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Instrument of the Bards

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

An Instrument of the Bards is superior to an ordinary instrument in every way. Seven types of these instruments exist, each named after a bard college. The Instruments of the Bards table lists the

saving throw or take 2d4 Psychic damage. You can play the instrument to cast one of its spells. Once the instrument has been used to cast a spell, it can’t be used to cast that spell again until

Speak with Plants

Spells Player’s Handbook

. The spell doesn’t enable plants to uproot themselves and move about, but they can move their branches, tendrils, and stalks for you. If a Plant creature is in the area, you can communicate with it as if you shared a common language.

You imbue plants in an immobile 30-foot Emanation with limited sentience and animation, giving them the ability to communicate with you and follow your simple commands. You can question plants about

Staff of the Woodlands

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

is 60 feet tall and has a 5-foot-diameter trunk, and its branches at the top spread out in a 20-foot radius. The tree appears ordinary but radiates a faint aura of Transmutation magic that can be

This staff has 6 charges and can be wielded as a magic Quarterstaff that grants a +2 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with it. While holding it, you have a +2 bonus to spell attack rolls

Quaal's Feather Token

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

60 feet tall and has a 5-foot-diameter trunk, and its branches at the top spread out in a 20-foot radius. Whip (Rare). You can take a Magic action to throw the token to a point within 10 feet of

’s Feather Tokens table. The type of token determines its rarity. Anchor (Uncommon). You can take a Magic action to touch the token to a boat or ship. For the next 24 hours, the vessel can&rsquo

Eye and Hand of Vecna

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

a lich. A treacherous lieutenant named Kas the Betrayer;Kas brought Vecna’s rule to an end in a terrible battle. Of Vecna, all that remained were one hand and one eye, grisly Artifacts that

benefits: Truesight. You have Truesight out to 240 feet. Spellcasting. The eye has 8 charges and regains 1d4 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. You can cast a spell on the Eye of Vecna Spells table

Phaerimm Agent

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

agents travel the surface world, seeking out powerful magic to rule others.Teleport. The phaerimm teleports up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space it can see.

Drow Priestess of Lolth

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

Fey Ancestry. The drow has Advantage on saving throws it makes to avoid or end the Charmed condition, and magic can’t put the drow to sleep. Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the drow

has the Restrained condition until the start of the drow’s next turn. Success: Half damage only.Lolth’s worship is matriarchal, and only female drow can rise to become priestesses of the

Incarnation of Vibrance

Monsters Lorwyn: First Light

Magic Resistance. The incarnation has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The incarnation makes two Vine attacks and uses Radiant Blast. It can replace

/DeafnessThe incarnations of vibrance each resemble a titanic canine with a body of colorful foliage and horns like the branches of a blossoming cherry tree. When vibrance incarnations are in Lorwyn

Sammaster (Dracolich Form)

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Sammaster fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Life Suppression. Creatures within 60 feet of Sammaster can’t regain Hit Points. Magic

Resistance. Sammaster has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Soul Gem. Sammaster has a magical soul gem as his dracolich heart. The gem can’t be damaged or removed

Sammaster (Lich Form)

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Sammaster fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Life Suppression. Creatures within 60 feet of Sammaster can’t regain Hit Points. Magic

. If the gem is destroyed, Sammaster can create a new one by completing an 8-hour ritual using a gem worth 1,000+ GP, which the ritual consumes, and by expending 5,000 GP.Multiattack. Sammaster makes

Twig Blight Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

resembles a woody shrub that can pull its roots free of the ground. Its branches twist together to form a humanoid-looking body with a head and limbs.Fire

Gadabout

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures

Air Envelope. If it has at least 1 hit point, the gadabout can generate an air envelope around itself when in a vacuum. This air envelope can sustain the gadabout and one other creature in its space

. The gadabout enters the space of a willing Medium or Small creature within 5 feet of itself and gently wraps its branches around the target. The target is grappled (escape DC 0). Any attempt by the

Wychwood

Equipment

druids use wychwood wands for their spellcasting. It is said that wychwood trees only grow in a few groves where spirits are plentiful, places where magic flows from the ground, and where the light of the full moon can touch their branches.

Combat Utility Whimsy 14 13 15 The twisted, spined branches of a wychwood tree are well known by wizards and those who practice magic involving spirits. Many warlocks and

Speak with Plants Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

move about, but they can freely move branches, tendrils, and stalks. If a plant creature is in the area, you can communicate with it as if you shared a common language, but you gain no magical

You imbue plants within 30 feet of you with limited sentience and animation, giving them the ability to communicate with you and follow your simple commands. You can question plants about events in

College of Glamour

classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

beasts can also bend minds. Villainous bards of this college can leech off a community for weeks, misusing their magic to turn their hosts into thralls. Heroic bards of this college instead use this

The College of Glamour is the home of bards who mastered their craft in the vibrant realm of the Feywild or under the tutelage of someone who dwelled there. Tutored by satyrs, eladrin, and other fey

Tree Blight

Monsters Curse of Strahd

with its heavy branches and crushes prey to death with its roots. It can open its gaping, tooth-filled mouth and bite a creature caught in its roots. The roots of a tree blight can be severed, though

);{"diceNotation":"1d6+6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Grasping Root","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage at the start of each of its turns. The root has AC 15 and can be severed by dealing 6

Iron Consul

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

Tactical Discipline. The iron consul has advantage on all ability checks and saving throws made during combat.Multiattack. The iron consul makes one attack with its spear and can use its Voice of

":"piercing"} piercing damage when used with two hands to make a melee attack. Voice of Command. The iron consul selects up to two allies within 90 feet of it that can hear its commands. Each ally can

Archmage Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

Intelligence (spell save DC 17, +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). The archmage can cast disguise self and invisibility at will and has the

arts. Benevolent ones counsel kings and queens, while evil ones rule as tyrants and pursue lichdom. Those who are neither good nor evil sequester themselves in remote towers to practice their magic

Mistral Raptor

races

As a mistral raptor, you are most at home far from the ground. You can range for miles in the Wood without ever setting talon to soil, moving more confidently through the branches than some move on flat ground.

