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Cauldron of Rebirth

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

shunting anything that can’t fit inside to the nearest unoccupied space. If you place the corpse of a Humanoid into the cauldron and cover the corpse with 200 pounds of salt (which costs 10 GP

) for at least 8 hours, the salt is consumed and the creature returns to life as if by Raise Dead at the next dawn. Once used, this property can’t be used again for 7 days.

Vampire Umbral Lord

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

, it teleports into its resting place unless it is in running water or sunlight. If it can’t teleport, it is destroyed. Once inside its resting place, it has the Paralyzed condition for 1 hour

Halfling

Species Player’s Handbook

Cherished and guided by gods who value life, home, and hearth, halflings gravitate toward bucolic havens where family and community help shape their lives. That said, many halflings possess a brave

attribute their unusual gift to one or more of their benevolent gods, including Yondalla, Brandobaris, and Charmalaine. The same gift might contribute to their robust life spans (about 150 years

Deck of Many Things

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

ally with its attacks. You and your allies can each summon only one avatar as a consequence of this draw. A creature slain by an avatar can’t be restored to life. Avatar of Death Medium Undead

, which must be cleared out before you can claim the keep as yours. Void. Your soul is drawn from your body and contained in an object in a place of the DM’s choice. One or more powerful beings

Sammaster (Dracolich Form)

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Sammaster fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Life Suppression. Creatures within 60 feet of Sammaster can’t regain Hit Points. Magic

dedicated to transforming living dragons into undead inheritors of a world blasted of life. Sammaster was slain centuries ago but now exists as a lich with his essence tied to a powerful dracolich form

Sammaster (Lich Form)

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Sammaster fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Life Suppression. Creatures within 60 feet of Sammaster can’t regain Hit Points. Magic

transforming living dragons into undead inheritors of a world blasted of life. Sammaster was slain centuries ago but now exists as a lich with his essence tied to a powerful dracolich form. History

Shadow Magic (XGtE)

classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

transformed by it. The power of shadow magic casts a strange pall over your physical presence. The spark of life that sustains you is muffled, as if it struggles to remain viable against the dark energy

You are a creature of shadow, for your innate magic comes from the Shadowfell itself. You might trace your lineage to an entity from that place, or perhaps you were exposed to its fell energy and

Echoing Soul

feats

Dark Gift Feat (Prerequisite: Ravenloft Campaign) You experience echoes from a past or alternate life. You gain the following features. Channeled Prowess. You have proficiency in two skills of your

, memories and sensations from your soul’s other life threaten to overtake you. Make a Constitution saving throw (DC 13 plus your Proficiency Bonus). On a failed save, you have the Incapacitated condition until the end of your next turn. While you are Incapacitated in this way, your Speed is halved.

Shadow Magic

classes Xanathar's Guide to Everything

transformed by it. The power of shadow magic casts a strange pall over your physical presence. The spark of life that sustains you is muffled, as if it struggles to remain viable against the dark energy

You are a creature of shadow, for your innate magic comes from the Shadowfell itself. You might trace your lineage to an entity from that place, or perhaps you were exposed to its fell energy and

Heavenkiller Chronicles

Equipment

Spicule’s vast tome contains secrets concerning celestials and how to use them to fuel dark magic. You must spend 50 hours studying this tome to gain the following benefits: You have

parts of Celestials and use them to fuel dark magic. You can harvest a heart, eye, or other useful organ from a Celestial’s corpse with a successful DC 16 Wisdom (Survival) check. You can use a

Wight Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

two longbow attacks. It can use its Life Drain in place of one longsword attack. Life Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Life Drain"} to hit

, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Life Drain","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. The target must succeed on a DC 13

Reincarnate Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

a d100 and consults the following table to determine what form the creature takes when restored to life, or the GM chooses a form. d100 Race 01-04 Dragonborn 05-13 Dwarf, hill

14-21 Dwarf, mountain 22-25 Elf, dark 26-34 Elf, high 35-42 Elf, wood 43-46 Gnome, forest 47-52 Gnome, rock 53-56 Half-elf 57-60 Half-orc 61-68

Soul Cage

Spells Xanathar's Guide to Everything

before the start of your next turn, it is lost. Eyes of the Dead. You can use an action to name a place the humanoid saw in life, which creates an invisible sensor somewhere in that place if it

for the sixth time, it is released, and the spell ends. While a soul is trapped, the dead humanoid it came from can’t be revived. Steal Life. You can use a bonus action to drain vigor from

Naergoth Bladelord

Monsters Tyranny of Dragons

his longsword or longbow. He can use Life Drain in place of one longsword attack. Life Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Life Drain"} to hit

, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 20 (5d6 + 3);{"diceNotation":"5d6+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Life Drain","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. The target must succeed on a DC 15

Dohwar

Monsters Spelljammer: Adventures in Space

affairs in secrecy, preferring to meet in dark alleys and out-of-the-way places even when their business isn't illegal or dangerous. They tend to dress in a garish mishmash of clothing, but many of them

the dohwar's life, often in response to the dohwar experiencing an overwhelming emotion. Instead of wings, it has arms and tiny hands. Dohwars prefer to communicate through a form of telepathy they

Create Magen

Spells Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

While casting the spell, you place a vial of quicksilver in the chest of a life-sized human doll stuffed with ash or dust. You then stitch up the doll and drip your blood on it. At the end of the

Nightwalker

Monsters Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse

","rollAction":"Annihilating Aura","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage. Undead are immune to this aura. Life Eater. A creature dies if reduced to 0 hit points by the nightwalker and can’t

’s Finger of Doom for the next 24 hours.The Negative Plane is a place of death, anathema to all living things. Yet there are some who would tap into its fell power and use its energy for sinister

