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Varnyr

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

centuries at Candlekeep. She loves the books, which she cares for as though they were her grandchildren. She has little ambition to rise in the ranks of the Avowed, perfectly content as a senior

scribe. She is hardworking and expects others to be as well. Personality Trait. “I have a warm, calming demeanor, even when circumstances call for concern.” Ideal. “Everything has its

Kraul Warrior

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage if used with two hands to make a melee attack.The kraul are an ascendant power group within the Golgari Swarm, long content to linger at the margins of

metaphor or nuance. Kraul society is organized into well-defined roles and castes. The vast majority of the kraul occupy various tiers of soldiery, from commanders and elite troops down to the lowliest

Flapjack the Flumph

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

Advanced Telepathy. Flapjack can perceive the content of any telepathic communication used within 60 feet of it, and it can’t be surprised by creatures with any form of telepathy. Prone

, righting itself and ending the incapacitated condition if it succeeds. Telepathic Shroud. Flapjack is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, as well as all divination

Mark of Handling Human

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

content; they’re more interested in discovering new monstrosities than engaging in politics. The current head of the house, Dalin d’Vadalis, disdains the use of a title and has no aspirations

Mark of Handling allows Vadalis to work with more exotic creatures as well. Griffons, hippogriffs, and even bulettes can be bred and trained. Even with the Mark of Handling, this is dangerous work

Drow Favored Consort

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The drow makes three Scimitar or Arcane Eruption attacks. The drow can replace one of the attacks with a use of

. Combining the roles of advisor, protector, and beloved, some favored consorts are content with a supporting role, while more ambitious consorts aspire to be the power behind the throne—or even to

Trapper

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

investigate the bones for valuables becomes the trapper’s next meal. A trapper needs to eat a halfling-sized meal once per week to remain sated. Given a steady supply of food, trappers are content to

stay in one place, making them a threat along well-traveled dungeon corridor and on routes through the wilderness that see a lot of traffic. When prey is scarce, a trapper enters a state of

Strigoi

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

, 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

results of similar spellcraft, as the byproducts of outlandish scientific experiments, and from stirges draining well-fed vampires. When a strigoi arises, the unnatural creature is overwhelmed by

Witchlight Hand

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

time. (A longer absence is equivalent to resignation, in Mister Witch’s estimation.) On-duty staff members are required to wear fake butterfly wings strapped to their backs. Mister Witch and

, clothed, and cared for. Some hands work longer hours or do extra chores to pay off debts and loans. Most Witchlight hands are taught how to perform minor magic tricks, which they use to amuse themselves as well as entertain the masses.

Quandrix Professor of Substance

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

. Quandrix Scholars The scholars of Quandrix College focus on the mathematical principles that govern reality. Through these formulas, they can manipulate properties of matter and space, as well as

professor magically alters its physical form until it uses this bonus action again, until it is incapacitated or dies, or until it dismisses the effect (no action required). Choose one of the following

Witchlight Hand

Backgrounds The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

your time in the carnival. You know the other hands well, but the carnival’s owners—Mister Witch and Mister Light—remain mysterious to you even after all these years. Maybe you

of light (no stat block required) that has a flying speed of 30 feet, can hover, and sheds bright light in a 5-foot radius and dim light for an additional 5 feet

Witchlight Hand (Small)

Monsters The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

time. (A longer absence is equivalent to resignation, in Mister Witch’s estimation.) On-duty staff members are required to wear fake butterfly wings strapped to their backs. Mister Witch and

, clothed, and cared for. Some hands work longer hours or do extra chores to pay off debts and loans. Most Witchlight hands are taught how to perform minor magic tricks, which they use to amuse themselves as well as entertain the masses.

