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Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide
These pipes have 3 charges and regain 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. You can take a Magic action to play them and expend 1 charge to create an eerie, spellbinding tune. Each creature of your
choice within 30 feet of you must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or have the Frightened condition for 1 minute. A creature that fails the save repeats it at the end of each of its turns, ending
Monsters
Monster Manual
Resistances. See Living Shadow.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Living Shadow. While in Dim Light or Darkness
;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Negative Energy Suffusion"} from the number of Hit Points regained.
Stifling Shadows. Within 1 mile of the lair, effects that normally create
Monsters
Monster Manual
Resistances. See Living Shadow.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Living Shadow. While in Dim Light or Darkness
;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Negative Energy Suffusion"} from the number of Hit Points regained.
Stifling Shadows. Within 1 mile of the lair, effects that normally create
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You create a magical zone that guards against deception in a 15-foot-radius Sphere centered on a point within range. Until the spell ends, a creature that enters the spell’s area for the first
fails on this save.
An affected creature is aware of the spell and can avoid answering questions to which it would normally respond with a lie. Such a creature can be evasive yet must be truthful.
Monsters
Monster Manual
released. The hag can create a new bag after 7 days.Multiattack. The hag makes two Claw attacks.
Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Claw"}, reach
Material Plane. The spell fails and is wasted if the target is under the effect of the Protection from Evil and Good spell or within a Magic Circle spell.
If the target takes damage from the Dream
Monsters
Monster Manual
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the dracolich fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Life Suppression. Creatures within 60 feet of the dracolich can’t
it turns to dust if reduced to 0 Hit Points. If the gem is destroyed, the dracolich can create a new one by completing an 8-hour ritual using a gem worth 1,000+ GP and by expending 5,000 GP, which the
Monsters
Monster Manual
Amphibious. The dragon can breathe air and water.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 5/Day in Lair). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The dragon makes
":"1d20+13", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks):
At Will: Detect Magic, Fear, Melf's Acid Arrow (level 4 version) 1/Day Each: Create Undead, Speak with Dead
Monsters
Monster Manual
Points or when the arcanaloth dies. If the tome is destroyed, the arcanaloth can create a new one when it finishes a Short or Long Rest.Multiattack. The arcanaloth makes three Fiendish Burst attacks
success. When the target escapes, it appears in the space it left or, if that space is occupied, the nearest unoccupied space.
If the target fails three of these saves while in the demiplane, it
Monsters
Monster Manual
Legendary Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Lair). If the vampire fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Shadow Escape. If the vampire drops to 0 Hit Points outside its resting place
create sanctuaries apart from the living, whether hidden in cosmopolitan cities or sequestered in ruins where they dwelled in life.
The region containing a vampire’s lair is warped by its presence
Spells
Player’s Handbook
this way, you don’t need to meet any requirements to cast that spell, including costly components. The spell simply takes effect.
Alternatively, you can create one of the following effects of
your choice:
Object Creation. You create one object of up to 25,000 GP in value that isn’t a magic item. The object can be no more than 300 feet in any dimension, and it appears in an unoccupied
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the deathwolf fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Moon’s Grace. When the deathwolf falls, it descends at a rate of 60 feet per round and
necromancy are prevalent.
To create a deathwolf, a necromancer reanimates the body of a powerful werewolf by conducting a profane ritual fueled by lunar magic. The result is an Undead abomination that
Monsters
Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
invisibility, polymorph
5th level (2 slots): animate objects, wall of force
6th level (1 slot): create undead, flesh to stone
7th level (1 slot): finger of death
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Muiral fails
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
if it fails.
Light Sensitivity. While in bright light, the mutate has disadvantage on attack rolls.Multiattack. The mutate makes one Corpse Swipe attack and two Tail attacks, or it makes four Tail
powers they worship. Creatures that become mutates often inexplicably change back to their previous forms once the Far Realm influence abates.
Forcing a transformation on creatures inexplicably fails
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the lich fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Regeneration. The lich regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn. If the lich takes fire or
, Evard's black tentacles
5th level (2 slots): cloudkill, insect plague
6th level (1 slot): circle of death, create undead
7th level (1 slot): finger of death
Turn Resistance. The lich has advantage on
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
transforms those slashed by the claws into statues.
As part of the ritual used to create a stone cursed, a fist-sized obsidian skull forms within the creature’s torso. The skull isn’t visible
while the stone cursed is active, but when it is slain, the statue shatters and the skull clatters to the ground. Because it is the nexus for the alchemy used to create these horrors, a faint echo of the
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the false lich fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The false lich has advantage on saving throws against spells and magical
unoccupied space it can see within 60 feet of itself. It then makes one Death Rend attack if possible.
Cast a Spell (Costs 2 Actions). The false lich uses Spellcasting.Occasionally, liches create
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
, and only half damage if it fails. It can't use this trait if it's incapacitated.
Unarmored Defense. While the dolgaunt is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom
Xoriat to conquer Khorvaire, they captured and transformed that land's indigenous creatures to create armies of hideous warriors. Dyrrn the Corruptor shaped dolgaunts from hobgoblin stock, turning them
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
spells, requiring no material components:
At will: chill touch (17th level), detect magic
3/day each: create undead, dispel magic
1/day: time stop
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Orcus fails a
.
