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Dungeon Master’s Guide
can expend 1 charge to cast Faerie Fire from the ring.
Lightning Spheres. You can expend 2 charges as a Magic action to create up to four 3-foot-diameter spheres of lightning.
Each sphere appears in
Cover, the sphere discharges lightning at that creature and disappears. That creature makes a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes Lightning damage based on the number of
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This wand has 7 charges. While holding it, you can expend no more than 3 charges to cast Lightning Bolt (save DC 15) from it. For 1 charge, you cast the level 3 version of the spell. You can increase
the spell’s level by 1 for each additional charge you expend.
Regaining Charges.The wand regains 1d6 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the wand’s last charge, roll 1d20. On a 1, the wand crumbles into ashes and is destroyed.
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Dungeon Master’s Guide
must expend to cast the spell.
Spell
Charge Cost
Cone of Cold
5
Fireball (level 5 version)
5
Globe of Invulnerability
6
Hold Monster
5
Levitate
2
Lightning
last charge, roll 1d20. On a 1, the staff retains its +2 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls but loses all other properties. On a 20, the staff regains 1d8 + 2 charges.
Retributive Strike. You
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Dungeon Master’s Guide
(Air);Air
Chain Lightning (3 charges), Feather Fall (0 charges), Gust of Wind (2 charges), Wind Wall (1 charge)
Ring of Elemental Command (Earth);Earth
Earthquake (5 charges), Stone Shape (2
Resistance to Lightning damage, and you have a Fly Speed equal to your Speed and can hover.
Ring of Elemental Command (Earth);Earth. You know Terran, and you have Resistance to Acid damage. Terrain
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Dungeon Master’s Guide
, using your spell save DC. The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell.
Spell
Charge Cost
Arcane Lock
0
Conjure Elemental
7
Detect Magic
0
Dispel Magic
3
Enlarge/Reduce
0
Fireball (level 7 version)
7
Flaming Sphere
2
Ice Storm
4
Invisibility
2
Knock
2
Light
0
Lightning Bolt (level 7 version)
7
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
This wand has 7 charges. While holding it, you can take a Magic action to expend 1 charge while choosing a point within 120 feet of yourself. That location becomes the point of origin of a spell or
charges daily at dawn. If you expend the wand’s last charge, roll 1d20. On a 1, the wand crumbles into dust and is destroyed.
Wand of Wonder Effects
1d100
Effect
01–20
You cast
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
described as living thunderstorms, reckoners charge their bodies with lightning that bursts forth in their spells and lashes out at enemies who harm them. Many reckoners are minotaurs.
, shocking grasp
1st level (4 slots): guiding bolt, shield, thunderwave, witch bolt
2nd level (3 slots): blur, levitate
3rd level (2 slots): lightning boltLongsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +5;{"diceNotation
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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
extra 4 (1d8);{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Eldritch Staff","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage for each expended charge.
Spellcasting. Skylla casts one of the
charges daily at dawn. If its last charge is expended, roll a d20;{"diceNotation":"1d20","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Last charge"}; on a 1, the staff is destroyed.Multiattack. Skylla makes two
Monsters
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage; 5 charges), magic missile (1 charge), ray of enfeeblement (1 charge), or wall of force (5 charges).Ringlerun became an adventurer to better satisfy his craving for
charges daily at dawn. If its last charge is expended, roll a d20;{"diceNotation":"1d20","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Last Charge Expended"}. On a 1, the staff retains its +2 bonus to attack and damage
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
":"Rock","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Lightning Strike (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Lightning Strike"}. The giant hurls a magical
lightning bolt at a point it can see within 500 feet of it. Each creature within 10 feet of that point must make a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw, taking 54 (12d8);{"diceNotation":"12d8","rollType":"damage
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
charges), lightning bolt (5th-level version, 5 charges), magic missile (1 charge), ray of enfeeblement (1 charge), or wall of force (5 charges).
If reduced to 20 hit points or fewer, Cassiok uses his
(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
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage plus 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage.
