dead of make this

Contact Other Plane

Spells Player’s Handbook

You mentally contact a demigod, the spirit of a long-dead sage, or some other knowledgeable entity from another plane. Contacting this otherworldly intelligence can break your mind. When you cast

this spell, make a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw. On a successful save, you can ask the entity up to five questions. You must ask your questions before the spell ends. The DM answers each question with

Book of Vile Darkness

Magic Items Dungeon Master’s Guide

attuned to the book, you can cast the following spells (save DC 18) from it: Animate Dead Circle of Death Dominate Monster Finger of Death Once you use the book to cast a spell, you can’t

cast that spell again from it until the next dawn. Vile Lore. You can reference the Book of Vile Darkness whenever you make an Intelligence check to recall information about some aspect of evil, such as

Magic Jar

Spells Player’s Handbook

, the creature dies, and you make a Charisma saving throw against your own spellcasting DC. On a success, you return to the container if it is within 100 feet of you. Otherwise, you die. If the

container is destroyed or the spell ends, your soul returns to your body. If your body is more than 100 feet away from you or if your body is dead, you die. If another creature’s soul is in the

Karas Chembryl

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

Evasion. If Karas is subjected to an effect that allows her to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, Karas instead takes no damage if she succeeds on the save and only half damage

, Bhaal, and Myrkul has earned her the title Auspice of the Dead Three.Karas Chembryl’s Lair Karas operates from a hideout deep beneath the city of Baldur’s Gate. The hideout contains

Manshoon

Monsters Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn

. That Manshoon is dead, and the current Manshoon is one of the original’s many clones. Being a magical copy rather than an original doesn’t make Manshoon any less of a threat, as he’s

someone else in disguise, which is just as Manshoon prefers. Manshoon seeks power and is checked only by the many enemies who want to see him dead. He recently failed to seize control of Waterdeep in a

Wyvern Poison (Injury) Legacy

Equipment

This poison must be harvested from a dead or incapacitated wyvern. A creature subjected to this poison must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 24 (7d6) poison damage on a failed save, or

Libram of Souls and Flesh

Magic Items Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

are attuned to the book: animate dead, circle of death, false life, finger of death, speak with dead, summon undead (appears in this book), vampiric touch. It functions as a spellbook for you. While

indifferent to you, unless you have damaged them. You also appear undead to all outward inspection and to spells used to determine the target’s status. The effect ends if you deal damage or force a creature to make a saving throw.

Purple Worm Poison (Injury) Legacy

Equipment

This poison must be harvested from a dead or incapacitated purple worm. A creature subjected to this poison must make a DC 19 Constitution saving throw, taking 42 (12d6) poison damage on a failed

Contact Other Plane Legacy

Spells Basic Rules (2014)

You mentally contact a demigod, the spirit of a long- dead sage, or some other mysterious entity from another plane. Contacting this extraplanar intelligence can strain or even break your mind. When

you cast this spell, make a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw. On a failure, you take 6d6 psychic damage and are insane until you finish a long rest. While insane, you can't take actions, can't

Corpse Flower Legacy

Monsters Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

up to nine dead humanoids. These remains have total cover against attacks and other effects outside the corpse flower. If the corpse flower dies, the corpses within it can be pulled free. While it has

space. The corpse flower animates one dead humanoid in its body, turning it into a zombie. The zombie appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the corpse flower and acts immediately after it in

Icewind Kobold Zombie

Monsters Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the zombie to 0 hit points, it must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a

Vellynne Harpell has Icewind kobold guides in her employ, including a pair that died and were turned into zombies using animate dead spells. The cold climate helps to preserve their dead flesh.Poison

Mastix, Whip of Erebos

Magic Items Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Erebos wields Mastix, a whip capable of extending like an impossibly long shadow. In the hands of the god of the dead, the whip snares the reluctant dead and drags them into his realm. When Erebos

grants his weapon to a mortal follower, it’s typically to reclaim a powerful soul or to humiliate Heliod. Whip of the Dead. Erebos’s whip seethes with the enervating energy of the

