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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This hat has 3 charges. While holding the hat, you can take a Magic action to expend 1 charge and summon your choice of a Bat, a Frog, or a Rat. The summoned creature magically appears in the hat and
tries to get away from you as quickly as possible. The creature is Indifferent toward you and other creatures, and it isn’t under your control. It behaves as an ordinary creature of its kind
Monsters
Monster Manual
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 bat. The swarm can’t regain Hit Points or gain
Spells
Player’s Handbook
Until the spell ends, one willing creature you touch has Immunity to Psychic damage and the Charmed condition. The target is also unaffected by anything that would sense its emotions or alignment
, read its thoughts, or magically detect its location, and no spell—not even Wish—can gather information about the target, observe it remotely, or control its mind.
Monsters
Monster Manual
Throw: DC 10, one creature within 20 feet. Failure: The target has the Frightened condition. At the end of each of its turns, the target repeats the save, ending the effect on itself on a success. After 1
minute, it succeeds automatically.
Shape-Shift. The quasit shape-shifting;shape-shifts to resemble a bat (Speed 10 ft., Fly 40 ft.), a centipede (40 ft., Climb 40 ft.), or a toad (40 ft., Swim 40 ft
Monsters
Monster Manual
DC 14) from one of two hands.
Bite (Bat or Vampire Form Only). Constitution Saving Throw: DC 17, one creature within 5 feet that is willing or that has the Grappled, Incapacitated, or Restrained
);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Grave Strike", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it has the Grappled condition (escape
Monsters
Monster Manual
’s thoughts can’t be read by any means, and magic can’t detect its location or observe it remotely.Tentacle. Melee Attack Roll: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit
Throw: DC 10, one creature the flumph can see within 15 feet. Failure: The target is coated in a foul-smelling liquid, exudes a stench for 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction
Monsters
Monster Manual
.
Read Thoughts. The doppelganger casts Detect Thoughts, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 12).
Unsettling Visage (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation
":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Unsettling Visage"}. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 12, each creature in a 15-foot Emanation originating from the doppelganger that can see the doppelganger. Failure
Monsters
Monster Manual
Shielded Mind. The couatl’s thoughts can’t be read by any means, and other creatures can communicate with it telepathically only if it allows them.Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +7
, and the target has the Poisoned condition until the end of the couatl’s next turn.
Constrict. Strength Saving Throw: DC 15, one Medium or smaller creature the couatl can see within 5 feet
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
in the ring, you can telepathically communicate with any creature wearing it. A wearer can’t prevent this telepathic communication.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
When you take a Magic action to read this scroll, a particular titan named in the scroll appears in an unoccupied space on the ground or in water that you can see within 1 mile of yourself. The DM
picks a suitable titan or determines it randomly by rolling on the table below (see the Monster Manual for the creature’s stat block).
The titan is Hostile toward all other creatures and
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
Each Scroll of Protection works against creatures of a specific creature type chosen by the DM or determined by rolling on the following table.
1d100
Creature Type
01-10
Scroll of
(Oozes);Oozes
86-90
Scroll of Protection (Plants);Plants
91-00
Scroll of Protection (Undead);Undead
Using a Magic action to read the scroll creates a 5-foot Emanation originating
Spells
Player’s Handbook
of yourself that belong to creatures that know languages or are telepathic. You don’t read the thoughts, but you know that a thinking creature is present.
The spell is blocked by 1 foot of stone
, dirt, or wood; 1 inch of metal; or a thin sheet of lead.
Read Thoughts. Target one creature you can see within 30 feet of yourself or one creature within 30 feet of yourself that you detected with
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
that tries to read from the book takes 24d6 Radiant damage. This damage ignores Resistance and Immunity, and it can’t be reduced or avoided by any means. A creature reduced to 0 Hit Points by
’s authors filled the pages with their own visions of true virtue, providing guidance for defeating evil.
The Book of Exalted Deeds rarely lingers in one place. As soon as the book is read, it
Spells
Player’s Handbook
script that is unintelligible. Alternatively, the illusion can alter the meaning, handwriting, and language of the text, though the language must be one you know.
If the spell is dispelled, the original script and the illusion both disappear.
A creature that has Truesight can read the hidden message.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
creature that can't use a manual of golems and attempts to read it takes 6d6 psychic damage.
d20
Golem
Time
Cost
1-5
Manual of Clay Golems
30 days
65,000 GP
6-17
Manual of
Bat
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
Echolocation. The bat can't use its blindsight while deafened.
Keen Hearing. The bat has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +0;{"diceNotation
":"1d20+0","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 1 piercing damage.
Giant Bat
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Echolocation. The bat can't use its blindsight while deafened.
Keen Hearing. The bat has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation
":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.
Magic Items
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
altered to sound genderless, and you are immune to magic that allows other creatures to read your thoughts, to determine whether you are lying, to know your alignment, or to know your creature type
.
Lord’s Robe. This elegant robe functions as a ring of free action, and it creates the illusion that you have a nondescript, androgynous humanoid build and stand 6 feet tall.
Species
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
philosophy often become bards, diplomats, mediators, or translators. Others, fascinated by their distant connection to the Fey, seek to build bridges between the Material Plane and the Feywild of
Thelanis. These Khoravar often become druids or warlocks with archfey patrons.
