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                                                     Spells
                                                    Player’s Handbook
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     instead create a 20-foot tall wave that travels from one side of the area to the other and then crashes. Any Huge or smaller vehicles in the wave’s path are carried with it to the other side. Any
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     directions. The water in the area moves as you direct it, but once it moves beyond the spell’s area, it resumes its flow based on the terrain. The water continues to move in the direction you
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     until the start of the Returned’s next turn. If the target is missing any of its hit points, it instead takes 17 (2d12 + 2);{"diceNotation":"2d12+2","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Underworld
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    ’t build meaningful relationships or establish new lives. Instead, most experience fleeting emotions and follow hollow routines, their existences reduced to shadow plays without weight or substance
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     target to 0 hit points, the target drops to 1 hit point instead and has the petrified condition, turning into a frozen statue.
If the statue takes bludgeoning damage, it shatters, killing the frozen
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     creature. If the statue would take fire damage, it instead takes no damage and thaws, ending the petrification.
Icy Axe. Melee Weapon Attack: +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10", "rollType":"to hit
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     long-term memories, they generally can’t build meaningful relationships or establish new lives. Instead, most experience fleeting emotions and follow hollow routines, their existences reduced to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     approximately 100 gp, based on its composition and craftsmanship. However, selling a Returned mask isn’t a simple matter of cashing it in for coin. Most people on Theros know the tales of the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ’t build meaningful relationships or establish new lives. Instead, most experience fleeting emotions and follow hollow routines, their existences reduced to shadow plays without weight or substance
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Returned Masks. Adventurers who defeat Returned foes might marvel at their fortune in claiming such rich spoils after a battle. The mask of a Returned is worth approximately 100 gp, based on its
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     been. A redcap’s desire to slay is rooted in its will to survive.
VARIANT: MADCAPS
A madcap is a redcap that soaks its hat in demon ichor instead of blood. Contact with demon ichor makes the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Council of Five. The ghost has a trait based on who it is, as shown below:
Enezesku: Enfeebling Ray. Enezesku’s Innate Spellcasting trait includes ray of enfeeblement, which he can cast at
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     hit. On a success, Fautomni drops to 1 hit point instead.
Karlov: Unnatural Vigor. When Karlov regains hit points, he has advantage on attack rolls he makes on his next turn.
Vuliev: Teleportation
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mythic Odysseys of Theros
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     relationships or establish new lives. Instead, most experience fleeting emotions and follow hollow routines, their existences reduced to shadow plays without weight or substance.
Returned Masks. Adventurers
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     who defeat Returned foes might marvel at their fortune in claiming such rich spoils after a battle. The mask of a Returned is worth approximately 100 gp, based on its composition and craftsmanship
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     advantage on Dexterity saving throws, and the rider can force an attack targeted at its mount to target the rider instead.
Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the rider to 0 hit points, it must make
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Queen, who rules from a castle called Dynnistan. It isn’t known whether these legends are based on any true experience or are simply the result of imagination trying to account for a terrifying and
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Magic Items
                                                    Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     ingot is destroyed, and the rune appears in silver on the chosen item, which gains a benefit based on its form:
Shield. The shield is now a rare magic item that requires attunement. Its magic gives
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     you a +1 bonus to AC, and the first time after each of your long rests that damage reduces you to 0 hit points, you are instead reduced to 1 hit point. You must be wielding the shield to gain these
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     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
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     it doesn’t replace the normal components of a spell.
In addition to the spells that all Uthgardt shamans can cast, a shaman of a particular tribe gains additional spells based on tribal
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the ki-rin fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. The ki-rin has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     violet eyes. In a breeze or when aloft, the creature’s scales and hair appear to blaze with a holy, golden fire.
Beyond their coloration, ki-rins vary in appearance based on the deity each one
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     bone, which deals slashing damage instead of bludgeoning damage. In addition, it scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 and rolls the damage dice of a crit three times, instead of twice.
Corrosive
                                                
                                            
                                                
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Poisonous Limb. The horror’s limb deals piercing damage instead of bludgeoning damage. In addition, when the horror hits a creature with this limb, the creature must succeed on a DC 15
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ","rollDamageType":"bludgeoning"} bludgeoning damage.
Bone Blade. The horror’s limb ends in a blade made of bone, which deals slashing damage instead of bludgeoning damage. In addition, it scores
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 and rolls the damage dice of a crit three times, instead of twice.
Corrosive Pseudopod. The horror’s limb attack deals an extra 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     made of bone, which deals slashing damage instead of bludgeoning damage. In addition, it scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 and rolls the damage dice of a crit three times, instead of twice
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     a time.
Poisonous Limb. The horror’s limb deals piercing damage instead of bludgeoning damage. In addition, when the horror hits a creature with this limb, the creature must succeed on a DC 15
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    "} bludgeoning damage.
Bone Blade. The horror’s limb ends in a blade made of bone, which deals slashing damage instead of bludgeoning damage. In addition, it scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 and
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     rolls the damage dice of a crit three times, instead of twice.
Corrosive Pseudopod. The horror’s limb attack deals an extra 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     in a blade made of bone, which deals slashing damage instead of bludgeoning damage. In addition, it scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 and rolls the damage dice of a crit three times
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , instead of twice.
Corrosive Pseudopod. The horror’s limb attack deals an extra 9 (2d8);{"diceNotation":"2d8","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Corrosive Pseudopod","rollDamageType":"acid"} acid
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Zuggtmoy fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Zuggtmoy has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Queen of Fungi, Lady of Rot and Decay, Zuggtmoy is an alien creature whose only desire is to infect the living with spores, transforming them into her mindless servants and, eventually, into
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Zuggtmoy
                                                    
