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Dungeon Master’s 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
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 Lords’ Alliance, Glasstaff seized an opportunity in Phandalin to line his own pockets. Originally tasked with setting up a constabulary, he instead assembled
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
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 can’t be used again until the
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
draconians some control when falling. These wings are small enough to be hidden beneath a cloak or robe, so foot soldiers sometimes disguise themselves to get close to enemies before springing an
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
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
beneath its feet. Iron golems wield enormous blades to extend their reach, and all can belch clouds of deadly poison.
An iron golem's body is smelted with rare tinctures and admixtures. Though other
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 can’t 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
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
opportunity attack;opportunity attacks when it flies out of an enemy’s reach.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the tempest fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Living Storm. The
":"damage","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage for every 10 feet it was thrown before impact. If the target would collide with another creature instead, that other creature must succeed on a
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
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
their lightning breath and their burrowing ability to carve out crystallized caverns and tunnels beneath the sands.
Thunderstorms rage around a legendary blue dragon’s lair, and narrow tubes lined
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 beanstalks—also known as Everstalks—to intrude on their lofty palaces. Beanstalk wurms lie coiled along the
Monsters
Curse of Strahd
perverted its magic, using it instead to animate her wooden hut.
Removing the gem from the hut renders the hut incapacitated. That task is easier said than done, however. The glowing green gem is
contained in a cavity in the stump, beneath the rotted floorboards of the hut. The floorboards can be ripped up with a successful DC 14 Strength check or smashed by dealing 10 damage to them. Once 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 Grolantor’s 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 Grolantor’s 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
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
instead resets to 350 hit points, and it recharges its Steam Breath. Additionally, the dragon turtle can now use the options in the "Mythic Actions" section for 1 hour. Award a party an additional
instead.
Unusual Nature. The dragon turtle doesn't require food or drink.Multiattack. The dragon turtle makes one Bite or Tail attack and two Claw attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +16
Monsters
Candlekeep Mysteries
Miirym fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
X-Ray Vision. Miirym can see through solid matter out to a range of 60 feet. To her, opaque creatures, objects, and obstacles within
essence roils with the promise of breath weapons and spells of destruction.
Adventurers who explore the passages beneath Candlekeep might encounter Miirym, who’s more interested in news of
Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Immutable Form. The colossus is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the colossus fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic
decisively, the colossi pulverized hundreds of soldiers beneath their feet and incinerated whole legions with beams of fiery light that shot from their mouths. This rampage was cut short on the Day of
Monsters
Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Special Equipment. Vellynne wears bracers of defense and carries a wand of magic missiles (see “Actions” below).
Spellcasting. Vellynne is an 8th-level spellcaster. Her spellcasting
at the kobolds’ expense.
Familiar. Vellynne’s 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 (6/Day). If the scion fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The scion has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
, unaware of the mighty power beneath them. Such settlements can thrive for centuries, as the scion’s magic causes crops to flourish and livestock to thrive in the surrounding region. An ancient
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The scion has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Siege Monster. The scion deals double damage to objects and
creatures who live beneath this cloud often display superstitious and duplicitous behavior, almost unconsciously leaving gifts for “rain spirits” while playing mischievous pranks on each
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the zaratan fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Siege Monster. The elemental deals double damage to objects and structures (included in Earth
its cavernous maw. If seriously injured, a zaratan retracts its appendages to gain shelter beneath its impervious shell, biding its time until it recovers and can resume its march.PoisonCold, Fire
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Resistance (5/Day). If the cradle fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The cradle has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Siege
a constantly overcast sky. Sapient creatures who live beneath this cloud often display superstitious and duplicitous behavior, almost unconsciously leaving gifts for “rain spirits” while
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
cradle occupied and uses the cradle’s initiative count.
Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If the cradle fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The cradle has
standing stones, a village, or a city on a scion’s back, unaware of the mighty power beneath them. Such settlements can thrive for centuries, as the scion’s magic causes crops to flourish
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 community’s 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
Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Legendary Resistance (4/Day). If Zargon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Regeneration. Zargon regains 20 hit points at the start of each of its turns. If Zargon takes cold or
, sacrificing their own to appease their so-called god. Appeased by these living offerings, Zargon returned to the tunnels beneath Cynidicea, where its cult grew.Zargon’s Lair
Zargon’s lair
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
beneath the open sky have a five percent;{"diceNotation":"1d100","rollType":"roll","rollAction":"Thunderstorm Chance"} chance of being struck by lightning. A creature struck by lightning must make a