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Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
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
Crenshinibon, better known as the Crystal Shard. Zlan Clervish was one of those seven liches, and that lich’s will predominates in the fused entity. All seven bodies are frozen together with ice and
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
. Their facial features have a bestial cast, often with large eyes and pointed ears; most shifters also possess prominent canine teeth. They grow fur-like hair on nearly every part of their bodies. While
Equipment
dried blossoms as a tea after a busy day of hocking their wares. This water lily can be identified by the nodding white blossom under a leafy umbrella. The sleeping merchant only grows in certain
ponds and lakes which has made attempts to grow sleeping merchant plants in other bodies of water impossible. Thus, the demand for this plant is high among the tea vendors of Obojima.
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
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Hold Breath. The plasmoid can hold its breath for 1 hour.Multiattack. The plasmoid makes two Pseudopod attacks. It can replace one of those attacks with a Javelin attack.
Pseudopod. Melee Weapon
oozes that can alter their shape at will. Their amorphous bodies have a soft, malleable texture, and plasmoids can extrude up to five pseudopods, each one up to 5 feet long. They use their pseudopods
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
affected creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.Multiattack. The dust hulk makes three Slam attacks. It can replace one of these
their bodies as living works of art. As they fly, coursing along wind currents or blowing through underground tunnels like living sandstorms, they create mesmerizing dances with their ever-shifting forms.Poison
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
, while others describe a series of increasingly improbable events favoring the Raven Queen in every wager. What is certain is that the giants severely underestimated the Raven Queen. When they lost
their wager, the Shadowfell became their home, and they have grudgingly served the Raven Queen ever since.
Over time, the Shadowfell transformed these giants; their bodies shriveled, and their
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
abomination makes three attacks using Claw, Acidic Spit, or a combination of them. It can replace one of the attacks with a Tail attack.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType
their bodies and minds to emulate the dragons they revere. They collect dragon parts—scales, teeth, skin, flesh, wings, and bones—that they scavenge from around dragon lairs, take from
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
Multiattack. The witch makes two Poison Dagger attacks. It can replace one of these attacks with Spellcasting.
Poison Dagger. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType
, while others animate furniture, weapons, or other objects.
Feel free to build encounters with witches that include additional creatures such as animated armor, a flying sword, a rug of smothering, or a Tiny Beast acting as a spy.
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Essence Transfer (1/Day). The professor can cast the animate dead spell, using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability.Multiattack. The professor makes two Mortality Spear attacks. It can replace one of
; subjects. The professors use the gathered essence to feed their magic, snuffing the life and decaying the bodies of the living, entreating and commanding the dead and Undead, and twisting curses around
Monk
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. Whatever their discipline, monks are united in their ability to magically harness the energy that flows in their bodies. Whether channeled as a striking display of combat prowess or a subtler focus of
the magic that suffuses the multiverse—specifically, the element that flows through living bodies. Monks harness this power within themselves to create magical effects and exceed their bodies
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
will: mage hand, minor illusion
1/day: stinking cloudDuergar despots replace parts of their bodies with mechanical devices that they control through their psionic abilities.
Duergar
Duergar are
attacks and two Stomping Foot attacks. After one of the attacks, the duergar can move up to its speed without provoking opportunity attacks. It can replace one of the attacks with a use of Flame Jet.
Iron
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
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Hold Breath. The plasmoid can hold its breath for 1 hour.Multiattack. The plasmoid makes three Pseudopod attacks. It can replace one of those attacks with a Spear or Pistol attack.
Pseudopod. Melee
alter their shape at will. Their amorphous bodies have a soft, malleable texture, and plasmoids can extrude up to five pseudopods, each one up to 5 feet long. They use their pseudopods for locomotion as
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
; 3, Spell Scarred; or 4, Winged Form. This mutation determines certain traits in this stat block.
Amorphous (Elastic Body Only). The mutate can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch without
troll undergoes strange mutations. Among the most common mutations are wings, stretchable bodies, resistance to magic, and a strange reflective psychic property. Many troll mutates also have small
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Special Equipment. Mercion wields a quarterstaff, +1;+1 quarterstaff.Multiattack. Mercion makes one Divine Radiance attack and one +1 Quarterstaff attack. She can replace one of these attacks with a
coming for you.”
Flaw. “My friends would say I’m inflexible. The truth is, I like things done a certain way.”
Combat Notes
Mercion counts on her armor to protect her as she
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
make an ability check.Multiattack. The ooze makes two Pseudopod attacks. The ooze can replace one Pseudopod attack with its Slime Breath, if available.
Pseudopod. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation
incorporated parts of dragons’ bodies into magic items, crafting dragon hide into armor and forging weapons from claws and teeth. Alchemists have found beneficial uses for dragon blood, but ill-advised
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
where the Wicked Slumber is prominent. Purple tendrils of wispy nightmares spread like vines across those areas and surround the bodies of those who sleep.
Heroes throughout Eldraine have ventured
, Eriette and Ashiok conspire to build a nightmare realm in the ruins of Castle Ardenvale at the heart of the Wicked Slumber, replacing the virtuous court with one composed of sleepwalkers and dreamers
Shifter
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races
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
they can temporarily enhance their animalistic features by entering a state they call shifting.
Shifters are similar to humans in height and build but are typically more lithe and flexible. Their
facial features have a bestial cast, often with large eyes and pointed ears; most shifters also have prominent canine teeth. They grow fur-like hair on nearly every part of their bodies. While a shifter
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Wildspace systems and lay waste to worlds. After feeding on the minds and bodies of a world’s inhabitants until it is sated, a cosmic horror usually returns to the void, where it falls into a deep
they have certain qualities in common. Each one is roughly 100 feet long or tall, and its physical form is a seemingly impossible conglomeration of eyes, mouths, wings, tentacles, and less recognizable organs and appendages.Acid, Poison
Species
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
taper to sharp talons. Feathers cover their bodies—usually red, orange, yellow, brown, or gray. Their heads are also avian, often resembling those of parrots or eagles.
