both both details create reduces

Modify Memory

Spells Player’s Handbook

memory of the event’s details, or create a memory of some other event. You must speak to the target to describe how its memories are affected, and it must be able to understand your language for the

modified memories to take root. Its mind fills in any gaps in the details of your description. If the spell ends before you finish describing the modified memories, the creature’s memory isn

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

combat, you have Advantage on Death Saving Throws for 1 year. If someone else reduces your chosen foe to 0 Hit Points or you don’t choose a foe, this card has no effect. Donjon. You disappear

yourself. The knight has the same alignment as you and serves you loyally until death, believing the two of you have been drawn together by fate. Work with your DM to create a name and backstory for this NPC

Hat of Vortexes

Magic Items Netheril’s Fall

-foot Cube originating from you and lasts for 1 hour. While the vortex is present, its area is Difficult Terrain. You decide a vortex's visual details when you create it. For instance, the vortex might be multicolored or glittery.

Tome of the Dragon

Magic Items Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

requirements to use the tome. To create a dracolich using a Tome of the Dragon, you must have continuous access to the body of an adult or ancient dragon (either living or dead), as well as 80,000 GP worth of

)", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} damage to you and each assistant. If this damage reduces a creature to 0 Hit Points, the creature is killed and immediately reanimates as a Zombie under the DM’s

Vampire Warden

Monsters Astarion's Book of Hungers

).Resilient Flesh. Trigger: The vampire is hit by a melee attack roll from an attacker the vampire can see. Response: The vampire reduces the damage it takes from the attack by 11 (2d6 + 4);{"diceNotation

don’t live for long and are inattentive while sleeping or simpering. Monstrous servants are often too unpredictable or simply unreliable. To keep their lairs safe, some vampires create more

Prismari Professor of Perfection

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

ability (spell save DC 15): At will: minor illusion 2/day each: control water, create or destroy water, mage armor, stone shape 1/day: wall of iceProfessors of perfection combine elemental magic

foes. These teachers stress attention to fine details, drilling their students on the most minuscule points. The perfect foundation ultimately leads to a flawless work of art, and the professors of

Wraith Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0. Create Specter. The

Bavlorna Blightstraw

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

target. Hit: 17 (4d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"4d6+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Withering Ray","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. Create Lornlings (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6

","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Create Lornlings"}. Bavlorna creates one or two 1-foot-tall duplicates of herself, called lornlings (use the Quickling stat block in appendix C). Each lornling appears

Storm Giant Tempest Caller

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

":"Tempest Call (Thunder)", "rollDamageType":"thunder"}. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage.While most storm giants care little for the intricate details of ranking in the ordning

inscribed with the storm rune into their foreheads or eye sockets, allowing them to see through magical deception. They can also create a momentary vortex of freezing winds and storm clouds around themselves, engulfing their foes in elemental fury.Lightning, ThunderCold

White Maw

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

corroded and takes a permanent and cumulative −1 penalty to the AC it offers. The armor is destroyed if the penalty reduces its AC to 10.In their laboratories inside the Doomvault (Dead in Thay

), the Red Wizards experiment with a process to create sentient oozes. The creature they call White Maw is one of their early achievements—a gray ooze of enormous size that has intelligence and

Abjurer Wizard

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

reduces the damage to the protected creature by 26 (4d10 + 4);{"diceNotation":"4d10+4", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Arcane Ward"}, to a minimum of 0, and then vanishes.Abjurers specialize in creating

travel the world searching for esoteric tomes, while others train lesser wizards or collaborate with colleagues to create new spells.