Zombie Clot

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

creature’s next turn. Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the zombie to 0 hit points, it must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the damage is radiant or

":"Flesh Entomb","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage, and if the target is a Large or smaller creature, it becomes entombed in dead flesh. A creature entombed in the dead flesh is

Two-Headed Cerberus

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

cone of molten rock. Each creature in the cone must make a DC 12 Dexterity saving throw, taking 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Breath Weapon","rollDamageType":"fire

"} fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. On a failed save, a creature is also restrained by the hardening rock. A creature can make a DC 12 Strength (Athletics) check

Lizardfolk Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

smooth-skins is far greater. Despite their alien outlook, some lizardfolk make an effort to understand and, in their own manner, befriend people of other races. Such lizardfolk make faithful and

so on. Pleasurable people and things make life easier for lizardfolk. Pleasurable things should be preserved and protected, sometimes at the cost of the lizardfolk’s own safety. The most

Heralds of Dust Exorcist

Monsters Adventure Atlas: The Mortuary

feet of itself, exposing the target to malevolent entities. The target must make a DC 14 Charisma saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes 36 (8d8);{"diceNotation":"8d8", "rollType":"damage

, speak with dead 1/day each: banishment, dispel evil and goodDauntless in the face of death, exorcists in the Heralds of Dust cleanse hapless creatures and resting places haunted by ghost;ghosts, specter

Undying Soldier

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

"} piercing damage or 7 (1d8 + 3);{"diceNotation":"1d8+3","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Spear","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage if used with two hands to make a melee attack, plus 9

(2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Spear","rollDamageType":"radiant"} radiant damage if the target is a fiend or undead.Undying soldiers make up the army of Aerenal's City of

Uthgardt Shaman

Monsters Storm King's Thunder

"} piercing damage if used with two hands to make a melee attack. Shortbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +3;{"diceNotation":"1d20+3","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Shortbow"} to hit, range 80/320 ft., one

: dancing lights, mage hand, message, thaumaturgy 1/day each: augury (cast as 1 action), bestow curse, cordon of arrows, detect magic, speak with dead, spirit guardiansThe Uthgardt are suspicious and

Arkhan the Cruel

Monsters Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

teleport (3 charges). Innate Spellcasting. Arkhan's spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 17). He can cast the following spells, requiring no material components: 3/day each: animate dead

, branding smite (at 4th level), revivify 1/day each: geas, raise dead Special Equipment. Arkhan wields Fane-Eater and wears a suit of Obsidian Flint Dragon Plate. The armor gives Arkhan advantage on

Underworld Cerberus

Monsters Mythic Odysseys of Theros

of molten rock. Each creature in the cone must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 21 (6d6);{"diceNotation":"6d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Breath Weapon","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire

damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. On a failed save, a creature is also restrained by the hardening rock. A creature can make a DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check as an

Lorehold Pledgemage

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

"}. Thundering golden energy erupts around a creature the pledgemage can see within 90 feet of it. The creature must make a DC 13 Constitution saving throw, taking 44 (8d10);{"diceNotation":"8d10", "rollType

each: comprehend languages, locate object 1/day each: mage armor, speak with dead, stone shapeLearn from the Past (2/Day). When another creature within 60 feet of the pledgemage misses a target with an

Fume Drake

Monsters Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

creature in that area must make a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw, taking 4 (1d8);{"diceNotation":"1d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Scalding Breath","rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage on a failed

save, or half as much damage on a successful one.Fume drakes are mischievous creatures that arise from the lingering magical energy of a dead dragon. They resemble small, legless dragons formed from clouds of greenish smoke. They delight in causing pain and confusion in other creatures.Fire, Poison

Witherbloom Professor of Decay

Monsters Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

Essence Transfer (1/Day). The professor can cast the animate dead spell, using Wisdom as the spellcasting ability.Multiattack. The professor makes two Mortality Spear attacks. It can replace one of

vortex in a 30-foot-radius sphere centered on itself. Each creature of the professor’s choice that it can see within that area must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 23 (5d8