Void Scavver

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

. While most other scavvers are content to feed on kitchen scraps, a void scavver goes after the cook. A void scavver can emit an invisible ray from its eye that causes its target to feel fear even

in their mouths. Scavvers are not always aggressive; often they trail behind larger creatures as well as ships and asteroids, living off droppings and discarded refuse. They can enter the air envelopes

Arrant Quill

Monsters Candlekeep Mysteries

past. Although outwardly friendly, Quill is driven by three selfish desires: to preserve his well-being, to alleviate his boredom, and to escape Wisteria Vale. He holds a grudge against the Harpers

and eliminate agents of tyranny. As long as Quill remains in Wisteria Vale, he is immune to all damage and automatically succeeds on all saving throws. This feature is suppressed if Quill wills it (no action required) or while he is within 15 feet of Renekor the beholder.

Berbalang

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

spying on the living to take knowledge from them as well. A berbalang can create a spectral duplicate of itself and send the duplicate out to gather information on other planes by watching places where

disappears when it or the berbalang drops to 0 hit points or when the berbalang dismisses it (no action required). The duplicate has the same statistics and knowledge as the berbalang, and everything

Brain Breaker

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Creature Sense. The brain breaker is aware of creatures within 1 mile of itself that have an Intelligence score of 4 or higher. It knows the distance and direction to each creature, as well as each

can terminate the link at any time (no action required). The target can use an action on its turn to attempt to break the link, doing so with a successful DC 17 Charisma check. If the target breaks

Infected Elder Brain

Monsters Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Creature Sense. The elder brain is aware of creatures within 1 mile of itself that have an Intelligence score of 4 or higher. It knows the distance and direction to each creature, as well as each one

no longer has the incapacitated condition, and the elder brain can terminate the link at any time (no action required). The target can use an action on its turn to attempt to break the link, doing so

Faction Agent

Backgrounds Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide

operated openly or secretly, depending on the faction and its goals, as well as how those goals mesh with your own. Becoming an adventurer doesn’t necessarily require you to relinquish membership

with interests and concerns that transcend local politics and geography, the Alliance has its own cadre of individuals who work on behalf of the organizations, wider agenda. Alliance agents are required

Star Spawn Grue

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Aura of Shrieks. Creatures within 20 feet of the grue that aren’t Aberrations have disadvantage on saving throws, as well as on attack rolls against creatures other than a star spawn

surrounds the cultist for 1 minute, until the cultist is incapacitated or dies, or until the cultist extinguishes the flame (no action required). While inflamed, the cultist has telepathy with a range

Ulitharid

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

Creature Sense. The ulitharid is aware of the presence of creatures within 2 miles of it that have an Intelligence score of 4 or higher. It knows the distance and direction to each creature, as well

ulitharid is more than 5 miles away from the elder brain, it can end the psychic link at any time (no action required).Tentacles. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit

Vegepygmy

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, so they’re most commonly found underground or in forests where little sunlight penetrates. A vegepygmy feels kinship with other plant and fungus creatures, and thus vegepygmy bands coexist well

(Survival) check is required to identify it. Effects of the Mold Any creature that comes within 5 feet of russet mold must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw as the mold emits a puff of spores. On

Mahadi the Rakshasa

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

his business, as well as to pursue information and broker contracts and other such arrangements as needed. In addition to managing the Wandering Emporium, Mahadi is also the proprietor and host of

signed on entry clearly stipulates their soul is forfeit. They’re required to pay off their debt through service. All such individuals fall under the effect of a geas cast as a 9th-level spell, which

Star Spawn Mangler

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, sticking to shadows and hiding in spots that seem too shallow or well-lit to conceal anything. They appear smaller than their true size, thanks to their hunched posture and emaciated frames. Cultists

flame (no action required). While inflamed, the cultist has telepathy with a range of 30 feet, and it can teleport as a bonus action up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space it can see. In addition

Thorny Vegepygmy

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

commonly found underground or in forests where little sunlight penetrates. A vegepygmy feels kinship with other plant and fungus creatures, and thus vegepygmy bands coexist well with creatures such as

required to identify it. Effects of the Mold Any creature that comes within 5 feet of russet mold must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw as the mold emits a puff of spores. On a failed save, the

