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Returning 35 results for 'death inherently are bodies'.
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Baldurâs Gate: Descent into Avernus
Adhesive. The bone whelk can cause Medium or smaller objects to adhere to it. A Medium or smaller creature that touches the bone whelk is grappled by it (escape DC 10).
Death Scream. When the bone
10 feet of the bone whelk when it dies takes 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Death Scream","rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage.
Spider Climb. The bone whelk can
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Death Throes. When the draconian is reduced to 0 hit points, it bursts into flames and is reduced to ashes. Each creature in a 10-foot-radius sphere centered on the draconian must succeed on a DC 13
Dexterity saving throw or take 10 (3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Throes", "rollDamageType":"fire"} fire damage.Multiattack. The draconian makes two Serrated
Monsters
Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
minds or petrify the bodies of its victims.
Deathâs Head Tree
In cursed wilds grow deathâs head trees, awakened tree;awakened trees from which 2d6;{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"roll
Beheaded Form. When created, a deathâs head takes one of three forms: Aberrant Head, Gnashing Head, or Petrifying Head. This form determines the creatureâs attack.
Unusual Nature. The
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Death Throes. When the draconian is reduced to 0 hit points, it turns into a puddle of acid and splashes acid on those around it. Each creature within 5 feet of the draconian must succeed on a DC 12
);{"diceNotation":"2d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Throes", "rollDamageType":"acid"} acid damage at the start of each of its turns.
Glide. When the draconian falls and isnât incapacitated
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
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At will: druidcraft, spare the dying
1/day each: antilife shell, bane, feign death, speak with deadProfessors of decay wield magic that drains and twists the essence of the professors&rsquo
; subjects. The professors use the gathered essence to feed their magic, snuffing the life and decaying the bodies of the living, entreating and commanding the dead and Undead, and twisting curses around
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
disconnected from those experiences, choosing to wander the world or brood in haunts they're drawn to in death. They care nothing for morbid reunions with their lost bodies or Returned remnants.
Of the
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Death Throes. When the draconian is reduced to 0 hit points, its scales and flesh immediately shrivel away and its bones explode. Each creature within 10 feet of it must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity
saving throw or take 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Throes", "rollDamageType":"force"} force damage.
Glide. When the draconian falls and isnât
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
them take on a ghastly appearance and disappear, as well as twist shadow into terrifying bolts of energy that drain the vigor of their victims.
Death Giants
Long ago, a large band of cloud giants
god of death and memory who dwells on that plane. Accounts of that bet and its outcome vary: some say the Raven Queen answered every riddle the giants posed until the giants collapsed from exhaustion
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
ever since.
Over time, the Shadowfell transformed these giants; their bodies shriveled, and their complexions took on a deep-purple hue. They became the first death giants, and their descendants haunt
Death Rune. The giant has a death rune inscribed on a giantâs skull in its possession. While holding or wearing the skull bearing the rune, the giant can use its Reaping Scythe action and
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Air Form. The dust hulk can enter a hostile creatureâs space and stop there. It can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch without squeezing.
Death Burst. When the dust hulk dies, it
their bodies as living works of art. As they fly, coursing along wind currents or blowing through underground tunnels like living sandstorms, they create mesmerizing dances with their ever-shifting forms.Poison
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Death Throes. When the draconian is reduced to 0 hit points by a creature that is Large or smaller, the draconian crumbles into dust that then forms a spectral, shrieking image of the creature that
killed, their crumbling bodies mimic the form of their killers and shriek in agony.
Draconians
Draconians are bipedal monsters born from metallic dragon eggs that have been corrupted by a
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
trolls, and venom troll;venom trolls that follow are especially likely to arise when trolls regenerate in the presence of magical emanations, planar energy, disease, or death on a vast scale, or if
their bodies were damaged by elemental forces. These unusual forms can also be produced and shaped by the ritual magic of evil spellcasters or by trollsâ own practices, as is the case for dire
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Monsters
Out of the Abyss
atrocities in his name. Yeenoghu takes pleasure in causing fear before death, and he sows sorrow and despair through destroying beloved things. He doesnât parlay; to meet him is to do battle with him
hands before ripping out its throat with his teeth.Yeenoghuâs Lair
Yeenoghuâs lair in the Abyss is called the Death Dells, its barren hills and ravines serving as one great hunting ground
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Death Throes. When the draconian is reduced to 0 hit points, its magical essence lashes out as a ball of lightning at the closest creature within 30 feet of it before arcing out to up to two other
":"Death Throes", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage and is stunned until the end of its next turn. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and isnât
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
Controlled Fall. When the draconian falls and isnât incapacitated, it subtracts up to 100 feet from the fall when calculating the fallâs damage.
Death Throes. When the draconian is
draconian might be taken for a dragonborn at first glance, though most kinds of draconians have wings.
When draconians die, they do not go quietly. Instead, their lifeless bodies unleash a last act of magical violence.
Monsters
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Controlled Fall. When the draconian falls and isnât incapacitated, it subtracts up to 100 feet from the fall when calculating the fallâs damage.
Death Throes. When the draconian is
a cloak or robe, and baaz draconians disguise themselves to spy for the Dragon Armies. The sight of dragons drives baaz draconians into a deadly furor. When baaz draconians die, their bodies turn to
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
death. They care nothing for morbid reunions with their lost bodies or Returned remnants.
Of the various types of eidolons, flitterstep eidolons are the most common and wander without purpose.
