building before decides creature resolves

Vorpal Sword

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

to this effect if it has Immunity to Slashing damage, if it doesn’t have or need a head, or if the DM decides that the creature is too big for its head to be cut off with this weapon. Such a

You gain a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. In addition, the weapon ignores Resistance to Slashing damage. When you use this weapon to attack a creature that

Well of Many Worlds

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

Worlds and place it on a solid surface, whereupon it forms a two-way, 6-foot-diameter, circular portal to another world or plane of existence. Each time the item opens a portal, the DM decides where it

leads. The portal remains open until a creature within 5 feet of it takes a Magic action to close it by taking hold of the edges of the cloth and folding it up. Once the Well of Many Worlds has opened a portal, it can’t do so again for 1d8 hours.

Blackrazor

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

creature’s Hit Point maximum. Haste. Blackrazor can cast Haste on you, after which it can’t cast this spell again until the next dawn. Blackrazor decides when to cast the spell, which takes

with a range of 30 feet. Devour Soul. Whenever you use Blackrazor to reduce a creature to 0 Hit Points, the sword slays the creature and devours its soul unless it is a Construct or an Undead. A

Woe Strider

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Antimagic Cone. The woe strider's open mouth creates an area of antimagic, as in the antimagic field spell, in a 60-foot cone. At the start of each of its turns, the woe strider decides which way the

cone faces and whether its mouth is open or closed.Multiattack. The woe strider makes two claw attacks and one bite attack. If both claws hit the same creature, the target is grappled (escape DC 14

Vorpal Sword Legacy

Magic Items Basic Rules (2014)

to slashing damage, doesn't have or need a head, has legendary actions, or the GM decides that the creature is too big for its head to be cut off with this weapon. Such a creature instead takes an extra 6d8 slashing damage from the hit.

You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. In addition, the weapon ignores resistance to slashing damage. When you attack a creature that has at least one head with

Istarian Drone

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it is grappled (escape DC 15). The drone has two claws, each of which can grapple only one target. Crystalline

Spit (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Crystalline Spit"}. The drone spits crackling gel in a line 5 feet wide and 20 feet long. Each creature in the line

Giant Insect Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

the statistics for these creatures and resolves their actions and movement. A creature remains in its giant size for the duration, until it drops to 0 hit points, or until you use an action to dismiss

spider becomes a giant spider, a wasp becomes a giant wasp, and a scorpion becomes a giant scorpion. Each creature obeys your verbal commands, and in combat, they act on your turn each round. The GM has

Grinning Cat

Monsters Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants

—wanders by. While trading riddles or witticisms, a cat often decides to reveal its grin, its tail, or sometimes its whole head to confuse or intimidate the creature it’s talking to. A

grinning cat can be persuaded to bestow one of its whiskers as a gift. A creature holding a whisker can use it to cast the misty step spell once, then the whisker turns to smoke and is destroyed. If a

Astral Dreadnought Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

Antimagic Cone. The astral dreadnought's opened eye creates an area of antimagic, as in the antimagic field spell, in a 150-foot cone. At the start of each of its turns, the dreadnought decides which

be banished or otherwise transported out of the Astral Plane. Demiplanar Donjon. Any creature or object that the astral dreadnought swallows is transported to a demiplane that can be entered by no

Spiderdragon

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

spiderlings in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 33 (6d10);{"diceNotation":"6d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Spiderling Breath

powerful as their black dragon progenitors, though, and they often drain the enclaves’ resources with their selfish demands. Uninterested in building lairs, spiderdragons weave powerful webs and

Baba Lysaga's Creeping Hut

Monsters Curse of Strahd

attacks with its flailing and stomping roots. It can also use its roots to fling large rocks. Hut Interior. The hut is a 15-foot-square, ramshackle wooden building with a gently sloping thatch roof. Its

floorboards are out of the way, a creature can reach into the cavity and snatch the gem. But if someone attempts this while the hut is alive, the cavity sprouts wooden teeth, becoming a mouth that bites

