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                                                    Instant Death
                                                    
    
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                                                    Massive damage can kill you instantly. When damage reduces you to 0 hit points and there is damage remaining, you die if the remaining damage equals or exceeds your hit point maximum. 
For example, a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     long rest.
Bead of Instant Karma
At rank 3, one of the beads on your occultant abacus channels the power of instant karma, turning the occultant abacus into a rare magic item. As a reaction, you can
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     death of a creature has unintended consequences. Within seven days of a creatureâs death, you can use your occultant abacus to divine ways to reverse or mitigate events resulting from that death. As
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     makes a tail attack.
Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 10 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 19 Dexterity saving throw or take 13 (2d6 + 6
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     snakes infest the lair, which is filled with the stench of death and decay.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Adult Black Dragon
                                                    
    
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                                                     attack.
Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 10 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 19 Dexterity saving throw or take 13 (2d6 + 6);{"diceNotation":"2d6+6
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     infest the lair, which is filled with the stench of death and decay.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Ancient Black Dragon
                                                    
    
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                                                     attack.
Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 15 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 23 Dexterity saving throw or take 15 (2d6 + 8);{"diceNotation":"2d6+8
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the lair, which is filled with the stench of death and decay.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
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Reality is a descent into chaos punctuated by brief flashes of order, whence we arose and so imagine it to be the norm rather than a distant outlier. That-Which-Endures held entropy back for a mere instant
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     who study this entity claim that it is clearly evil and destructive. Others call it simply a necessary part of the cycle of death and rebirth. In the end, though, That-Which-Endures shows precious
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Dropping to 0 Hit Points When you drop to 0 hit points, you either die outright or fall unconscious, as explained in the following sections. Instant Death Massive damage can kill you instantly. When
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     death saving throw failure. If the damage is from a critical hit, you suffer two failures instead. If the damage equals or exceeds your hit point maximum, you suffer instant death. Stabilizing a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Dropping to 0 Hit Points When you drop to 0 hit points, you either die outright or fall unconscious, as explained in the following sections. Instant Death Massive damage can kill you instantly. When
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     maximum, you suffer instant death. Stabilizing a Creature The best way to save a creature with 0 hit points is to heal it. If healing is unavailable, the creature can at least be stabilized so that it
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Healing Unless it results in death, damage isn't permanent. Even death is reversible through powerful magic. Rest can restore a creature's hit points, and magical methods such as a cure wounds spell
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     or a potion of healing can remove damage in an instant. When a creature receives healing of any kind, hit points regained are added to its current hit points. A creature's hit points can't exceed its
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Healing Unless it results in death, damage isnât permanent. Even death is reversible through powerful magic. Rest can restore a creatureâs hit points (as explained in chapter 8), and magical methods
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     such as a cure wounds spell or a potion of healing can remove damage in an instant. When a creature receives healing of any kind, hit points regained are added to its current hit points. A creatureâs
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Dropping to 0 Hit Points When a creature drops to 0 Hit Points, it either dies outright or falls unconscious, as explained below. Instant Death Here are the main ways a creature can die instantly
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Monster Death. A monster dies the instant it drops to 0 Hit Points, although a Dungeon Master can ignore this rule for an individual monster and treat it like a character. Hit Point Maximum of 0. A
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Playerâs Handbook
