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Spells
Player’s Handbook
Protective magical frost surrounds you. You gain 5 Temporary Hit Points. If a creature hits you with a melee attack roll before the spell ends, the creature takes 5 Cold damage. The spell ends early
if you have no Temporary Hit Points.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The Temporary Hit Points and the Cold damage both increase by 5 for each spell slot level above 1.
Magic Items
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spell save DC. The table indicates how many charges you must expend to cast the spell.
Spell
Charge Cost
Cone of Cold
5
Fog Cloud
1
Ice Storm
4
Wall of Ice
4
You have Resistance to Cold damage while you hold this staff.
Spells. The staff has 10 charges. While holding the staff, you can cast one of the spells on the following table from it, using your
Monsters
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the Wish spell. If the marid knows it, the marid can cast it only on behalf of a non-genie creature who communicates a wish in a way the marid can understand. If the marid casts the spell for the
creature, the marid suffers none of the spell’s stress. Once the marid has cast it three times, the marid can’t do so again for 365 days.Multiattack. The marid makes three Aquatic Lash attacks
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damage plus 4 (1d8);{"diceNotation":"1d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Rend", "rollDamageType":"Cold"} Cold damage.
Cold Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge
", "rollAction":"Cold Breath"}. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 19, each creature in a 60-foot Cone. Failure: 54 (12d8);{"diceNotation":"12d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Cold Breath
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", "rollDamageType":"Cold"} Cold damage.
Cold Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Cold Breath"}. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 20, each creature in a 60-foot Cone
. Failure: 54 (12d8);{"diceNotation":"12d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Cold Breath", "rollDamageType":"Cold"} Cold damage. Success: Half damage.
Paralyzing Breath. Constitution Saving Throw: DC
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":"Rend", "rollDamageType":"Cold"} Cold damage.
Cold Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Cold Breath"}. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 24, each creature
in a 90-foot Cone. Failure: 67 (15d8);{"diceNotation":"15d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Cold Breath", "rollDamageType":"Cold"} Cold damage. Success: Half damage.
Paralyzing Breath
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Monster Manual
", "rollAction":"Claw", "rollDamageType":"Cold"} Cold damage.
Fog Cloud (1/Day). The mephit casts Fog Cloud, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability.
Frost Breath (Recharge 6
":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Burst", "rollDamageType":"Cold"} Cold damage. Success: Half damage.Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"}, reach 5
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)", "rollDamageType":"Acid"}, Cold;{"diceNotation":"6d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Elemental Flail (Cold)", "rollDamageType":"Cold"}, Fire;{"diceNotation":"6d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction
":"Acid"}, Cold;{"diceNotation":"4d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Elemental Claw (Cold)", "rollDamageType":"Cold"}, Fire;{"diceNotation":"4d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Elemental Claw
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version), requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17).Cold, Fire, Poison
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Ice Spear", "rollDamageType":"Piercing"} Piercing damage plus 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Ice Spear", "rollDamageType":"Cold
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damage plus 7 (2d6);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Rend", "rollDamageType":"Cold"} Cold damage.
Cold Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge
", "rollAction":"Cold Breath"}. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 22, each creature in a 90-foot Cone. Failure: 63 (14d8);{"diceNotation":"14d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Cold Breath
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Monster Manual
hit", "rollAction":"Aquatic Burst"}, reach 5 ft. or range 60 ft. Hit: 20 (3d10 + 4);{"diceNotation":"3d10+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Aquatic Burst", "rollDamageType":"Cold"} Cold damage. If
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):
At Will: Elementalism, Light 1/Day Each: Control Water, Create or Destroy WaterWatery Rebuke. Trigger: An enemy the merfolk can see enters a space within 5 feet of the
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You unleash a blast of cold air. Each creature in a 60-foot Cone originating from you makes a Constitution saving throw, taking 8d8 Cold damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful
one. A creature killed by this spell becomes a frozen statue until it thaws.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d8 for each spell slot level above 5.
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Player’s Handbook
explodes. The target and each creature within 5 feet of it must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 2d6 Cold damage.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The Cold damage increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 1.
You create a shard of ice and fling it at one creature within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 Piercing damage. Hit or miss, the shard then
Monsters
Monster Manual
":"Arcane Burst", "rollDamageType":"Force"} Force damage.
Spellcasting. The archmage casts one of the following spells, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At Will: Detect
Magic, Detect Thoughts, Disguise Self, Invisibility, Light, Mage Armor (included in AC), Mage Hand, Prestidigitation 2/Day Each: Fly, Lightning Bolt (level 7 version) 1/Day Each: Cone of Cold (level 9
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Monster Manual
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Psychic Crush", "rollDamageType":"Psychic"} Psychic damage.Mind Corrosion. Trigger: The ooze fails a saving throw against a spell or another magical effect created by
a creature. Response: The triggering creature takes 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Mind Corrosion", "rollDamageType":"Psychic"} Psychic damage.Acid, Cold, Fire, Psychic
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a type chosen by the cataclysm: Acid;{"diceNotation":"5d6+8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Elemental Burst (Acid)", "rollDamageType":"Acid"}, Cold;{"diceNotation":"5d6+8", "rollType":"damage
", "rollAction":"Elemental Burst (Cold)", "rollDamageType":"Cold"}, Fire;{"diceNotation":"5d6+8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Elemental Burst (Fire)", "rollDamageType":"Fire"}, Lightning
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":"Acid"} Acid damage. Nonmagical armor worn by the target takes a −1 penalty to the AC it offers. The armor is destroyed if the penalty reduces its AC to 10. The penalty can be removed by casting the Mending spell on the armor.Acid, Cold, Fire
the penalty reaches −5. The penalty can be removed by casting the Mending spell on the weapon.