Orcus Legacy

Monsters Out of the Abyss

Wand of Orcus. The wand has 7 charges, and any of its properties that require a saving throw have a save DC of 18. While holding it, Orcus can use an action to cast animate dead, blight, or speak

with dead. Alternatively, he can expend 1 or more of the wand’s charges to cast one of the following spells from it: circle of death (1 charge), finger of death (1 charge), or power word kill (2

Yggdrasti

Monsters Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures

connected to one another. False Appearance. If the yggdrasti is motionless and rooted in the ground at the start of combat, it looks just like a dead tree and has advantage on its initiative roll. Moreover

Discharge (3/Day). The yggdrasti shoots lightning at one creature within 120 feet of itself. The target must make a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw, taking 31 (7d8);{"diceNotation":"7d8","rollType":"damage

Shauth Blade

Equipment

These strange, curved blades are jagged and deadly weapons made of alchemically strengthened teeth of dead urdefhans. They are typically named for the urdefhan whose teeth were forged into the weapon

mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it. Nick. When you make the extra attack of the Light property, you can make it as part of the Attack action instead of as a Bonus Action. You can make this extra attack only once per turn.

Zombie Plague Spreader

Monsters Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the zombie to 0 hit points, it must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a

plague spreader must make a DC 12 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature is poisoned and can’t regain hit points until the end of its next turn. On a successful save, the creature

Granite Juggernaut

Monsters Vecna: Eve of Ruin

you’re close enough to see the expression carved onto a granite juggernaut’s face, you’re as good as dead.” —Teythorn, Oerthian Adventurer A granite juggernaut is a

spaces of creatures with the prone condition. When the juggernaut enters the space of a prone creature for the first time during this movement, the creature must make a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw, taking

Adult Blue Dragon Legacy

Monsters Basic Rules (2014)

that line must make a DC 19 Dexterity saving throw, taking 66 (12d10);{"diceNotation":"12d10","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Lightning Breath","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage on a

","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Wing Attack","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone. The dragon can then fly up to half its flying speed.Blue dragons make their lairs in

Stone Giant Dreamwalker Legacy

Monsters Volo's Guide to Monsters

Dreamwalker's Charm. An enemy that starts its turn within 30 feet of the giant must make a DC 13 Charisma saving throw, provided that the giant isn't incapacitated. On a failed save, the creature is

damage. Petrifying Touch. The giant touches one Medium or smaller creature within 10 feet of it that is charmed by it. The target must make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the

Bugbear Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

One useful trick: if ye face bugbears who have severed heads on spikes as trophies, cast a spell to make the heads speak. After that, ye can cozen the bugbears into doing almost anything. &mdash

. If the brother gods are angry with them, they let the bugbears know with bolts of lightning (Hruggek) or by striking them blind or dead (Grankhul). Bugbears worship their gods simply by preying on

Living Portent

Monsters The Book of Many Things

: Divination, Greater RestorationPrice of Defiance. When the living portent is damaged by a creature that it can see within 120 feet of itself, radiant power sears the creature. The creature must make a

;s choice). Their spells might also be different. Some known Elder Evils include the following: Acamar. A dead star that consumes other stars or sidereal bodies it encounters. Caiphon, the Dream

Spirit Shroud

Spells Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

You call forth spirits of the dead, which flit around you for the spell’s duration. The spirits are intangible and invulnerable. Until the spell ends, any attack you make deals 1d8 extra

Telescopic Transporter

Magic Items The Book of Many Things

This enormous telescope allows you to view distant celestial objects, including stars, Wildspace systems, and Astral Sea phenomena like the cities of deities or the petrified husks of dead gods

. After spending 1 hour calibrating the telescope, you can attempt to travel to the planet or celestial body at which the telescope is currently pointed. At the end of the hour, make a DC 17 Intelligence

Muiral

Monsters Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

cloud, magic missile, shield 2nd level (3 slots): darkness, knock, see invisibility, spider climb 3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, counterspell, lightning bolt 4th level (3 slots): greater

":"piercing"} piercing damage. The target must make a DC 16 Constitution saving throw, taking 27 (6d8);{"diceNotation":"6d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Sting","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison

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