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                                                     Monsters
                                                    Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19):
At will: detect magic, detect thoughts
1/day each: fly, geas (as an action), slow, suggestionFrom redoubts near the Spire in the Outlands, aurumachs oversee the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     planes. Only when planar balance is under threat of total collapse do these elusive, gold-skinned beings leave the Outlands, manifesting gleaming blades to destroy those that threaten multiversal
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6","rollType":"spell","rollAction":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks):
At will: light, mage hand, mending, prestidigitation
3/day each: comprehend languages, detect magic
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , dispel magic, identify, levitate, locate object, Tenser's Floating Disk, unseen servant
1/day each: banishment, contact other plane, Drawmij's instant summons, legend lore, locate creature, planar
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Monsters
                                                    Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    "} radiant damage.
Spellcasting. The archon casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability:
At will: detect evil and good
1/day each: aid
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Mount Celestia, tasked with protecting the innocent and helpless. Loyal defenders, these bipedal warriors wield blades of shining radiance and can assume canine forms, allowing them to
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Magic Items
                                                    Tashaâs Cauldron of Everything
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    ;green hags in a Green Hag (Coven Variant);coven
When you damage a target that hasnât taken a turn in this combat, the target takes an extra 3d10 slashing damage from ghostly blades.
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                                                     telepathy out to 120 feet as described in the Monster Manual, and you can cast the detect thoughts spell at will, requiring no components. You also have disadvantage on Wisdom (Insight) and Wisdom
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morteâs Planar Parade
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the Outlands, manifesting gleaming blades to destroy those that threaten multiversal stability. Aurumach Rilmani Large Celestial, Typically Neutral
 Armor Class 18 (natural armor)
 Hit Points 285
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 19):
 At will: detect magic, detect thoughts
 1/day each: fly, geas (as
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Traps in Play When adventurers come across a trap, you need to know how the trap is triggered and what it does, as well as the possibility for the characters to detect the trap and to disable or
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     which jets of flame will erupt, or otherwise detect something that points to a trap's presence. A trap's description specifies the checks and DCs needed to detect it, disable it, or both. A character
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     attacks):
 At will: light, mage hand, mending, prestidigitation
 3/day each: comprehend languages, detect magic, dispel magic, identify, levitate, locate object, Tenserâs floating disk, unseen servant
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    
 1/day each: banishment, contact other plane, Drawmijâs instant summons, legend lore, locate creature, planar binding, polymorph, protection from evil and good, scrying, sending, true seeing
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Masterâs Guide (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Traps in Play When adventurers come across a trap, you need to know how the trap is triggered and what it does, as well as the possibility for the characters to detect the trap and to disable or
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     which jets of flame will erupt, or otherwise detect something that points to a trapâs presence.  A trapâs description specifies the checks and DCs needed to detect it, disable it, or both. A character
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     Blades A corroded steel helm rests atop a pile of rusty swords in the middle of the room. When another creature enters the room, the pile of swords gathers into a vaguely humanoid form with the helm
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     finish his meal in peace. A successful dispel magic spell (DC 19) cast on Guffaw rids him of his unique magical malady. Treasure. The instant he is cured of his malady, Guffaw coughs up two diamonds
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Morteâs Planar Parade
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    Hound Archon Hound archons are the foot soldiers of Mount Celestia, tasked with protecting the innocent and helpless. Loyal defenders, these bipedal warriors wield blades of shining radiance and can
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     ability:
 At will: detect evil and good
 1/day each: aid, continual flame
 Teleport. The archon teleports, along with any equipment it is wearing or carrying, to an unoccupied space it can see within 120
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     from its shoulder blades. Deva
 Medium celestial, lawful good
 Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
 Hit Points 136 (16d8 + 64)
 Speed 30 ft., fly 90 ft.
   STR
  18 (+4)
 