Undead
Monsters
Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
rise from the bodies of those whoâve suffered brutal ends, such as deliberate skinning or crushing. Deathless malice infuses what remains, their husks flopping and slithering in pursuit of
them to death in their full-body grip.
Boneless arise in a variety of forms. While the animate skins of specific creatures are the most common, foul spellcasters might create these horrors from the
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
vehicle, rousing the body from death. Dybbuks delight in terrorizing other creatures by making their host bodies behave in horrifying waysâthrowing up gouts of blood, excreting piles of squirming
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
trolls regenerate in the presence of magical emanations, planar energy, disease, or death on a vast scale, or if their bodies were damaged by elemental forces. These unusual forms can also be produced
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
regenerate in the presence of magical emanations, planar energy, disease, or death on a vast scale, or if their bodies were damaged by elemental forces. These unusual forms can also be produced and
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
;rot trolls, spirit troll;spirit trolls, and venom trolls that follow are especially likely to arise when trolls regenerate in the presence of magical emanations, planar energy, disease, or death on a
vast scale, or if their bodies were damaged by elemental forces. These unusual forms can also be produced and shaped by the ritual magic of evil spellcasters or by trollsâ own practices, as is the
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
them into flind;flinds. Yeenoghu takes pleasure in causing fear before death, and he sows sorrow and despair through destroying beloved things. He doesnât parlay; to meet him is to do battle with
at will, although he is as likely to tear his prey apart with his teeth.Yeenoghuâs Lair
Yeenoghuâs lair in the Abyss is called the Death Dells. Its barren hills and ravines serve as a
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
half.The quest for revenge sometimes leads those terribly aggrieved to undergo a ritual whereby they transform into bodies of semiliquid sentience known as slithering trackers. Innocuous and insidious at
the same time, a slithering tracker flows into places where a normal creature canât go and brings its own brand of watery death down on its quarry.
The ritual for creating a slithering tracker
Monsters
The Book of Many Things
;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
power to defy death.
RadiantChange Shape. The living portent magically transforms into a Humanoid while retaining its game statistics (other than its size and Brilliance trait). The transformation ends if the living portent is reduced to 0 hit points or uses a bonus action to end it.
Monsters
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
(3d6);{"diceNotation":"3d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Shortsword","rollDamageType":"poison"} poison damage.Even death and the loss of their identities canât erase the rage that inspires
Returned palamnites. These Returned led violent lives, existences filled with such pain and hatred that violence now suffuses their deathless bodies. Such makes them exceptionally dangerous to the
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
powerful is their drive that their bodies reconstitute if destroyed.
When they fulfill their purpose, most hollow dragons embrace the death they have staved off for so long. But others seek new tasks to sustain themselvesâor cling to undeath out of sheer stubbornness or habit.Poison, RadiantNecrotic
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creations are ultimately doomed to death and decomposition, and the dragonsâ demeanor is typically morbid and curmudgeonly as a result.
Gleaming Gold
Upon hatching, topaz dragon wyrmlings&rsquo
. Their bodies are wider at the haunches, tapering in a wedge shape toward the head, and their wings are shaped to propel them through both air and water. A topaz dragonâs psionic power manifests
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
), are ogre-sized bipeds with curved horns and dour expressions. Their hulking bodies are coated with thick fur and hair, and many outsiders canât tell the males and females apart.
Servants of the
face is worn smooth into a featureless mask. The deity is appeased by sacrifice, which its followers carry out by capturing Humanoids and putting them to death by fire (immolation), earth (live burial
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Storm King's Thunder
â in their language), are ogre-sized bipeds with curved horns and dour expressions. Their hulking bodies are coated with thick fur and hair, and many outsiders canât tell the males and females
a male Yikaria, but its face is worn smooth into a featureless mask. The deity is appeased by sacrifice, which its followers carry out by capturing Humanoids and putting them to death by fire
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the necrotic energy of the Negative Plane that suffuses them. Their psionic power manifests the fundamental entropic principle that mortal beings and their creations are ultimately doomed to death and
-orange and have a cloudy or filmy look. As they age, their scales harden and clarify, becoming translucent and faceted, and ranging from bright yellow to rich amber in color. Their bodies are wider at the
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
hours.When a gnollâs ravenous hunger is so great that it craves flesh and blood even after death, it can rise as a vampire to continue its feeding frenzy.
A gnoll vampire is a savage predator
normal vampires, gnoll vampires donât have coffins where they rest, and they have no such places to return to when their corporeal bodies are destroyed. They are undeterred by running water, and
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
in the horn and bone structures of their bodies. Their tail barbs and horn tips are all separate pieces, but they float in place, held aloft by psychic energy while the dragons live. These levitating
discuss how they might reunite and restore Sardior, the Ruby Dragon.
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A horde of revenant;revenants led by a death knight has one goalâdestroying the ancient sapphire dragon who defeated
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
creations are ultimately doomed to death and decomposition, and the dragonsâ demeanor is typically morbid and curmudgeonly as a result.
Gleaming Gold
Upon hatching, topaz dragon wyrmling;topaz
amber in color. Their bodies are wider at the haunches, tapering in a wedge shape toward the head, and their wings are shaped to propel them through both air and water. A topaz dragonâs psionic
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
beings and their creations are ultimately doomed to death and decomposition, and the dragonsâ demeanor is typically morbid and curmudgeonly as a result.
Gleaming Gold
Upon hatching, topaz
bright yellow to rich amber in color. Their bodies are wider at the haunches, tapering in a wedge shape toward the head, and their wings are shaped to propel them through both air and water. A topaz