Vegepygmy Chief

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

. A vegepygmy feels kinship with other plant and fungus creatures, and thus vegepygmy bands coexist well with creatures such as myconid adult;myconid adults, shrieker;shriekers, and violet fungus;violet

across a metal object can be mistaken for rust, and a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Nature) or Wisdom (Survival) check is required to identify it. Effects of the Mold Any creature that comes within

Artus Cimber

Monsters Tomb of Annihilation

Chult, where he also met his wife, Alisanda. The ring halts its wearer’s natural aging and has allowed Artus to survive well beyond his natural lifespan. The ring also defies magical attempts to

city of Mezro during the Spellplague. No longer content to wait for Alisanda and Mezro to return on their own, Artus has been seeking the means to bring them back. He believes that Saja N’baza, an

Shield of the Hidden Lord

Magic Items Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

Intelligence of 22, a Wisdom of 18, and a Charisma of 24, as well as hearing and truesight out to a range of 120 feet. The shield can speak, read, and understand Common and Infernal, and it can communicate

charges to cast wall of fire from the shield (save DC 21 for each). The wall of fire spell lasts for 1 minute (no concentration required). The shield regains all expended charges daily at dawn. Anytime

Halaster Blackcloak

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

sight, and allows him to see invisible creatures and objects, as well as into the Ethereal Plane, out to a range of 120 feet. Halaster wields a blast scepter (a very rare magic item that requires

was in its space. The eye can’t be harmed or dispelled, but it winks out within an antimagic field. A scrying eye lasts until Halaster ends the effect (no action required). A minor illusory

Demogorgon Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

infinite depths of the Abyss. The demon lord is a meld of different forms, with a saurian lower body and clawed, webbed feet, as well as suckered tentacles sprouting from the shoulders of a great

of the next round. On his turn, Demogorgon can move the illusory duplicate a distance equal to his walking speed (no action required). The first time a creature or object interacts physically with

Elder Brain

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

well as each one’s Intelligence score, but can’t sense anything else about it. A creature protected by a mind blank spell, a nondetection spell, or similar magic can’t be perceived in

at any time (no action required). The target can use an action on its turn to attempt to break the link, doing so with a successful DC 18 Charisma saving throw. On a successful save, the target takes

Flumph Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

Advanced Telepathy. The flumph can perceive the content of any telepathic communication used within 60 feet of it, and it can’t be surprised by creatures with any form of telepathy. Prone

throw, righting itself and ending the incapacitated condition if it succeeds. Telepathic Shroud. The flumph is immune to any effect that would sense its emotions or read its thoughts, as well as all

Troglodyte Legacy

Monsters Monster Manual (2014)

in the Abyss. Laogzed offers the troglodytes nothing in return except aspiration, for it is the dream of his troglodyte worshipers to become as well-fed and wearily content as he seems to be.

hour. Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the troglodyte has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The troglodyte makes three

Dominate Monster Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

telepathic link to issue commands to the creature while you are conscious (no action required), which it does its best to obey. You can specify a simple and general course of action, such as "Attack that

do. During this time, you can also cause the creature to use a reaction, but this requires you to use your own reaction as well. Each time the target takes damage, it makes a new Wisdom saving throw

Dominate Beast Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

link to issue commands to the creature while you are conscious (no action required), which it does its best to obey. You can specify a simple and general course of action, such as "Attack that creature

. During this time, you can also cause the creature to use a reaction, but this requires you to use your own reaction as well. Each time the target takes damage, it makes a new Wisdom saving throw against

Dominate Person Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

link to issue commands to the creature while you are conscious (no action required), which it does its best to obey. You can specify a simple and general course of action, such as "Attack that

. During this time you can also cause the creature to use a reaction, but this requires you to use your own reaction as well. Each time the target takes damage, it makes a new Wisdom saving throw

Ulitharid Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Creature Sense. The ulitharid is aware of the presence of creatures within 2 miles of it that have an Intelligence score of 4 or higher. It knows the distance and direction to each creature, as well

ulitharid is more than 5 miles away from the elder brain, it can end the psychic link at any time (no action required). Innate Spellcasting (Psionics). The ulitharid’s innate spellcasting ability

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