    
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                                                    Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Zuggtmoy has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Magic Weapons. Zuggtmoy’s weapon attacks are
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     attack against a target that she designates.The Demon Queen of Fungi, Lady of Rot and Decay, Zuggtmoy is an alien creature whose only desire is to infect the living with spores, transforming them into her
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Orcus fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Orcus has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     known as the Blood Lord. While he takes pleasure in the sufferings of the living, he far prefers the company and service of Undead. His desire is to see all life quenched and the multiverse transformed
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     family, based in the town of Longsaddle. Cold and dispassionate, she took to magic only a decade ago in her late forties and is skilled in the arcane tradition of necromancy. She has a lifelong struggle
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     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
                                                    Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     around their necks. These self-styled Knights of the Black Sword offered her sanctuary in the keep of Caer-Dineval, where they are based. Although she doesn’t trust the cultists, they treat her
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the Monster Manual but is a fiend instead of a beast.
Spellbook. Avarice’s spellbook has white leather covers and vellum pages. The tiefling’s personal sigil is burned into the front cover
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Graz'zt
                                                    
    
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                                                    Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , telekinesis, teleport
1/day each: dominate monster, greater invisibility
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Graz’zt fails a saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Graz&rsquo
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Dark Prince is a warning that not all beautiful things are good. Standing nearly nine feet tall, Graz’zt strikes the perfect figure of untamed desire, every plane and curve of his body, every
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Psychic Mirror. If the hulk takes psychic damage, each creature within 10 feet of the hulk takes that damage instead; the hulk takes none of the damage. In addition, the hulk’s thoughts and
                                                
                                            
                                                
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However much they might desire to enter and dominate the Material Plane, the Elder Evils are unable or unwilling to leave their realms. Some are imprisoned in their dimensions by external forces, some
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Orcus
                                                    
    
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                                                    Out of the Abyss
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     saving throw, he can choose to succeed instead.
Magic Resistance. Orcus has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Magic Weapons. Orcus’s weapon attacks are magical
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Prince of Undeath, known as the Blood Lord. He takes some pleasure in the sufferings of the living, but far prefers the company and service of the undead. His desire is to see all life quenched and the
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage and is weakened until the end of its next turn. A weakened creature has disadvantage on Strength-based ability checks and Strength saving throws, and the creature
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     sun and have no desire to get wet, beyond enjoying a bit of sea spray in the air. But they love being able to see the water, so they build their lairs on the heights of seaside cliffs or near perfect
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Magic Items
                                                    The Book of Many Things
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     whichever cards they desire. Alternatively, roll on the Deck of Many More Things table below to randomly determine what cards are drawn.
Deck of Many More Things
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Aberration
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     you are proficient with appears in your hands. The DM chooses the armor. If you lack proficiency with any armor, your base AC instead now equals 12 + your Dexterity modifier while you aren’t
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ", "rollDamageType":"necrotic"} necrotic damage and is weakened until the end of its next turn. A weakened creature has disadvantage on Strength-based ability checks and Strength saving throws, and the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     threatens shipping and caravans around a major city.
Topaz Dragon Lairs
Topaz dragons are happiest by the sea. They spend most of their time basking in the sun and have no desire to get wet
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Spider Climb. The dragon can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     horns and spines shift slightly with the dragons’ moods, bobbing in amusement or flaring with anger.
Art of War
The warlike sapphire dragons devise strategies and ambushes based on their
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Spider Climb. The dragon can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     the dragons’ moods, bobbing in amusement or flaring with anger.
Art of War
The warlike sapphire dragons devise strategies and ambushes based on their ability to maneuver underground. A
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Tabaxi
                                                    
    
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                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     not intrinsically interesting. In the tabaxi’s eyes, gathering wealth is like packing rations for a long trip. It’s important to survive in the world, but not worth fussing over.
Instead
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     mull over the stories and rumors they collected like a miser counting coins.
Although material wealth holds little attraction for the tabaxi, they have an insatiable desire to find and inspect ancient
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Species
                                                    Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Some half-elves in Faerûn have a racial trait in place of the Skill Versatility trait. If your DM allows it, your half-elf character can forgo Skill Versatility and instead take a trait based on your elf parentage.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Some half-elves in Faerûn have a racial trait in place of the Skill Versatility trait. If your DM allows it, your half-elf character can forgo Skill Versatility and instead take a trait based on your elf parentage.
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                    Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Some half-elves in Faerûn have a racial trait in place of the Skill Versatility trait. If your DM allows it, your half-elf character can forgo Skill Versatility and instead take a trait based on your elf parentage.
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                    Aasimar
                                                    
    
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                                                    Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     receives visions and guidance from celestial entities via dreams. These dreams help shape an aasimar, granting a sense of destiny and a desire for righteousness.
Each aasimar can count a specific
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     secrecy they desire is never worth endangering the innocent.
Aasimar Guides
An aasimar, except for one who has turned to evil, has a link to an angelic being. That being—usually a deva&mdash
                                                
                                            
                                        