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Dropping to 0 Hit Points When a creature drops to 0 Hit Points, it either dies outright or falls unconscious, as explained below. Instant Death Here are the main ways a creature can die instantly
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Monster Death. A monster dies the instant it drops to 0 Hit Points, although a Dungeon Master can ignore this rule for an individual monster and treat it like a character. Hit Point Maximum of 0. A
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     sword flares with blue light an instant before she sends lightning flashing forth to smite him. All of these heroes are fighters, perhaps the most diverse class of characters in the worlds of Dungeons
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     armor, and a thorough knowledge of the skills of combat. And they are well acquainted with death, both meting it out and staring it defiantly in the face.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     sword flares with blue light an instant before she sends lightning flashing forth to smite him. All of these heroes are fighters, perhaps the most diverse class of characters in the worlds of Dungeons
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     armor, and a thorough knowledge of the skills of combat. And they are well acquainted with death, both meting it out and staring it defiantly in the face.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortuneâs Wheel
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     swiftly on land and retains its 50-foot walking speed. Change its lightning breath to deal thunder damage. This represents its discombobulating roar. The enraged whirlwyrm fights to the death. Mike
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     every round. Instead of rolling damage, Sytri and Tol both deal 10 damage to the whirlwyrm on each of their turns. For every round by which a rival hero beats the characters to Grakenok (if any
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Living the Giant Life Giants are exceptionally long-lived compared to humans, but none are immortal. A peaceful death from old age is a common occurrence among cloud giants and storm giants and isnât
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Giants live at a slower pace than humans do. In the space of four heartbeats for a man, a stone giantâs great heart beats just once. Giant mothers stay with their child for longer than human mothers do
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     living and the dead Position Proficiency: In addition to the proficiencies noted below, you can add your proficiency bonus to an ability check to intimidate a creature close to death, assess what disease
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     
   2  Eldritch Occultant, Bring Out Your Dead 
   3  Bead of Instant Karma, Deathâs Omen 
   4  Bead of Diverted Karma, Correct the Balance 
   Proficiencies and Starting Equipment As a rank 1
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     advantage on any Charisma (Deception) check you make to avoid detection. Death Strike Starting at 17th level, you become a master of instant death. When you attack and hit a creature that is surprised, it
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    Assassin You focus your training on the grim art of death. Those who adhere to this archetype are diverse: hired killers, spies, bounty hunters, and even specially anointed priests trained to
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     text: A violet star plummets from the sky and crashes nearby, throwing up a cloud of debris. A breathless screech rises from the black-lit dust. An instant later, blackened fangs and violet flame burst
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     forth in the form of a massive skeletal dragon.
 This lesser death dragon (see appendix B) has come specifically for the characters. After its dramatic crash landing, it starts the battle with 160
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richtenâs Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     as Mordenheim sought to glimpse the secrets hidden in the instant of death. One moonless night, Elise fell into a sleep from which she wouldnât wake. Bringing Elise to her lab, Dr. Mordenheim worked
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     more than create lifeâshe could defeat death! She wished to breathe sentience into dead flesh and produce sturdier shells than the bodies of fragile, temporary mortals. She added corpse theft to her
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    .
 The characters must contend with Princess Ebonmire and Prince Livid (see the âRoyal Oozesâ sidebar). These dimly intelligent oozes defend their master to the death, blocking the characters from
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     telepathic bond, telekinesis, wall of stone
 6th level: chain lightning, disintegrate, Drawmijâs instant summons, eyebite, flesh to stone, Ottoâs irresistible dance, true seeing
 7th level: forcecage
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     collapses in on itself and ceases to exist the instant before it can shuffle off to some horrible afterlife. When this occurs, the spirit becomes a soulless wraith â a malevolent void trapped on the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     humanoid creature that has recently suffered a violent death. Such a fragment of woe becomes a specter, spiteful of all that lives.
Wraiths sometimes rule the legions of the dead, plotting the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Monster. A giant two-headed rat (use death dog statistics) is trapped here. This rodent is the size of a human and is hostile toward all intruders.
