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Monster Manual
. Any previously stored spell is lost when a new spell is stored. The guardian can cast the spell stored with any parameters set by the original caster, requiring no spell components and using the
caster’s spellcasting ability. The stored spell is then lost.Multiattack. The guardian makes two Fist attacks.
Fist. Melee Attack Roll: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit
Monsters
Monster Manual
", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage.Parry. Trigger: The noble is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The noble adds 2 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.
Monsters
Monster Manual
"} Piercing damage.Parry. Trigger: The warrior is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The warrior adds 2 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.
Monsters
Monster Manual
. Trigger: The bandit is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The bandit adds 2 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.
Monsters
Monster Manual
by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon: Response: The hobgoblin adds 3 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.
Monsters
Monster Manual
damage.Defensive Stance. Trigger: The pirate is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The pirate adds 4 to its AC against melee attack rolls (including the triggering attack) until the
Monsters
Monster Manual
":"damage", "rollAction":"Heavy Crossbow", "rollDamageType":"Radiant"} Radiant damage.Parry. Trigger: The knight is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The knight adds 2 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.
Monsters
Monster Manual
":"Bludgeoning"} Bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it has the Prone condition.Parry. Trigger: The gladiator is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The gladiator adds 3 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.
Monsters
Monster Manual
"} Piercing damage.
Antennae. The rust monster targets one nonmagical metal object—armor or a weapon—worn or carried by a creature within 5 feet of itself. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 11, the
creature with the object. Failure: The object takes a −1 penalty to the AC it offers (armor) or to its attack rolls (weapon). Armor is destroyed if the penalty reduces its AC to 10, and a weapon
Monsters
Monster Manual
any damage. Any nonmagical weapon takes a cumulative −1 penalty to attack rolls immediately after dealing damage to the pudding and coming into contact with it. The weapon is destroyed if the
penalty reaches −5. The penalty can be removed by casting the Mending spell on the weapon.
In 1 minute, the pudding can eat through 2 feet of nonmagical wood or metal.
Spider Climb. The pudding
Monsters
Monster Manual
":"damage", "rollAction":"Pistol", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage.Riposte. Trigger: The pirate is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The pirate adds 3 to its AC
Monsters
Monster Manual
holding a weapon. Response: The aspirant adds 4 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.Necrotic, Poison
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
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Magic Weapon. You gain a +3 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with the sword, which scores a Critical Hit on a roll of 19 or 20 on the d20 and deals an extra 2d10 Slashing damage to Undead
effect until the start of your next turn.
Necrotic Resistance. You have Resistance to Necrotic damage.
Sentience. The Sword of Kas is a sentient Chaotic Evil weapon with an Intelligence of 15, a Wisdom
Monsters
Monster Manual
the target, or the erinyes uses Entangling Rope again.Parry. Trigger: The erinyes is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The erinyes adds 4 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.Fire, PoisonCold
Monsters
Monster Manual
in a net within 5 feet, destroying the net on a success.Sticky Shield. Trigger: A creature misses the kuo-toa with a melee attack roll using a weapon. Response—Strength Saving Throw: DC 11, the
triggering creature. Failure: The attack’s weapon sticks to the kuo-toa’s shield. If the target doesn’t let go of the weapon, the target has the Grappled condition while the weapon is
Monsters
Monster Manual
ends.Parry. Trigger: The marilith is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The marilith adds 5 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.PoisonCold, Fire
Monsters
Monster Manual
MagicParry. Trigger: The death knight is hit by a melee attack roll while holding a weapon. Response: The death knight adds 6 to its AC against that attack, possibly causing it to miss.Legendary Action
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
teaches techniques that empower a caster’s spells, while also providing methods for wizards to bolster their own defenses.
Followers of this tradition are known as war mages. They see their
magic as both a weapon and armor, a resource superior to any piece of steel. War mages act fast in battle, using their spells to seize tactical control of a situation. Their spells strike hard, while
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
teaches techniques that empower a caster’s spells, while also providing methods for wizards to bolster their own defenses.
Followers of this tradition are known as war mages. They see their
magic as both a weapon and armor, a resource superior to any piece of steel. War mages act fast in battle, using their spells to seize tactical control of a situation. Their spells strike hard, while
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
sphinx’s intentions or sincerity have disadvantage.
Magic Weapons. The sphinx’s weapon attacks are magical.