Balm of Shifting Form

Equipment

(Arcana) or Wisdom (Medicine) check can create a recipe for it. Using the recipe, a character can create one dose of balm with 8 hours of work at a cost of 125 gp. Using slime collected from an olothec lair or a dead olothec as a reagent reduces the cost by half.

form, but it can be used to alter appearance and apparent ancestry with ease. A creature using the balm adds double their proficiency bonus to any ability checks they make to create a visual disguise

Modify Memory Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

details of the event, or create a memory of some other event. You must speak to the target to describe how its memories are affected, and it must be able to understand your language for the modified

memories to take root. Its mind fills in any gaps in the details of your description. If the spell ends before you have finished describing the modified memories, the creature's memory isn't altered

Devkarin Lich

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

, Evard's black tentacles 5th level (2 slots): cloudkill, insect plague 6th level (1 slot): circle of death, create undead 7th level (1 slot): finger of death Turn Resistance. The lich has advantage on

saving throws against any effect that turns undead. Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the lich to 0 hit points, it must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the

False Lich

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

unoccupied space it can see within 60 feet of itself. It then makes one Death Rend attack if possible. Cast a Spell (Costs 2 Actions). The false lich uses Spellcasting.Occasionally, liches create

nefarious magical copies of themselves to fool enemies, to guard treasure, or for other inscrutable reasons. To create a false lich, a lich binds a shred of its life force to a corpse in a profane

Gem Stalker

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

of it is about to take damage, the gem stalker reduces that damage by 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Protective Link"}. The gem stalker then takes damage equal to

create a protective link that can ward other creatures against harm.PsychicCrystal Dart. Ranged Spell Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Crystal Dart"} to hit, range

Nightmare Beast

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures

":"Disintegration Gaze","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If this magical effect reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target is disintegrated

gore them with its tusks, but its most devastating attack is its magical ability to disintegrate foes with its terrible gaze. Powerful spellcasters create nightmare beasts to serve as living siege

Jarad Vod Savo

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

(3 slots): blight, giant insect, grasping vine 5th level (2 slots): cloudkill, insect plague 6th level (1 slot): circle of death, create undead 7th level (1 slot): finger of death, forcecage Spore

":"poison"} poison damage to a creature he can see within 10 feet of him. Turn Resistance. Jarad has advantage on saving throws against any effect that turns undead. Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces

Ettin Ceremorph

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

: 55 (10d10);{"diceNotation":"10d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Extract Brain", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If this damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the ceremorph

with the implantation of an illithid tadpole in the brain of a Humanoid host. Mind flayers have subjected giants to this process in an effort to create larger, stronger mind flayers, but those

Kenku Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

sound they hear, from a halfling’s voice to the noise of rocks clattering down a hillside. However, kenku cannot create new sounds and can communicate only by using sounds they have heard

. Most kenku use a combination of overheard phrases and sound effects to convey their ideas and thoughts. By the same token, kenku have no ability to invent new ideas or create new things. Kenku can

Triton Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

extended their stewardship over the sea floor from their initial settlements and built outposts to create trade with other races. Despite this expansion, few folk know of them. Their settlements are so

catalog all its details in a journal. 6 You mistakenly assume that surface folk know about and are impressed by your people’s history. Triton Names Most triton names have two or three

Arasta

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If the damage reduces the target to 0 hit points, the target is stable but poisoned for 1 hour, even

within her hair, and sacrificing themselves in her defense if they must. See “Myths of Nylea” in chapter 2 for more details on the tragedy of Arasta. Arasta as a Mythic Encounter Arasta

Gnoll Vampire

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Keen Smell. The vampire has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on smell. Rampage. When it reduces a creature to 0 hit points with a melee attack on its turn, the vampire can take a

create a passage through the glacier unknowingly release the starving gnoll vampire from its icy sepulcher. For more information about Tekeli-li’s lair, the Caves of Hunger, see chapter 6. Necrotic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Priest of Osybus (Deathly)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Deathly Boon. It can cast animate dead and create undead once per day each, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability. Tattoo of Osybus. If the priest drops to 0 hit points, roll on the Boons

next turn. If this damage reduces a Medium or smaller creature to 0 hit points, the creature dies, and its soul is trapped in the priest’s body, manifesting as a shadowy Soul Tattoo on the