The ooze can eat through 2-inch-thick, nonmagical metal or wood in 1 round.Pseudopod. Melee Attack
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on a turn makes a Constitution saving throw, taking 5d6 Cold damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage the wall deals when it
, the creature is pushed to one side of the wall (you choose which side) and makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 10d6 Cold damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.
The wall
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), Invisibility 1/Day Each: Cone of Cold, FlyProtective Magic (3/Day). The mage casts Counterspell or Shield in response to the spell’s trigger, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.Misty Step (3/Day). The mage casts Misty Step, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.
, using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At Will: Detect Magic, Light, Mage Armor (included in AC), Mage Hand, Prestidigitation 2/Day Each: Fireball (level 4 version
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Monster Manual
Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
2/Day Each: Alter Self, Command (level 3 version), Detect Magic1/Day Each: Dominate Person (level 8 version), Plane Shift (self only)Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison
Monsters
Monster Manual
Touch", "rollDamageType":"Cold"} Cold damage, and the target has the Paralyzed condition until the start of the lich’s next turn.
Spellcasting. The lich casts one of the following spells, using
Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 20):
At Will: Detect Magic, Detect Thoughts, Dispel Magic, Fireball (level 5 version), Invisibility, Lightning Bolt (level 5 version), Mage
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You hurl an orb of energy at a target within range. Choose Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, or Thunder for the type of orb you create, and then make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a
attack roll against the new target, and make a new damage roll. The orb can’t leap again unless you cast the spell with a level 2+ spell slot.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage
Monsters
Monster Manual
killed by a creature under the effects of a Bless spell or its remains are sprinkled with Holy Water.
Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa, and the swarm can move
", "rollDamageType":"Poison"} Poison damage, or 9 (2d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"2d6+2", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Vile Slime", "rollDamageType":"Poison"} Poison damage if the swarm is Bloodied.Fire, PoisonBludgeoning, Cold, Piercing, Slashing
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
Spells
Player’s Handbook
Cold damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.
Hailstones turn ground in the Cylinder into Difficult Terrain until the end of your next turn.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The Bludgeoning damage increases by 1d10 for each spell slot level above 4.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
A frigid beam of blue-white light streaks toward a creature within range. Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, it takes 1d8 Cold damage, and its Speed is reduced by 10 feet until
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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
by the target takes a −1 penalty to the AC it offers. The armor is destroyed if the penalty reduces its AC to 10. The penalty can be removed by casting the Mending spell on the armor.Split
Spells
Player’s Handbook
damage from otherworldly tentacles.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The Cold or Acid damage (your choice) increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 3.
within it have the Blinded condition.
Any creature that starts its turn in the area takes 2d6 Cold damage. Any creature that ends its turn there must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 2d6 Acid
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components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
At Will: Detect Magic, Detect Thoughts, Invisibility (self only), Mage Hand, Major Image1/Day Each: Blight (level 8
version), Cloudkill (level 6 version), Fly, Plane Shift, TonguesAcid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, ThunderShape-Shift. The slaad shape-shifting;shape-shifts into a Small or Medium Humanoid, or it returns to its
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You touch a willing creature and choose a damage type: Acid, Bludgeoning, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Necrotic, Piercing, Poison, Radiant, Slashing, or Thunder. When the creature takes damage of the
chosen type before the spell ends, the creature reduces the total damage taken by 1d4. A creature can benefit from this spell only once per turn.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You touch one willing creature, and choose Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Poison. Until the spell ends, the target can take a Magic action to exhale a 15-foot Cone. Each creature in that area makes
a Dexterity saving throw, taking 3d6 damage of the chosen type on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 2.
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components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
At Will: Detect Magic, Detect Thoughts, Invisibility (self only), Mage Hand, Major Image1/Day Each: Cloudkill, Fly, Plane Shift
(self only), TonguesAcid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, ThunderShape-Shift. The slaad shape-shifting;shape-shifts into a Small or Medium Humanoid, or it returns to its true form. Other than its size
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, Incapacitated.
Spellcasting. The slaad casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 14):
At Will: Detect Magic, Detect
Thoughts, Mage Hand1/Day Each: Fireball, Invisibility (self only)Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, ThunderShape-Shift. The slaad shape-shifting;shape-shifts into a Small or Medium Humanoid, or it returns to
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);{"diceNotation":"3d10+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Withering Touch", "rollDamageType":"Necrotic"} Necrotic damage.
Etherealness. The ghost casts the Etherealness spell, requiring no spell
controls the body, but the target retains awareness. The ghost can’t be targeted by any attack, spell, or other effect, except ones that specifically target Undead. The ghost’s game
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instantly transforms into a Red Slaad or, if it can cast spells of level 3 or higher, a Green Slaad. Only a Wish spell can reverse this transformation.Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Thunder