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Spells
Player’s Handbook
You radiate a magical aura in a 30-foot Emanation. While in the aura, you and your allies each deal an extra 1d4 Radiant damage when hitting with a weapon or an Unarmed Strike.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
Guided by a flash of magical insight, you make one attack with the weapon used in the spell’s casting. The attack uses your spellcasting ability for the attack and damage rolls instead of using
Strength or Dexterity. If the attack deals damage, it can be Radiant damage or the weapon’s normal damage type (your choice).
Cantrip Upgrade. Whether you deal Radiant damage or the weapon
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You spend the casting time tracing magical pathways within a precious gemstone, and then touch the target. The target must be either a Beast or Plant creature with an Intelligence of 3 or less or a
statistics for the Awakened Shrub or Awakened Tree in the Monster Manual.
The awakened target has the Charmed condition for 30 days or until you or your allies deal damage to it. When that condition ends, the awakened creature chooses its attitude toward you.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
make an attack roll, deal damage, or cast a spell.
As a Magic action, you can move the illusory double up to twice your Speed and make it gesture, speak, and behave in whatever way you choose. It is
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You magically mark one creature you can see within range as your quarry. Until the spell ends, you deal an extra 1d6 Force damage to the target whenever you hit it with an attack roll. You also have
Advantage on any Wisdom (Perception or Survival) check you make to find it.
If the target drops to 0 Hit Points before this spell ends, you can take a Bonus Action to move the mark to a new creature
Spells
Player’s Handbook
2d12 Lightning damage.
On each of your subsequent turns, you can take a Bonus Action to deal 1d12 Lightning damage to the target automatically, even if the first attack missed.
The spell ends if the
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You create a magical effect within range. Choose the effect from the options below. If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have up to three of its non-instantaneous effects active at a time
image that can fit in your hand. It lasts until the end of your next turn. A trinket can deal no damage and has no monetary worth.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You alter your physical form. Choose one of the following options. Its effects last for the duration, during which you can take a Magic action to replace the option you chose with a different one
spell to become quadrupedal, for instance. For the duration, you can take a Magic action to change your appearance in this way again.
Natural Weapons. You grow claws (Slashing), fangs (Piercing
Spells
Player’s Handbook
duration. It seems real, including sounds, smells, and temperature appropriate to the thing depicted, but it can’t deal damage or cause conditions.
If you are within range of the illusion, you can
take a Magic action to cause the image to move to any other spot within range. As the image changes location, you can alter its appearance so that its movements appear natural for the image. For
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You place a curses;curse on a creature that you can see within range. Until the spell ends, you deal an extra 1d6 Necrotic damage to the target whenever you hit it with an attack roll. Also, choose
one ability when you cast the spell. The target has Disadvantage on ability checks made with the chosen ability.
If the target drops to 0 Hit Points before this spell ends, you can take a Bonus Action
Spells
Player’s Handbook
contact with the object takes 2d8 Fire damage when you cast the spell. Until the spell ends, you can take a Bonus Action on each of your later turns to deal this damage again if the object is within range
Spells
Player’s Handbook
For the duration, you sense the presence of magical effects within 30 feet of yourself. If you sense such effects, you can take the Magic action to see a faint aura around any visible creature or
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
While wearing this cloak, you can take a Bonus Action to change the style, color, and apparent quality of the garment. The cloak’s weight doesn’t change. Regardless of its appearance, the
cloak can’t be anything but a cloak. Although it can duplicate the appearance of other magic cloaks, it doesn’t gain their magical properties.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
Study action to examine the phantasm with an Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. If the check succeeds, the target realizes that the phantasm is an illusion, and the spell ends
creature or hazard. On each of your turns, such a phantasm can deal 2d8 Psychic damage to the target if it is in the phantasm’s area or within 5 feet of the phantasm. The target perceives the damage as a type appropriate to the illusion.
Monsters
Monster Manual
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Magic Resistance. The sphinx has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The sphinx makes three Claw attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of Curse of
":"Psychic"} Psychic damage, and the target is cursed with a riddle. The cursed target has Disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls. In addition, if it takes the Magic action, it must succeed on a DC
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
This magical eye replaces a real one that was lost or removed. While the Ersatz Eye is embedded in your eye socket, you can see through the tiny orb as though it were your natural eye. You can insert
or remove the Ersatz Eye as a Magic action, and it can’t be removed against your will while you are alive.
Spells
Player’s Handbook
Wisdom saving throw at the start of each of its turns or be forced to take the Dodge action on that turn.
If you deal damage to the target with an attack roll or a spell, the target takes an extra 1d8
Monsters
Monster Manual
Magic Resistance. The pseudodragon has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The pseudodragon makes two Bite attacks.
Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +4
":"Poison"} Poison damage, and the target has the Poisoned condition for 1 hour. While Poisoned, the target also has the Unconscious condition, which ends early if the target takes damage or a creature within 5 feet of it takes an action to wake it.
Monsters
Monster Manual
":"Incorporeal Movement", "rollDamageType":"Force"} Force damage if it ends its turn inside an object.
Magic Resistance. The empyrean has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
spellcasting ability:
1/Day Each: Bless, Lesser Restoration (as an action)Bludgeoning, Piercing, SlashingHealing Word (1/Day). The empyrean casts Healing Word, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.
