both before defenses creature replaced

Commune with Nature

Spells Player’s Handbook

settings, the radius is limited to 300 feet. The spell doesn’t function where nature has been replaced by construction, such as in castles and settlements. Choose three of the following facts

; you learn those facts as they pertain to the spell’s area: Locations of settlements Locations of portals to other planes of existence Location of one Challenge Rating 10+ creature (DM’s

Polymorph

Spells Player’s Handbook

statistics are replaced by the stat block of the chosen Beast, but the target retains its alignment, personality, creature type, Hit Points, and Hit Point Dice. The target gains a number of Temporary

You attempt to transform a creature that you can see within range into a Beast. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or shape-shifting;shape-shift into Beast form for the duration. That

Animal Shapes

Spells Player’s Handbook

. You can choose a different form for each target. On later turns, you can take a Magic action to transform the targets again. A target’s game statistics are replaced by the chosen Beast’s

statistics, but the target retains its creature type; Hit Points; Hit Point Dice; alignment; ability to communicate; and Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. The target’s actions are

Shapechange

Spells Player’s Handbook

You shape-shift into another creature for the duration or until you take a Magic action to shape-shift into a different eligible form. The new form must be of a creature that has a Challenge Rating

no higher than your level or Challenge Rating. You must have seen the sort of creature before, and it can’t be a Construct or an Undead. When you cast the spell, you gain a number of Temporary

True Polymorph

Spells Player’s Handbook

Choose one creature or nonmagical object that you can see within range. The creature shape-shifting;shape-shifts into a different creature or a nonmagical object, or the object shape-shifts into a

creature (the object must be neither worn nor carried). The transformation lasts for the duration or until the target dies or is destroyed, but if you maintain Concentration on this spell for the full

Magic Jar

Spells Player’s Handbook

possess a creature’s body, you control it. Your Hit Points, Hit Point Dice, Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Speed, and senses are replaced by the creature’s. You otherwise keep your

game statistics. Meanwhile, the possessed creature’s soul can perceive from the container using its own senses, but it can’t move and it is Incapacitated. While possessing a body, you can

Find Steed

Spells Player’s Handbook

You summon an otherworldly being that appears as a loyal steed in an unoccupied space of your choice within range. This creature uses the Otherworldly Steed stat block. If you already have a steed

from this spell, the steed is replaced by the new one. The steed resembles a Large, rideable animal of your choice, such as a horse, a camel, a dire wolf, or an elk. Whenever you cast the spell, choose

Cold Caster

Feats Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

turn when you hit a creature with an attack roll and deal Cold damage, you can temporarily negate the creature’s defenses. The creature subtracts 1d4 from the next saving throw it makes before the end of your next turn.

Boon of Fluid Forms

Feats Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn

statistics are replaced by the stat block of the chosen form, but you retain your creature type; alignment; personality; Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores; Hit Points; Hit Point Dice; proficiencies

Powered Armor

Magic Items Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

), but doesn’t gain access to the user’s knowledge, features, or proficiencies. Freeing a creature trapped inside the armor first requires defeating the armor’s automatic defenses

. Freeing the user first requires defeating the armor’s automatic defenses (as above). A creature in stasis does not make Charisma saving throws to break the armor’s control. Alternative

Malformed Kraken

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

replaced with a bite attack, and any of them can be replaced with Fling. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target

object held or creature grappled by the kraken's tentacles is thrown up to 60 feet in a random direction and knocked prone. If a thrown target strikes a solid surface, the target takes 3 (1d6

Crown of Lies

Magic Items Vecna: Eve of Ruin

chosen creature’s appearance exactly, including its voice. Your size and speed are replaced by the chosen creature’s. You otherwise retain your own game statistics. While in this new form

the chosen creature for the purposes of spells, traps, and other defenses that wouldn’t target the chosen creature. While in your disguised form, any lies you tell always seem to be true, no

Sapphire Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

out new defenses? 4 Give me a storied helmet or scimitar over a pile of gold any day. 5 No creature can outsmart my defenses—if they do, they obviously cheated. 6 Any creature

"}. The dragon exhales a pulse of high-pitched, nearly inaudible sound in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 22

Elise

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

achievement, Elise is a confused, frustrated soul who never wished for her current circumstances. Elise’s heart has been replaced with the Unbreakable Heart. If this device is removed, Elise dies

, even if it is replaced with another heart. Elise is horrified by what Dr. Mordenheim did to her and tries to avoid the doctor and all strangers, fearing they might kill her to learn the Unbreakable

Young Sapphire Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

over a pile of gold any day. 5 No creature can outsmart my defenses—if they do, they obviously cheated. 6 Any creature that can hold their own against me must teach me how&mdash

Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Debilitating Breath"}. The dragon exhales a pulse of high-pitched, nearly inaudible sound in a 30-foot cone. Each creature

Deva Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

":"radiant"} radiant damage. Healing Touch (3/Day). The deva touches another creature. The target magically regains 20 (4d8 + 2);{"diceNotation":"4d8+2","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Healing Touch

retains its game statistics and ability to speak, but its AC, movement modes, Strength, Dexterity, and special senses are replaced by those of the new form, and it gains any statistics and

Silverquill Professor of Shadow

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

+ 4);{"diceNotation":"3d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Ink Lance","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving

focus on words that find the tiniest, most invisible cracks in an opponent’s defenses and break them. Silverquill Scholars The scholars of Silverquill College study the power of magic shaped

Nightwalker

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Annihilating Aura. Any creature that starts its turn within 30 feet of the nightwalker must succeed on a DC 21 Constitution saving throw or take 21 (6d6);{"diceNotation":"6d6","rollType":"damage

","rollAction":"Annihilating Aura","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. Undead are immune to this aura. Life Eater. A creature dies if reduced to 0 hit points by the nightwalker and can’t

Enucleator Modifications

Equipment

the creature’s arms are replaced with tentacles. The creature’s reach is extended by 5 feet.