Hooves
", "rollAction":"Serrated Tail", "rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.
Lightning Lance (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Lightning Lance"}. The armanite
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Acquisitions Incorporated
While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast either a green-flamed fireball or a blue lightning bolt at random from it (save DC 15).
For 1 charge, you
cast the 3rd-level version of the spell. You can increase the spell slot level by one for each additional charge you expend.
This wand has 2 charges per day. If you expend the wand's last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the wand crumbles into ashes and is destroyed.
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. Kostchtchie regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn.
Attack. Kostchtchie makes one melee weapon attack.
Charge
Kostchtchie until the end of Kostchtchie's next turn.Cold, Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksFire, Lightning
Baphomet
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Out of the Abyss
Charge. If Baphomet moves at least 10 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a gore attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 16 (3d10);{"diceNotation":"3d10","rollType":"damage
","rollAction":"Charge","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 25 Strength saving throw or be pushed up to 10 feet away and knocked prone
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
spells (save DC 20): elemental weapon (1 charge), call lightning (2 charges), wall of fire (3 charges), conjure elemental (4 charges), tsunami (5 charges).
. The target must make a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 4d6 acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage (your choice). On a successful save, the creature takes
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Frost. While holding this staff, Avarice can expend 1 or more of its charges to cast one of the following spells from it (spell save DC 14): cone of cold (5 charges), fog cloud (1 charge), ice storm (4
charges), or wall of ice (4 charges). The staff regains 1d6 + 4;{"diceNotation":"1d6+4","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Staff of Frost"} charges daily at dawn. If its last charge is expended, roll a
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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
up to 3 of its charges. For each charge you expend, the target takes an extra 1d8 lightning damage.
Eldritch Escape. If you take damage while holding the staff, you can use your reaction to expend 3
expend the last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the staff is destroyed in an otherwise harmless burst of eldritch energy.
Eldritch Attack. When you hit with a melee attack using the staff, you can expend
Magic Items
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 2: Dragonlance Creatures
weapon): acid, cold, fire, lightning, or poison.
Eyes of Midnight. You have darkvision with a range of 60 feet. If you already have darkvision, its range increases by 60 feet.
Midnight Shroud. The
weapon has 6 charges. When you hit a creature with an attack using this weapon, you can expend one charge to force the creature to make a DC 20 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is blinded until the start of your next turn. The weapon regains 1d6 expended charges daily at dawn.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Explosive Bolt"}. The clockwork launches an explosive charge at a point within 120 feet. Each creature in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on that point
, lightning, and thunder damage.
6
Self-Repairing. If the clockwork starts its turn with fewer than half its hit points but at least 1 hit point, it regains 5 hit points. If it takes lightning damage
Monsters
Tomb of Annihilation
, hold monster, wall of force
6th level (3 slots): chain lightning, circle of death, disintegrate
7th level (3 slots): finger of death, plane shift, teleport
8th level (2 slots): maze, mind blank
9th
":"damage","rollAction":"Staff","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage when used with two hands.
Invoke Curse. While holding the Staff of the Forgotten One, Acererak expends 1 charge from it and
Orcus
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Out of the Abyss
with dead. Alternatively, he can expend 1 or more of the wand’s charges to cast one of the following spells from it: circle of death (1 charge), finger of death (1 charge), or power word kill (2
the awareness of life’s futility.”
Necrotic, Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksCold, Fire, Lightning
Yeenoghu
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Out of the Abyss
option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. Yeenoghu regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn.
Charge. Yeenoghu moves up to his speed.
Swat
constantly starting fights in the hope of seeing bloodshed.”
81–00
“I keep trophies from the bodies I have slain, turning them into adornments.”
Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical AttacksCold, Fire, Lightning
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
. Baphomet regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn.
Heartcleaver Attack. Baphomet makes one Heartcleaver attack.
Charge (Costs 2 Actions). Baphomet moves up to his speed without
ally’s Unerring Tracker.
Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing that is NonmagicalCold, Fire, Lightning
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
will: animate dead (as an action), blight, speak with dead
1 charge each: circle of death, finger of death
2 charges: power word killOrcus can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options
creature and any friendly Undead are immune to the frightened condition and have resistance to radiant damage. Enemies have disadvantage on death saving throws while in the aura.
Necrotic, Poison; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing that is NonmagicalCold, Fire, Lightning
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Storm King's Thunder
expend any charges.
As an action, the creature can expend 1 charge to cast lightning bolt (spell save DC 19) from the throne. The spell is cast as though using a 9th-level spell slot and deals 49 (14d6
) lightning damage. The bolt discharges from the mouth of one of the throne’s blue dragon skulls.
As an action, the creature can expend 2 charges to cast the globe of invulnerability spell from
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Storm King's Thunder
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Klauth fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. Klauth carries a wand of fireballs and a wand of lightning bolts, and he wears a
charge from each wand, triggering the effects of both wands simultaneously.
Spellcasting. Klauth casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the
Magic Items
Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
Cats of Uldun-dar (ivory cat molar)
9 cat;cats
The tooth has 8 charges. As an action, you can expend 1 charge to cast the revivify spell from the tooth. If you are dead at the start of your turn, the
tooth expends 1 charge and casts revivify on you.
2
Duggle’s Surprising Day (human molar)
1 commoner
When you finish a long rest, the tooth casts sanctuary (DC 18) on you, and the spell
Equipment
lightning are all closely guarded secrets. For those wishing to get some of this crackling power, be warned that wizards charge a hefty fee for even the smallest bottle. Wizards who bottle lightning can be
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Whimsy
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20
18
Few wizards attempt such a feat and even fewer succeed at bottling lightning. The method, magic, and equipment used in achieving bottled
Goristro
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Monster Manual (2014)
Charge. If the goristro moves at least 15 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a gore attack on the same turn, the target takes an extra 38 (7d10);{"diceNotation":"7d10","rollType
":"damage","rollAction":"Charge","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 21 Strength saving throw or be pushed up to 20 feet away and knocked
Ring of Shooting Stars
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following other properties. The ring regains 1d6 expended charges daily at dawn.
Faerie Fire. You can expend 1 charge as an action to cast faerie fire from the ring.
Ball Lightning. You can expend 2
charges as an action to create one to four 3-foot-diameter spheres of lightning. The more spheres you create, the less powerful each sphere is individually.
Each sphere appears in an unoccupied space
Wand of Lightning Bolts
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This wand has 7 charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast the lightning bolt spell (save DC 15) from it. For 1 charge, you cast the 3rd-level version
of the spell. You can increase the spell slot level by one for each additional charge you expend.
The wand regains 1d6 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the wand's last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the wand crumbles into ashes and is destroyed.
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speed equal to your walking speed and can hover.
You can cast the following spells from the ring, expending the necessary number of charges: chain lightning (3 charges), gust of wind (2 charges), or wind wall (1 charge).
understand Auran.
If you help slay an air elemental while attuned to the ring, you gain access to the following additional properties:
You have resistance to lightning damage.
You have a flying
Staff of Power
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rolls.
The staff has 20 charges for the following properties. The staff regains 2d8 + 4 expended charges daily at dawn. If you expend the last charge, roll a d20. On a 1, the staff retains its +2
bonus to attack and damage rolls but loses all other properties. On a 20, the staff regains 1d8 + 2 charges.
Power Strike. When you hit with a melee attack using the staff, you can expend 1 charge to
Ring of Elemental Command
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, expending the necessary number of charges: chain lightning (3 charges), gust of wind (2 charges), or wind wall (1 charge).
Ring of Earth Elemental Command. You can expend 2 of the ring’s
to the following additional properties:
You have resistance to lightning damage.
You have a flying speed equal to your walking speed and can hover.
You can cast the following spells from the ring