Withers

Monsters Tomb of Annihilation

(1 slot): telekinesisMultiattack. The wight makes two longsword attacks. It can use its Life Drain in place of one longsword attack. Life Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +4;{"diceNotation":"1d20+4

","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Life Drain"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Life Drain","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic

Warlock of the Fiend Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

life, levitate (self only), mage armor (self only), silent image 1/day each: feeblemind, finger of death, plane shift Spellcasting. The warlock is a 17th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is

): banishment, burning hands, flame strike, hellish rebuke, magic circle, scorching ray, scrying, stinking cloud, suggestion, wall of fire Dark One's Own Luck (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). When

Warforged Warrior

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

attack roll.Warforged warriors are formed from wood and steel, then magically imbued with life and sentience. They were created to fight in the Last War on the continent of Khorvaire in Eberron. In the aftermath of that conflict, they struggle to understand their place in the world.Poison

Reduced-threat Wight

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

ability checks and saving throws.Multiattack. The wight makes two longsword attacks or two longbow attacks. It can use its Life Drain in place of one longsword attack. Life Drain. Melee Weapon Attack

: +2;{"diceNotation":"1d20+2","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Life Drain"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2);{"diceNotation":"1d6+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Life Drain

Azalin Rex

monsters

obeyed by the living and the dead. When he first appeared before his people, he adopted an illusion of the form he possessed in life: that of a middle-aged human man with dark hair and a superior

freedom, and his metaphysical violations inevitably reverted to the Dark Powers’ original designs. Nevertheless, Azalin refused to stay a prisoner. His most recent plot culminated in the Hour

Vampiric Mist Legacy

Monsters Tales from the Yawning Portal

Life Sense. The mist can sense the location of any creature within 60 feet of it, unless that creature’s type is construct or undead. Forbiddance. The mist can’t enter a residence

":"damage","rollAction":"Life Drain","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage, the mist regains 10 hit points, and the target’s hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic

Tlacatecolo

Monsters Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

mortals. These fiends spread an affliction that leaches heat and life from the living, dispersing it upon winds that rattle like a gasp from a frozen body. Sunlight staves off the disease, but those affected rarely survive the dark of night.Cold, Poison

Cultist (Knights of the Black Sword)

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Dark Devotion. The cultist has advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened. Icy Doom. When the cultist dies, its corpse freezes for 9 days, during which time it can’t be

, offering a second chance at life in exchange for their absolute devotion. After they agreed to follow Levistus, a pale glow caught their eye in the snow nearby, leading to the discovery of a sword

Warforged Soldier

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

steel, then magically imbued with life and sentience. The warforged were created to fight in the Last War, and in the aftermath of that conflict, they struggle to understand their place in the world. Most

Strahd von Zarovich

monsters

Resistance (3/Day, or 4/Day in Domain). If Strahd fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead. Misty Escape. If Strahd drops to 0 Hit Points outside his resting place, he uses Shape-Shift

resting place within 2 hours or be destroyed. Once in his resting place, Strahd returns to his vampire form and has the Paralyzed condition until he regains any Hit Points, and he regains 1 Hit Point

Drowned Master

Monsters Ghosts of Saltmarsh

damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a success, the drowned master drops to 1 hit point instead.Multiattack. The drowned master makes two attacks: one with its greatsword and one with its Life

"} cold damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or contract bluerot (see the “Bluerot” sidebar). Life-Draining Tentacle. Melee Weapon Attack: +7;{"diceNotation":"1d20+7

Cauldron of Rebirth Legacy

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

fit inside to the nearest unoccupied space. If you place the corpse of a humanoid into the cauldron and cover the corpse with 200 pounds of salt (which costs 10 gp) for at least 8 hours, the salt is

consumed and the creature returns to life as if by raise dead at the next dawn. Once used, this property can’t be used again for 7 days.

Auspicia Dran

Monsters Acquisitions Incorporated

Auspicia Dran had her life torn apart as a child when she was seized by a mysterious creature called the Wandering Crypt. Having spent long years in a kind of dark dream within the crypt, she was

Crown of Lies

Magic Items Vecna: Eve of Ruin

, the Dark Powers of the Domain of Dread lured Kas to a hidden forge, where he found the Crown of Lies. Once Kas vowed to deliver Vecna into the Dark Powers’ clutches and donned the crown, the

Dark Powers released Kas. From there, Kas set out to ruin his former master. Should Kas fail, the Dark Powers will reclaim him. The crown is made of burnished and entwined metal rods. To attune to it

Priest of Osybus (Blazing)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

his life. He became a devotee of the Dark Powers and tapped into their immortal malice to fuel his apotheosis. As his power grew, he attracted disciples who also wished to defy life and death. He

physical form. As he perished, he uttered a curse upon them—that their immortality would fail them when they least expected it and that he himself would become one of the Dark Powers. As a result of

Priest of Osybus (Deathly)

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

delved into any eldritch secret that would prolong his life. He became a devotee of the Dark Powers and tapped into their immortal malice to fuel his apotheosis. As his power grew, he attracted

disciples who also wished to defy life and death. He shared his dread secrets with them and demanded their worship. In time, his goal was achieved: he became a lich of almost godly power. Acknowledging the

Mi-Go

monsters

creatures’ brains for research and experimentation. Occasionally they swap brains between individuals, or they place stolen brains into the bodies of radically different creatures, then observe the

results from afar. Mi-go aren’t impeded by light, but they prefer the dark. They typically lurk in secluded caverns and amid remote heights.Acid, Lightning

Nimir

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

breathing Roleplaying Information Nimir is an insightful, even-keeled storm giant who believes that a lasting alliance between giants and small folk can make the world a safer, more enlightened place. He

small.” Bond: “I’d give my life to defend my king and his royal line.” Flaw: “I never question orders.”Lightning, ThunderCold

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