brief before during can respond

Zone of Truth

Spells Player’s Handbook

fails on this save. An affected creature is aware of the spell and can avoid answering questions to which it would normally respond with a lie. Such a creature can be evasive yet must be truthful.

time on a turn or starts its turn there makes a Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, a creature can’t speak a deliberate lie while in the radius. You know whether a creature succeeds or

Speak with Dead

Spells Player’s Handbook

Undead when it died. The spell also fails if the corpse was the target of this spell within the past 10 days. Until the spell ends, you can ask the corpse up to five questions. The corpse knows only what

it knew in life, including the languages it knew. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or repetitive, and the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are antagonistic toward it

Telepathic

Feats Player’s Handbook

language. Your communication doesn’t give the creature the ability to respond to you telepathically. Detect Thoughts. You always have the Detect Thoughts spell prepared. You can cast it without a

. You can speak telepathically to any creature you can see within 60 feet of yourself. Your telepathic utterances are in a language you know, and the creature understands you only if it knows that

Zlan

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

Chardalyn Sense. Zlan senses the emotions of anyone touching a piece of chardalyn within 100 miles of itself. Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Zlan fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed

in any combination. It can replace two attacks with a use of Spellcasting. Slam. Melee Attack Roll: +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Slam"}, reach 10 ft. Hit: 12 (3d4

Duergar Hammerer Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

);{"diceNotation":"1d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Engine of Pain"} damage to the hammerer, and the hammerer can respond by using its Multiattack with its reaction. Siege Monster. The hammerer

Engine of Pain. Once per turn, a creature that attacks the hammerer can target the duergar trapped in it. The attacker has disadvantage on the attack roll. On a hit, the attack deals an extra 5 (1d10

Duergar Screamer Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

(2d10);{"diceNotation":"2d10","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Engine of Pain"} damage to the screamer, and the screamer can respond by using its Multiattack with its reaction.Multiattack. The screamer

Engine of Pain. Once per turn, a creature that attacks the screamer can target the duergar trapped in it. The attacker has disadvantage on the attack roll. On a hit, the attack deals an extra 11

Reduced-threat Otyugh

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

Limited Telepathy. The otyugh can magically transmit simple messages and images to any creature within 120 feet of it that can understand a language. This form of telepathy doesn't allow the

receiving creature to telepathically respond. Reduced Threat. This creature has -2 penalty on all ability checks and saving throws.Multiattack. The otyugh makes three attacks: one with its bite and two with

Zone of Truth Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

succeeds or fails on its saving throw. An affected creature is aware of the spell and can thus avoid answering questions to which it would normally respond with a lie. Such a creature can be evasive in its answers as long as it remains within the boundaries of the truth.

Piercer (Ice variant)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

from ordinary rock formations. Patient Hunters. Piercers can see, but they can also respond to noise and heat, waiting for living creatures to pass beneath them, then falling to attack. A piercer

False Appearance. While the ice piercer remains motionless on the ceiling, it is indistinguishable from a normal stalactite. Spider Climb. The ice piercer can climb difficult surfaces, including

Speak with Dead Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

spell fails if the corpse was the target of this spell within the last 10 days. Until the spell ends, you can ask the corpse up to five questions. The corpse knows only what it knew in life, including

the languages it knew. Answers are usually brief, cryptic, or repetitive, and the corpse is under no compulsion to offer a truthful answer if you are hostile to it or it recognizes you as an enemy

Canoloth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Dimensional Lock. Other creatures can’t teleport to or from a space within 60 feet of the canoloth. Any attempt to do so is wasted. Magic Resistance. The canoloth has advantage on saving

throws against spells and other magical effects. Uncanny Senses. The canoloth can’t be surprised unless it’s incapacitated.Multiattack. The canoloth makes one Bite or Tongue attack and one

Neo-Otyugh

Monsters Infernal Machine Rebuild

receiving creature to telepathically respond. Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The neo-otyugh's innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 12). It can innately cast the following spells