Master of Undeath. When Orcus casts animate dead or create undead, he chooses the level at which the spell is cast, and the creatures created by the spells remain under his control indefinitely
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
each: chain lightning, create undead, dream, hold monster, mass suggestion, scrying
1/day each: foresight, gate, power word kill, teleport
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Sul Khatesh fails a saving
creature within 30 feet of it. A creature that fails the saving throw but can't expend a spell slot is instead stunned until the end of its next turn.Overlords
In the first days of the world, the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
"} poison damage. A creature that succeeds on the save is immune to this sibriex’s Contamination for 24 hours.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the sibriex fails a saving throw, it can choose to
Creature.Thought to be as old as the Abyss itself, sibriexes haunt remote parts of that plane, where they use their vile abilities to create new horrors and they seek ancient lore. Rivulets of blood and
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the githzerai fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Psychic Defense. While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC
other peoples, they focus on controlling and manipulating their endlessly malleable home.An Anarch’s Lair
In Limbo, githzerai anarchs create islands of tranquility in the otherwise turbulent
Spells
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
You create a 20-foot-radius Sphere of inky fog within range. The fog is magical Darkness and lasts for the duration or until a strong wind (such as the one created by the Gust of Wind spell
this casting contributes to another casting of Doomtide as a Circle spell.
When the spell is cast, each secondary caster must expend a level 3+ spell slot; otherwise, the spell fails.
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the ki-rin fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The ki-rin has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
: banishment, calm emotions, create food and water, greater restoration, plane shift, protection from evil and good, revivify, wind walkThe ki-rin can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options
Monsters
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Jarad fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Jarad has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
(3 slots): blight, giant insect, grasping vine
5th level (2 slots): cloudkill, insect plague
6th level (1 slot): circle of death, create undead
7th level (1 slot): finger of death, forcecage
Spore
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
fails, though evil forces—such as the mind flayer empire of old—have conducted much research on the topic. For centuries, mind flayers have tried to create armies of mutates to sweep through
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
object.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Gremorly fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. Gremorly makes three Withering Strike attacks.
Withering Strike. Melee Spell Attack
’s Keep. Gremorly was a necromancer and misanthrope who had little patience for the living; he resolved to use the keep to create and house a ghostly army he would use to seize power. Gremorly
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Tasha fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Tasha has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. (This
. Tasha went on to create various spells, including Tasha’s Hideous Laughter, and her magic-fueled ambitions brought her into contact with demons and demon lords, which she subjugated and used
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Resistance (3/Day). If Alustriel fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. Alustriel carries a magic staff known as the Staff of Silverymoon. In the hands of anyone other
, it fails and has no effect. If the spell is 6th level or higher, Alustriel makes an Intelligence check (DC 10 plus the spell’s level). On a successful check, the spell fails and has no effect
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Velomachus fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. Velomachus makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +18
that came before or create flexible mindsets that allow people to shift their plans effectively when the unexpected occurs.
Velomachus’s spells, legendary actions, and breath weapon are
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the beast fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Siege Monster. The beast deals double damage to objects and structures.Multiattack. The beast makes
gore them with its tusks, but its most devastating attack is its magical ability to disintegrate foes with its terrible gaze.
Powerful spellcasters create nightmare beasts to serve as living siege
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Bloodheart Stake. The impaler is magically bound to the ceremonial stake and the sacrificed corpse the ritual caster used to create it. If the impaler is reduced to 0 hit points, it disappears, then
Resistance (3/Day). If the impaler fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.Multiattack. The impaler makes one Spike attack and two Wicked Spear attacks.
Spike. Melee Weapon Attack: +11
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Alert. The giant can’t be surprise;surprised, and it has advantage on initiative rolls.
Amphibious. The giant can breathe air and water.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the giant fails a
inscribed with the storm rune into their foreheads or eye sockets, allowing them to see through magical deception. They can also create a momentary vortex of freezing winds and storm clouds around themselves, engulfing their foes in elemental fury.Lightning, ThunderCold
Monsters
Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
.
Forcing a transformation on creatures inexplicably fails, though evil forces—such as the mind flayer empire of old—have conducted much research on the topic. For centuries, mind flayers
have tried to create armies of mutates to sweep through the Underdark. However, their efforts always proved fruitless, and eventually the mind flayers gave up their schemes.
Several common types of
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
saving throw, or it hears a faint buzzing in its head for a moment and has disadvantage on its next attack roll, saving throw, or ability check.
If the saving throw against Foment Confusion fails by 5
self-aware and seek to find their way onto the Material Plane. Since most cultists consider them too risky to summon—they can, after all, create portals to the Abyss—alkiliths must find
Monsters
Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the spider fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Unusual Nature. The spider doesn’t require air.Multiattack. The spider makes two Web Strand attacks
much as a giant, lifeless rock in space—hence its name.
An asteroid spider has its own gravity plane and air envelope, as well as multiple spinnerets with which it can create web strands. Its






