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Monsters
Monster Manual
Coven Magic. While within 30 feet of at least two hag allies, the hag can cast one of the following spells, requiring no Material components, using the spell’s normal casting time, and using
Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14): Augury, Find Familiar, Identify, Locate Object, Scrying, or Unseen Servant. The hag must finish a Long Rest before using this trait to cast
Githzerai Zerth
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components:
At will: mage hand (the hand is invisible)
3/day each: feather fall, jump, see invisibility, shield
1/day each
: phantasmal killer, plane shift
Psychic Defense. While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. The githzerai makes two unarmed
Dao
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
, +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"spell","rollAction":"Innate Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will
: detect evil and good, detect magic, stone shape
3/day each: passwall, move earth, tongues
1/day each: conjure elemental (earth elemental only), gaseous form, invisibility, phantasmal killer, plane
Night Hag (Coven Variant)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: detect magic, magic missile
2/day each: plane shift (self only), ray of enfeeblement, sleep
Magic
Resistance. The hag has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Shared Spellcasting. While all three members of a hag coven are within 30 feet of one another, they can each cast
Green Hag (Coven Variant)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
Amphibious. The hag can breathe air and water.
Innate Spellcasting. The hag's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 12). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no
with a successful DC 14 Wisdom (Insight) check.
Shared Spellcasting. While all three members of a hag coven are within 30 feet of one another, they can each cast the following spells from the wizard
Hydroloth
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
Amphibious. The hydroloth can breathe air and water.
Innate Spellcasting. The hydroloth's innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 16). It can innately cast the following spells
, requiring no material components:
At will: darkness, detect magic, dispel magic, invisibility (self only), water walk
3/day each: control water, crown of madness, fear, phantasmal killer, suggestion
Alhoon
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Monsters
Volo's Guide to Monsters
(spell save DC 16). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components:
At will: detect thoughts, levitate
1/day each: dominate monster, plane shift (self only)
Spellcasting. The
, phantasmal killer
5th level (2 slots): modify memory, wall of force
6th level (1 slot): disintegrate, globe of invulnerability
Turn Resistance. The alhoon has advantage on saving throws against any
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Intelligence (spell save DC 19, +11;{"diceNotation":"1d20+11","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). The archmage can cast disguise self and invisibility at will and has
(3 slots): detect thoughts, mirror image, misty step
3rd level (3 slots): counterspell, fly, lightning bolt
4th level (3 slots): fire shield, phantasmal killer, stoneskin
5th level (3 slots): cone of
Soul Monger
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
(spell save DC 16, +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Innate Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material
, finger of death, gaseous form, phantasmal killer, seeming
Magic Resistance. The soul monger has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Soul Thirst. When the soul monger
Sea Hag (Coven Variant)
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
has disadvantage on attack rolls against the hag.
Shared Spellcasting. While all three members of a hag coven are within 30 feet of one another, they can each cast the following spells from the
curse, counterspell, lightning bolt
4th level (3 slots): phantasmal killer, polymorph
5th level (2 slots): contact other plane, scrying
6th level (1 slot): eyebite
For casting these spells, each hag
Fraz-Urb'luu
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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
with his tail at a time.
Phantasmal Killer (Costs 2 Actions). Fraz-Urb’luu casts phantasmal killer, no concentration required.All demons are liars, but Fraz-Urb’luu is the Prince of
Conjure Fey
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
statistics. Some sample creatures are listed below.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th level or higher, the challenge rating increases by 1 for each slot level above 6th
Hag, Killer Whale
4
Elephant
5
Giant Crocodile, Giant Shark
6
Mammoth
7
Giant Ape
8
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Monsters
Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1
Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: blight, blink, chaos bolt,* darkness, detectmagic, fly, shield3/day
each: circle of death, enervation,* phantasmal killer,symbol;symbol (discord only)2/day each: finger of death, harm, mental prison,*power word pain*1/day each: power word kill, power word stun, symbol
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
breaks these rules loses the duel. If a duelist kills an opponent, the killer, if discovered, is expelled from the university and forced to pay for raise dead to be cast on the dead duelist. As
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
spell can be cast as a ritual, the ritual tag appears after the spell’s name. Each spell is in the Player’s Handbook, unless it has an asterisk (a spell in chapter 3). Xanathar’s Guide to Everything also
offers more spells. 1st Level
Color spray
Command
2nd Level
Aid
Enlarge/reduce
Mirror image
3rd Level
Intellect fortress *
Mass healing word
Slow
4th Level
Phantasmal killer
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Phantasmal Killer 4th-level illusion Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You tap into the nightmares of a creature you can see within range
. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d10 for each slot level above 4th.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Phantasmal Killer 4th-level illusion Casting Time: 1 action Range: 120 feet Components: V, S Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute You tap into the nightmares of a creature you can see within range
. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d10 for each slot level above 4th.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, in a rather exhaustive and encyclopedic manner. A successful dispel magic spell (DC 17) cast on Professor Figment ends the illusion. The first creature that tries to dispel the illusion of Professor
Figment and fails is targeted by a phantasmal killer spell (save DC 22) as the tiefling instructor briefly and vividly transforms into the target’s worst nightmare; then it calmly continues with “Now
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
access by the militia (secretly paid off by Mr. Dory). Faced with this challenge, Refrum launched his own investigation into the Lantern Ghost killings. He describes how the killer had been on the prowl
down the killer, and how the slayings had pushed the Styes to the brink of chaos. Jarme’s arrest came after he was found looming over the body of a victim, a dagger clutched in his bloodstained hands
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
.
