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Player’s Handbook
shares your Initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal commands (no action required by you). If you don’t issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses
Languages Understands the languages you know
CR None (XP 0; PB equals your Proficiency Bonus)
Traits
Spider Climb. The insect can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to
Monsters
Out of the Abyss
eye ray.A Beholder's Lair
A beholder's central lair is typically a large, spacious cavern with high ceilings, where it can attack without fear of closing to melee range. A beholder encountered in its
lair has a challenge rating of 14 (11,500 XP).
Lair Actions
When fighting inside its lair, a beholder can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
(1 slot): animate objects, scrying
Spider Climb. Strahd can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without having to make an ability check.
Vampire Weaknesses. Strahd has the
incapacitated.
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Strahd can take one of the following lair action options, or forgo using any of them in that round:
Until initiative count 20 of the next round
Monsters
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Sunlight Hypersensitivity. The darkweaver takes 10 radiant damage when it starts its turn
darkweaver encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 11 (7,200 XP).
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), a darkweaver can take one of the following lair actions; the
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
Resistance (3/Day). If the corrupter fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Spider Climb. The corrupter can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without
kill intruders.
The villain’s challenge rating increases while the villain is in this lair:
Otherworldly Corrupter. Challenge 18 (20,000 XP)
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate.
Spider Climb. Juiblex can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.Multiattack
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
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Arasta has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Spider Climb. Arasta can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings
count 20 (losing initiative ties), Arasta can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects. She can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row.
Arasta learns about any creature
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Spider Climb. The dragon can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without
stone to come and go.
The challenge rating of a legendary sapphire dragon increases by 1 when it’s encountered in its lair.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the
Juiblex
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
its next turn. Juiblex dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate.
Spider Climb. Juiblex can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without
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
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Spider Climb. The dragon can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without
legendary sapphire dragon increases by 1 when it’s encountered in its lair.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon can take one of the following lair actions
Beholder
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Monsters
Monster Manual (2014)
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Eye Ray. The beholder uses one random eye ray.A Beholder’s Lair
A beholder’s central lair is typically a large, spacious cavern with high ceilings, where it can attack without fear of
actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the beholder can take one lair action to cause one of the following effects:
A 50-foot square area of ground within 120 feet of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
them in his visions. The earth prophet gives descriptions of the characters to all cultists in the Black Geode. Ceilings. Cavern ceilings are 30 feet high, while tunnels are 15 feet high. Light. Most
thick black mud. Ceiling Collapse. A tremor causes part of the ceiling to collapse above one random party member. If the party includes NPCs, be sure to count them as well. The target must succeed on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
rounds in a row: Until initiative count 20 on the next round, the hag can pass through solid walls, doors, ceilings, and floors as if the surfaces weren’t there. The hag targets any number of doors and
hag’s most powerful ability. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the hag can take a lair action to cause one of the following effects, but can’t use the same effect two
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
mausoleum is completely unlit and pitch dark. Adventurers require darkvision or their own light sources to see in here.
Construction. Ceilings, walls, and floors throughout the mausoleum are made from
worked stone lined with granite flagstones. Ceilings are 30 feet high inside rooms and 20 feet high inside corridors.
Doors. Doors inside the mausoleum are 12 feet high and crafted of ebony engraved
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
creature disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points or when the spell ends. The creature is an ally to you and your allies. In combat, the creature shares your Initiative count, but it takes its turn
surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Actions
Multiattack. The insect makes a number of attacks equal to half this spell’s level (round down).
Poison Jab.Melee
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
creature disappears when it drops to 0 Hit Points or when the spell ends. The creature is an ally to you and your allies. In combat, the creature shares your Initiative count, but it takes its turn
climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Actions
Multiattack. The insect makes a number of attacks equal to half this spell’s level (round
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
is typically a large, spacious cavern with high ceilings, where it can attack without fear of closing to melee range. A beholder encountered in its lair has a challenge rating of 14 (11,500 XP). Lair
Actions When fighting inside its lair, a beholder can invoke the ambient magic to take lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the beholder can take one lair action to cause
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
: Ceilings. Corridors have 15-foot-high ceilings, and rooms have 20-foot-high ceilings. Doors. Translucent membranes curtain the entrances to each area. Creatures that pass through a membrane are
initiative count 10 on each round (losing initiative ties), the spouts erupt with gouts of acid in a 60-foot line that is 10 feet wide. Each creature in that area must make a DC 14 Dexterity saving
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
), Strahd can take one of the following lair action options, or forgo using any of them in that round: Until initiative count 20 of the next round, Strahd can pass through solid walls, doors, ceilings, and
Strahd is fully within an antimagic field. Lair Actions While Strahd is in Castle Ravenloft, he can take lair actions as long as he isn’t incapacitated. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
creature’s lair are localized to the levels where they dwell. Despite being the dungeon’s creator, Acererak doesn’t count the Tomb of the Nine Gods as his lair. Consequently, no lair actions or regional
: The skeleton key is unaligned. It has a climbing speed of 30 feet and can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. It wields a pair of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage. You can also alter your form to help you adapt to your surroundings. When you finish a short or
gain a climbing speed equal to your walking speed, and you can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. When you jump, you can make a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Actions
Multiattack. Juiblex makes three Acid Lash attacks.