Tradvakt (Tree Protector)

races

The tradvakt, also called ratatosk warlords, believe themselves to be the guardians and protectors of Yggdrasil and the branches of the World Tree. Larger than their ekorre cousins, the tradvakt

for a wide variety of reasons. Some seek a more proactive way to combat evil before it can threaten the World Tree. Others simply wish to prove their martial skills. No matter the reason, tradvakt will rise to any challenge and be victorious.

Harengon Sniper

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

harengon can use the Hide action.Harengon snipers provide artillery support to gangs of harengon brigand;harengon brigands. They hide atop bluffs, in the high branches of trees, and behind shelter

with these weapons. In addition, they can attack a target as far away as their weapons’ maximum range without needing to apply the usual penalty for attacking at long range. After a sniper makes

Grieving Tree

magic-items

save, the tree captures the target within its branches. The target takes 6d6 Piercing damage, and has the Stunned condition until it’s released from the tree. Eviscerate. You can take a Magic

Points but is still alive, that creature is healed 1d4 + 1 Hit Points and the same amount is subtracted from the pool. Prisoners of the Tree. The tree can hold up to four creatures (or their corpses) at a

Aartuk Weedling

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

use it to drag enemies toward the center of its body so that it can batter them with its powerful branches. It can also spit pellets of radiant energy. The Aartuk language is made up of rustling

Spider Climb. The aartuk can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.Multiattack. The aartuk makes two Branch attacks, two

Orlekto

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

Amphibious. The giant can breathe air and water.Multiattack. The giant makes two Greatsword attacks. Greatsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +14;{"diceNotation":"1d20+14","rollType":"to hit","rollAction

lightning bolt at a point it can see within 500 feet of it. Each creature within 10 feet of that point must make a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw, taking 54 (12d8);{"diceNotation":"12d8","rollType":"damage

Vampire Spawn Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

water, this trait doesn't function at the start of the vampire's next turn. Spider Climb. The vampire can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an

checks.Multiattack. The vampire makes two attacks, only one of which can be a bite attack. Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claws"} to hit, reach 5 ft

Derro Raider

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

others escaped the rule of mind flayer;mind flayers. The mind flayers’ psionic power eventually transformed these forsaken dwarves into Aberrations. You can learn more about derro in Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse.

", "rollAction":"Hooked Spear", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, the derro can choose to deal no damage, and instead the target has the prone

Dream Eater

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures

Movement. The dream eater can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Incorporeal

dream eater lies not in brute force but in the ability to pierce its illusions and wrest others from its terrors. As such, bards and other persuasive adventurers find themselves uniquely poised to

Trostani

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Mat'Selesnya"}. Trostani conjures a momentary whirl of branches and vines at a point she can see within 60 feet of her. Each creature in a 30-foot cube on that point must make a DC 24 Dexterity

Innate Spellcasting. Trostani’s innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 24). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: dispel magic

College of Creation

classes Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

too can teach the mountains to sing and dance.” Dwarves and gnomes often encourage their bards to become students of the Song of Creation. And among dragonborn, the Song of Creation is revered

Bards believe the cosmos is a work of art—the creation of the first dragons and gods. That creative work included harmonies that continue to resound through existence today, a power known as

College of Creation (TCoE)

classes Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

too can teach the mountains to sing and dance.” Dwarves and gnomes often encourage their bards to become students of the Song of Creation. And among dragonborn, the Song of Creation is revered

Bards believe the cosmos is a work of art—the creation of the first dragons and gods. That creative work included harmonies that continue to resound through existence today, a power known as

Vertrand Shadowdusk

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

(spell save DC 17, +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). Vertrand can cast disguise self and invisibility at will and has the following

study of the arcane arts. Benevolent ones counsel kings and queens, while evil ones rule as tyrants and pursue lichdom. Those who are neither good nor evil sequester themselves in remote towers to

Grinning Cat

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

prone condition, the cat can make a Bite attack against it as a bonus action. Fade Away. The grinning cat magically becomes invisible for 1 hour or until it attacks, gradually fading away over the

course of its turn. It can choose to leave part of its body visible, such as its tail, its head, or its grinning mouth. Any equipment the cat wears or carries is invisible with it.Grinning cats are

Zox Clammersham

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

(spell save DC 17, +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). Zox can cast disguise self and invisibility at will and has the following

arcane arts. Benevolent ones counsel kings and queens, while evil ones rule as tyrants and pursue lichdom. Those who are neither good nor evil sequester themselves in remote towers to practice their

Melissara Shadowdusk

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

(spell save DC 17, +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). Melissara can cast disguise self and invisibility at will and has the following

the study of the arcane arts. Benevolent ones counsel kings and queens, while evil ones rule as tyrants and pursue lichdom. Those who are neither good nor evil sequester themselves in remote towers to

Screaming Devilkin

Monsters Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1

feet of one or more screaming devilkins and can hear it must make a DC 10 Wisdom saving throw. On a failure the creature is incapacitated until the start of its next turn. On a success, the creature

denizens of the Feywild. Sages believe that their appearance derives from the primal fear inspired by fiendish creatures, while bards assert that panic, being such a repulsive emotion, is embodied by an

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