Snicker-Snack

Magic Items The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

effect if it is immune to slashing damage, it doesn’t have or need a head, it has legendary actions, or the DM decides that the creature is too big for its head to be cut off with this weapon. Such

You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic vorpal sword. In addition, the weapon ignores resistance to slashing damage. When you use this weapon to attack a creature that has

Death Tyrant Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Negative Energy Cone. The death tyrant’s central eye emits an invisible, magical 150-foot cone of negative energy. At the start of each of its turns, the tyrant decides which way the cone faces

and whether the cone is active. Any creature in that area can’t regain hit points. Any humanoid that dies there becomes a zombie under the tyrant’s command. The dead humanoid retains its

Telescopic Transporter

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

chosen by the DM. 3 Excess cosmic energy overloads the telescope, causing it to explode. Each creature within 60 feet of the telescope takes 8d6 necrotic damage. Any Humanoid who survives this damage

is transformed into a different kind of creature, as if it had been subject to the Reincarnate spell. 4 A creature from the Astral Sea (such as a githyanki knight) appears within 60 feet of the

Titivilus Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

Twisting Words. Alternatively, he targets one creature charmed by him that is within 60 feet of him; that charmed target must make a DC 21 Charisma saving throw. On a failure, Titivilus decides how the

","rollAction":"Silver Sword","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to half the necrotic damage it takes

Blackrazor Legacy

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. It has the following additional properties. Devour Soul Whenever you use it to reduce a creature to 0 hit points, the sword slays the creature and

devours its soul, unless it is a construct or an undead. A creature whose soul has been devoured by Blackrazor can be restored to life only by a wish spell. When it devours a soul, Blackrazor grants

Beholder Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Antimagic Cone. The beholder’s central eye creates an area of antimagic, as in the antimagic field spell, in a 150-foot-cone. At the start of each of its turns, the beholder decides which way

. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by the beholder for 1 hour, or until the beholder harms the creature. Paralyzing Ray. The targeted creature must

Lorthuun

Monsters Out of the Abyss

Antimagic Cone. The beholder's central eye creates an area of antimagic, as in the antimagic field spell, in a 150-foot-cone. At the start of each of its turns, the beholder decides which way the

magical eye rays at random (reroll duplicates), choosing one to three targets it can see within 120 feet of it: 1. Charm Ray. The targeted creature must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed

Changeling

Species Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

changelings today—even in those changelings who have never set foot in the fey realm. Each changeling decides how to use their shape-shifting ability, channeling either the peril or the joy of the

your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of languages to choose from. The DM is free to modify that list for a campaign. Creature Type Every creature

True Polymorph Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

’s statistics and resolves all of its actions and movement. If the spell becomes permanent, you no longer control the creature. It might remain friendly to you, depending on how you have

Choose one creature or nonmagical object that you can see within range. You transform the creature into a different creature, the creature into a nonmagical object, or the object into a creature (the

Alustriel Silverhand

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

Ear of the Chosen. Whenever a creature on the same plane of existence as Alustriel speaks Alustriel’s name, Alustriel hears her name and the next nine words the speaker utters. Legendary

);{"diceNotation":"9d12+7", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Reproving Ray", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage, and if the target is a creature, it must make a DC 22 Charisma saving throw. On a failed save

Drow Mother of Rebellion

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

effect on itself on a success. Tentacle Rod. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Tentacle Rod"} to hit, reach 15 ft., one creature. Hit: 3 (1d6

. Divine Flame (2/Day). A 10-foot-radius, 40-foot-high column of divine fire sprouts in an area up to 120 feet away from the drow. Each creature in the column must make a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw

Rahadin

Monsters Curse of Strahd

Deathly Choir. Any creature within 10 feet of Rahadin that isn't protected by a mind blank spell hears in its mind the screams of the thousands of people Rahadin has killed. As a bonus action