Challenge 23 (50,000 XP)
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
or smaller creature, it is also grappled (escape DC 24). The grappled target is also restrained. Fraz-Urb’luu can grapple only one creature with his tail at a time.
Phantasmal Killer (Costs 2 Actions). Fraz-Urb’luu casts phantasmal killer, no concentration required.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->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
is also grappled (escape DC 24). The grappled target is also restrained. Fraz-Urb’luu can grapple only one creature with his tail at a time.
Phantasmal Killer (Costs 2 Actions). Fraz-Urb’luu casts phantasmal killer, no concentration required.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
hydroloth’s innate spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 16). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: darkness, detect magic, dispel magic
, invisibility (self only), water walk
3/day each: control water, crown of madness, fear, phantasmal killer, suggestion
Magic Resistance. The hydroloth has advantage on saving throws against spells and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: chill touch (3d8 damage), poison spray (3d12 damage)
1/day each: bestow curse, chain lightning
, finger of death, gaseous form, phantasmal killer, seeming
Magic Resistance. The soul monger has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Soul Thirst. When the soul monger
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
speak with dead spell is cast on the corpse, the aasimar’s spirit answers questions honestly. Quintus did not see his killer, but he knows one reason why every other passenger in this car (besides
killer was nowhere in sight. Ignatius Inkblot, the great mind flayer detective, examines a corpse aboard the Concordant Express Murder Suspects The suspects aboard the Passenger Car are as follows
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Magic. While within 30 feet of at least two hag allies, the hag can cast one of the following spells, requiring no Material components, using the spell’s normal casting time, and using Intelligence as the
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14): Augury, Find Familiar, Identify, Locate Object, Scrying, or Unseen Servant. The hag must finish a Long Rest before using this trait to cast that spell again
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: detect evil and good, detect magic, stone shape
3/day each: passwall, move earth, tongues
1/day each: conjure
elemental (earth elemental only), gaseous form, invisibility, phantasmal killer, plane shift, wall of stone
Sure-Footed. The dao has advantage on Strength and Dexterity saving throws made against
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, Infernal, and Undercommon. He has the phantasmal killer spell prepared instead of banishment. He wears the gray slaad’s control gem (a fist-sized gray gem) on a chain around his neck. He wields a
strike, cursing the characters as he does so. Morphing Statue A detect magic spell cast on the statue reveals an aura of transmutation magic surrounding it and a powerful source of necromancy magic deep
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Domains of Delight: A Feywild Accessory
indebted to look to the killer to make good on the creature’s unfulfilled debts. Fey are understandably cautious when collecting debts from a person who is prone to violence. They usually make their
demands at times when it’s safest for them to do so, such as when the killer is bathing or in a crowded place. Making a Contract Fey contracts can be divided into two categories: greater contracts and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
)
Amphibious. The hag can breathe air and water.
Innate Spellcasting. The hag’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 12). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no
all three members of a hag coven are within 30 feet of one another, they can each cast the following spells from the wizard’s spell list but must share the spell slots among themselves:
1st level
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
damage. 3 Innate Spellcasting. The horror’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 13 for flying horror, DC 16 for shadow horror, and DC 17 for skittering horror). It can innately cast the
following spells, requiring no material components: 3/day: darkness 1/day each: fear (shadow horror and skittering horror only), phantasmal killer (skittering horror only) 4 Psychic Rebuke. When the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
forming a set
6 Destroy the ghost’s killer: a dragon who is an echo of the hoard’s owner on another world
A Dragon’s Curse A dragon’s violent death sometimes causes a hoard to carry a
. Magic can offer temporary respite, though. A remove curse spell cast on any affected character suppresses the effect of the curse for 1 hour, while a greater restoration spell suppresses the curse until
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Spellcasting (Psionics). The githzerai’s innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom. It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no components:
At will: mage hand (the hand is invisible)
3/day
(2,300 XP)
Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The githzerai’s spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 14, +6 to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
depraved killer is behind the murders.
If you need additional inspiration, consider a few different options for how the villain’s actions unfold over the course of the adventure. Event-Based
. Crime Spree. The villain commits acts that become bolder and more heinous over time. A killer might start out by targeting the destitute in the city slums before moving up to a massacre in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
will): arcane lock, knock
3rd level (at will): animate dead, counterspell
4th level (3 slots): blight, ice storm, phantasmal killer
5th level (3 slots): cloudkill, hold monster, wall of force
legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. Acererak regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn.
At-Will Spell. Acererak can cast one of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
Lyn Armaal, Levels 5-6 32. Study Sansuri researches new spells and hones her wizardly craft here. Furnishings include a table and a 25-foot-tall wooden cabinet with an arcane lock spell cast on its
takes a Medium or Small character 1 minute to chug one down. Five spell scrolls (animate objects, chain lightning, dominate monster, legend lore, and phantasmal killer). Each scroll is written on a 12






