command first

Folding Boat

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

command words, each requiring a Magic action to use: First Command Word. The box unfolds into a Rowboat. Second Command Word. The box unfolds into a Keelboat. Third Command Word. The Folding Boat

Gem of Brightness

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

This prism has 50 charges. While you are holding it, you can take a Magic action and use one of three command words to cause one of the following effects: First Command Word. The gem sheds Bright

Light in a 30-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 30 feet. This effect doesn’t expend a charge. It lasts until you take a Bonus Action to repeat the command word or until you use another

Rope of Climbing

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

you choose, up to the rope’s length away from you. That end moves 10 feet on your turn when you first command it and 10 feet at the start of each of your subsequent turns until reaching its

This 60-foot length of rope can hold up to 3,000 pounds. While holding one end of the rope, you can take a Magic action to command the other end of the rope to animate and move toward a destination

Planar Binding

Spells Player’s Handbook

You attempt to bind a Celestial, an Elemental, a Fey, or a Fiend to your service. The creature must be within range for the entire casting of the spell. (Typically, the creature is first summoned

commands to the best of its ability. You might command the creature to accompany you on an adventure, to guard a location, or to deliver a message. If the creature is Hostile, it strives to twist your

Bone Knight

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

must obey the knight's commands until the knight dies or until the knight releases it as a bonus action. The knight can command up to twelve undead at a time this way. Master of the Pallid Banner. While

(4 slots): command, compelled duel, hellish rebuke, wrathful smite 2nd level (3 slots): branding smite, crown of madness, darkness, find steed, magic weaponMultiattack. The knight attacks twice with

Ghald

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

Assassinate. During its first turn, Ghald has advantage on attack rolls against any creature that hasn’t taken a turn. Any hit Ghald scores against a surprised creature is a critical hit

. Limited Amphibiousness. Ghald can breathe air and water, but he needs to be submerged at least once every 4 hours to avoid suffocating. Shark Telepathy. Ghald can magically command any shark within 120

Silverquill Apprentice

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

: dancing lights, friends 1/day each: command, mage armorRousing Verse. When a creature the apprentice can see within 30 feet of it fails a saving throw, the apprentice magically weaves together

stirring prose, allowing the creature to reroll the saving throw and use the higher result.Stylish and driven, the students of Silverquill College—first as apprentices and then as silverquill

Sahuagin Wave Shaper

Monsters Ghosts of Saltmarsh

needs to be submerged at least once every 4 hours to avoid suffocating. Shark Telepathy. The wave shaper can magically command any shark within 120 feet of it, using a limited telepathy. Innate

vortex by succeeding on a DC 14 Strength (Athletics) check. When a creature enters the vortex for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, it must make a DC 14 Strength saving throw. On a

Strigoi

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Stirge Telepathy. The strigoi can magically command any stirge within 120 feet of it, using a limited form of telepathy.Multiattack. The strigoi makes one Claw attack and makes one Proboscis attack

, or when the strigoi dismisses them (no action required).The first strigoi were created by spellcasters who subjected swarms of stirges to transmutation spells. Other strigoi have emerged as the

Silverquill Pledgemage

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

: dancing lights, friends 1/day each: command, confusion, mage armor, tonguesRousing Verse. When a creature the pledgemage can see within 30 feet of it fails a saving throw, the pledgemage magically

weaves together stirring prose, allowing the creature to reroll the saving throw and use the higher result.Stylish and driven, the students of Silverquill College—first as silverquill apprentice

Inquisitor of the Mind Fire

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

, calm emotions, detect magic, detect thoughts, dispel magic, sending, suggestion 1/day each: mass suggestion, modify memory Inquisitor’s Command (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType

":"recharge","rollAction":"Inquisitor's Command"}. Each creature of the inquisitor’s choice that it can see within 60 feet of it must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed until

Chitine

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. Long ago, the cult of Lolth first subjected elf prisoners to horrible rituals that transformed them into creatures with both elven and spider traits, which their creators dubbed chitines. The intention

was to create servile warriors dedicated first to the cult and then, only by association with it, to Lolth. The goddess found this arrangement unacceptable. As punishment, the Spider Queen twisted

Drow House Captain

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

is typically the first or second son of a drow matron mother. Elsewhere drow house captains fight in the war against Lolth, often allying with duergar and others who also wish to rid their

subterranean world of that god’s malevolence.Battle Command. Choose one creature within 30 feet of the drow that the drow can see. If the chosen creature can see or hear the drow, that creature can use its reaction to make one melee attack or to take the Dodge or Hide action.