Creating Your Character
regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy. The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Multiattack. The carrion stalker makes three Tentacle attacks. If it is attached to a creature, it can replace one Tentacle attack with Larval Burst, if available.
Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +5
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Carrion stalkers also enjoy symbiotic relationships with carrion crawler;carrion crawlers. Carrion crawlers won’t devour bodies infested by carrion stalkers, but they often pick up stalker larvae as
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
trouble killing them and disposing of their bodies. He was eventually caught in the act and brought to the burgomaster. Instead of punishing the boy for his crimes, Baron Vallakovich pardoned Izek and
grown a new arm to replace the one he had lost.
The new appendage has barbed spines, elongated fingers, and long nails. He can create fire with the snap of his fiendish fingers and has used the flames
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
ignores movement restrictions caused by webbing.Multiattack. The phisarazu makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks. It can replace one of these attacks with Scintillating Spray if available.
Bite
on guard duty.
Spyder-Fiends
Demonic beasts that combine the worst attributes of wolves and spiders, spyder-fiends scuttle about with bloated, spiderlike bodies and gnash with wolflike heads
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
(see “Actions” below)
1/day each: charm person, dissonant whispers, hex, hold person, mage armorMultiattack. The Inspired makes two crysteel dagger attacks. It can replace one attack with vicious
Dreaming Dark has long experience in weaving dreams that can convince mortals to surrender their bodies.
VARIANT: QUORI VESSEL
The Inspired are vessels for quori spirits, allowing the quori to
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
” below)
1/day each: charm person, dissonant whispers, hex, hold person, mage armorMultiattack. The Inspired makes two crysteel dagger attacks. It can replace one attack with vicious mockery.
Crysteel
has long experience in weaving dreams that can convince mortals to surrender their bodies.
VARIANT: QUORI VESSEL
The Inspired are vessels for quori spirits, allowing the quori to manifest a portion
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
and using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability.Multiattack. The hag makes two Shears attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Spellcasting.
Shears. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20
, and when they offer divinations; they delight in such glimpses and are compelled to speak of what they see. Those who dare harm a fate hag find silvery threads of destiny winding around their bodies, tightening and slicing deeper as fate turns against the hag’s foes.
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
dagger attacks. It can replace one attack with vicious mockery.
Crysteel Dagger. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Crysteel Dagger"} to hit, reach 5
Dreaming Dark. Such Inspired have to willingly accept quori possession, but the Dreaming Dark has long experience in weaving dreams that can convince mortals to surrender their bodies.
VARIANT: QUORI
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
armorMultiattack. The Inspired makes two crysteel dagger attacks. It can replace one attack with vicious mockery.
Crysteel Dagger. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit
surrender their bodies.
VARIANT: QUORI VESSEL
The Inspired are vessels for quori spirits, allowing the quori to manifest a portion of their power while the vessel is possessed. An Inspired can
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
’ will. These living portents are Aberrations instead of Celestials and are typically chaotic evil. They replace any radiant damage in their stat block with necrotic or psychic damage (DM&rsquo
;s choice). Their spells might also be different. Some known Elder Evils include the following:
Acamar. A dead star that consumes other stars or sidereal bodies it encounters.
Caiphon, the Dream
Species
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Thri-kreen have insectile features and two pairs of arms. Their bodies are encased in protective chitin. They can alter the coloration of this carapace to blend in with their natural surroundings
regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy.
The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
, instead of a bipedal vegepygmy. Thornies are less intelligent than other vegepygmies, but they are larger and more ferocious and have thorn-covered bodies.
Vegepygmies
Vegepygmies are fungus creatures
. Among themselves, vegepygmies communicate by hissing, gestures, and tapping. Vegepygmies build and craft little; any gear they have is acquired from other creatures or built by copying simple
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
wealth and power with a bitter mix of longing, regret, and shame, seeking always to replace the grandest treasures they once possessed. Simple coins, gems, or trade goods do nothing to satisfy the
roof of a merchant’s home, seizing what they seek, and stalking away before the town watch can rally.
Intricate Networks. Clever, ambitious, and greedy, many fog giants build up whole networks of
Monsters
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
. The juggernaut doesn’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The juggernaut makes two attacks. It can replace one attack with Deadly Shaping if it is ready.
Executioner’s Pick
a certain area its territory and visits destruction upon all trespassers.
Relentless killers are hateful, revenge-obsessed creatures that enter into pacts with fiends or other nefarious entities
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skill. Likewise, a fighter is adept with shields and every form of armor. Beyond that basic degree of familiarity, each fighter specializes in a certain style of combat. Some concentrate on archery
Fighter
As you build your fighter, think about two related elements of your character’s background: Where did you get your combat training, and what set you apart from the mundane warriors
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
Returned palamnites. These Returned led violent lives, existences filled with such pain and hatred that violence now suffuses their deathless bodies. Such makes them exceptionally dangerous to the
they cover with distinctive golden masks.
Returned reenter the world blank and undead. No longer possessing the ability to form long-term memories, they generally can’t build meaningful
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
brimming with life, crystal dragons enjoy an innate psionic connection to the Positive Plane that suffuses their bodies as well as their personalities with light. Though they prefer to live in desolate
; scales. It glows like starlight between their bodies and the spines and horns that hover close to their heads and backs. These horns shift with the dragon’s mood: bristling with anger, lying back