bound being doesn cities rather

Ritual Caster

Feats Player’s Handbook

Ritual tag to the spells always prepared with this feature. Quick Ritual. With this benefit, you can cast a Ritual spell that you have prepared using its regular casting time rather than the extended

time for a Ritual. Doing so doesn’t require a spell slot. Once you cast the spell in this way, you can’t use this benefit again until you finish a Long Rest.

Cultist of Bhaal

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

Spellcasting. Cursed Blade. Melee or Ranged Attack Roll: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Cursed Blade"} (with Advantage if the target doesn’t have all its Hit Points

. Cultists of Bhaal sometimes form cabals of assassins or mercenaries, but they perform their brutal slaughter for the perverse love of bloodshed and honor to their sinister god rather than for

Young Deep Dragon

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

Underdark settlements, such as drow cities. Deep Dragons Deep dragons slither through the wet and lightless places of the Underdark. They are stealthy hunters with an affinity for lost lore and fungi

finishes a Long Rest within 1 mile of the lair, the creature makes a DC 10 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature doesn’t reduce its Exhaustion level as a result of finishing

Manshoon

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

. That Manshoon is dead, and the current Manshoon is one of the original’s many clones. Being a magical copy rather than an original doesn’t make Manshoon any less of a threat, as he’s

;ve outlived their usefulness. Manshoon doesn’t care who suffers so long he’s able to crush his many enemies and force his subjects into paranoid and eager obedience. History The

Sammaster (Dracolich Form)

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

dracoliches, magically bound dragons to his service, and learned how to drive dragons across Faerûn into a berserk rage. He considered his intellect beyond morality and became paranoid, resentful, and

efficiently as he can. Sammaster personally checks in on the cult’s most important plots, often surprising his minions with his presence. Rather than keep a soul jar as liches do, Sammaster keeps

Sammaster (Lich Form)

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

bound dragons to his service, and learned how to drive dragons across Faerûn into a berserk rage. He considered his intellect beyond morality and became paranoid, resentful, and megalomaniacal

can. Sammaster personally checks in on the cult’s most important plots, often surprising his minions with his presence. Rather than keep a soul jar as liches do, Sammaster keeps a magical soul

Vampire Infernalist

Monsters Astarion's Book of Hungers

laws of the Nine Hells. The greatest hell-bound vampires are masters of hellfire called infernalists, who prey on mages. Vampire infernalists are usually too arrogant to work together; even a large

can’t spend Hit Point Dice at the end of the rest and doesn’t regain Hit Points, Hit Point Dice, or spell slots at the end of the rest. Tenacious Lore. Within 1 mile of the lair, flame

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

Water Weird Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Invisible in Water. The water weird is invisible while fully immersed in water. Water Bound. The water weird dies if it leaves the water to which it is bound or if that water is destroyed.Constrict

ends, the target is restrained, the water weird tries to drown it, and the water weird can’t constrict another target.A water weird is an elemental guardian bound to a specific water-filled

Caradoc

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

Bound Haunting. Caradoc’s spirit is bound to Dargaard Keep. At the start of his turn, if he’s outside the keep’s walls and not possessing a creature using his Possession action, he

. Rejuvenation. If Caradoc dies, he reforms within Dargaard Keep in 2d6;{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Days"} days. Unusual Nature. Caradoc doesn’t require air, food, drink

Drow Shadowblade (Summoner Variant)

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

summoner dies, or until its summoner dismisses it as an action.Drow shadowblades steal down the dim passages of the Underdark, bound on errands of mayhem. They protect enclaves and Underdark cities from

Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the drow’s darkvision. Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put the

Drow Shadowblade

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Devil’s Sight. Magical darkness doesn’t impede the drow’s darkvision. Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put the

will: dancing lights, darkness 1/day each: faerie fire, levitate (self only)Drow shadowblades steal down the dim passages of the Underdark, bound on errands of mayhem. They protect enclaves and

