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Player’s Handbook
action to begin reverting to its normal form. Reverting takes 1 minute, during which the target has the Stunned condition. Until the spell ends, the target can revert to cloud form, which also requires
a Magic action followed by a 1-minute transformation.
If a target is in cloud form and flying when the effect ends, the target descends 60 feet per round for 1 minute until it lands, which it does safely. If it can’t land after 1 minute, it falls the remaining distance.
Monsters
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Dark Devotion. Thurstwell has advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened.
Spellcasting. Thurstwell is a 2nd-level spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 13
(Cantrip). Flame-like radiance descends on one creature Thurstwell can see within 60 feet of him. The target must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or take 4 (1d8);{"diceNotation":"1d8
Monsters
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the deathwolf fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Moon’s Grace. When the deathwolf falls, it descends at a rate of 60 feet per round and
saving throw or have disadvantage on saving throws against the frightened condition. This curse lasts until removed by the Remove Curse spell or other magic.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation
Magic Items
Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
intense.
While attuned to a flying citadel helm and sitting in it, you gain the following abilities for as long as you maintain concentration (as if concentrating on a spell):
You can use the
begins to crumble. If the crumbling citadel is in the air, it descends at a rate of 30 feet per round, or 300 feet per minute. Any creature on the citadel or on the ground within 120 feet of the citadel
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
successful save, the creature takes half as much damage and isn’t incapacitated.
Spellcasting (Psionics). The dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using
Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 20):
1/day each: dissonant whispers, hold monster, meld into stone, telekinesis, teleportThe dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
the surface world were a mistake of creation. I will correct that error. (Evil)
Dragon Turtle Spellcasting
Age
Spell Save DC
Spells Known
Ancient Dragon Turtle;Ancient
17
control water, control weather,* fog cloud
*This spell’s casting time is longer than 1 action.
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Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
creature takes half as much damage and isn’t incapacitated.
Spellcasting (Psionics). The dragon casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Intelligence as the
spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
1/day each: dissonant whispers, hold monster, meld into stone, telekinesisThe dragon can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one
Spells
Elemental Evil Player's Companion
0 feet for the spell’s duration. An airborne creature affected by this spell safely descends at 60 feet per round until it reaches the ground or the spell ends.
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
a creature is incapacitated and can't move. Until the spell ends, a creature can revert to cloud form, which also requires the 1-minute transformation.
If a creature is in cloud form and flying when
the effect ends, the creature descends 60 feet per round for 1 minute until it lands, which it does safely. If it can't land after 1 minute, the creature falls the remaining distance.
Spells
Elemental Evil Player's Companion
You conjure up a sphere of water with a 5-foot radius at a point you can see within range. The sphere can hover but no more than 10 feet off the ground. The sphere remains for the spell’s
it and lands prone in a space within 5 feet of it.
As an action, you can move the sphere up to 30 feet in a straight line. If it moves over a pit, a cliff, or other drop-off, it safely descends
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
energy loop around the creature. The target must succeed on a Strength saving throw, or its flying speed (if any) is reduced to 0 feet for the spell’s duration. An airborne creature affected by this spell safely descends at 60 feet per round until it reaches the ground or the spell ends.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
energy loop around the creature. The target must succeed on a Strength saving throw, or its flying speed (if any) is reduced to 0 feet for the spell’s duration. An airborne creature affected by this spell safely descends at 60 feet per round until it reaches the ground or the spell ends.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
. On their shelves are hundreds of well-preserved tomes. Embroidered rugs, chairs, and lit candelabras fill the southern half of the room. The spiral staircase descends 30 feet to area X42. Peering
memory is restored. A true seeing spell also allows one to see the magically obfuscated text. The tomes mostly contain vile, forbidden lore. Many spellbooks are hidden here, collectively holding every
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
into the west wall pushes open to reveal a corridor. Characters who follow this corridor come to a stone staircase that descends 40 feet to area 1 on level 10.
A detect magic spell reveals an illusory
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
bearded devil face, painted green. Forlorn cries echo from the black void of its gaping maw.
The devil face forms the mouth of a 5-foot-wide cylindrical shaft that descends 10 feet before opening up in
the ceiling of area 35. Magical darkness fills the mouth and the shaft. A detect magic spell or similar effect reveals auras of evocation and illusion magic within the shaft. A successful dispel magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
weapons become brittle and ineffective, and so forth. A mending spell cannot repair an object damaged in this fashion. An archway stands at the west end of the hall, through which characters can see
into area 69. This yawning archway has a keystone adorned with an iron bull’s skull, which bites down on an ivory ring.
A detect magic spell or similar effect reveals an aura of necromancy magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
being held aloft by magic, such as the fly spell. If you’d like a flying creature to have a better chance of surviving a fall than a non-flying creature does, use this rule: subtract the creature’s
previous section, a flying creature descends 500 feet on the turn when it falls, just as other creatures do. But if that creature starts any of its later turns still falling and is prone, it can halt
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
into the walls and roof, but the crude artwork is incomplete.
Descending Tunnel. The tunnel to the southeast descends hundreds of feet to level 8.