Acid Lash. Melee or Ranged Weapon
slimes, and strange organic forms rise from the oceans of 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
toys, hand-knit kitty clothing, and catnip. Wanewort has access to the following lair actions while she is in the Moonstalkers’ guildhall: Ghostly Passage. Until initiative count 20 on the next round
, Wanewort can pass through solid walls, doors, ceilings, and floors as if they weren’t there. She takes 1d10 force damage if she ends her turn inside an object. Open and Shut. Wanewort targets any number
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
falling block traps or weak ceilings supported by a single pillar, which the beholder can disintegrate after it passes that point to deter pursuit. Eyes in the Sky Because a beholder’s paranoia knows no
includes a long, narrow chamber with an uneven floor and multiple terraces, a beholder might turn this area into a killing ground. The floors count as difficult terrain, and the terraces mean that in some
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
her domain unbidden almost never go unnoticed, for Arasta can sense the slightest vibration along her web hair, and her children act as spies on her behalf. Lair Actions. On initiative count 20
throws against spells and other magical effects.
Spider Climb. Arasta can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.
Web Walker. Arasta
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
the lower deck (areas 13b through 13h). The ceilings on the lower deck are 10 feet high. The ship sits in a 5-foot-deep pool of ooze in an immense cavern, the ceiling of which varies from 30 to 50 feet
lair actions. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), N’ghathrod can take one lair action to cause one of the following effects:
N’ghathrod creates a magical duplicate of itself anywhere
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
Spiral Features Tyrant’s Spiral has the following features: Ceilings. Unless noted otherwise, caverns have 30-foot-high ceilings. Gaseous Light. Harmless, luminous gases shed dim light throughout the
14, 60 hit points, and vulnerability to piercing damage. Every round at initiative count 0, the eye focuses on a different random character it can see. That character must succeed on a DC 16 Strength
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
noted, all areas of the dungeon have the following features. Ceilings. The ceilings are 10 feet high. Light. The dungeon is dark. Old but still functional torches and lanterns are affixed to the walls of
. Creature. After the first character enters the room, roll initiative. A gibbering mouther wriggles through the portal on its initiative count, but can take no other actions on its first turn. Thereafter
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything
actions. On initiative count 20 (losing all ties), the mimic colony takes a lair action, causing one of the following effects; it can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row: The mimic colony
chooses up to three creatures within 300 feet of it. Each target must succeed on a DC 15 Strength saving throw or have its speed reduced to 0 until initiative count 20 on the following round, as pieces of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
hezrou joins the fight on initiative count 20 of the second round (losing initiative ties). Six more troglodytes arrive on initiative count 0 of the third and fourth rounds. Treasure. The hezrou’s
in this cavern. Each round on initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the pillars pulse with Abyssal energy. When this occurs, non-Fiends within 10 feet of one or more pillars must succeed on a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
features. Light. The basement is dark. Torch sconces and hooks for lanterns can be found in each room, but no lanterns or torches are present. Ceiling. The ceilings in areas 1 through 3 are 10 feet high and
monodrones activate, so does the buzz saw of doom. On initiative count 0, the buzz saw moves up to 20 feet in a random direction on rollers, then makes a melee attack against a random creature within 5
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
or rely on darkvision to see in the dungeon.) The 5-foot-wide corridors throughout the dungeon have 8-foot-high ceilings. Rooms have 9-foot-high ceilings, often braced with wooden beams. Each beam is a
the purpose of dispelling it. The ghostly battleaxe can’t be harmed, can’t leave the room, and targets only creatures, acting on initiative count 20. On each of its turns, it moves up to 10 feet and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
especially so when trapped in a dead end in Wave Echo Cave This area consists of numerous intersecting passages. The ceilings here are only six feet high, and several of the passages end in partially
combat in this room. If they haven’t already been dealt with, they arrive after 3 rounds and act immediately after the bugbears in the initiative count. If the characters capture Nezznar and deliver