Khoravar Traits
Creature Type: HumanoidSize: Medium (about 4–6 feet tall) or Small (about 2–4 feet tall), chosen when you select this speciesSpeed: 30 feet
Species
Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
fully, but they can enhance their animalistic features temporarily in a process they call “shifting.”
Shifters resemble humans in height and build but are typically more lithe and flexible
a shifter’s appearance might remind an onlooker of an animal, the shifter remains clearly identifi able as a Humanoid even when at their most feral.
Shifter Traits
Creature Type: HumanoidSize
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Raxivort’s Tongue. The xvart can communicate with ordinary bat;bats and rat;rats, as well as giant bat;giant bats and giant rat;giant rats.Shortsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation
":"piercing"} piercing damage. If at least one of the xvart’s allies is within 5 feet of the target, the xvart can push the target 5 feet if the target is a Medium or smaller creature.
Sling. Ranged
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
attack and one scimitar attack.
Bite (Bat or Hybrid Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 6 (1d6
Shapechanger. The werebat can use its action to polymorph into a Medium bat-humanoid hybrid, or into a Large giant bat, or back into its true form, which is humanoid. Its statistics, other than its
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Calming Mist"}. The warbler releases a calming gas in a 5-foot-radius sphere centered on itself. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 11 Charisma saving
throw or become charmed by the warbler for 1 minute. While charmed in this way, the creature is incapacitated and has a speed of 0.Metallic warblers resemble songbirds and serve as clandestine agents
Swarm of Bats
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creature's space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny bat. The swarm can't regain hit points or gain temporary hit points.Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +4
;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 0 ft., one creature in the swarm's space. Hit: 5 (2d4);{"diceNotation":"2d4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Bite
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
":"Polymorph Concoction"}): 1, bat; 2, frog; 3, lizard; or 4, rat. This transformation lasts for 1 hour or until the creature drops to 0 hit points in its new form.
Shattered Shards. The witch targets a
bottle of liquid at a point up to 20 feet away from itself, which shatters into a cloud of magical smoke that fills a 10-foot-radius sphere. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving
Cockatrice
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turn to stone and is restrained. It must repeat the saving throw at the end of its next turn. On a success, the effect ends. On a failure, the creature is petrified for 24 hours.The cockatrice looks like a hideous hybrid of lizard, bird, and bat. It is infamous for its ability to turn flesh to stone.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1);{"diceNotation":"1d4+1","rollType":"damage
Mind Blank
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Until the spell ends, one willing creature you touch is immune to psychic damage, any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, divination spells, and the charmed condition. The
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
itself. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 14 Charisma saving throw or become charmed by the peacekeeper for 1 minute. While charmed in this way, the creature is incapacitated and has a
a guardian created by a metallic dragon, forged from the metal associated with its creator and powered by the energy of the dragon’s breath. An artificial being sculpted in elegant filigree, it is dedicated to defusing tensions that could spiral into violence.Fire
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
transform even a creature as lowly as Raxivort into a demigod. After his apotheosis, Raxivort forged the Black Sewers, a realm within Pandemonium that he filled with his beloved creatures, rat;rats and bat
Raxivort’s Blessing. When the xvart reduces an enemy to 0 hit points, the xvart gains 4 temporary hit points.
Raxivort’s Tongue. The xvart can communicate with ordinary bat;bats and rat
Book of Exalted Deeds
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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
digest its contents and gain its benefits. Other creatures that peruse the book’s open pages can read the text but glean no deeper meaning and reap no benefits. An evil creature that tries to read
is read, it vanishes to some other corner of the multiverse where its moral guidance can bring light to a darkened world. Although attempts have been made to copy the work, efforts to do so fail to
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Fleeting Anger. If another creature deals damage to the Returned, the Returned makes attack rolls with advantage until the end of its next turn.
Turn Resistance. The Returned has advantage on saving
throws against any effect that turns undead.
Unreadable Face. The Returned is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts. Wisdom (Insight) checks to ascertain the
Monsters
Acquisitions Incorporated
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Bite"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 3 (1d4 + 1);{"diceNotation":"1d4+1","rollType":"damage
","rollAction":"Bite","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 11 Constitution saving throw against being magically petrified. On a failed save, the creature begins to
Scroll of Protection
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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Each scroll of protection works against a specific type of creature chosen by the DM or determined randomly by rolling on the following table.
d100
Creature Type
01-10
Aberrations
11-20
Beasts
21-30
Celestials
31-40
Elementals
41-50
Fey
51-75
Fiends
76-80
Plants
81-00
Undead
Using an action to read the scroll encloses
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Pack Tactics. The Returned has advantage on an attack roll against a creature if at least one of the Returned’s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn’t incapacitated
.
Turn Resistance. The Returned has advantage on saving throws against any effect that turns undead.
Unreadable Face. The Returned is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its
Stirge
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Monsters
Basic Rules (2014)
Blood Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Blood Drain"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 5 (1d4 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d4+3","rollType
movement. It does so after it drains 10 hit points of blood from the target or the target dies. A creature, including the target, can use its action to detach the stirge.This horrid monster looks like






