both battle doesn could rank

Sword of Kas

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

blood. If the sword doesn’t taste blood on its blade within 1 minute of being drawn from its scabbard, its wielder makes a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a successful save, the wielder takes

cast a spell, you can’t cast that spell again from it until the next dawn. Spirit of Kas. While the sword is on your person, you gain the following benefits: Battle Hunger. You add 1d10 to your

Cleric

Classes Player’s Handbook

, a Cleric can reach out to the divine magic of the Outer Planes—where gods dwell—and channel it to bolster people and battle foes. Because their power is a divine gift, Clerics typically

associate themselves with temples dedicated to the deity or other immortal force that unlocked their magic. Harnessing divine magic doesn’t rely on specific training, yet Clerics might learn

Biha Babir

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

a cunning mind. Biha Babir is politically savvy and prefers to outsmart her opponents rather than battle them, though she doesn’t shy from combat if necessary. Biha Babir covets opulence, but

Kalaman Soldier

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

ally, granting advantage on the roll.Kalaman soldiers are the rank-and-file troops of the army of Kalaman. They are trained to fight defensively, bolstering one another in battle.

Hobgoblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

a force numbers just twenty. One banner might have four warriors mounted on worgs led by a fist, while a fist in another banner of the same legion might lead ten mounted warriors. If any rank doesn

Glorious Action. Hobgoblins never deny advancement in status to a banner that has earned it, nor do they withhold higher rank from a deserving individual. If a banner attains great glory in battle

Battle Master's Compendium

Equipment

Written by Bloodlord Varrox, Battle Master’s Compendium is a military treatise. Each of its thirteen chapters covers a different skill related to military strategy and tactics. The book’s

detailed analysis covers military units, weapons, strategy, rank, discipline, and much more. When you study a chapter in the book for 1 hour during a short or long rest, you learn interesting

Soldier Legacy

Backgrounds Basic Rules (2014)

, Intimidation Tool Proficiencies: One type of gaming set, vehicles (land) Equipment: An insignia of rank, a trophy taken from a fallen enemy (a dagger, broken blade, or piece of a banner), a set of bone dice

bearer 8 Support staff (cook, blacksmith, or the like) FEATURE: MILITARY RANK You have a military rank from your career as a soldier. Soldiers loyal to your former military

Bael

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. His critics call him naive, though never to his face. His primary interest has always been leading soldiers in battle, so he finds it frustrating to have his ambitions of ascending to a higher rank

doesn’t function at the start of his next turn. Bael dies only if he starts his turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate.Multiattack. Bael makes two Hellish Morningstar attacks. Hellish

Living Loot Satchel

Magic Items Acquisitions Incorporated

As a rank 2 hoardsperson, you are granted the use of a living loot satchel, which is an uncommon magic item. It functions as a bag of holding and is available in a variety of colors and styles

, organic, locally sourced woven fibers Fighter A thick, battle-scarred iron lockbox Paladin A metal case with fine engraving and scrollwork Ranger A fur-lined bindle Rogue A

Soldier - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

gaming set, vehicles (land) Equipment: An insignia of rank, a trophy taken from a fallen enemy (a dagger, broken blade, or piece of a banner), a set of bone dice or deck of cards, a set of common

, blacksmith, or the like) FEATURE: MILITARY RANK You have a military rank from your career as a soldier. Soldiers loyal to your former military organization still recognize your authority and

Fensir Skirmisher

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

in the eternal battle. The transformation that created fensirs left them with an odd quirk to their regenerative powers: their regeneration doesn’t function in sunlight, and in fact, sunlight can turn these creatures to stone.

Regeneration. The fensir regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn if it isn’t in sunlight. If the fensir takes acid or fire damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of the

Fensir Devourer

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

use in the eternal battle. The transformation that created fensirs left them with an odd quirk to their regenerative powers: their regeneration doesn’t function in sunlight, and in fact, sunlight can turn these creatures to stone.