Weird Tank

Magic Items Princes of the Apocalypse

tank, you can use an action to open it, allowing the water weird to emerge. The water weird acts immediately after you in the initiative order, and it is bound to the tank. You can command the water

weird telepathically (no action required) while you wear the tank. You can close the tank as an action only if you have first commanded the water weird to retract into it or if the water weird is dead

Zargash

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Cling to Life (Recharges after a Long Rest). The first time Zargash would drop to 0 hit points as a result of taking damage, he instead drops to 1 hit point. Special Equipment. Zargash wears a bat

. Spellcasting. Zargash casts one of the following spells, using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13): At will: light, thaumaturgy 1/day each: command, gaseous form, hold person, silence, speak

Aurak Draconian

Monsters Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

Aura of Command. The draconian radiates a commanding presence in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on itself. A draconian in the aura that can see or hear the aurak can’t be charmed and has

the closest creature within 30 feet of it before arcing out to up to two other creatures within 15 feet of the first. Each creature must make a DC 14 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the

Rosie Beestinger

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

light or darkness. She then has advantage on the first melee attack she makes before the end of the turn. Innate Spellcasting. Rosie's innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 12). She can

innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: minor illusion, sacred flame, thaumaturgy 1/day each: command, darkness, darkvision, pass without trace

Undercity Medusa

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

: expeditious retreat, fog cloud, misty step Magic Resistance. The medusa has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Surprise Attack. During the first round of combat, the

harmless. This deadly gaze attack gives medusas a degree of power among the Golgari that is out of proportion with their small numbers. Medusas command a significant share of the guild's smaller cells

Factol Skall

Monsters Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

be dispersed by wind. It does not move with him. Each creature that enters the fog for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there must make a DC 19 Constitution saving throw, taking 28 (8d6

. The zombie acts on Skall’s initiative but immediately after his turn. Absent any other command, the zombie tries to kill any non-Undead creature it encounters. Spellcasting. Skall casts one

Kyrzin's Ooze

Magic Items Eberron: Rising from the Last War

This opalescent, symbiotic goo comes sealed in a jar and slowly shifts and moves, as if endlessly exploring the jar’s interior. To attune to this item, you must first drink the contents of the

. As an action, you can speak a command word and cause your body to assume the amorphous qualities of an ooze. For the next minute, you (along with any equipment you’re wearing or carrying) can

Juiblex

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

ooze at Juiblex’s command. Juiblex’s challenge rating is 24 (62,000 XP) when encountered in its lair. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Juiblex can take one

the first time on a turn or ends its turn there, that creature must make the same save. The slime lasts for 1 hour or until it is burned away with fire. If the slime is set on fire, it burns away

Archon of Falling Stars

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

). The archon can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: command, guiding bolt, spare the dying 1/day each: crusader's mantle, spirit guardians Magic

that rivaled his own in its brilliance. This was the first archon of falling stars. The mysterious conquerors known as archons once ruled vast empires. These armored warlords saw themselves as

Astral Elf Commander

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

spellcasting ability: 2/day: teleportAn astral elf commander leads warriors into battle and usually has one or more spelljamming ships under their command. A commander channels the radiant energy of

Plane to be closer to their gods. There, they ceased to age and could exist indefinitely without sustenance. Astral elves were among the first creatures to dwell in the Silver Void. As other explorers

Juiblex Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

in vast expanses of caustic and unintelligent slimes, and strange organic forms rise from the oceans of molds and oozes at Juiblex’s command. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing

saving throw or become restrained. When a creature enters the area for the first time on a turn or ends its turn there, that creature must make the same save. A restrained creature is stuck as long as it

Olhydra

Monsters Princes of the Apocalypse

she is in her elemental domain or temporarily occupying a water node, Olhydra commands the waters around her and can shape them to her will. Lair Actions Olhydra can command the waters around herself

round. Creatures and objects within or beyond the fog are heavily obscured. A creature that enters the freezing cloud for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there takes 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation

Valin Sarnaster

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

","rollType":"spell","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). Valin has the following cleric spells prepared: Cantrips (at will): sacred flame, thaumaturgy 1st level (4 slots): command

become a powerful undead as the first step on her path to godhood, and is now a mummy lord. Valin can use her lair actions in any area of the tomb. Personality Trait. “I have seen the future

Adult Crystal Dragon