Monsters
Monster Manual
":"Incorporeal Movement", "rollDamageType":"Force"} Force damage if it ends its turn inside an object.
Magic Resistance. The empyrean has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
spellcasting ability:
1/Day Each: Bless, Lesser Restoration (as an action)Bludgeoning, Piercing, SlashingHealing Word (1/Day). The empyrean casts Healing Word, using the same spellcasting ability as Spellcasting.
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
This musical instrument has 3 charges and regains all expended charges daily at dawn. While you are playing it, you can take a Magic action to expend 1 charge and write a magical message on a
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
While you are playing this musical instrument, you can take a Magic action to create harmless, illusory visual effects within a 5-foot Emanation originating from the instrument. If you are a Bard
, the size of the Emanation increases to 15 feet. Sample visual effects include luminous musical notes, a spectral dancer, butterflies, and gently falling snow. The magical effects have neither substance nor sound, and they are obviously illusory. The effects end when you stop playing.
Monsters
Monster Manual
regain Hit Points.
Magic Resistance. The dracolich has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Soul Gem. The dracolich has a magical gem. If the dracolich is destroyed while
version) 1/Day Each: Create Undead (level 8 version), Finger of DeathLegendary Action Uses: 3 (4 in Lair). Immediately after another creature’s turn, the dracolich can expend a use to take one of
Monsters
Monster Manual
Hells.
Magic Resistance. The devil has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The devil makes three Ice Spear attacks. It can replace one attack with a Tail
"} Cold damage. Until the end of its next turn, the target can’t take a Bonus Action or Reaction, its Speed decreases by 10 feet, and it can move or take one action on its turn, not both. Hit or
Monsters
Monster Manual
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the unicorn fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The unicorn has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
, Druidcraft1/Day Each: Calm Emotions, Dispel Evil and Good, Entangle, Pass without Trace, Word of RecallLegendary Action Uses: 3. Immediately after another creature’s turn, the unicorn can expend a use to
Monsters
Monster Manual
Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If the empyrean fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The empyrean has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
Emotions, Greater Restoration, Pass without Trace, Water Breathing 1/Day Each: Commune, Dispel Evil and Good, Plane ShiftLegendary Action Uses: 3. Immediately after another creature’s turn, the
Monsters
Monster Manual
. The chasme has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Spider Climb. The chasme can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an
succeeds automatically after 10 minutes or if it takes damage or a creature within 5 feet of it takes an action to empty a flask of Holy Water on it. Success: The target is immune to this chasme’s Drone for 24 hours.
Monsters
Monster Manual
Magic Resistance. The devil has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. The devil makes one Beard attack and one Infernal Glaive attack.
Beard. Melee Attack
each of its turns. The wound closes after 1 minute, after a spell restores Hit Points to the target, or after the target or a creature within 5 feet of it takes an action to stanch the wound, doing so by succeeding on a DC 12 Wisdom (Medicine) check.Fire, PoisonCold
Magic Items
D&D Free Rules (2024)
You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon, which has no string. Each time you pull your arm back in a firing motion, a magical arrow made of golden energy
condition for 1 minute. As an action, a creature Restrained by an arrow can make a DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check to try to break the restraint, ending the effect on itself on a successful check
Monsters
Monster Manual
":"Piercing"} Piercing damage.
Eye Rays. The death tyrant randomly shoots one of the following magical rays at a target it can see within 120 feet of itself (roll 1d10;{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType
either an action or a Bonus Action on its turn, not both. Success: Half damage only.
Enervation Ray. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 17. Failure: 16 (3d10);{"diceNotation":"3d10", "rollType":"damage
Monsters
Monster Manual
Hells.
Magic Resistance. The erinyes has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Magic Rope. The erinyes has a magic rope. While bearing it, the erinyes can use the
Entangling Rope action. The rope has AC 20, HP 90, and Immunity to Poison and Psychic damage. The rope turns to dust if reduced to 0 Hit Points, if it is 5+ feet away from the erinyes for 1 hour or more
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
This cube is 3 inches across and radiates palpable magical energy. The six sides of the cube are each keyed to a different plane of existence, one of which is the Material Plane. The other sides are
linked to planes determined by the DM.
The cube has 3 charges and regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. As a Magic action, you can expend 1 of the cube’s charges to cast one of the
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
This gem contains a mote of elemental energy. When you take a Utilize action to break the gem, an elemental is summoned (see the Monster Manual for its stat block), and the gem ceases to be magical
. The elemental disappears after 1 hour, when it dies, or when you dismiss it as a Bonus Action. The type of gem determines the elemental, as shown in the following table.
Gem
Summoned
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You create a Large hand of shimmering magical energy in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. The hand lasts for the duration, and it moves at your command, mimicking the movements of
the spell and as a Bonus Action on your later turns, you can move the hand up to 60 feet and then cause one of the following effects:
Clenched Fist. The hand strikes a target within 5 feet of it
Monsters
Monster Manual
Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If the empyrean fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The empyrean has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
Emotions, Greater Restoration, Pass without Trace, Water Breathing 1/Day Each: Commune, Dispel Evil and Good, Plane ShiftLegendary Action Uses: 3. Immediately after another creature’s turn, the