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                                                     Monsters
                                                    Monster Manual
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Multiattack. The werebear makes two attacks, using Handaxe or Rend in any combination. It can replace one attack with a Bite attack.
Bite (Bear or Hybrid Form Only). Melee Attack Roll: +7
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     damage. If the target is a Humanoid, it is subjected to the following effect. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 14. Failure: The target is cursed. If the cursed target drops to 0 Hit Points, it instead
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Magic Items
                                                    Dungeon Masterâs Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , Stinking Cloud.
21â25
Nothing happens at the chosen point of origin. Instead, you have the Stunned condition until the start of your next turn, believing something awesome just happened
                                                
                                            
                                                
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26â30
You cast Gust of Wind. The Line created by the spell extends from you to the chosen point of origin.
31â35
Nothing happens at the chosen point of origin. Instead, you take
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Magic Items
                                                    Dungeon Masterâs Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Initiative rolls.
Blade of Defense. When you take an action to attack with the sword, you can transfer some or all of its attack bonus to your Armor Class instead. The adjusted bonuses remain in
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Magic Items
                                                    Guildmastersâ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Soldiers of the Boros Legion consider it an honor to bear this shield, even knowing that it might be the last honor they receive. The front of the shield is sculpted to depict a grieving human face
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     creature you can see within 5 feet of you takes damage, you can use your reaction to take that damage, instead of the creature taking it. When you do so, the damage type changes to force.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Evasion. If Hellenrae is subjected to an effect that allows her to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, she instead takes no damage if she succeeds on the saving throw, and only
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     end of Hellenrae's next turn.
Unarmored Defense. While Hellenrae is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, her AC includes her Wisdom modifier.
Unarmored Movement. While Hellenrae is wearing no armor
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     spellcasters who call down fireballs and other destructive magic in the defense of the court they serve, whether that court is in the Feywild or the Material Plane. A hobgoblin devastator on the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     for centuries, and over time, those lineages have become Humanoid. Fey goblinoids, who still bear the magic of the Feywild, are rare on the Material Plane but not unheard of. Hobgoblin devastators are
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     resentful of most kinds of magic. Seldom do they choose to become shamans. Instead, the role is thrust upon those who are born with a strong connection to the spirit world. To be a shaman is to stand
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Raven: animal messenger (raven only), polymorph (self only; into a raven only)
Blue Bear: enhance ability (bearâs endurance only), heroism
Elk: find steed (cast as 1 action; elk only), haste
Gray
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance. Once per day, when he fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Equipment. Harshnag wears plate, +3;+3 plate armor and wields Gurt's greataxe. The axe sheds light
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     human.
As an action, Harshnag can cast a version of the heat metal spell (save DC 13) that deals cold damage instead of fire damage. Once this power is used, it canât be used again until the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Fire Absorption. Whenever the golem is subjected to fire damage, it takes no damage and instead regains a number of hit points equal to the fire damage dealt.
Immutable Form. The golem is immune to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     golems bear weaknesses inherent in their materials or the power of the elemental spirit bound within them, iron golems were designed to be nearly invulnerable. Their iron bodies imprison the spirits
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Special Equipment. Glasstaff wields a staff of defense (see appendix B). With the staff in hand, he can use an action to cast the mage armor spell and use his reaction to cast the shield
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , magic missileA former member of the Lordsâ Alliance, Glasstaff seized an opportunity in Phandalin to line his own pockets. Originally tasked with setting up a constabulary, he instead assembled
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Unarmored Defense. While the hobgoblin is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. The hobgoblin makes four attacks, each of which can be an Unarmed
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     centuries, and over time, those lineages have become Humanoid. Fey goblinoids, who still bear the magic of the Feywild, are rare on the Material Plane but not unheard of. hobgoblin devastator;Hobgoblin devastators are examples of such Fey folk, as are hobgoblin iron shadows and nilbog;nilbogs.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Unarmored Defense. While Steel Crane is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, his AC includes his Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. Steel Crane makes three attacks.
Force Strike. Melee Weapon Attack
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage or, if the target is a creature, Steel Crane can grapple the target instead (escape DC 15). Steel Crane canât make attacks with the whip while using
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Evasion. If the leonin is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only half
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , requiring no material components:
1/day each: banishment, detect evil and good
Unarmored Defense. While the leonin is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Psychic Defense. While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. The githzerai makes three Unarmed Strike attacks.
Unarmed Strike
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     live apart from the rest of the cosmos, within the confines of fortresses floating through the chaos of Limbo. Instead of imposing their will on other peoples, they focus on controlling and manipulating their endlessly malleable home.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Quests from the Infinite Staircase
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     target has the petrified condition until freed by the Greater Restoration spell or another effect, except it turns into a tree instead of stone. Any equipment the target is wearing or carrying is
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     of bark and wood indistinguishable from ordinary tree burls. Barkburrs often act in defense of a grove or forest.
Some barkburrs cling to the trees from which they sprouted, while others slowly wander
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Special Equipment. Mirt wears bracers of defense and a ring of regeneration. He wields a longsword, +1 and a dagger, +1.
Brute. A melee weapon deals one extra die of its damage when Mirt hits with
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     it (included in the attacks below).
Evasion. If he is subjected to an effect that allows him to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, Mirt instead takes no damage if he succeeds on
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Evasion. If the dolgaunt is subjected to an effect that allows it to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, the dolgaunt instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , and only half damage if it fails. It can't use this trait if it's incapacitated.