Astral Elf Warrior

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

Fey Ancestry. The elf has advantage on saving throws it makes to avoid or end the charmed condition on itself, and magic can’t put it to sleep. Unusual Nature. The elf doesn’t require

are fashioned from crystals harvested from Wildspace systems and bound together with an organic, plant-based material that hardens like ceramic. The elves sculpt these substances in various

Astral Elf Honor Guard

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

Fey Ancestry. The elf has advantage on saving throws it makes to avoid or end the charmed condition on itself, and magic can’t put it to sleep. Unusual Nature. The elf doesn

harvested from Wildspace systems and bound together with an organic, plant-based material that hardens like ceramic. The elves sculpt these substances in various configurations to create star moth;star

Conch of Teleportation

Magic Items Storm King's Thunder

This item is an ordinary, albeit rather large, conch shell that has been inscribed with the uvar rune. The conch measures 2½ feet long and weighs 20 pounds. As an action, you can cast the

designated by the item’s creator at the time the uvar rune is inscribed on the conch. It doesn’t allow teleportation to any other destination. Once its spell is cast, the conch can’t be used again until the next dawn.

Daemogoth

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Pact of Pain. Using a 10-minute ritual, the daemogoth can forge a magical bond with a willing creature it touches throughout the ritual. The creature becomes bound by the pact until it dies, the

daemogoth dies, or the pact is broken by any effect that can remove a curse. The daemogoth chooses one spell from the necromancy or enchantment school that is 3rd level or lower. The bound creature can

Kiddywidget

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

Unusual Nature. The kiddywidget doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The kiddywidget makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its tail. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack

skitterwidgets that are created rather than born, kiddywidgets aren’t beholden to the wearer of a control ring, even after they grow to become skitterwidgets.Lightning, Poison

Daemogoth Titan

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

creature it touches throughout the ritual. The creature becomes bound by the pact until it dies, the titan dies, or the pact is broken by a wish spell. The titan chooses one spell from the

necromancy or enchantment school that is 8th level or lower. The bound creature can cast that spell using this pact, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability. When it

Deadbark Dryad

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Bramble Walk. Difficult terrain composed of vegetation, such as foliage or thorns, doesn’t cost the dryad extra movement. Magic Resistance. The dryad has advantage on saving throws against

dryads are immune to this toxic bog’s deleterious effects. A deadbark dryad is typically bound to the spot where it failed to protect its charge. When a dryad transforms into a deadbark dryad

Foresworn

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

Duty-Bound. The foresworn is bound to enacting a singular duty it pledged itself to in life. While this duty is incomplete, whenever the foresworn is destroyed, it re-forms at its previous location

an object. Unusual Nature. The foresworn doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The foresworn makes three Spectral Polearm attacks. Spectral Polearm. Melee Weapon Attack: +8

Faction Agent

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

Many organizations active in the North and across the face of Faerûn aren’t bound by strictures of geography. These factions pursue their agendas without regard for political boundaries

operated openly or secretly, depending on the faction and its goals, as well as how those goals mesh with your own. Becoming an adventurer doesn’t necessarily require you to relinquish membership

Rak Tulkhesh

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

their lives to build a prison of celestial light: a silver flame that bound the overlords in Khyber once more. These bonds have held for countless generations, but the overlords still yearn to break free

and reclaim the world above. As long as the overlords are bound by the Silver Flame, they can't physically manifest in the world. But each overlord embodies a particular aspect of evil, which grows in

Miirym

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

Bound to Candlekeep. Miirym can’t leave Candlekeep and is immune to any effect that would place her in a location outside it, including an extradimensional space. If she dies, Miirym regains

. Regeneration. Miirym regains 40 hit points at the start of her turn. If Miirym takes damage from a magic weapon or a spell, this trait doesn’t function at the start of Miirym’s next turn. Miirym