Death Curse. When the fensir starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate, it releases a curse on those around it. Each creature within 30 feet of the fensir when it dies must

Cadaver Collector

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Magic Resistance. The collector has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Unusual Nature. The collector doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack

great battle—either where one is in progress, where one is imminent, or where one once took place. They encase themselves in the armor and weapons of fallen warriors and impale the corpses of those

Giff Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

of giff society is organized along military lines. From birth until death, every giff has a military rank. It must follow orders from those of superior rank, and it can give orders to those of lower

rank. Promotions don’t depend on age but are granted by a superior as a reward for valor. Giff are devoted to their children, even as most of their education is geared toward fighting and war

Sahuagin Baron Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Blood Frenzy. The sahuagin has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its hit points. Limited Amphibiousness. The sahuagin can breathe air and water, but he

it. This is the sound of the sahuagin hunting horn — a call to raid and battle. Coastal settlers refer to sahuagin as “sea devils,” for sahuagin have no compassion in them

Sword Wraith Warrior

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Unusual Nature. The warrior doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Battleaxe. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Battleaxe"} to hit, reach 5

are most often found on ancient battlefields where soldiers were hemmed in and slaughtered without quarter. Sword Wraiths When glory-obsessed warriors die in battle without honor, they might haunt

Mercenary Veteran

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

behind the life of a soldier for hire, but your skills are undeniably suited for battle, so now you fight on in a different way. MERCENARIES OF THE NORTH Countless mercenary companies

-states in the North are willing to field an army alongside the Chill, but several are happy to quietly pay the Chill to battle the Uthgardt, orcs, trolls of the Evermoors, and other threats to

Asteria

Monsters The Book of Many Things

doesn’t function if Asteria has the incapacitated condition. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Asteria fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead. Special Equipment. Asteria wears

moves up to her speed. This movement doesn’t provoke opportunity attack;opportunity attacks. Cast a Spell (Costs 2 Actions). Asteria uses Spellcasting.Though she now travels alone, Asteria

Sword Wraith Commander

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Turning Defiance. The commander and any other sword wraiths within 30 feet of it have advantage on saving throws against effects that turn Undead. Unusual Nature. The commander doesn’t require

their praises. Sword Wraiths When glory-obsessed warriors die in battle without honor, they might haunt the site as sword wraiths.PoisonNecrotic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical

Silverquill Professor of Shadow

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the professor’s darkvision.Multiattack. The professor makes two Ink Lance attacks. The professor can replace one of the attacks with a

strive to carry themselves as immaculately as possible, seeking to overawe and wrong-foot anyone who would stand against them in debate or in battle. In teaching their students, professors of shadow

Wersten Kern

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

success, Wersten drops to 1 hit point instead. Unusual Nature. Wersten doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. Wersten makes three Banner Pike attacks and uses Terrifying

. In battle, she wields a wicked pike that flies Soth’s black rose standard, and her cries can stop mighty warriors’ hearts. Wersten staunchly follows Soth’s commands, and she will serve him until she faces a second doom.Poison

Hound Archon

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

Aura of Menace. As long as the archon doesn’t have the incapacitated condition, each creature of the archon’s choice that starts its turn within 20 feet of the archon must make a DC 12

within the Celestial hierarchy. When faced in battle, archons radiate the full fury of the Upper Planes, bolstering their allies and cowing their foes.LightningChange Shape. The archon magically

Skeletal Knight

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

critical hit. On a success, the skeletal knight drops to 1 hit point instead. Unusual Nature. The skeletal knight doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The skeletal knight makes

free to pursue its own ends. Skeletal knights are relentless in battle and difficult to destroy. They cling to the sins that curse them, and they fight until their skulls are reduced to shards. Their

Traag Draconian

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

Blood Frenzy. The draconian has advantage on melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn’t have all its hit points. Controlled Fall. If the draconian falls and isn’t incapacitated

engines of carnage. Few commanders have successfully used a traag draconian’s reckless violence to their advantage in battle; for most, a traag draconian is as much of a danger to its allies as it is