Lord Syuul;Lord Syuul's psionic enucleator can be used to modify the body of any creature inside its tank. The device must be operated by another creature who can manifest a psionic power or who has

Death Kiss Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Lightning Blood. A creature within 5 feet of the death kiss takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Lightning Blood","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage

whenever it hits the death kiss with a melee attack that deals piercing or slashing damage.Multiattack. The death kiss makes three tentacle attacks. Up to three of these attacks can be replaced by Blood

Couatl Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 8 (1d6 + 5);{"diceNotation":"1d6+5","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite

creature can use an action to shake the target awake. Constrict. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Constrict"} to hit, reach 10 ft., one Medium or

Noska Ur'gray

Monsters Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

Pack Tactics. Noska has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of his allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated. Dwarven Resilience. Noska has

Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Mace"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Mace

Navigation Orb

Magic Items Storm King's Thunder

altitude and location remain fixed until the orb is returned or replaced. As an action, you can cause one of the following effects to occur if you are touching the orb: The castle moves at a

view into a westerly view, for example). The castle can turn while it is moving in a straight line. Any creature touching the orb knows the altitude of the base of the castle above the ground or water below it.

Lazav

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

equipment he is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. Psychic Defenses. Unless Lazav is incapacitated, he is immune to magic that allows other creatures to read his thoughts, determine whether he is

lying, know his alignment, or know his creature type. Creatures can telepathically communicate with Lazav only if he allows it.Multiattack. Lazav makes three shortsword attacks. Shortsword. Melee

Giant Subterranean Lizard

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

Multiattack. The lizard makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its tail. One attack can be replaced by Swallow. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit

"} bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. Swallow. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction

Kansaldi Fire-Eyes

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

is alive. When she dies, a creature can remove the gem as an action. The gem then functions as a gem of seeing.Multiattack. Kansaldi makes two Pike attacks and uses Flame Burst. Pike. Melee Weapon

magical flames at a creature she can see within 60 feet of herself. The target must make a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes 11 (2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10", "rollType

Dolgaunt

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

modifier.Multiattack. The dolgaunt makes two tentacle attacks and two unarmed strikes. Up to two tentacle attacks can be replaced by Vitality Drain. Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6

"} bludgeoning damage. The target is grappled (escape DC 12) if it is a Large or smaller creature. Until this grapple ends, the dolgaunt can't use the same tentacle on another target. The dolgaunt has two

Ancient Sapphire Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

creature can outsmart my defenses—if they do, they obviously cheated. 6 Any creature that can hold their own against me must teach me how—whether they want to or not. 7 I

Breath"}. The dragon exhales a pulse of high-pitched, nearly inaudible sound in a 90-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 23 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature

Mass Polymorph

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

mental ability scores, are replaced by the statistics of the chosen beast, but the target retains its hit points, alignment, and personality. Each target gains a number of temporary hit points equal to

the hit points of its new form. These temporary hit points can’t be replaced by temporary hit points from another source. A target reverts to its normal form when it has no more temporary hit

Podling

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Semblance of Life. The podling is a physical copy of a creature digested by a bodytaker plant. The podling has the digested creature’s memories and behaves like that creature, but with

occasional lapses. An observer familiar with the digested creature can recognize the discrepancies with a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Insight) check, or automatically if the podling does something in direct

Polymorph Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

This spell transforms a creature that you can see within range into a new form. An unwilling creature must make a Wisdom saving throw to avoid the effect. The spell has no effect on a shapechanger or

a creature with 0 hit points. The transformation lasts for the duration, or until the target drops to 0 hit points or dies. The new form can be any beast whose challenge rating is equal to or less

Animal Shapes Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

hit points or dies. You can choose a different form for each target. A target's game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the chosen beast, though the target retains its alignment and

knocked unconscious. The creature is limited in the actions it can perform by the nature of its new form, and it can't speak or cast spells. The target's gear melds into the new form. The target can't activate, wield, or otherwise benefit from any of its equipment.

Archdruid

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Shape action, you may choose the creature they turn into, abiding by the action’s restrictions. Or you may roll on the Archdruid Favored Shapes table to determine the form the archdruid adopts

is replaced by the stat block of that form, except the archdruid keeps its current hit points, its hit point maximum, this bonus action, its languages and ability to speak, and its Spellcasting action

Doric

Monsters Thieves’ Gallery

: animal messenger, beast sense, speak with animals 2/day each: cure wounds, entangle, faerie fire, thunderwaveFiery Rebuke (3/Day). When Doric is damaged by a creature that she can see within 60 feet

of herself, she magically engulfs the creature in flames. The creature must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 16 (3d10);{"diceNotation":"3d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Fiery

Ancient Gold Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

":"damage","rollAction":"Tail","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Frightful Presence. Each creature of the dragon's choice that is within 120 feet of the dragon and aware of it must succeed

on a DC 24 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's

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