Spellcasting. The sphinx is a 9th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is
.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Claw"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d8+4","rollType":"damage
Monsters
Keys from the Golden Vault
reactions per round but only one per turn.
Elemental Rebuke. In response to being hit by an attack, Charmayne utters a word in Ignan, dealing 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction
has no effect. Whatever the spell’s level, the caster takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Fiery Counterspell", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage if the
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
targets only him (not in an area of effect). If Durnan rolls a 20 for the save and the spell is 7th level or lower, the spell has no effect on him and instead targets the caster, using the slot level
, spell save DC, attack bonus, and spellcasting ability of the caster.Multiattack. Durnan makes four melee weapon attacks.
Grimvault. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Antimagic Susceptibility. The drone is incapacitated while in the area of an antimagic field. If targeted by dispel magic, the drone must succeed on a Constitution saving throw against the caster
attacks.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Slam"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2","rollType":"damage
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
spellcaster, the drone casts the stored spell with any parameters set by the original caster, requiring no components. When the spell is cast or a new spell is stored, any previously stored spell is
lost.
This drone has the Confusion spell stored.Multiattack. The drone makes two fist attacks.
Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Fist"} to hit
Monsters
Ghosts of Saltmarsh
);{"diceNotation":"1d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Gore","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.Flying Shards. In response to a creature hitting the statue with a melee weapon attack, the statue
Immutable Form. The statue is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.Multiattack. The statue makes two attacks: one with its greataxe and one gore attack.
Greataxe. Melee Weapon
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Unarmed Strike"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3", "rollType":"damage
", "rollAction":"Unarmed Strike", "rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.The instinct can take up to three reactions per round but only one per turn.
Deflect Blow. In response to being hit by a
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
":"force"} force damage.Mirrored Damage. In response to being damaged by a creature it can see within 120 feet of itself, the fractine forces that creature to make a DC 16 Constitution saving throw. On
, but enough to make the caster take notice.
A fractine needs light and magical energy to survive. It can draw sustenance from a nearby light source, spellcaster, magic item, or magical effect without
Monsters
Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary
is 5th level or higher, Skall makes an Intelligence check (DC 10 + the spell’s level). On a successful check, the spell fails and has no effect. Whatever the spell’s level, the caster
takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Baleful Counterspell", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage if the spell fails.
Near-Death Experience. In response to
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
points and becomes active again.Multiattack. Vecna uses Flight of the Damned (if available), Rotten Fate, or Spellcasting. He then makes two attacks with Afterthought.
Afterthought. Melee Weapon
’s level, the caster takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Dread Counterspell", "rollDamageType":"psychic"} psychic damage if the spell fails.
Fell Rebuke. In
Monsters
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
response to being hit by a ranged weapon attack, the tower hand deflects the missile. The damage it takes from the attack is reduced by 7 (1d10 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d10+2", "rollType":"roll
, or one of each.
Unarmed Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Unarmed Strike"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
’t require air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The golem makes two attacks.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +10 ;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Slam"}to hit, reach 5 ft
., one target. Hit: 27 (4d10 + 5);{"diceNotation":"4d10+5","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Slam","rollDamageType":"force"} force damage.
Crystal Dart. Ranged Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation
Monsters
Heroes of the Borderlands
);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Light Crossbow", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage.Parry. Trigger: Pral is hit with a melee attack roll while holding a weapon
. Response: Pral adds 2 to his AC against that attack, potentially causing the attack to miss.Pral’s boyishly handsome, self-assured grin graces wanted posters throughout the Borderlands. A self
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Bloodheart Stake. The impaler is magically bound to the ceremonial stake and the sacrificed corpse the ritual caster used to create it. If the impaler is reduced to 0 hit points, it disappears, then
Resistance (3/Day). If the impaler fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The impaler makes one Spike attack and two Wicked Spear attacks.
Spike. Melee Weapon Attack: +11
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Missile. In response to being hit by a ranged weapon attack, the adept deflects the missile. The damage it takes from the attack is reduced by 1d10 + 3;{"diceNotation":"1d10+3","rollType":"roll
or three dart attacks.
Unarmed Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation":"1d20+5","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Unarmed Strike"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Magic Resistance. The tanarukk has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The tanarukk makes one Bite attack and one Greatsword attack.
Bite. Melee Weapon
", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.
Greatsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Greatsword"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6