Unarmored Defense. While the dolgaunt is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     subjected to an effect that allows him to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, Jarlaxle instead takes no damage if he succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage if he fails
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     succeed instead.
Master Attuner. Jarlaxle can attune to up to five magic items, and he can attune to magic items that normally require attunement by a sorcerer, warlock, or wizard.
Sneak Attack (1
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Deadly Critical. Rak Tulkhesh scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 and rolls the damage dice three times, instead of twice.
Innate Spellcasting. Rak Tulkhesh's spellcasting ability is Charisma
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , staggering smite
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Rak Tulkhesh fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Rak Tulkhesh has advantage on saving throws against spells and
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     tombs, temples, and caves in search of magic items, which they bear off. They usually try to seize magic from beings that they encounter.
Magic is sacred to tomb tappers. They don't use any magic items
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     they acquire, instead choosing to protect and venerate such items. Tappers spend their long lives in the search for the source of all magic, which they believe to be hidden deep in the Underdark. They
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ;{"diceNotation":"1d4", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Ice Wolves"} wolves made of ice (use the winter wolf stat block in the Monster Manual to represent them, but they are Elementals instead of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     to Thrym.
True to their name, these ice shapers manipulate the raw elemental energy of air and water to wield ice in both offense and defense. They summon ice elementals in the shape of wolves, cloak themselves in icy armor, and just as quickly turn that armor into a hail of deadly ice shards.Cold
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the githzerai fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Psychic Defense. While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     leader Zaerith Menyar-Ag-Gith are an ascetic people who live apart from the rest of the cosmos, within the confines of fortresses floating through the chaos of Limbo. Instead of imposing their will on
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    /Day). If the wurm fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Regeneration. The wurm regains 20 hit points at the start of its turn if it has at least 1 hit point. If the wurm takes fire or
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     beanstalk wurms as a first line of defense against those who would ascend massive beanstalksâalso known as Everstalksâto intrude on their lofty palaces. Beanstalk wurms lie coiled along the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, he instead takes no damage if he succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage if he fails. He can't use this trait if he's incapacitated.
Magic
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Unarmed Strikes. Hlam's unarmed strikes are magical.
Unarmored Defense. While Hlam is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, his AC includes his Wisdom modifier.Multiattack. Hlam attacks three times
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     soon passes, they allow the hill giant to rejoin society. If not, the hill giant is instead starved to the point of desperation so Grolantorâs hunger can be given a mouth in the world.
A mouth
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     mouths of Grolantor are set loose is during a war, during a raid against an enemy settlement, or in a last-ditch defense of Grolantorâs faithful. When a mouth of Grolantor has slaughtered and eaten
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If the dragonborn fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Mental Defense. While the dragonborn is wearing no armor, its AC includes its Intelligence
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ","rollAction":"Far Realm Parasite (Miles)"} miles of where it died. If the lich died inside a magic circle cast to contain Undead, the lich instead reappears as an otyugh with all the lichâs memories
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If the lich fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Unusual Nature. The lich doesnât need air, food, drink, or sleep.Multiattack. The lich makes
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    +1", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Bite", "rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.If a Beast such as a dog or a bear dies from russet mold, the result is a bestial moldy called a thorny
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , instead of a bipedal vegepygmy. Thornies are less intelligent than other vegepygmies, but they are larger and more ferocious and have thorn-covered bodies.
Vegepygmies
Vegepygmies are fungus creatures
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Special Equipment. Vellynne wears bracers of defense and carries a wand of magic missiles (see âActionsâ below).
Spellcasting. Vellynne is an 8th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     at the koboldsâ expense.
Familiar. Vellynneâs familiar is a snowy owl, which the wizard uses as a scout. It uses the owl stat block in the Monster Manual but is a celestial instead
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the giant fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Fire Rune. The giant has a fire rune inscribed on a medallion or some other object in its
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the heat of a volcanic environment and conjure raw elemental energy of fire and magma. In a fire giant community, these forgecallers oversee both forges and the communityâs defense, often in
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If Bak Mei fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Special Equipment. Bak Mei carries a staff of striking with 10 charges.
Unarmored Defense. While Bak
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Princes of the Apocalypse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Yan-C-Bin has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.Multiattack. Yan-C-Bin makes two slam attacks.
Slam. Melee Weapon
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     freezing cold; thunder rolls and lightning cracks; powerful gales bear heavy creatures and objects aloft and hurl them with incredible force; cyclones touch down randomly, obliterating whatever they
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     can choose to succeed instead.
Misty Escape. When she drops to 0 hit points outside her resting place, Keresta transforms into a cloud of mist (as in the Shapechanger trait) instead of falling
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    );{"diceNotation":"1d8+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Unarmed Strike","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage. Instead of dealing damage, Keresta can grapple the target (escape DC 18).
Bite
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Change Shape. Iymrith magically polymorphs into a female storm giant or back into her true form
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     with glassy sand ventilate the lair, all the while avoiding the deadly sinkholes that are the dragonâs first line of defense.
A blue dragon will collapse the caverns that make up its lair if
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Armor of Spiders (Mythic Trait; Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). If Arasta is reduced to 0 hit points, she doesnât die or fall unconscious. Instead, she regains 200 hit points. In
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Arasta has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Spider Climb. Arasta can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings
                                                
                                            
                                        