Limited Telepathy. The otyugh can magically transmit simple messages and images to any creature within 120 feet of it that can understand a language. This form of telepathy doesn't allow the

Narzugon

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

creature isn’t revived before then, only a wish spell or killing the lemure and casting true resurrection on the creature’s original body can restore it to life. Constructs and devils are immune

to this effect. Infernal Command. Each ally of the narzugon within 60 feet of it can’t be charmed or frightened until the end of the narzugon’s next turn. Terrifying Command. Each

Cadaver Collector Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

. Cadaver collectors respond to a summons from a mortal only when they are called to the scene of a great battle — either where one is in progress, where one is imminent, or where one once took place

that accumulate on the construct's shell aren't just grisly battle trophies. A cadaver collector can summon the spirits of these cadavers to join battle with its enemies and to paralyze more

Omin Dran

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

Divine Strike. Once on each of his turns when he hits a creature with a weapon attack, Omin can cause the attack to deal an extra 4 (1d8);{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Divine

or misses, Omin can grant the creature a +10 bonus to that roll.Ominifis Hereward Dran spent his formative years in the small waystop of Red Larch, where his mother, Prophetess, ran a popular inn and

Swarm of Scarabs

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny scarab. The swarm can’t regain hit points or gain

exoskeleton). Spider Climb. The swarm can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.Ravenous Bites. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation

Swarm of Maggots

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny maggot. The swarm can’t regain hit points or gain

can’t be removed until the disease ends. The creature dies if its hit point maximum drops to 0. 5–6. The creature has disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls until it finishes its

Howler

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

enough to stand up against them. These nightmare creatures are native to Pandemonium, but they can be found on most of the Lower Planes, where they are trained as war hounds. Howlers can be domesticated

, after a fashion, but they respond only to brutal training in which they are forced to recognize the trainer as the pack’s undisputed leader. A trained pack then follows its leader without

Nafas

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

Dimensionally Bound. Nafas can’t leave the Infinite Staircase or be trapped within a container (such as an Iron Flask). Attempts to transport Nafas to another plane are wasted. Last Wish. When

, he can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. Nafas has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Noble Genie. Nafas doesn’t suffer any of the penalties that

Cadaver Collector

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

wander the Material Plane for centuries, collecting corpses while searching for a way to return home. Cadaver collectors respond to a summons from a mortal only when they are called to the scene of a

can summon the spirits of these cadavers to battle against its enemies. Although these specters are individually weak, a cadaver collector can call up an almost endless supply of them, if given enough

Mark of Sentinel Human

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

The Mark of Sentinel warns and protects. It heightens senses and reflexes, allowing an heir to respond to threats with uncanny speed. It can shield its bearer from harm. Whether on the battlefield or

bodyguards for those who can afford their services. House Deneith is also renowned for its Sentinel Marshals, agents who hold the authority to pursue criminals and enforce the law across the length of

Banderhobb

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

creature or object if it is within 1 mile of the banderhobb.Multiattack. The banderhobb makes one Bite attack and one Tongue attack. It can replace one attack with a use of Shadow Step. Bite. Melee Weapon

", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, and the target is grappled (escape DC 16) if it is a Large or smaller creature. Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the banderhobb can

Heralds of Dust Exorcist

Monsters Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

;shadow demons, wraith;wraiths, and other incorporeal entities hiding in palls of darkness. With a brief reboant chant, an exorcist can expunge a harmful entity from a possessed creature—or make that creature vulnerable to a painful spiritual inhabitation.Necrotic

Incorruptible Vessel. The exorcist can’t be possessed by Celestials, Fiends, or Undead.Multiattack. The exorcist makes two Grave Burst attacks. Grave Burst. Melee or Ranged Spell Attack: +6

Half-Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

ground. The dwarf clasped his old friend close for a brief instant, then, remembering his dignity, squirmed and freed himself from the half-elf’s embrace. — Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