  DEX
  18 (+4
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 17). The deva can innately cast the following spells, requiring only verbal components:
 At will: detect evil and good
 1/day each: commune, raise
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Playerâs Handbook
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     â Chromatic Orb Evocation M Color Spray Illusion â Comprehend Languages Divination R Detect Magic Divination C, R Disguise Self Illusion â Expeditious Retreat Transmutation C False Life Necromancy â Feather
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Continual Flame Evocation M Crown of Madness Enchantment C Darkness Evocation C Darkvision Transmutation â Detect Thoughts Divination C Dragonâs Breath Transmutation C Enhance Ability Transmutation C
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     can be disarmed only by someone who is exposed to the trapâs effect. For example, the mechanism that controls a hallway filled with scything blades is on the opposite end from the entrance, or a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Countermeasures. A trap can be defeated in a variety of ways. A trapâs description details the checks or spells that can detect or disable it. It also specifies what happens, if anything, on a failed
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    . Three gangly, ghoulish creatures hunch over the coffin, ripping into the corpse inside and feasting on aged flesh.
 Three ghouls are devouring the corpse of a former high priest. When they detect the
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     burial chambers of King Alendria and Queen Zanobis. The annex contains several obstacles designed to deter tomb robbers and other would-be plunderers. Blade Traps. Three swinging blades are hidden in the
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monstrous Compendium Volume Four
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    .
 Spellcasting. The faerie casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability:
 At will: dancing lights, detect magic, prestidigitation
 1/day
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     combat, faerie pests wield thought-manipulating magic alongside sharp blades coated in stinging poison. Faerie Pest Small Fey, Typically Chaotic Evil
 Armor Class 14 (leather armor)
 Hit Points 22 (5d6
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     here and Sigil.
 A Detect Magic spell reveals an aura of conjuration magic emanating from the oval. This oval served as a conduit for powerful teleportation magic in Cyre, but the Day of Mourning
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     windmill towers above this ruined village. The windmillâs sides and blades are reinforced with badly rusted steel plates, and the attached wooden outbuilding is in shambles. Muddy roads separate the mill
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     blades, tactical experts who advise their chief in matters of war. Blades lead from the front, wading into combat fearlessly while barking orders at lesser soldiers. A blade knows how to use orcish
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     verbal components to cast its spells. The orc has the following cleric spells prepared:
 Cantrips (at-will): guidance, mending, resistance, thaumaturgy
 1st level (4 slots): bane, detect magic
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    , and Elvish. She has the detect thoughts spell prepared in place of misty step. She carries a bag of holding and wears a robe of serpents (see appendix B) with six snakes.  Pow Ming keeps hundreds of
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , she casts a detect thoughts spell to confirm or put to rest her suspicions. If she becomes convinced that someone is cheating, she uses her suggestion spell to convince the individual to take a
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     stone, set with a crude gate made of thick lumber and festooned with metal blades. Gaps in the gate allow you to see an unusually tall figure in hide armor standing ten feet behind it and clutching a
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     wooden bars seal the gate. The blades affixed to the gate and the surrounding barricade make climbing impossible. The goliaths attack anyone who bypasses the gate without Arnâs consent. Nine goliath
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     warforged who follow the Lord of Blades constitute the closest thing to a humanoid society that can be found in the Mournland. Similarly, golems and other constructs were largely unaffected by the Mourning
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     past the instant of their casting and start behaving as if they were independent, living creatures. A common misunderstanding about the Mournland is that healing spells refuse to work. The fact is
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                    -oâ-wisps: devils pawning stolen souls to rule-bending angels, interplanar fences selling stolen modron parts, demodands advertising jars of their liquefied cohorts as instant bodyguards, and the like
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Hive like a corpse from the grave. The Mortuaryâs towers bear low, gloomy domes with buttresses bristling with blades and windowless vaults clustered around the structureâs base. Its dark, mournful
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     creature, concealing it completely and teleporting it to area P13 of the pyramidâs second floor. To an onlooker, the object or creature appears to be consumed by the flame, vanishing in an instant. An
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     onlooker who succeeds on a DC 14 Intelligence (Arcana) check can tell that the bowl teleported its contents somewhere else. A Detect Magic spell reveals an aura of conjuration magic around the bowl. P5
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     blades stand guard near the pools and attack trespassers on sight. If a fight breaks out here, the necromite of Myrkul in area D4 joins the fray in the second round of combat. Describe this location to
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     set of shackles. North Door. This door bears a carving of Bhaal, the chaotic evil god of murder. Heâs depicted as a powerfully built, skull-headed man with long, curved blades where his hands should be
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     into the shadows with ease, or even turn invisible for a crucial moment. Cult Ranks. Low-ranking cultists of Bhaal are called night blades, whom Bhaal blesses with darkvision and superior stealth
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    , prestidigitation
 1st level (4 slots): detect magic, protection from evil and good, ray of sickness (see âActionsâ below), shield
 2nd level (2 slots): darkness, misty step
 Actions
 Multiattack. The
                                                
                                            
                                        
                                                     Compendium
                                                    
                                                    
                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     will: chromatic orb (cold orb only; see âActionsâ below), detect magic, misty step
 2/day each: control weather, detect thoughts, ice storm
 Legendary Resistance (2/Day in This Form). If Auril fails
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    . Blades of ice grow out of her body at odd angles, breaking off before they get too long. When she moves, her body crackles. In this form, Auril creates weapons of ice with which to combat foes
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     door opens into a bedchamber. 26A. North Bedchamber Duke Zalto and Duchess Brimskarda sleep here, in an enormous bed with a frame made from crisscrossing iron sword blades welded together. Dangling
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     east wall is a wooden chest, 10 feet long by 6 feet tall by 8 feet wide. The chest feels cold to the touch, and a detect magic spell reveals an aura of transmutation magic around the chest. Its interior
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     discussing the tower in Terran. Toppled Tower. The strange tower is a variant of Daernâs instant fortress called a mudslick tower (see appendix B). Svirfneblin scouts liberated the mudslick tower from
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                    .
 Spellcasting (Psionics). Qunbraxel casts one of the following spells, requiring no spell components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 16):
 At will: detect magic
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     material components:
 At will: detect magic, fog cloud, light
 3/day each: feather fall, fly, misty step, telekinesis
 1/day each: control weather, gaseous form
 Spellcasting. The giant is a 5th-level
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     giants who wield two huge shields like plow blades. These shields bear spikes on their exterior and have hollow interiors into which the dreadnought pours hot coals at the first sign of danger. Armed with
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     balcony near a double door.
 The harpsichord is a Medium object with AC 15, 12 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of transmutation magic around it
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     Strongheart (see appendix B), battled Kelek and Warduke in this study. Warduke used a horn of blasting to punch a hole in the wall and sent the knight hurtling through it. An instant later, the palace
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     clinging to its damp walls. The area radiates overlapping auras of conjuration, divination, and evocation magic when scrutinized with a detect magic spell. Over the years, the storm giants have
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     whalebone blades lined with shark teeth. The shields and the weapons arenât particularly valuable, especially given their weight. A concave wall to the south has a giant-sized secret door set into it. It
                                                
                                            
                                        
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                                                         - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
                                                    
                                                
                                            
                                                     the grate. After that mishap, the cultists decided not to press their luck and left the treasure alone. Grate Trap. A character can detect the grateâs trap by examining the grate and succeeding on a DC
                                                
                                            
                                                
                                                     14 Intelligence (Investigation) check. The trap activates when more than 10 pounds of pressure is placed on the grate. Poisoned blades extend from grooves in the grate, dealing 14 (4d6) slashing
                                                
                                            
                                        





