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Speak with Dead

Spells Player’s Handbook

or it recognizes you as an enemy. This spell doesn’t return the creature’s soul to its body, only its animating spirit. Thus, the corpse can’t learn new information, doesn’t comprehend anything that has happened since it died, and can’t speculate about future events.

You grant the semblance of life to a corpse of your choice within range, allowing it to answer questions you pose. The corpse must have a mouth, and this spell fails if the deceased creature was

Speak with Dead Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

. This spell doesn't return the creature's soul to its body, only its animating spirit. Thus, the corpse can't learn new information, doesn't comprehend anything that has happened since it died, and can't speculate about future events.

You grant the semblance of life and intelligence to a corpse of your choice within range, allowing it to answer the questions you pose. The corpse must still have a mouth and can't be undead. The

Carrion Stalker

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

instantly kills the larvae in the creature, ending the effect on it. If a creature is reduced to 0 hit points by the infestation, it dies. The larvae remain in the corpse, and one survives to become a fully

grown carrion stalker in 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Weeks"} weeks. Any effect that cures diseases or removes the poisoned condition that targets the corpse instantly

Archon of Falling Stars

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

makes a radiant spear attack, and then its mount can use its reaction to make a melee weapon attack. Return to Nyx (Costs 3 Actions). The archon causes a corpse it can see within 30 feet of it to burst

into a shower of radiant stars leaving no trace of it behind. Everything it is wearing or carrying remains. Each creature within 10 feet of the corpse when it bursts must succeed on a DC 16 Dexterity

Revenant Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

. After 24 hours, the soul inhabits and animates another humanoid corpse on the same plane of existence and regains all its hit points. While the soul is bodiless, a wish spell can be used to force the soul

to go to the afterlife and not return. Turn Immunity. The revenant is immune to effects that turn undead. Vengeful Tracker. The revenant knows the distance to and direction of any creature against

Vladimir Horngaard

Monsters Curse of Strahd

destroyed only if he starts his turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate. Rejuvenation. When Vladimir body is destroyed, its soul lingers. After 24 hours, the soul inhabits and animates another corpse

on the same plane of existence and regains all its hit points. While the soul is bodiless, a wish spell can be used to force the soul to go to the afterlife and not return. Special Equipment

Skulk

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

fat rendered from a corpse whose identity is unknown. Children. Humanoid children, aged 10 and under, can see through this invisibility. Reflective Surfaces. The skulk appears as a drab, smooth

a vague likeness of its master. Cruel and chaotic, skulks carry out their orders in the most violent manner possible. A summoned skulk can’t return to the Shadowfell until it dies, so many

Relentless Impaler

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Bloodheart Stake. The impaler is magically bound to the ceremonial stake and the sacrificed corpse the ritual caster used to create it. If the impaler is reduced to 0 hit points, it disappears, then

if it is reduced to 0 hit points while either the ceremonial stake is removed from the sacrifice’s corpse or the impaler is on a different plane of existence from that corpse. Legendary

Vampiric Mist

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

undetected to bleed their victims dry. Vampiric mists, sometimes called crimson mists, are all that remain of vampires who couldn’t return to their burial places after being defeated or suffering

Barghest

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. Soul Feeding. The barghest can feed on the corpse of a Fey or Humanoid it killed within the past 10 minutes. This feeding takes at least 1 minute, and it destroys the corpse. The victim’s soul is

day when it can complete its mission, return to Gehenna, and serve the General directly in his yugoloth legions, but it doesn’t kill goblinoids indiscriminately. By devouring the souls of

Sir Godfrey Gwilym

Monsters Curse of Strahd

another humanoid corpse on the same plane of existence and regains all its hit points. While his soul is bodiless, a wish spell can be used to force the soul to go to the afterlife and not return. Turn

Deep Scion

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

means to an end. The creature believes that their true form is the shape they take when they return to the sea they think of as home. Ironically, however, a deep scion that is killed when in their

piscine form is stripped of the magic that enabled them to transform, leaving behind the corpse of the person the deep scion once was.Change Shape. The deep scion transforms into a hybrid form (humanoid

Bugbear Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

. Cunning Grankhul is the younger one, and in the stories bugbears tell, he gifted them with stealth but in return he sapped their vigor, so that bugbears sleep in his stead while he remains eternally alert

heads of defeated foes, cut away or stitch open the eyelids, and leave the mouths hanging open. The heads are then placed on spikes or hung from cords around a bugbear den. The heads themselves are

Zikzokrishka

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

, having long ago prepared a dragon’s corpse to house her spirit upon its return to the phylactery.Lair Actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties) whenever she is in the are V3

Triton Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

spread across the world’s oceans and established protectorates to watch over deep sea trenches, portals, undersea caves, and other locations where their enemies might lurk. They defeated their

foes when they found them and drove the rest into hiding. With their foes banished to the deepest reaches of the sea, tritons settled in to watch for any sign of their return. Over time, the tritons

Shadar-kai Shadow Dancer

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

their enemies from all angles with a flurry of entangling chains that hold fast and corrupt the flesh. When their quarry is helpless, they dispatch it and then loot the corpse for trinkets

, particularly anything colorful and lively to gaze at after they return to the gloom of the Shadowfell. Shadar-kai In the gloom of the Shadowfell live shadar-kai, elves whose ancestors served the Raven Queen