Shield Guardian Detention Drone

Monsters The Book of Many Things

Bound. The drone is magically bound to an amulet. As long as the drone and its amulet are on the same plane of existence, the drone’s wearer can telepathically call the drone to travel to it

contain the creature. While encased, the creature doesn’t need to breathe, eat, or drink, and it doesn’t age. Nothing can pass through the orb, nor can any creature teleport or use planar

Yuan-ti Pit Master

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

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

involved in yuan-ti’s long-term plan to take over Humanoid governments, as well as in the ongoing effort to protect their cities from discovery or attacks by hostiles. They oppose reckless behavior

Gray Dwarf (Duergar) Legacy

Species Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

artistic value. Few duergar become adventurers, fewer still on the surface world, because they are a hidebound and suspicious race. Those who leave their subterranean cities are usually exiles. Check

obliterated by Moradin’s betrayal. The duergar lead bleak, grim lives devoid of happiness or satisfaction, but they see that as their defining strength — the root of duergar pride, as it were — rather than a drawback to be corrected.

Astral Elf Commander

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

Fey Ancestry. The elf has advantage on saving throws it makes to avoid or end the charmed condition on itself, and magic can’t put it to sleep. Unusual Nature. The elf doesn

Wildspace systems and bound together with an organic, plant-based material that hardens like ceramic. The elves sculpt these substances in various configurations to create star moth;star moths (see the

Sacred Statue

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

statue, it appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the statue. Inert. Without an eidolon inside, the statue is an object. Unusual Nature. The statue doesn’t require air, food, drink, or

"} bludgeoning damage.To protect sites they deem holy, gods often rely on eidolons, ghostly spirits bound to safeguard a sacred place. Forged from the souls of those with unwavering devotion, eidolons stalk

Astral Elf Star Priest

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

Fey Ancestry. The elf has advantage on saving throws it makes to avoid or end the charmed condition on itself, and magic can’t put it to sleep. Unusual Nature. The elf doesn

and Wildspace in ships of their own design. These ships are fashioned from crystals harvested from Wildspace systems and bound together with an organic, plant-based material that hardens like ceramic

Astral Elf Aristocrat

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

chain. Unusual Nature. The elf doesn’t require sleep.Multiattack. The elf makes two Scimitar attacks and uses Radiant Beam (if available). Scimitar. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation

ships of their own design. These ships are fashioned from crystals harvested from Wildspace systems and bound together with an organic, plant-based material that hardens like ceramic. The elves sculpt

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

— none can say. The sahuagin put the malenti to good use as spies and assassins in aquatic elf cities and the societies of other creatures that pose a threat to sahuagin. The mere shadow of the

Vampirate

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

vampire’s but doesn’t use them to draw vital fluids from prey, which vampirates consider an unsavory act. Rather, a vampirate drains life energy from another creature by touching it or by

, without needing to make an ability check. Unusual Nature. The vampirate doesn’t require air or drink.Energy Drain. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit

Yuan-ti Malison (Type 3) Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

;t transformed. It doesn’t change form if it dies. Innate Spellcasting (Yuan-ti Form Only). The yuan-ti’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13). The yuan-ti can

bound themselves to the worship of the serpent gods and imitated their ways, indulging in cannibalism and humanoid sacrifice. Through foul sorcery, the yuan-ti bred with snakes, utterly sacrificing

Vampiric Mist Legacy

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

without squeezing. Each foot of movement in water costs it 2 extra feet, rather than 1 extra foot. The mist can’t manipulate objects in any way that requires fingers or manual dexterity. Sunlight

), several clouds of vampiric mist appear and attempt to engulf any who don’t escape the place quickly. Undead Nature. A vampiric mist doesn’t require air or sleep.PoisonAcid, Cold, Lightning, Necrotic, Thunder; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks

Skitterwidget

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

. The skitterwidget doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The skitterwidget makes two attacks: one with its bite and one with its tail. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6

high-pitched, vowel-heavy squeals. Control Ring. A skitterwidget that was created is bound to a magic control ring and must obey the commands of whoever is attuned to that ring. It understands the

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