both before distance cause read

Shield Guardian

Monsters Monster Manual

it, and the guardian knows the distance and direction to the amulet. If the guardian is within 60 feet of the amulet’s wearer, half of any damage the wearer takes (round up) is transferred to

cause the guardian to store one spell of level 4 or lower. To do so, the wearer must cast the spell on the guardian while within 5 feet of it. The spell has no effect but is stored within the guardian

Ring of Mind Shielding

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

While wearing this ring, you are immune to magic that allows other creatures to read your thoughts, determine whether you are lying, know your alignment, or know your creature type. Creatures can

telepathically communicate with you only if you allow it. You can take a Magic action to cause the ring to become imperceptible until you take another Magic action to make it perceptible, until you

Earthquake

Spells Player’s Handbook

the Prone condition, and its Concentration is broken. You can also cause the effects below. Fissures. A total of 1d6 fissures open in the spell’s area at the end of the turn you cast it. You

0 Hit Points, it collapses. A creature within a distance from a collapsing structure equal to half the structure’s height makes a Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes

Illusory Script Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

script that is unintelligible. Alternatively, you can cause the writing to appear to be an entirely different message, written in a different hand and language, though the language must be one you

know. Should the spell be dispelled, the original script and the illusion both disappear. A creature with truesight can read the hidden message.

Shield Guardian Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

travel to it, and the guardian knows the distance and direction to the amulet. If the guardian is within 60 feet of the amulet's wearer, half of any damage the wearer takes (rounded up) is transferred to

cause the guardian to store one spell of 4th level or lower. To do so, the wearer must cast the spell on the guardian. The spell has no effect but is stored within the guardian. When commanded to do

Ring of Mind Shielding Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

While wearing this ring, you are immune to magic that allows other creatures to read your thoughts, determine whether you are lying, know your alignment, or know your creature type. Creatures can

telepathically communicate with you only if you allow it. You can use an action to cause the ring to become invisible until you use another action to make it visible, until you remove the ring, or until

Scroll of the Comet

Magic Items Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

By using an action to read the scroll, you cause a comet to fall from the sky and crash to the ground at a point you can see up to 1 mile away from you. You must be outdoors when you use the scroll

Gynosphinx Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Inscrutable. The sphinx is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, as well as any divination spell that it refuses. Wisdom (Insight) checks made to ascertain the

mortals. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the sphinx can take a lair action to cause one of the following magical effects; the sphinx can’t use an effect again until it

Steel Predator

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

successful save, a creature takes half as much damage and isn’t stunned.A steel predator is a merciless machine with one purpose: to locate and kill its target regardless of distance and

bounds away in search of its prey. It senses the location of its target across planar boundaries, but such detection is accurate only to within a thousand yards; to close the remaining distance, the steel

Norker

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

creature within 5 feet of the norker makes a melee attack against it, the norker can use its reaction to cause 4 piercing damage to it.Cruel, vicious, and lazy even by the standards of goblinoids

. They were always few in number, and their god was a cruel, merciless tyrant who kept his children close and the outside world at a distance. This long-lost god may have been Maglubiyet's first conquest

Sphinx of Judgment

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Inscrutable. The sphinx is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, as well as any divination spell that it refuses. Wisdom (Insight) checks made to ascertain the

. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the sphinx can take a lair action to cause one of the following magical effects; the sphinx can’t use an effect again until it

Symbol Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

stepping on the glyph, removing another object covering it, approaching within a certain distance of it, or manipulating the object that holds it. For glyphs inscribed within an object, the most

common triggers are opening the object, approaching within a certain distance of it, or seeing or reading the glyph. You can further refine the trigger so the spell is activated only under certain

Enhanced Sphinx

Monsters Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

Inscrutable. The sphinx is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, as well as any divination spell that it refuses. Wisdom (Insight) checks made to ascertain the

, within which are hidden divine secrets and treasures beyond the reach of mortals. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the sphinx can take a lair action to cause one of the

Dawnbringer

Magic Items Out of the Abyss

Lost for ages in the Underdark, Dawnbringer appears to be a gilded longsword hilt. While grasping the hilt, you can use a bonus action to make a blade of pure radiance spring from the hilt, or cause

. It has hearing and darkvision out to a range of 120 feet. The sword can speak, read, and understand Common, and it can communicate with its wielder telepathically. Its voice is kind and feminine. It

Star Spawn Seer

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

);{"diceNotation":"5d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Psychic Orb", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage. Collapse Distance (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge

", "rollAction":"Collapse Distance"}. The seer warps space around one creature it can see within 30 feet of it. That creature must make a DC 19 Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, the target, along with

Androsphinx Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Inscrutable. The sphinx is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, as well as any divination spell that it refuses. Wisdom (Insight) checks made to ascertain the

take a lair action to cause one of the following magical effects; the sphinx can’t use an effect again until it finishes a short or long rest: The flow of time is altered such that every

King Hekaton

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

action on his turn, Hekaton can shift his weight and cause any ship upon which he stands to heave to one side or the other. All other creatures standing on the ship must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity

him. But in recent years, King Hekaton had become convinced that the age of the giants was past, as evidenced by the growing distance between the giants and their gods. Annam the All-Father didn&rsquo