Steel Predator

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Magic Resistance. The steel predator has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Unusual Nature. The steel predator doesn’t require air, food, drink, or

predator locates its prey by sight and smell. Once battle is joined, the predator ignores every other threat to attack its target, unless other creatures prevent it from reaching the target. In that

City Watch / Investigator

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

choiceEquipment: A uniform in the style of your unit and indicative of your rank, a horn with which to summon help, a set of manacles, and a pouch containing 10 gp FEATURE: WATCHER'S EYE Your

1 The monstrous enemy we faced in battle still leaves me quivering with fear. 2 I have little respect for anyone who is not a proven warrior. 3 I made a terrible mistake in battle that

Half-Orc Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

shared elements among these folk. Orcs regard battle scars as tokens of pride and ornamental scars as things of beauty. Other scars, though, mark an orc or half-orc as a former prisoner or a disgraced

exult along with him or shiver with fear and loathing. Beyond the rage of Gruumsh, half-orcs feel emotion powerfully. Rage doesn’t just quicken their pulse, it makes their bodies burn. An insult

Amnizu (Summoner Variant)

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the amnizu’s darkvision. Magic Resistance. The amnizu has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical

24 hours.Amnizus lead infernal legions into battle and command guardians at the gateways to the Hells. Amnizus are arrogant, bullying, and ruthless, but they’re also highly intelligent

Vampiric Mist

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

doesn’t require air or sleep.Life Drain. The mist touches one creature in its space. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw (Undead and Constructs automatically succeed

. In battle, a mist focuses its attacks on injured targets, since open wounds are a more ready source of blood.PoisonAcid, Cold, Lightning, Necrotic, Thunder; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Bakunawa

Monsters Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

bakunawa flies or swims up to half its speed. This movement doesn’t provoke opportunity attack;opportunity attacks. Slam. The bakunawa makes one Storm Slam attack. Lightning Strikes (Costs 3

call home. Iridescent scales crackling with lightning cover a bakunawa’s fearsome serpentine body, and the sharp movements of its mighty wings echo with thunderous winds. Known for their mercilessness in battle, bakunawa swallow whole any who challenge them.Lightning, Thunder

Lizardfolk Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

hold and controls their actions. In contrast, lizardfolk see emotions as traits assigned to other creatures, objects, and situations. A lizardfolk doesn’t think, “I’m scared.&rdquo

lizardfolk doesn’t share those feelings, but instead assesses them in the same clinical manner. Yes, the fallen dwarf might be most useful as a meal, but hacking the body into steaks provokes aggression

Geryon (Variant)

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. Regeneration. Geryon regains 20 hit points at the start of his turn. If he takes radiant damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of his next turn. Geryon dies only if he starts his turn

with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate.Multiattack. Geryon makes one Claw attack and one Stinger attack. Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +16;{"diceNotation":"1d20+16","rollType":"to hit

Minotaur

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

carve their horns to sharpen their edges, etch symbols of power into them, or sheathe them in bronze to prevent them from shattering during battle. Thick hair extends down minotaurs’ necks and

, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t work

Mahadi the Rakshasa

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

, Mahadi loses this action option.Mahadi appears as a wealthy merchant lord. Though extremely powerful, Mahadi doesn’t believe in taking unnecessary risks, particularly in the Nine Hells where he

rank most highly in his esteem. Of course, guests leaving Infernal Rapture are expected to pay their bills in full prior to departure. If a guest cannot pay for whatever reason, the contract they

Geryon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. Regeneration. Geryon regains 20 hit points at the start of his turn. If he takes radiant damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of his next turn. Geryon dies only if he starts his turn

with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate.Multiattack. Geryon makes one Claw attack and one Stinger attack. Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +16;{"diceNotation":"1d20+16","rollType":"to hit

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