, Rahadin can force all creatures that can hear the screams to make a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw. Each creature takes 16 (3d10);{"diceNotation":"3d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Deathly Choir

Giff Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

Headfirst Charge. The giff can try to knock a creature over; if the giff moves at least 20 feet in a straight line that ends within 5 feet of a Large or smaller creature, that creature must succeed

);{"diceNotation":"1d10+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Pistol","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. Fragmentation Grenade (1/day). The giff throws a grenade up to 60 feet. Each creature within

Astral Dreadnought

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Antimagic Cone. The dreadnought’s eye creates an area of antimagic, as in the antimagic field spell, in a 150-foot cone. At the start of each of its turns, it decides which way the cone faces

Bite and Donjon Visit. A creature can leave the demiplane only by using magic that enables planar travel, such as the plane shift spell. The demiplane resembles a stone cave roughly 1,000 feet in

Titivilus

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to half the necrotic damage taken. Frightful Word. Titivilus targets one

creature he can see within 10 feet of him. The target must succeed on a DC 21 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened of him for 1 minute. While frightened in this way, the target must take the Dash

Eladrin Legacy

Species Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

You spend excessively on creature comforts. Winter d4 Winter Personality Trait 1 The worst case is the most likely to occur. 2 You preserve what you have. Better to

Everything dies eventually. Why bother building anything that is supposedly meant to last? 2 Nothing matters to you, and you allow others to guide your actions. 3 Your needs come first. In

Drow Matron Mother

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

effect on itself on a success. Tentacle Rod. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Tentacle Rod"} to hit, reach 15 ft., one creature. Hit: 3 (1d6

. Divine Flame (2/Day). A 10-foot-radius, 40-foot-high column of divine fire sprouts in an area up to 120 feet away from the drow. Each creature in the column must make a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw

Constantori's Portrait

Magic Items Keys from the Golden Vault

, Constantori’s Portrait has quietly observed countless conversations and now possesses an unquantifiable amount of lore—everything from criminal conspiracies to secret passwords. The DM decides what

until you command it to stop or until your attunement to the painting ends. The painting has 3 charges. When a creature the painting identifies as its enemy starts its turn in a space the painting

Young Topaz Dragon

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

(Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Desiccating Breath"}. The dragon exhales yellowish necrotic energy in a 30-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 13

Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 28 (8d6);{"diceNotation":"8d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Desiccating Breath", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage and

Giant Insect

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

scorpion becomes a giant scorpion. Each creature obeys your verbal commands, and in combat, they act on your turn each round. The DM has the statistics for these creatures and resolves their actions and

movement. A creature remains in its giant size for the duration, until it drops to 0 hit points, or until you use an action to dismiss the effect on it. The DM might allow you to choose different

Topaz Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

energy in a 15-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 11 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 21 (6d6);{"diceNotation":"6d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction

":"Desiccating Breath", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage and is weakened until the end of its next turn. A weakened creature has disadvantage on Strength-based ability checks and Strength

Giant Insect

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

scorpion becomes a giant scorpion. Each creature obeys your verbal commands, and in combat, they act on your turn each round. The DM has the statistics for these creatures and resolves their actions and

movement. A creature remains in its giant size for the duration, until it drops to 0 hit points, or until you use an action to dismiss the effect on it. The DM might allow you to choose different

Simic Scientist

Backgrounds Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

library, a university, or an independent scholar or other learned person or creature. Knowing where the information can be found doesn’t automatically enable you to learn it; you might need to

1 I helped create a krasis that I love like a pet and would carry with me everywhere … except it’s the size of a building, and it might eat me. 2 In my laboratory, I

Simultaneous Effects

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

of a creature’s turn. If two or more things happen at the same time on a character or monster’s turn, the person at the game table — whether player or DM — who controls that creature decides the order

in which those things happen. For example, if two effects occur at the end of a player character’s turn, the player decides which of the two effects happens first.

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