-Elf Variants Some half-elves in Faerûn have a racial trait in place of the Skill Versatility trait. If your DM allows it, your half-elf character can forgo Skill Versatility and instead take the elf trait Keen Senses or a trait based on your elf parentage:

Elf Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

enjoy simple yet lovely jewelry. A Timeless Perspective Elves can live well over 700 years, giving them a broad perspective on events that might trouble the shorter-lived races more deeply. They are

learning a new skill or art, elves can be focused and relentless. They are slow to make friends and enemies, and even slower to forget them. They reply to petty insults with disdain and to serious

Fraz-Urb'luu Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

Innate Spellcasting. Fraz-Urb’luu’s spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 23). Fraz-Urb’luu can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At

will: alter self (can become Medium-sized when changing his appearance), detect magic, dispel magic, phantasmal force 3/day each: confusion, dream, mislead, programmed illusion, seeming 1/day each

Requiem Clay

Equipment

cannot touch you. You can ask the spirit up to five questions, as the speak with dead spell. The spirit knows only what it knew in life, including the languages it knew. Answers are usually brief

When you smoke requiem clay, you summon the spirit of a single deceased person that you personally knew in life. The spirit’s image is visible, and its voice can be heard in whispers, but it

Telepathic Legacy

Feats Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

doesn’t give the creature the ability to respond to you telepathically. You can cast the detect thoughts spell, requiring no spell slot or components, and you must finish a long rest before you

You awaken the ability to mentally connect with others, granting you the following benefits: Increase your Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20. You can speak

Soul Cage

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

the soul and regain 2d8 hit points. Query Soul. You ask the soul a question (no action required) and receive a brief telepathic answer, which you can understand regardless of the language used

destroy the cage, which ends the spell. While you have a soul inside the cage, you can exploit it in any of the ways described below. You can use a trapped soul up to six times. Once you exploit a soul

Astral Drifter

Backgrounds Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

For longer than you can remember, you have traversed the Astral Sea. There, you experienced firsthand the wonders of the Silver Void: you stopped aging and no longer felt hunger or thirst. Driven by

Initiate feat from the Player’s Handbook and must choose cleric for the feat. In the Astral Sea, you crossed paths with a wandering deity. The encounter was brief and nonviolent, yet it made a

Fraz-Urb'luu

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Fraz-Urb’luu fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Magic Resistance. Fraz-Urb’luu has advantage on saving throws against spells and

other magical effects. Undetectable. Fraz-Urb’luu can’t be targeted by divination magic, perceived through magical scrying sensors, or detected by abilities that sense demons or

Planar Wanderer

Feats Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

use this benefit on that portal again until you finish a long rest. On a successful check, you can force the portal open or closed for 1 hour. For that duration, the portal doesn’t respond to

You can draw on the forces of the multiverse to survive cosmic extremes and to traverse its infinite realms, granting you these benefits: Planar Adaptation. When you finish a long rest, you gain

Emerald Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

Tunneler. The dragon can burrow through solid rock at half its burrowing speed and can leave a 10-foot-diameter tunnel in its wake.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType

psionic power to weave illusions to deceive and disorient. They cloak their own presence so they can observe other creatures without being discovered as they collect information on everything from local

Fisher

Backgrounds Ghosts of Saltmarsh

fishing tackle. If you have access to a body of water that sustains marine life, you can maintain a moderate lifestyle while working as a fisher, and you can catch enough food to feed yourself and up to

ten other people each day. FISHING TALE You can tell a compelling tale, whether tall or true, to impress and entertain others. Once a day, you can tell your story to willing listeners. At the DM

Soul Coin

Magic Items Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

temporary hit points. Query. You telepathically ask the soul a question and receive a brief telepathic response, which you can understand. The soul knows only what it knew in life, but it must

be the victim of a night hag’s curse. Carrying Soul Coins. To hold a soul coin is to feel the soul bound within it — overcome with rage or fraught with despair. An evil creature can

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