Hundreds of years ago, before the arrival of the
stone giants, an adventurer used a mirror to trick the basilisk into targeting itself with its own petrifying gaze. It has remained a fixture of this cavern ever since. A detect magic spell reveals an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
actions a creature can take in this form are the Dash action or to revert to its normal form. Reverting takes 1 minute, during which time a creature is incapacitated and can’t move. Until the spell ends, a
creature can revert to cloud form, which also requires the 1-minute transformation. If a creature is in cloud form and flying when the effect ends, the creature descends 60 feet per round for 1 minute
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
young woman, her billowing cloak becoming one with the night sky as she descends upon unsuspecting human mourners in a graveyard. In each hand, she clutches a dagger. Characters who examine the mural
entire southwest wall is a stone secret door that pivots on a central axis. The secret door is locked but can be opened with a knock spell or similar magic. It can also be forced open with a successful DC
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
actions a creature can take in this form are the Dash action or to revert to its normal form. Reverting takes 1 minute, during which time a creature is incapacitated and can’t move. Until the spell ends, a
creature can revert to cloud form, which also requires the 1-minute transformation. If a creature is in cloud form and flying when the effect ends, the creature descends 60 feet per round for 1 minute
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
minute, during which the target has the Stunned condition. Until the spell ends, the target can revert to cloud form, which also requires a Magic action followed by a 1-minute transformation. If a
target is in cloud form and flying when the effect ends, the target descends 60 feet per round for 1 minute until it lands, which it does safely. If it can’t land after 1 minute, it falls the remaining distance.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
minute, during which the target has the Stunned condition. Until the spell ends, the target can revert to cloud form, which also requires a Magic action followed by a 1-minute transformation. If a
target is in cloud form and flying when the effect ends, the target descends 60 feet per round for 1 minute until it lands, which it does safely. If it can’t land after 1 minute, it falls the remaining distance.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
to extract the mithral from the pillars proves futile.)
Xindulus. An invisible ultroloth named Xindulus guards a secret door leading to a 10-foot-wide spiral staircase that descends to level 22 (see
door. A knock spell causes the door to swing inward, revealing a dusty tunnel that ends at a downward-spiraling staircase. Forcing open the magically locked door requires a successful DC 25 Strength
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
and suffers a psychic shock. While suffering this shock, the character has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks, and must attempt a DC 10 Constitution check to cast a spell. On a failed
check, the spell cannot be cast, though the spell slot is not expended. The character can make another saving throw to end the effect each time he or she finishes a long rest. Treasure Arcane
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
and suffers a psychic shock. While suffering this shock, the character has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks, and must attempt a DC 10 Constitution check to cast a spell. On a failed
check, the spell cannot be cast, though the spell slot is not expended. The character can make another saving throw to end the effect each time he or she finishes a long rest. Treasure Arcane
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
descends from the ceiling above the altar, splitting in two before it embeds itself into the stone.
The smiling figure depicted in the frescoes is the chaotic evil storm god Talos, who can be
cast the lightning bolt spell (3rd-level version) as an action. Once used three times, the charm vanishes from you.
Once the altar bestows this benefit, it can’t do so again until it recharges. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
, you can move the sphere up to 30 feet in a straight line. If it moves over a pit, a cliff, or other drop-off, it safely descends until it is hovering 10 feet above the ground. Any creature restrained
by the sphere moves with it. You can ram the sphere into creatures, forcing them to make the saving throw. When the spell ends, the sphere falls to the ground and extinguishes all normal flames
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
rocks to navigate this obstacle. The character must succeed on three DC 14 Strength (Athletics) checks to leap from rock to rock. A character safely ascends or descends 10 feet with each successful
spell (save DC 15) for 1 minute. If you roll an odd number, a boulder falls on a random draconian, dealing 33 (6d10) bludgeoning damage to it.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, you can move the sphere up to 30 feet in a straight line. If it moves over a pit, a cliff, or other drop-off, it safely descends until it is hovering 10 feet above the ground. Any creature restrained
by the sphere moves with it. You can ram the sphere into creatures, forcing them to make the saving throw. When the spell ends, the sphere falls to the ground and extinguishes all normal flames
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
maintain concentration (as if concentrating on a spell): You can use the flying citadel helm to move the citadel through the air, up to 80 feet per round, or up to 8 miles per hour. You can steer the
be destroyed, the citadel it is installed on loses power and begins to crumble. If the crumbling citadel is in the air, it descends at a rate of 30 feet per round, or 300 feet per minute. Any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
for every 1 foot it descends.
Actions
Multiattack. The draconian makes two Trident or Necrotic Ray attacks.
Trident. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one
target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) piercing damage, or 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage if used with two hands to make a melee attack.
Necrotic Ray. Ranged Spell Attack: +4 to hit, range 60 ft., one target. Hit: 10
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
. (The real key is in area J5.) After the key is pulled out, a character can use thieves’ tools to try to pick the lock, doing so with a successful DC 20 Dexterity check. A knock spell or similar magic
north wall, above the chest. Any creature that passes through this doorway is teleported to an unoccupied space within Jarlmoot’s circle of thrones. A swarm of ravens then descends upon that creature
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
be pulled open like a normal (albeit heavy) door, revealing a wide staircase that descends 20 feet to area 77. The door and its seals are impervious to damage and spells, and cannot be opened in a
against the contagion spell. The hag reveals the following information (and nothing more) once an agreement is reached: “Hidden on this level of the dungeon is a library of lost lore, guarded by an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
inside descends 120 feet to the catacombs below. Characters who search the surface area and succeed on a DC 18 Intelligence (Nature or Investigation) check discern that a nearby saltwater lake has been
forbiddance spell that is set to damage any fey creatures that enter. When a fey creature enters the mausoleum for the first time on a turn or starts its turn there, the creature takes 5d10 necrotic damage.
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