core requiring guardian to have ready

Shield Guardian

Monsters 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

Bound. The guardian is magically bound to an amulet. While the guardian and its amulet are on the same plane of existence, the amulet’s wearer can telepathically call the guardian to travel to

Guardian Portrait

Monsters Curse of Strahd

spells, requiring no material components: 3/day each: counterspell, crown of madness, hypnotic pattern, telekinesis False Appearance. While the figure in the portrait remains motionless, the portrait

becomes inanimate and is too damaged to be of much use or value to anyone. A guardian portrait looks like a finely rendered and beautifully framed work of art, usually depicting someone important in a

Wood Woad

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

everlasting guardian. The ritual to create a wood woad is a primeval secret passed down through generations of forest-dwelling societies and druid circles. Performing the ritual isn’t necessarily an

at once ready to perform its duty. The one who performed the ritual sets the wood woad to its task, and the creature follows those orders unceasingly. A wood woad has a hole where its heart would be

Android

Monsters Quests from the Infinite Staircase

prone condition. Spellcasting (Diplomat and Medic Only). The android casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability: 2/day each

an android’s sophisticated construction, electrical surges can temporarily disrupt its finely tuned components. Similarly, damage to its core processing functions or long stretches of isolation

Môrgæn

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: mage hand Spellcasting. Môrgæn is a 9th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 12, +4;{"diceNotation

with singular ferocity and an impressive rate of sustained fire. Her core philosophy is that one should shoot first and then ask no questions later. Because what's the point of asking questions when

Black Abishai

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

, requiring no spell components or concentration. Wisdom is its spellcasting ability for this spell. While the spell persists, the abishai can move the area of darkness up to 60 feet as a bonus

armies. In all cases, abishais are fanatically loyal to Tiamat, ready to lay down their lives if needed. Abishais stand outside the normal hierarchy of the Nine Hells, having their own chain of command

Decaton Modron

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

Axiomatic Mind. The decaton can’t be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions. Combat Ready. The decaton has advantage on initiative rolls. Disintegration. If

spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13): At will: detect magic, dispel magic, mending (as an action) 1/day each: plane shift (self

Green Abishai

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17): At will: alter self, major image 3/day each: charm person, detect

responsibilities, such as leading large groups, assassinating targets, and serving in armies. In all cases, abishais are fanatically loyal to Tiamat, ready to lay down their lives if needed. Abishais stand

Septon Modron

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

Axiomatic Mind. The septon can’t be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions. Combat Ready. The septon has advantage on initiative checks. Disintegration. If

. A stunned creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. Spellcasting. The septon casts one of the following spells, requiring no

Nonaton Modron

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

Axiomatic Mind. The nonaton can’t be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions. Combat Ready. The nonaton has advantage on initiative rolls. Disintegration. If

assume a different form until the end of its next turn. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage only. Spellcasting. The nonaton casts one of the following spells, requiring no

Octon Modron

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

Axiomatic Mind. The octon can’t be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions. Combat Ready. The octon has advantage on initiative checks. Disintegration. If the

octon casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15): At will: detect magic, dispel magic, mending (as an action

Witchkite

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures

takes half as much damage only. Spellcasting. The witchkite casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17): At

forbidden and dangerous magical secrets. The arcane nature of a witchkite’s hoard seeps into the dragon’s core, granting it spellcasting abilities and twisting its fiery breath into malevolent

Witchlight Watch

Magic Items The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

carnival are magically whisked about until everything is packed up and ready for travel, or unpacked and assembled. The watch has no effect on creatures, which can move about freely and safely while the

creature attuned to it can cast the fire bolt, invisibility, or message spell as an action, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability. After the watch’s

Advanced Detention Drone

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

mechanical animal or plant. This Construct doesn’t have a control amulet and can’t be controlled like other shield guardian;shield guardians.Poison

Isperia

Monsters Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica

Innate Spellcasting. Isperia’s innate spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 23). Isperia can innately cast imprisonment twice per day, requiring no material components. Inscrutable

90 feet of her. Each target must succeed on a DC 23 Intelligence saving throw or Isperia chooses an action for that target: Attack, magic;Cast a Spell, Dash, Disengage, Dodge, Help, Hide, Ready

Naiad

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

of the following spells using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (save DC 14) and requiring no material components: At will: minor illusion 3/day: phantasmal force 1/day each: fly, hypnotic

all others. Over time, such a resident nymph often becomes connected with their aquatic home through sightings and stories, becoming a guardian of the place and, in effect, a manifestation of its

Hexton Modron

Monsters Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

Axiomatic Mind. The hexton can’t be compelled to act in a manner contrary to its nature or its instructions. Combat Ready. The hexton has advantage on initiative rolls. Disintegration. If the

, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17): At will: detect magic, dispel magic, mending (as an action) 1/day each: plane shift (self

Asteria

Monsters The Book of Many Things

Guardian Aura. Whenever a creature of Asteria’s choice within 30 feet of her makes a saving throw, Asteria can give the creature advantage on the saving throw (no action required). This trait

following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19): At will: Guidance, Light, Thaumaturgy 2/day each: Bless, Freedom of Movement

Shifter Legacy

Species Eberron: Rising from the Last War

Geth’s ancient heritage rose up from deep within him, spreading out from the core of his being. Some shifters manifested terrible claws, others massive fangs, still others astounding speed or

ready for change or opportunity. Shifters have a natural inclination toward classes with a primal connection. A shifter barbarian draws their rage from the beast within. A shifter ranger indulges