 Meat Chute. In the ceiling near the north wall is a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     finish his meal in peace. A successful dispel magic spell (DC 19) cast on Guffaw rids him of his unique magical malady. Treasure. The instant he is cured of his malady, Guffaw coughs up two diamonds
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Playerâs Handbook
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Conjuration C Chain Lightning Evocation â Circle of Death Necromancy M Contingency Abjuration M Create Undead Necromancy M Disintegrate Transmutation â Drawmijâs Instant Summons Conjuration R, M
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Divination C, M Counterspell Abjuration â Dispel Magic Abjuration â Fear Illusion C Feign Death Necromancy R Fireball Evocation â Fly Transmutation C Gaseous Form Transmutation C Glyph of Warding
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     silver cord â a strike against such an enemy has a chance of severing the silver cord, causing instant death. Knights and their silver swords are inseparable, and a knight will fight to the death to
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     still breathe to survive). 3 You barely bleed, even when badly injured. 4 Your heart beats once per minute. This event sometimes surprises you. 5 You have trouble remembering that living creatures and
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , you can see through the darkness created by the spell. Strength of the Grave Starting at 1st level, your existence in a twilight state between life and death makes you difficult to defeat. When damage
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     time, as though something was trying to siphon it all away. The demiplane expelled Iriolarthas in that instant, trapping the lich in Ythryn, and became a living demiplane (see appendix C). Iriolarthas
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     handful of apprentices who had used their spells in ingenious ways to escape death. Some of those inside tried to flee Ythryn, but glacial ice blocked all conventional routes of escape, and attempts to
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurerâs Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     boat, returned to the world, and warned never to try anything so foolish again â on pain of death. And I donât think I will â at least not until Iâm getting up there in years. Then Iâll keep my eyes
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     peeled for elves with cloudy eyes looking west! Now, see? Wouldnât you have liked to have been a gnomeâs boots and touched Evermeet, even for just a few beats of the heart?
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     a death knell. For by the time those glowing red eyes fix on you, itâs far too late to run âŠ
 Some adventurers and sages whisper that deep crows were first spawned as the familiars of evil arcane
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . The deep crow makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.
 Shadow Caw (Costs 2 Actions). The ancient deep crow uses Shadow Caw.
 Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The ancient deep crow beats its wings. Each
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     slip on a patch of ice or get bonked on the head by a low-hanging icicle. Vellynneâs snowy owl familiar, if itâs present, senses the mephitâs cruel intent. Söpo and the owl have an instant dislike for
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     of spell scrolls of divination used before her death: The Arcane Brotherhood sent four wizards to find the lost Netherese city of Ythryn, which has lain under the Reghed Glacier for nearly two thousand
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     character doesnât speak to the dragon, the dragonâs bones manifest around the skull as a complete skeleton. Together, they animate as a lesser death dragon (see appendix B) and attack. M8: Wizardâs Workshop
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     using the scrying spell to monitor the characters and has judged they might be useful in ridding the ruins of the Dragon Army invaders. The gem Demelin breaks is an elemental gem. An instant later, an
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     dragon makes a Wisdom (Perception) check.
 Tail Attack. The dragon makes a tail attack.
 Wing Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 15 feet of the dragon must
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The dragon beats its wings. Each creature within 10 feet of the dragon must succeed on a DC 19 Dexterity saving throw or take 13 (2d6 + 6) bludgeoning damage and be knocked
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     after my fatherâs death, his great burial place was desecrated by thieves. I was tortured by the thought of his spirit wandering the planes alone forever.â
 If translated, the west wallâs hieroglyphs
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     spells cast on wall sconces. When Amun Sa was interred, his most loyal priests dutifully locked themselves inside the pyramidâs upper floors. In the brief period between Amun Saâs death and the collapse
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the next stage of death undeterred. The bulk of the factionâs workforce consists of skeletons, zombies, and other dull-minded Undead whose bodies were donated to the Mortuary by their owners in life
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    -oâ-wisps: devils pawning stolen souls to rule-bending angels, interplanar fences selling stolen modron parts, demodands advertising jars of their liquefied cohorts as instant bodyguards, and the like
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     discussing the tower in Terran. Toppled Tower. The strange tower is a variant of Daernâs instant fortress called a mudslick tower (see appendix B). Svirfneblin scouts liberated the mudslick tower from
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     thieves starved to death amid the treasures they sought. Obelisk Fragment. The obelisk fragment rests near the pile of bones. See the âObelisk Fragmentsâ section at the beginning of this chapter for
                                                
                                            
                                        