Adult Brass Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

to cause one of the following effects: A strong wind blows around the dragon. Each creature within 60 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or be pushed 15 feet away from

desert sands within 1 mile of the dragon’s lair. These illusions move and appear real, although they can do no harm. A creature that examines an image from a distance can tell it’s an

Adult Blue Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

wealth of the dead intruders. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; the dragon can’t use the same

sinkhole can be spotted from a safe distance with a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check. Otherwise, the first creature to step on the thin crust covering the sinkhole must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity

Ancient Brass Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects: A strong wind blows around the dragon. Each creature within 60 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 15

image from a distance can tell it’s an illusion with a successful DC 20 Intelligence (Investigation) check. Any physical interaction with an image reveals it to be an illusion, because objects pass

Ancient Blue Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

the wealth of the dead intruders. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; the dragon can’t use the

sinkhole can be spotted from a safe distance with a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check. Otherwise, the first creature to step on the thin crust covering the sinkhole must succeed on a DC 15

Norker War Leader

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

make a single melee attack.Defensive Rebuke. If a creature within 5 feet of the norker makes a melee attack against it, the norker can use its reaction to cause 6 piercing damage to it.Cruel, vicious

days, norkers were found deep within the earth. They were always few in number, and their god was a cruel, merciless tyrant who kept his children close and the outside world at a distance. This long

Shield Guardian Detention Drone

Monsters The Book of Many Things

, and the drone knows the distance and direction to the amulet. If the drone is within 60 feet of the drone’s wearer, half of any damage the wearer takes (rounded up) is transferred to the drone

. Regeneration. The drone regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn if it has at least 1 hit point. Spell Storing. A spellcaster who wears the drone’s amulet can cause the drone to store one

Aboleth Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

target is under the aboleth’s control and can’t take reactions, and the aboleth and the target can communicate telepathically with each other over any distance. Whenever the charmed target

. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the aboleth takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects: The aboleth casts phantasmal force (no components required) on any number

Iymrith

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

intruders. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; the dragon can’t use the same effect two rounds in a

a safe distance with a successful DC 20 Wisdom (Perception) check. Otherwise, the first creature to step on the thin crust covering the sinkhole must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or fall

Belashyrra

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Alien Mind. If a creature tries to read Belashyrra’s thoughts or deals psychic damage to it, that creature must succeed on a DC 22 Intelligence saving throw or be stunned for 1 minute. The

initiative ties), Belashyrra can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; it can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row: An eye opens on a solid surface within 60 feet of

Occultant Abacus

Magic Items Acquisitions Incorporated

Head office grants you the use of a unique item known as an occultant abacus (sometimes just referred to as an occultant), whose beads resemble tiny skulls. Read the Kill Also at rank 1, your

finish a long rest. Ways to Read the Kill d6 Reading 1 Using a tiny bellows to pump one last breath into a corpse. 2 Reading the entrails with special reading-the-entrails

Balhannoth Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

drow enclave. Lair Actions When fighting inside its lair, a balhannoth can use lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), a balhannoth can take one lair action to cause one of

in the area reshapes to assume the appearance of a location sought by one intelligent creature whose mind the balhannoth has read (see Regional Effects below). The transformation affects nonliving

Tearulai

Magic Items Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

cause the blade to shed bright light in a 10-foot radius and dim light for an additional 10 feet. Speaking the command word again or sheathing the sword puts out the light. Evil creatures can’t

has an Intelligence of 17, a Wisdom of 12, and a Charisma of 20. It has hearing and truesight out to a range of 120 feet. It communicates telepathically with its attuned wielder and can speak, read, and

Reduced-threat Aboleth

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

each other over any distance. Whenever the charmed target takes damage, the target can repeat the saving throw. On a success, the effect ends. No more than once every 24 hours, the target can also

, an aboleth can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the aboleth takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects: The aboleth

Triton Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

them. Tritons also have a tendency to emerge from their isolation under the assumption that other folk will welcome them as respected allies and mentors. Again, distance drives much of this attitude

, organized, and unified around a common cause. A triton on the surface becomes easily confused by the bewildering array of alliances, rivalries, and petty grievances that prevent the surface folk from

Spell Scroll Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

A Spell Scroll bears the words of a single spell, written in a mystical cipher. If the spell is on your spell list, you can read the scroll and cast its spell without Material components. Otherwise

spells that take effect instantaneously. For example, a fireball might cause smoke to billow from the caster’s ears for 1d10 minutes. 6 The spell activates after 1d12 hours. If the caster was

Dyrrn

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Alien Mind. If a creature tries to read Dyrrn’s thoughts or deals psychic damage to it, that creature must succeed on a DC 23 Intelligence saving throw or be stunned for 1 minute. The stunned

within the Palace of Sinew, Dyrrn can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Dyrrn can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; it

Zuggtmoy Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

), Zuggtmoy can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects; she can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row. Zuggtmoy causes four gas spore;gas spores or violet fungus;violet fungi

“I see visions in the world around me that others do not.” 21–40 “I periodically slip into a catatonic state, staring off into the distance for long stretches at a time

Demogorgon Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

bulk of this palace extends deep underwater, in chill and darkened caverns. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Demogorgon can take a lair action to cause one of the

of the next round. On his turn, Demogorgon can move the illusory duplicate a distance equal to his walking speed (no action required). The first time a creature or object interacts physically with

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