Ulitharid

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17): At will: detect thoughts, levitate 1/day each: dominate monster, feeblemind, mass suggestion

staff; when the ulitharid is ready to give up its life, it attaches the staff to the back of its head, and the staff cracks open its skull, enabling its brain to be extracted. The brain and the staff

Madam Eva

Monsters Curse of Strahd

): divination, freedom of movement, guardian of faith 5th level (2 slots): greater restoration, raise dead 6th level (1 slot): find the path, harm, true seeing 7th level (1 slot): fire storm

Short or Long Rest). Madam Eva targets one creature that she can see within 10 feet of her and casts one of the following spells on the target (save DC 17), requiring neither somatic nor material

Pazrodine

Monsters The Book of Many Things

Guardian of the Market. Pazrodine can sense when an item is stolen from Seelie Market. She knows the distance and direction to stolen items, as if by the Locate Object spell. Legendary Resistance (3

. Spellcasting. Pazrodine casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 23): At will: Faerie Fire 2/day each: Calm Emotions

Amethyst Dragon Wyrmling

Monsters Fizban's Treasury of Dragons

, the creature takes half as much damage, and its speed isn’t reduced. Spellcasting (Psionics). The dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as

parent. 3 A faerie dragon (older);violet faerie dragon is the playmate and guardian of an amethyst dragon wyrmling. 4 An amethyst dragon wyrmling lives alone in a lair, cared for by a cadre

Morkoth

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17): At will: detect magic, mage hand 3/day each: darkness, dimension door, dispel magic

fragments that make up the island’s core are also located. Sections of the lair and its center might be kept dry to better protect and preserve collected objects and creatures, but most of the lair

Shield Guardian Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

so by the wearer or when a situation arises that was predefined by the spellcaster, the guardian casts the stored spell with any parameters set by the original caster, requiring no components. When

Bound. The shield guardian is magically bound to an amulet. As long as the guardian and its amulet are on the same plane of existence, the amulet's wearer can telepathically call the guardian to

Crooked Man

monsters

Prone condition. Broken Wing. Fly Speed reduced to 0. Confusion (1/Day). The crooked man casts Confusion, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC

17).The crooked man is an Undead embodiment of broken trust and the twisting of purpose. Those who die having betrayed what they hold sacred, embracing their treachery to their core, might return in

Greater Star-Spawn of Cthulhu

monsters

Cthulhu casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17): At Will: Dispel Magic, Fear, Misty Step, Shatter

houses in their great city of R’lyeh, preserved by the spells of mighty Cthulhu for a glorious resurrection when the stars and the earth might once more be ready... —H.P. Lovecraft, The

Lesser Star-Spawn of Cthulhu

monsters

casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 13): At Will: Dispel Magic, Fear, Misty Step, Shatter

Cthulhu for a glorious resurrection when the stars and the earth might once more be ready... —H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu These gigantic octopoid beings resemble tiny versions of Cthulhu

Ki-rin Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Innate Spellcasting. The ki-rin's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 17). The ki-rin can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: gaseous

): calm emotions, lesser restoration, silence 3rd level (3 slots): dispel magic, remove curse, sending 4th level (3 slots): banishment, freedom of movement, guardian of faith 5th level (3 slots): greater

Drow Matron Mother Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

DC 20). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: dancing lights, detect magic 1/day each: clairvoyance, darkness, detect thoughts, dispel magic, faerie

, dispel magic, spirit guardians 4th level (3 slots): banishment, death ward, freedom of movement, guardian of faith 5th level (3 slots): contagion, flame strike, geas, mass cure wounds 6th level (2

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

serpent gods taught the humans how to take on aspects of the snake, but the cost of the change was high, requiring many sacrifices for each person to be transformed. Entire households of slaves in

remained ensconced in their hidden strongholds, biding their time until they were ready to strike again. Today, with their numbers greatly depleted and their enemies much stronger than in ages past, the

Shield Guardian

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

commanded to do so by the wearer or when a situation arises that was predefined by the spellcaster, the guardian casts the stored spell with any parameters set by the original caster, requiring no

Shield Guardian Wizards and other spellcasters create shield guardians for protection. A shield guardian treads beside its master, absorbing damage to keep its master alive as long as possible

Shield Guardian

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Shield Guardian Device-Controlled Magical Bodyguard Habitat: Urban; Treasure: None An intimidating magical automaton, a shield guardian obeys its master’s commands and protects its master from

danger. When such a guardian is created, the magic that animates it is intertwined with a bonded command amulet. Any creature that has a shield guardian’s command amulet can control that Construct and, in

Shield Guardian

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)

commanded to do so by the wearer or when a situation arises that was predefined by the spellcaster, the guardian casts the stored spell with any parameters set by the original caster, requiring no

Shield Guardian Wizards and other spellcasters create shield guardians for protection. A shield guardian treads beside its master, absorbing damage to keep its master alive as long as possible

Shield Guardian

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

Shield Guardian Device-Controlled Magical Bodyguard Habitat: Urban; Treasure: None An intimidating magical automaton, a shield guardian obeys its master’s commands and protects its master from

danger. When such a guardian is created, the magic that animates it is intertwined with a bonded command amulet. Any creature that has a shield guardian’s command amulet can control that Construct and, in

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