Darkweaver

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

experiences, particularly great meals, with the monster. Some might even convince a darkweaver to release them if they promise to return with rare spices or one-of-a-kind meals. Those who manage to

cocoon contains the bones of a non-Humanoid creature, such as a flumph or a mule. 2 A swarm of insects that might be a darkweaver’s young 3 A corpse holding a jar of universal

Orc Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

serve as a battering ram if a settlement dares to close its gates, blocking the way to the treasures and tasty food that lie within. A heavily laden wagon that requires the strongest orcs to return it to

authority and cause the tribe to collapse into chaos, with the survivors scattering either to join new tribes or to strike out on their own. At the other extreme, warriors that return home with a heavily

Crook of Rao

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

wizard Tasha). Although she was defeated, Iggwilv managed to damage the crook during the battle, infecting it with an insidious curse—and the potential for future victory. In the aftermath, the

within 1 mile of you. Any fiend with a challenge rating of 19 or higher is unaffected. Each banished fiend is sent back to its home plane and can’t return to the plane the Crook of Rao banished it

5. Catching a Chill

compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->One-Shot Wonders: Holiday Adventure Pack

Thawing Out If Raimond is defeated, the party can return to Nilia and receive her thanks and promised reward. Warmth will return to the town, and the party will be invited to join in the evening festivities.

The Domain's Downfall

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

The Domain’s Downfall Once you know what your domain and Darklord are, think ahead to the climax of your adventures. A Darklord likely can’t be defeated by combat alone, so what is their weakness? In

. Then, assuming the Darklord is defeated, consider what happens next and how that’s relevant to the player characters, addressing the following questions: Can the Darklord die permanently? Under what

Speak with Dead

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

repetitive, and the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are hostile to it or it recognizes you as an enemy. This spell doesn’t return the creature’s soul to its body, only its

Speak with Dead 3rd-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 action Range: 10 feet Components: V, S, M (burning incense) Duration: 10 minutes You grant the semblance of life and intelligence to a corpse of

Speak with Dead

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

repetitive, and the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are hostile to it or it recognizes you as an enemy. This spell doesn’t return the creature’s soul to its body, only its

Speak with Dead 3rd-level necromancy Casting Time: 1 action Range: 10 feet Components: V, S, M (burning incense) Duration: 10 minutes You grant the semblance of life and intelligence to a corpse of

Speak with Dead

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules

spell doesn’t return the creature’s soul to its body, only its animating spirit. Thus, the corpse can’t learn new information, doesn’t comprehend anything that has happened since it died, and can’t speculate about future events.

corpse of your choice within range, allowing it to answer questions you pose. The corpse must have a mouth, and this spell fails if the deceased creature was Undead when it died. The spell also fails

Speak with Dead

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook

spell doesn’t return the creature’s soul to its body, only its animating spirit. Thus, the corpse can’t learn new information, doesn’t comprehend anything that has happened since it died, and can’t speculate about future events.

corpse of your choice within range, allowing it to answer questions you pose. The corpse must have a mouth, and this spell fails if the deceased creature was Undead when it died. The spell also fails

Githyanki

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes

Plane in the city of Tu’narath, a metropolis built on and in the corpse of a deity. Vlaakith commands the loyalty of the githyanki from her personal stronghold, Susurrus, also called the Palace of

Whispers, which is located deep inside the floating city. She sits on her Throne of Bones, a mighty artifact fueled by the intellects of mind flayers and elder brains that were defeated by her minions

Dungeon State

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5

when the characters leave. You need to track which rooms have been explored, which monsters have been defeated, which secrets remain undiscovered, what treasure has been taken, and so on. If the characters return to an area, your notes can remind you what is different from the original text.

Conclusion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel

Conclusion The chapter concludes when the characters leave Faunel or when they have defeated the Vile Hunt. If the characters return to any of the leaders of the animal groups, the leaders commend

Zikzokrishka's Phylactery

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries

her phylactery to rematerialize, having long ago prepared a dragon’s corpse to house her spirit upon its return to the phylactery. She relentlessly seeks them out, using all her evil ingenuity to

Conclusion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves

Conclusion Once the characters recover the ritual from Elakdras’s corpse, they can return to Grahlista and attempt to break the oppressive heat wave. The frost giant’s ritual requires at least four

5. Cave of Crystals

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

turn and sinks into the floor, never to return. Treasure Once the xorn are defeated, the characters can retrieve forty fist-sized crystals worth 10 gp each.

Death

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

players some opportunities to return dead characters to life during the lower levels of their progress through Out of the Abyss. A spell scroll of raise dead can turn up among some treasure, either when it

body is lost or left behind, the party’s drow pursuers find it. The drow high priestess casts raise dead on the corpse so that the character can be questioned. The character might escape later, or can

Back to Promise

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

Back to Promise If Lady Dre came with the characters, she and the horses have extracted her wagon from the sinkhole and are waiting for the characters. When the characters return to Promise, Aunt

characters defeated the soul shaker, she relates that the enchanted farmers in town have regained awareness. Aunt Dellie rewards the characters with her promised payment and offers them free passage on her boat whenever they please.

Legacy of the Lost

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

Legacy of the Lost Once the aboleth is defeated and the writings in area T5 are recovered, the spirits of Derek and Violette appear before the characters in their lifelike forms. They thank the group

for defeating the aboleth and ask the characters to return the tomes to their rightful owners, the people of Djaynai. They don’t elaborate on what group that might mean and know nothing of Janya. If

Arijani

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

themselves. Arijani has faked his and Reeva’s deaths on multiple occasions, after which they always return “resurrected,” leading Ramya to believe they can never be truly defeated.

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