gains a prophecy die, a d8. Once during each of the creature’s turns, when it fails an ability check or saving throw or misses an attack roll, it can
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Chaos Blast"} damage. Roll a d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Chaos Blast"} to determine the damage type: 1, acid; 2, cold; 3, fire; 4, lightning
will: Message, Prestidigitation
1/day: Charm PersonDerro who have just begun to discover and control their magic are called apprentices. The magic of a derro apprentice is dangerous and unpredictable
Zuggtmoy
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Out of the Abyss
infected by these spores for 24 hours. On a failed save, the creature is infected with a disease called the spores of Zuggtmoy and also gains a random form of madness (determined by rolling on the Madness
save, the creature is infected with a disease called the influence of Zuggtmoy for 24 hours. While infected, the creature is charmed by her and can’t be reinfected by these spores.Protective