Yeenoghu Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

. When Yeenoghu reduces a creature to 0 hit points with a melee attack on his turn, Yeenoghu can take a bonus action to move up to half his speed and make a bite attack.Multiattack. Yeenoghu makes three

flail attacks. If an attack hits, he can cause it to create an additional effect of his choice or at random (each effect can be used only once per Multiattack): 1. The attack deals an extra 13 (2d12

Izzet Engineer

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

basic knowledge of the structure of buildings, including the stuff behind the walls. You can also find blueprints of a specific building in order to learn the details of its construction. Such

Spells Cantrip produce flame, shocking grasp 1st chaos bolt, create or destroy water, unseen servant 2nd heat metal, rope trick 3rd call lightning,

Dimir Operative

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

guildless masses of the city. Consider why you’re embedded in the secondary guild. Create a story with your DM, inspired by rolling on the following table or choosing a reason that suits you

d6 Flaw 1 I like secrets so much that I’m reluctant to share details of a plan even with those who need to know. 2 I would let my friends die rather than reveal my true

Putting Out the Fire

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

Putting Out the Fire The fire reduces the confectionery to a pile of smoldering wreckage after 10 minutes unless the characters take action to extinguish it. The characters can put out the fire in

brigade. The group draws water from a nearby well and puts out the fire in 5 minutes. Magic. Water created by the Create or Destroy Water spell or a similar effect douses the flames.

Creating a Domain

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

Creating a Domain The guidelines in this section help you create your own unique Domain of Dread. This setting’s details should reflect the Darklord of the domain, being a reflection of that

villain’s evil and torment. Use the “Genres of Horror” section later in this chapter or your own grim imaginings to inspire the details of your nightmare domain.

Teeth of Dahlver-Nar

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

dracolich You can use the tooth to cast the create undead spell. Once this property is used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn. Each time you create an undead creature using the tooth

reduced by 2d10. If this reduces your hit point maximum to 0, you die. 16 Daughters of Bel (green steel pit fiend fang) 1 pit fiend You can use the tooth to cast dominate monster (DC 18). Once you

Priest of Osybus (Dread)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

":"Soul Blade","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, and if the target is a creature, it is paralyzed until the start of the priest’s next turn. If this damage reduces a Medium or smaller

can cast animate dead and create undead once per day each, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability, and it gains the following action: Circle of Death (Spell; Recharge 5–6;{"diceNotation":"1d6

Priest of Osybus

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

target is a creature, it is paralyzed until the start of the priest’s next turn. If this damage reduces a Medium or smaller creature to 0 hit points, the creature dies, and its soul is trapped in

. 6 Priest of Osybus (Deathly);Deathly. The priest’s visage becomes bone white, and its challenge rating increases by 1. It can cast animate dead and create undead once per day each, using

School of Abjuration

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

level, you can weave magic around yourself for protection. When you cast an abjuration spell of 1st level or higher, you can simultaneously use a strand of the spell’s magic to create a magical ward on

instead. If this damage reduces the ward to 0 hit points, you take any remaining damage. While the ward has 0 hit points, it can’t absorb damage, but its magic remains. Whenever you cast an abjuration

Draw Players' Attention

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide

Draw Players’ Attention Good narration invites the players to examine details of the environment that lead to encounters or important information. Anything you describe with extra, subtle details

draws the players’ attention. Give them just enough to invite further exploration, but don’t create the equivalent of a flashing neon sign reading “This way to adventure!” When using narration to guide

Using This Book

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands

information vital to all who wander the planes. Chapter 1 provides players with details on how to create characters suited to a Planescape campaign. It presents the Gate Warden and Planar Philosopher

of the Outer Planes. Consult the Dungeon Master’s Guide for general details about the planes and their organization. DMs can determine how much of this book they want to share with their players

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